Our editorial team
Every review on this site is produced by three people with separate jobs: one runs the timed withdrawals, one verifies the figures that carry a score, and one owns the editorial process that puts a page live and keeps it current. No operator sees a review before it is published, and none can pay for a better score.
Rob Ford — payout editor
Rob Ford is the payout editor, based in Waterloo, Ontario. He runs the test-withdrawal programme behind the Payout Score: he sends his own money through each cashier, requests the withdrawal by one named method, and records the time from the request to the money arriving.
His October 2026 round covered 17 withdrawals between 6 and 27 October, one per offshore casino. Bitcoin came back in 25 minutes to an hour, e-wallets in 5 to 14 hours, Interac and Trustly in a day, Visa in 2 to 3 days. Each result is published with its method, its amount and the review step that sat in between.
Russell Smith — data editor
Russell Smith is the data editor, based in Waterloo, Ontario. He checks the figures behind each review: the RTP version a slot actually ships with in Canada, the cashier terms behind a payout claim, and the licence an operator publishes.
He came to this work through applied mathematics and has worked in statistical reporting since 2018, including as stats editor and hockey analyst for the KW Siskins. He works from published sources only — operator cashier and banking pages, terms and conditions, help centres, in-game RTP screens and regulator registers — and when an operator’s own page and a secondary source disagree, the operator’s page wins and the conflict is noted.
Tyler Gilbert — managing editor
Tyler Gilbert is the managing editor, based in Calgary, Alberta. He owns the editorial workflow: who writes a page, who checks it, what gets dated, and where a correction is logged.
Before publication he matches every claim to a source a reader can open. After publication he keeps live pages current when bonus terms, payout limits or review dates change, and the date a page was last checked moves with them.
How the work is divided
- Testing. Payout speed comes from withdrawals we request and time ourselves, never from a casino’s marketing copy.
- Checking. Every figure is traced to the operator’s own page or the relevant register, and the date it was checked appears on the page.
- Publishing. A page goes live only after its numbers have been re-read on the day of publication.
- Correcting. When a term changes, the page changes, the date moves with it, and the change is noted where it affects a score.
Editorial standards
The full method sits on the How We Rate page: what is tested, how results become points, and how ties are broken. Player-safety information is on the Responsible Gambling page.
Commission never enters the Payout Score. Affiliate links do not change a rating, and an operator cannot read a review before it is published or ask for a score to be changed.
Corrections and contact
If a figure or a term does not match the operator’s published page, send the page URL and the source you are checking against. Corrections that move a score are logged on the page they affect.
Support in Canada
Gambling is entertainment, not a way to make money. Set a budget and a time limit before you play. Provincial helplines, self-exclusion schemes and the support services open to Canadian players are listed on our Responsible Gambling page.