Review Methodology — The Jackpot Score
The Jackpot Score is Bit Jackpot’s independent editorial rating for a crypto casino, expressed on a 0 to 10 scale to one decimal place. It is not an average of user reviews, a popularity contest, or a paid placement. It is the considered judgement of our editorial team, built from six published sub-scores that each measure a specific, checkable part of an operator’s offering. Because the method is fixed and public, you can see exactly why one casino earns an 8.4 and another a 6.1, and hold us to it across our crypto casino reviews.
This page sets out how the score is built, the evidence we require before publishing a number, and how often we re-check it. For a shorter, plain-language walkthrough written for new readers, start with reading the Jackpot Score.
The six sub-scores and their weights
Every review is marked against the same six categories, using the same fixed weights. The weights total 100% and never change from one operator to the next. Licensing and Safety carries the most weight on purpose: in a market full of anonymous offshore brands, whether an operator is genuinely licensed and how it handles your money matters more than any welcome bonus.
| Sub-score | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing & Safety | 25% | A licence we can verify at the regulator’s own register, plus account security, fairness signals, and how complaints and locked funds are handled. |
| Payout Speed | 20% | How fast verified withdrawals clear, from a real cash-out where possible or aggregated player-report data, and whether extra checks stall them. |
| Crypto Support | 20% | The coins and networks supported, on-chain fee handling, deposit and withdrawal minimums, and how clear limits are before you commit funds. |
| Game Selection | 15% | The depth and quality of slots, live tables, and provably fair titles, the studios behind them, and how openly return-to-player is stated. |
| Bonus Value | 10% | The real, after-terms worth of a bonus once wagering, game weighting, maximum bets, and expiry are counted, not the headline percentage. |
| Customer Support | 10% | Whether help is reachable, responsive, and genuinely useful, which channels and hours are offered, and how it responds when things go wrong. |
How the weighted average is calculated
Each sub-score is marked from 0 to 10. We multiply each sub-score by its weight, add the six results together, and round to one decimal place. Nothing else feeds into the headline number, and there is no discretionary “editor’s bump.”
Here is a worked example for an illustrative casino. These figures are a demonstration of the arithmetic only; they are not a rating of any real operator.
| Sub-score | Weight | Example mark | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing & Safety | 25% | 8.0 | 2.000 |
| Payout Speed | 20% | 7.5 | 1.500 |
| Crypto Support | 20% | 9.0 | 1.800 |
| Game Selection | 15% | 8.5 | 1.275 |
| Bonus Value | 10% | 6.0 | 0.600 |
| Customer Support | 10% | 7.0 | 0.700 |
Adding the contributions gives 2.000 + 1.500 + 1.800 + 1.275 + 0.600 + 0.700 = 7.875, which we publish as a Jackpot Score of 7.9. The weighting is what makes licensing decisive: it counts for more than twice what a bonus does, so a licensing failure moves the score far more than a weak promotion ever could.
The evidence checklist we complete before a score is published
No Jackpot Score goes live until a reviewer has completed and logged the checklist below. If any item cannot be satisfied, we do not publish a score at all.
- Licence verified at the source. The operator’s licence is confirmed directly against the issuing regulator’s own public register, not against a logo or a claim on the casino’s own website. Our full approach is set out in our licensing verification policy.
- At least one real payout data point. Payout Speed is backed by a genuine deposit and withdrawal we carried out, or, where a first-hand test is not possible, by credibly aggregated player-report data. We never guess a withdrawal time.
- Current bonus terms confirmed. Every wagering requirement, maximum cash-out, and expiry window we quote is checked against the operator’s own live terms and conditions page on the day of review.
- Named editorial sign-off. A named editor reviews the evidence and signs off before the score goes live. The reviewer and the signing editor are recorded in our internal production log; in public, reviews carry the collective Bit Jackpot Editorial Team byline.
How often we re-check a score
A score is a snapshot, and crypto casinos change quickly, so we re-verify on a schedule rather than leaving old numbers to drift:
- Licensing is re-checked against the regulator’s register at least once a month, and immediately whenever we become aware of a credible change to an operator’s status.
- Bonuses each carry a visible “last verified” date on the review, so you can see how fresh the terms we quote actually are.
- Licence suspensions or revocations trigger a published update within 48 hours. We cut the Licensing and Safety sub-score to reflect the change and recalculate the headline number. Because that category carries the single largest weight, a licensing failure drags the whole score down fast.
Scores are never for sale
This is the line we will not cross. A Jackpot Score is never sold, traded, or adjusted for commercial reasons. No operator, advertiser, or affiliate partner can pay to raise a number, remove a criticism, or buy a “top rated” label.
Commercial relationships fund the site. They never touch the score. If we earn a commission when a reader signs up with an operator, that is disclosed and it changes nothing about how that operator is rated.
Jackpot Watch: how the live board is sourced
Jackpot Watch is our curated board of live progressive jackpots, published on the jackpots page and refreshed on a documented cadence, by default every six hours. It exists to show real, current jackpot totals, which means the sourcing rules are strict. We publish a total only when we can stand it up in one of three ways, in this order of preference:
- a direct data-share from the operator or its affiliate feed;
- manual editorial verification against the operator’s own public jackpot page;
- a partner odds or casino-data API that licenses jackpot figures for redistribution.
We never scrape jackpot data in violation of an operator’s terms, and we never invent a total to fill a gap. Every entry is tagged “Verified [time] via [source]” so you can see when and how it was confirmed. If an entry has not been refreshed within twice the cadence, which is twelve hours by default, it is flagged “Last confirmed [time] — may be outdated” until we can re-confirm it. At launch the board shows only the jackpots we can actually verify, even when that means listing fewer of them. There is no industry-wide “live jackpot feed” that covers every casino; anyone who claims otherwise is guessing.
A high Jackpot Score means an operator is well run against our criteria. It is not a prediction that you will win, and nothing here is financial or gambling advice. All gambling carries a house edge, and over time the expected result of wagering is a loss. Treat any casino as entertainment you can afford to lose, keep it to over-18s only, and read our responsible gambling resources before you play.