How we check things
This page is the arithmetic behind the ranking. Positions are not chosen — they are calculated from sourced facts against the criteria and weights listed below, and those numbers are shared across all our sites precisely so that no page can be tuned to a preferred answer.
Weights by criterion
| Criterion | Weight | Better when |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymity (no KYC) | 3.0 | lower is better |
| Withdrawal speed | 2.5 | lower is better |
| Cryptocurrencies accepted | 2.0 | higher is better |
| Licence | 2.0 | higher is better |
| Sports covered | 1.5 | higher is better |
| Minimum deposit | 1.0 | lower is better |
| Welcome bonus | 0.5 | higher is better |
More on the details in Anonymity and Sports coverage.
The calculation
Within a criterion, platforms are ranked against one another — top value 1, bottom value 0, the rest spread between them — because an absolute standard would be a number we invented. Weights from the table are applied, the sum is divided by the weight of the criteria we know for that platform, and the result is shown out of five.
Gaps in what we know
Below 3 known criteria a platform gets no place in the table and is listed separately as insufficient data. Otherwise the ranking would punish platforms for our own missing research, putting the least-documented one last and making that look like a verdict.
Unknown values print as a dash. They are not guessed, and they are excluded from the score rather than counted as zero.
Sources and dates
Every value in the ranking comes from a named source with the date we checked it. Values taken from independent reviews rather than from a platform's own pages are marked as such in our records and are re-checked before anything is published.
We earn a commission if you open an account through links on this site. That does not move anyone up the table: the weights above are fixed, and the calculation runs the same way regardless of which platform pays us.