Slots Almanac is an independent testing desk for slot players. This page sets out how we work: how we stay independent, how we fund the site, how we handle facts, who signs each review, and what we do when we get something wrong.
Our recommendations are decided by the people who test the games, on the evidence, and by nothing else. No brand, provider, or operator can pay to appear on a comparison, to move up an order, or to have a rival left off. That line is not for sale at any price.
If a partnership ever conflicted with an honest recommendation, the recommendation wins. A page that would need to be softened to keep a commercial relationship simply does not get softened. It ships as tested, or it does not ship.
The site is affiliate-funded. Some links to casinos and games carry a tracked referral, and we may earn a commission when a reader signs up through one. That is how independent review sites keep the lights on without charging readers.
Funding and ranking are kept strictly apart. A commission arrangement never buys a better verdict, a higher placement, or a kinder write-up. The games we suggest as matches are chosen on shared mechanics, verified data, and how they actually play, never on what pays us most.
Every factual claim on a review, every RTP figure, max win, volatility rating, and mechanic, traces back to a named source we can point to. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap and nothing is copied from a rival's guess.
Where a provider has not published a number, we leave it blank and say so rather than invent a plausible-looking figure. A missing fact is honest; a fabricated one is a failure. This is the single hardest rule on the site, and it is enforced before a page can go live. You can read how it shapes our picks on how we pick.
Every review carries one byline: the tester who played the game, checked its data, and stands behind the verdict. One review, one accountable name. We do not stack a page with the whole team to look authoritative, and we do not publish anonymous verdicts.
The full desk, and who covers what, lives on the testing desk page, where each tester's profile links to the reviews they have signed. The editorial claims we make about testing match the work that actually happens: a real person plays the games and signs the result.
Each page shows a real last-checked date that moves only when a tester has genuinely reviewed the game and its data again. We do not auto-stamp today's date to look current. If a page is overdue a recheck, the date will say so.
We get things wrong sometimes, and when we do we fix them in place and update the last-checked date. If you spot a figure or a claim you believe is inaccurate, tell us: a well-evidenced correction is exactly what this policy exists to welcome, and it is the fastest way to make the site better.
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