Affiliate Disclosure

The short version: when you click a casino link on this Site and sign up, we may receive a commission from that casino. It costs you nothing. It does not influence our rankings. Operators that don't meet our editorial standards are not listed, regardless of what they offer to pay us.

What this Site does, and how it makes money

gumbaynggirrjagun.org is an independent editorial publication covering online casinos available to Australian players. We are not a casino. We do not accept deposits, hold funds, or pay out winnings.

Our business model is performance-based affiliate marketing. When you click an outbound link from this Site to a casino we review and you subsequently register and play, the casino pays us a commission. The commission can take three forms depending on the operator:

1. CPA (Cost Per Acquisition) — a fixed amount per qualified new player, typically in the range of AU$100 – AU$500.
2. Revenue share — a percentage of the casino's net gaming revenue from players we referred, typically 25% – 45%, paid monthly over the lifetime of the player.
3. Hybrid — a smaller CPA paid up-front plus a smaller revenue share over time.

The exact terms vary by operator and are confidential under the affiliate agreements we sign. Critically, the commission is paid by the operator from its own margin — it is not deducted from your deposit, your bonus, or your winnings. Your experience as a player is identical whether you arrived at the casino via our link or directly.

Why this doesn't compromise our rankings

This is the question worth answering carefully, because most casino-review sites do compromise their rankings for commercial reasons. Here is how we structure things differently:

1. Editorial and commercial are physically separate

Our editorial team (the people deciding rankings) and our commercial team (the people negotiating affiliate contracts) report to different stakeholders, work from different shared documents, and follow different KPIs. The editor's KPIs are based on player satisfaction, complaint rates, and audit accuracy — never on revenue per page.

2. The scorecard is fixed before commercial negotiation

Our 12-point editorial scorecard is set, applied, and scored before any commercial discussion. An operator that scores below 8.0/10 cannot purchase a ranking position — it does not appear in the top-10 list regardless of CPA offered.

3. We have removed paying partners

Since this Site launched, we have removed [N] previously-listed operators from our top-10 when their scores dropped — withdrawals slowed, complaint rates rose, or licensing status changed. All [N] were affiliate partners that paid us at the time of removal. The decision to drop them came from the editor, not the commercial team. (We can name them on request via the contact page.)

4. We publish negative information about ranked partners

You will find phrases like "the welcome bonus wagering applies to deposit + bonus (not just bonus)" and "customer support is slower outside AU business hours" in our reviews of operators we rank. We publish these caveats even on our top-rated partners because they are true and material to your decision. Removing them would compromise the trust the Site depends on.

5. We don't take "free" coverage offers

We don't accept free demo accounts, free play credit, comped event invitations, or any other in-kind benefit in exchange for coverage. Our testers play with real money funded from a dedicated company testing budget; the budget is replenished from operating revenue, not from the casinos.

What you should still know

• Bonus terms change. The bonus figures and wagering requirements quoted on our Site reflect the operator's terms at the time of our last review. Operators can and do change these terms with little notice. Always read the current T&Cs at the operator before claiming any bonus.
• We do not warrant outcomes. Our recommendation of an operator does not guarantee that the operator will pay out your winnings, honour a specific promotion, or remain available to Australian players. See our Terms and Conditions for the full position.
• We're a starting point, not the final word. Cross-reference our rankings against AskGamblers, Casino Guru, and the operator's own complaints history on independent forums. The more sources you check, the better.

Disclosure across the Site

Per Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) guidance on disclosure of commercial relationships, and consistent with global best practice (FTC, ASA, CMA), we identify our affiliate relationships in the following ways:

• In-page summary block at the bottom of every page that contains affiliate links.
• rel="sponsored" HTML attribute on every affiliate link, signalling to search engines and crawler tools that the link is a paid relationship.
• rel="nofollow" in addition to sponsored so no SEO link equity is passed.
• A prominent link to this page from the footer of every page on the Site.

If you ever encounter an outbound link on this Site to a third-party casino that does not carry these markers, please email us at [email protected] — that's a bug, and we want to fix it.

How to verify our independence

You don't have to take our word for it. Things you can check:

• Search "[operator] removed" on our Site to see operators we have publicly downgraded or removed.
• Read our editorial process for the methodology.
• Compare our rankings to AskGamblers's independent complaints data, Casino Guru's safety rating, and the operator's licensing regulator's public register.
• Email us with a specific operator and ask why we ranked it where we did. We answer at [email protected].

Questions

Any question about our affiliate model, the disclosure on a specific page, or the relationship between an operator and our editorial team:

Email: [email protected] Response time: Within 2 business days.

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