About Us
Five people write this site, all of them based in New Zealand, and each one owns a single beat rather than covering everything badly. Nobody on the panel accepts payment from an operator for a placement or a score. Read the roster below as a directory: it tells you who wrote which part of a review and what they were looking at while they wrote it.
| Reviewer | Beat | Based in | Reviewing since | What they check first |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben Faulkner | Lead reviewer and payout timing | Auckland | 2019 | How long a real cashout takes from click to bank |
| Marlee Sinclair | Pokies, RTP and studio catalogues | Wellington | 2021 | Whether the return figure on the tile matches the studio version |
| Tobias Renshaw | Payments and NZD banking | Christchurch | 2020 | Conversion spreads hidden between deposit and withdrawal |
| Anika Broughton | Live dealer studios and mobile | Hamilton | 2022 | Stream stability on ordinary home broadband and 4G |
| Declan Ferrier | Licensing and player protection | Dunedin | 2018 | The licence number against the regulator's own register |
| How we fund it | Commission from operators when a reader opens an account. It never changes a position, and no brand can buy one. |
|---|---|
| What we spend | Our own money. Every account is funded, played and cashed out before a word is published. |
| How often we re-test | Every quarter, with the change log published at the top of the rankings page. |
| When we get it wrong | We correct the page and note the date. Reader reports of a slow payout trigger an immediate re-test. |
Anything on this site is information rather than advice, and it is written for adults aged 18 and over.