How we review

The five things we check first

1. A named operator. A registered company and a real address in the terms. Casinio lists Parea Gaming, Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware.
2. A free way to enter. Sign-up coins and a mail-in request. A site that only sells coins is not running a sweepstakes.
3. Clear redemption rules. Minimum, methods, limits and playthrough written down where players can find them.
4. Identity checks. A casino that pays prizes without KYC is cutting corners somewhere else too.
5. Paid players. Reports of completed redemptions on Trustpilot, Reddit and the sweepstakes forums. For a casino as new as Casinio, this is the check still in progress.

Where the facts come from

The casino's own terms and sweepstakes rules come first. We cross-check numbers against our full Casinio review, SweepsKings, SweepstakesCasinoReviews and Deadspin, and we read player threads on the SweepsKings and SweepsCasinos.US forums for the things terms never mention: how long payouts really take, which documents get bounced, which sites go quiet after launch. When sources disagree, as they do on Casinio's playthrough for free coins, we show both.

How the casino list is ordered

The other casinos on our home page follow the ranking on SweepstakesCasinosList.com, which weighs redemption speed most heavily, then the welcome bonus, game library, verification friction, support, fairness of the terms and platform stability. Affiliate commissions do not change the order or the wording.

When we update

Whenever Casinio changes its offer, and on a regular check of every number on the site. The date at the top of each page is the last time it was checked.