Where the money actually comes from.
The only money we make from this site comes from affiliate links to rooms we cover. We disclose every commercial relationship — and we still publish negative reviews of partners.
Some of the outbound links to operators on this site are affiliate links. If you sign up through one of them and play, the operator may pay Rakeback52 a commission — either a share of the rake you generate or a one-time amount per qualifying deposit. The exact commercial model varies by operator and we don't publish operator-specific commission figures, because the operators themselves treat those terms as confidential.
You never pay more by using our links. Bonus value, rakeback and payout terms are set by the operator, not by us. We do not have any agreement — written or implied — that gives an operator influence over the score we publish, the order of the league table, or whether we keep covering a negative finding.
- · Paid placements in the league table.
- · Sponsored "review" content with copy approval.
- · Any deal that requires us to remove a negative finding.
- · Cash for higher rankings — even backchanneled via PR.
Affiliate income lets us pay the desk, fund the bankroll we use to test rooms, and keep the site free. It also means a small bias risk we mitigate with public methodology, public sourcing, and a public corrections log.
If you ever see a score we can't justify with public sources, write to corrections@rakeback52.com and we'll either fix it or explain it.