Editorial policy

This policy sets the standards for everything Chance Ledger publishes, including guides, reviews, comparisons, legal trackers and news. Our methodology covers how we rank platforms, and our fact-checking process covers how individual claims are verified.

Our standards

We hold every page to five rules.

1. No fabrication. We do not invent licenses, legal status, fees, bonuses, promo codes, redemption terms, dates, ratings, quotes, testimonials or personal experiences.
2. Every factual claim is sourced. Each page lists its sources with the date we accessed them.
3. Unverified means unpublished. If we cannot confirm a fact, we leave it out or say plainly that it is unconfirmed and who reported it.
4. No invented testing. Our reviews are documentary. We do not claim to have opened accounts, deposited, traded or redeemed until we have.
5. No pressure tactics. We do not use fake urgency (“act now”, “only today”) or imply that anyone can expect to profit.

Writing should be plain and specific. The answer comes first, and numbers are worked through where they help.

Sourcing hierarchy

We prefer sources in this order:

1. Primary legal and regulatory records. Court opinions and dockets, statutes and bill pages, CFTC releases and registrations, and releases from attorneys general and gaming regulators.
2. Operators’ own official documents. Terms, fee schedules, sweepstakes rules, promotion terms and help-center pages.
3. Expert secondary sources. Law-firm analyses and docket-based litigation trackers.
4. Reputable trade and general press.
5. Review and affiliate sites. We use these only to locate a primary source, never as the sole basis for a fact.

When a page relies on a secondary source for a fact, it says so in the text. Sources are marked as primary or secondary in each page’s source list.

AI assistance

We use AI tools in research and drafting, and we think readers should know that.

• What AI does: helps gather and summarize source material, draft text from our research notes, and check pages against our style rules.
• What AI does not do: decide what is true, approve publication or replace a primary source. An AI summary is never cited as a source.
• Human approval is required. A human editor must review and approve every page before it is published and every substantive update before it goes live. That editor is responsible for the page.

Our Standards Editor profile is currently marked as a placeholder because that position is open. We list the role honestly rather than attribute work to a person who does not exist.

Independence

Editorial decisions are made on accuracy and usefulness to readers. No operator, advertiser or partner can:

• Review or approve content before publication.
• Change a ranking or verdict.
• Remove accurate negative information, such as enforcement actions or lawsuits.
• Choose which of its competitors we cover.

Operators may point out factual errors like anyone else, and we will check them against sources. The affiliate disclosure explains how we earn money and how that is kept separate.

Conflicts of interest

Anyone who researches, writes or edits for Chance Ledger must disclose to the editor any financial interest in a company they cover. This includes holdings, employment, consulting or an active account used for more than research. They must also disclose any personal relationship that could reasonably affect their judgment. Where a conflict exists, that person does not work on coverage of that company.

Contributors may not accept gifts, free credits or paid travel from operators in exchange for coverage.

Corrections

We correct errors openly.

• How to report one: email corrections@chanceledger.com with the page URL, what you believe is wrong, and a source if you have one.
• What happens next: an editor checks the claim against primary sources. We aim to review reports promptly, and reports about legal status, fees or redemption terms take priority.
• If we were wrong: we fix the page and add a dated correction note at the top or bottom of the page. The note says what was wrong and what we changed. We do not silently rewrite factual errors.
• Significant errors, such as a wrong legal status, fee or redemption term, are corrected as soon as they are confirmed and noted prominently.
• Minor fixes, such as typos, broken links or formatting that does not change meaning, may be made without a note.
• If we were right: we reply with the source we relied on.

We do not remove accurate information because a company asks us to.

Updates and freshness

Facts about fees, offers, state availability and legal status change often, so:

• Pages show the date they were published and last updated. The updated date changes only for substantive edits, not cosmetic ones.
• Commercial and legal pages also show when their facts were last verified.
• Pages are scheduled for re-review on a fixed cycle: legal trackers every 7 days, offers every 14, reviews every 30, guides every 90 and trust pages every 180.
• If a page falls behind its cycle and covers fast-moving facts, it should say so rather than present old facts as current.

News standards

Our news coverage follows additional rules.

• We add context. A news article explains what happened, why it matters, who is affected and what comes next. We do not republish press releases.
• We link the primary source, such as the opinion, docket, bill or official release, whenever one exists, and the relevant explainer for background.
• We label analysis. When an article interprets events, it says so, and it does not predict court outcomes as fact.
• We date everything. News articles carry the date of the event. When we add later developments, we change the updated date and note the addition in the article.
• We do not report rumors as news. A single unconfirmed report is identified as such, or not published.

Contact

Questions about this policy go to editors@chanceledger.com. See our contact page for other addresses.