Affiliate Disclosure — How AskProGambler Makes Money

The short version

When you click a "Visit" link from our site and create a casino account, we may earn a commission. This does not affect what we write about that casino. Our editors don't see commission rates. Operators we wouldn't recommend are not in our network — we don't take their money.

What is an affiliate link?

An affiliate link is a tracked URL that lets a casino know you arrived from our site. If you create an account and play, the casino may pay us a referral fee (called a "commission" or "revenue share").

You don't pay anything extra. The cost is the casino's marketing budget — not your wallet.

Which links on AskProGambler are affiliate?

Every "Visit Casino" or "Claim Bonus" button on the site uses an affiliate link. These are clearly marked with the rel="sponsored nofollow" HTML attribute, which Google requires for transparency.

What is not affiliate:

Links to regulators (PAGCOR, Curaçao eGaming, MGA, etc.)
Links to news sources we cite
Links to support helplines (Befrienders, GA, GamCare, etc.)
Links between AskProGambler pages (these are internal navigation)
Links to operators on our Avoid List

How much do we earn per signup?

Casino affiliate networks pay either:

Revenue share — typically 25–50% of the operator's net gaming revenue from referred players, paid monthly. We use this for most partners.
CPA (cost per acquisition) — flat fee per qualifying signup. Typically RM 200–400 in MY market.
Hybrid — small CPA + lower revenue share.

We negotiate the same baseline rates with every operator we work with. There is no "premium tier" that buys higher rankings.

Why this doesn't compromise our reviews

Three structural protections:

1. Editorial firewall

The editor writing a review never sees that casino's commission rate or our revenue from it. Editorial decisions (rankings, scores, "Avoid List" inclusions, methodology updates) happen in editorial meetings without commercial team input.

2. Veto power

Editorial has full veto authority over commercial. If our editors decide a casino fails our standards, we drop the affiliate partnership — even if it's profitable. We've dropped 11 partnerships since 2018 for license issues, payment failures, or KYC abuse.

3. Avoid List discipline

Casinos on our public Avoid List are banned from ever becoming partners. We don't accept money from operators we wouldn't recommend. This is the test of integrity that most affiliate sites fail.

What we won't do

We won't pay-for-placement. Operators cannot buy a higher TrustRank score. Our ranking algorithm is published at /methodology; you can replicate any score.
We won't bury bad reviews. Negative findings are published with the same prominence as positive ones, and stay visible even after we drop a partnership.
We won't publish "sponsored content" that looks like editorial. Any operator-funded content (rare) is clearly labelled "Sponsored" at the top of the page and excluded from search engine indexing.
We won't sell your data. Affiliate networks track if you registered after clicking from our site. They do not get your personal information from us; we don't have it.

If you want to bypass our affiliate links

Just type the casino name into your browser. You can also clear your cookies before signing up. Either way, our review of that casino is the same — we wrote it before we had any commercial relationship, and we update it based on testing, not commission rates.

Questions?

Email editorial@askprogambler.com with any concerns about our editorial independence. We answer every one.