Editorial Standards and Policies for Bonus.com Canada
Bonus.com and our sister sites in the Catena Media network strive to be the most trusted sources of information on and analysis of the Canadian online gambling industry, including provincially regulated markets.
We pledge to bring you content that’s informative, accurate, and framed in a way that reflects the sincerely held perspectives of our writers.
That said, this is an industry that has produced a huge number of online media outlets. All of them claim to be legitimate, and many are. However, there is also a lot of misinformation out there, and you can’t just trust a site’s owners to tell you if they’re honest or not.
For that reason, it’s important that we show you why you can trust us, rather than just telling you. The easiest way to do that is to show you what we do and what we don’t do.
What We Do At Bonus.com
At Bonus.com we:
- Work with experienced journalists and those with direct, relevant experience with the gambling industry
- Promote responsible gambling as a means of harm reduction, in line with Canadian and provincial responsible gambling standards
- Publish only articles that have been fact-checked by the Content Lead or a senior editor, with additional editorial review as needed
- Act within the larger Catena Media North America network, including North American and international experts, which comprises dozens of experts who share their knowledge freely with one another
- Operate in full compliance with applicable Canadian and provincial gambling laws, including holding any required vendor registrations or approvals in regulated provinces such as Ontario
- Source our facts as directly as possible, from lawmakers, regulators and representatives of the companies we report on
- Issue corrections swiftly when information is found to be in error, and are transparent about our mistakes
- Do our best to keep our permanent pages up to date, and indicate the time of last update on “living” pages that change frequently
- Adhere to journalistic best practices
- Administer proprietary rankings for online sweepstakes casinos via the Bomus Power Index (BPI) Rankings system. BPI grades platforms on a curved scale based key metrics such as gold Coin bonus amount, Sweeps Coin bonus amount, game total, and popularity.
What We Don’t Do At Bonus.com
At Bonus.com, we promise we:
- Will never report on rumors or engage in conjecture without indicating them as such
- Will never encourage irresponsible gambling
- Do not use sources that have proven themselves unreliable in the past
- Will never promote illegal or unregulated gambling operators that are not permitted to serve Canadian players
- Do not publish third-party content or “guest posts”
The Bonus.com Team
The permanent team at Bonus.com consists of several full-time employees. Click here to meet the Bonus.com Canada editorial team behind the best online gambling resource online.
Corrections & Feedback Policy
We do our best to be as accurate as possible in our reporting. However, we are a small team producing a large volume of output in a rapidly-changing industry.
Significant factual errors in our reporting are rare, but they do happen, as they can at any media outlet.
If you encounter what you believe to be an error on our site, don’t hesitate to contact our editorial team. We’ll be quick to correct the error if that’s what it is, or clear up any misunderstanding.
This applies to both our news and affiliate marketing content. Even when it comes to promoting our business partners, we are committed to ensuring anything published on our site is as complete, honest and accurate as possible.
We also welcome general feedback, positive or negative. Our readers are a diverse group, including everyone from players, journalists, regulators, lawmakers and industry figures. Whoever you are, we’d like to know how you found us, what you think of our content, and what types of stories you’d like to see more of in future.