Bonus.com Authors & Editorial Team

At Bonus.com, we live on the cutting edge of the global iGaming space. Whether it’s up-to-date sweepstakes casino news, online casino promotions, or prediction market reviews, we provide all current and prospective players with the resources they need to make the most of their online betting experience. Our authority is built on a foundation of expert voices who collectively bring over 50 years of industry-defining experience to every story we tell.

Our Editorial & Review Process

From iGaming news to sweepstakes casino reviews, our editorial process revolves around gathering, organizing, and presenting information. On the review side, this begins with personal analysis from our team of experts. Each platform is meticulously examined to ensure we have both a micro and macro level understanding of how it works, what it offers, and how it stacks up against the competition.

On the news front, our information gathering process begins with attaining primary source information from operators and industry participants alike. Where we aren’t able to find primary source details directly on our end, we find necessary information from other places and cite our sources accordingly.

All content published at bonus.com seeks to enhance the experience of the online gaming community — our favorite community. If you’re a new user looking for the best online betting platform, we have hundreds of reviews of different apps and websites that can help you compare and contrast each one based on your preferences. If you’re an experienced player looking for existing user bonuses or opinions on the gaming market as a whole, we have you covered with an expert-driven blog.

The underpinning for everything we publish is our editorial policy, which affirms our commitment to journalistic best practices and a culture of user-driven feedback.

Per our editorial guidelines, we do not offer advertising contracts or accept ad contract offers from external sources. The only ads on our site are from select gambling companies with whom we have relationships.

How is research conducted?

As previously alluded to, our research process involves a combination of primary source analysis and well-sourced supplementary information.

When it comes to promo and bonus information, we work directly with operators. Assuring you have access to the best, most up-to-date information here remains one of our highest priorities.

For news, we leverage our contacts in the legal gaming space to provide the latest stories around the industry. Whether it’s something as significant as online casino legislation or something as silly as casino crime, our information is all sourced from contacts or other industry-recognized publications.

How is information verified?

When it comes to promos, we work directly with operators to ensure that all bonus information is updated shortly after information comes in. All toplists should be updated immediately via shortcodes and all content is updated manually.

Whether the update takes place via shortcode or manual update, all content is subjected to verification by quality assurance experts before pages are deemed “ready to go”.

Similarly, all new reviews are assessed by a team of editors before being given the green light. While we do make mistakes, these mistakes are often flagged in short order — either by our team or operators themselves.

Who reviews content before publication?

All content at Catena Media undergoes a rigorous, multi-stage review process involving three separate teams to ensure every piece is accurate, compliant, and optimized for our users.

• The Editorial Layer: Every article begins with the Writer, who is responsible for primary research and factual integrity. Once drafted, it moves to our Content Lead, who reviews for brand voice, clarity, and narrative flow.
• The Strategic Layer: Following the editorial review, our SEO Lead evaluates the content to ensure it meets the highest technical standards for search visibility and user intent, making certain that our insights reach the right audience.
• The Operational Layer: Finally, the process is supported by our Product and Management teams. They provide a final oversight to align the content with our broader business goals, technical product specifications, and the latest industry regulations.

This collaborative approach ensures that by the time a piece of content reaches a reader, it has been vetted for quality from every possible angle—editorial, technical, and strategic.

How often content is updated?

It depends on the page. Supporting content on our highest priority pages (i.e., our main online and sweepstake casino reviews) are ideally updated on a biweekly basis. These updates involve refreshing news-centric sections with current information and adding sections that we feel may be relevant to the user. As previously stated, all bonus and promo information is verified daily.

There are some pages on the site that may go untouched for months at a time, though content on these pages will largely revolve around more “evergreen” topics. If information on a page is out-of-date such that it no longer services the user, it is promptly updated.

Our Editorial Standards

At Bonus.com, our foundation is built on an unwavering commitment to accuracy—ensuring that every bonus code, legal requirement, and technical detail is verified before it reaches our readers.

We believe that in the rapidly evolving iGaming landscape, providing up-to-date and fact-checked information is the only way to truly serve the player. This dedication to precision is matched by our strict adherence to objectivity. Our reviews are based on standardized testing and data-driven benchmarks rather than personal preference, providing a balanced look at every operator we feature.

Above all, we maintain total independence from commercial influence. While we do form partnerships within the industry, our editorial integrity remains separate from our business operations; no amount of compensation can alter our evaluations or guarantee a positive review.

How We Ensure Transparency

At Bonus.com, our primary goal is to provide players with the most accurate and reliable information in the industry. To maintain that trust, we operate under a strict set of editorial and commercial standards:

• Affiliate Disclosure: We may earn a commission when you click on certain links or sign up for an offer through our site. This comes at no additional cost to you and helps us continue providing high-quality, independent reporting.
• Editorial Independence: While we maintain commercial partnerships, compensation never influences our rankings. Our reviews and “Best of” lists are driven solely by our internal data, user experience testing, and the expertise of our editorial team.
• No Pay-for-Play: Our partners and operators are strictly prohibited from requesting or purchasing editorial changes. We retain 100% control over our content, ensuring that our critiques and recommendations remain objective and unbiased.

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Our content team at bonus does make use of AI as a research assistant when crafting content across the site. That said, all user experience information in reviews, bonus power index ratings/analysis, and final editorial decisions are made/derived by the humans on our team.

AI helps us speed up our workflow by organizing our research, aggregating data, and conducting competitor analysis. The streamlining of these processes allows us to serve you, the user, with more information on more platforms in a shorter amount of time.

While we like to think AI could never be as funny and insightful as our team, feel free to contact us via the “Email Catena Media” button at the top of the page if something ever feels off.

Responsible Gambling Commitment

Legal online casino players must be at least 21 years of age to create an account, deposit funds, or participate in any real-money wagering.

Sweepstakes casino players, meanwhile, must be at least 18 years of age (or 21 in specific jurisdictions such as AL, DE, GA, ID, KY, MI, NE, and WA) to register and participate.

Participation is only permitted where legally allowed. We use geolocation technology to verify your physical location. If you are in a jurisdiction where the legal age is higher than our platform minimum, the higher age requirement will always apply.

Any account found to be operated by a minor will be permanently banned.

For more information about betting responsibly, reference our responsible gambling resources hub.

About Bonus.com

Bonus.com was acquired by Catena Media in 2017 to serve as a comprehensive resource for the modern bettor. We are staffed with industry veterans who aim to provide users with all the data they need to make the best gambling decisions for them.

We operate entirely in the legal betting market. Our toplists are geo-targeted to make sure we only serve you platforms that are available for use from your current location. We also work directly with operators to make sure all bonus offers and promo codes are validated on a daily basis, ensuring what you see is what you get.

For more information about our team, mission, and history, reference our About Us page.