Affiliate links
MrMega makes money through affiliate links. When you click a link to a casino or sportsbook on this site, sign up, and deposit, MrMega may receive a commission from the operator. The commission is paid by the operator, not by you. You do not pay more, and your experience with the operator is not affected by whether you arrived through an affiliate link or typed the URL directly.
This is how most independent review sites fund themselves, and I think being open about it matters more than pretending it is not how the model works. If a site reviews casinos and does not disclose how it makes money, I would wonder what else it is not disclosing.
The full picture of our revenue
Affiliate commissions are the primary source of revenue for MrMega. When a reader clicks an affiliate link to a casino or sportsbook, signs up, and deposits, the operator pays MrMega a commission. The commission structure varies by operator and by network. Typically it is either a fixed cost-per-acquisition, a one-off payment for each depositing player, or a revenue-share arrangement, a percentage of the operator’s net revenue from the referred player over a set period.
We do not accept payment for placement. An operator cannot buy a slot on the shortlist, cannot pay to be ranked above a competitor, and cannot pay to have a negative finding removed from a review. The rankings are determined by the six criteria detailed on the How I Rate page. Commission rates are not one of them.
No cost to you
The commission is a fixed amount or a percentage of the operator’s revenue from referred players, paid by the operator. Your deposit, your wagering, your withdrawals, and your relationship with the operator are between you and the operator. The affiliate link changes nothing about what you pay or what you receive.
Does not affect my opinion
I write what I find during my funded sessions, not what pays. If a casino offers a higher commission rate than another, that has zero effect on where it lands on this site. My rankings are based on the six criteria laid out on the How I Rate page: licence, withdrawal speed, game quality, bonus honesty, support response, and responsible gambling tools. Commission rates are not one of the six criteria.
Several of the brands on my shortlist pay lower commissions than brands I have chosen not to feature. That is the test of independence, and it is one I pass every time I update the toplist.
What we do not do
We do not sell links. A casino operator cannot pay MrMega to place a dofollow link in an article. We do not run sponsored posts that look like editorial content. We do not accept free bets, free spins, press accounts, or hosted trips from operators. Every casino and sportsbook session described on this site was funded with the reviewer’s own money through a standard UK debit card deposit. The operator did not know the review was happening.
We do not let operators preview, approve, or request changes to our content. An operator that disputes a factual claim in a review can contact us through the Corrections Policy process, and Ernest will verify the claim against primary sources. The operator cannot demand a correction. The evidence decides.
Why this model serves readers
The alternative to affiliate-funded review sites is either operator-funded advertising, which is not independent by definition, or subscription-funded sites, which have not gained traction in the gambling information space because readers expect free access to comparison data before they deposit. The affiliate model aligns the site’s incentives with the reader’s in one critical respect: if the site recommends bad operators that mistreat players, readers stop trusting the site, traffic falls, and commissions follow. A site that burns reader trust burns its own revenue.
This does not mean the model is perfect. It means the incentives point in the right direction when the site is transparent about how it makes money and when the editorial standards are strong enough to survive a short-term commission incentive to recommend a bad operator. We publish this page because you should know how the money works before you decide whether to trust the recommendations.
How I stay independent
I do not accept free bets, press accounts, or hosted trips from operators. Every session I write about was funded with my own money through a standard UK debit card deposit. I do not tell operators I am reviewing them before the session. I do not let operators preview, approve, or request changes to what I write.
The affiliate relationships are managed through standard networks. MrMega does not have direct commercial agreements with individual operators that could create a conflict. The network pays the same commission structure regardless of which brand a reader chooses.
About the writer: Conor Brennan has been funding casino and sportsbook test sessions since 2024. UK-based, stake limit £200 per session. Read more.
About the fact-checker: Ernest Bowes verified the affiliate disclosure language and regulatory compliance of this page on 6 June 2026. Read more.
