About Us: How We Test and Score Australian Casinos

Updated: 13 September 2026

I’ve been putting real money into Australian-facing casino sites for years now, and I’ve lost enough of it to stop taking anything on faith. That’s the whole reason Aussie Jack exists. Not because the world needed another "top 10 casinos" list, but because most of those lists are written by people who’ve never had a withdrawal sit "under review" for nine days.

So here’s what you’re actually getting when you read a review on aussiejack.com: someone who’s tested the account creation, funded it, played through the terms, and tried to get the money back out. If a site fails at any of those steps, that’s what gets written up — not a rounded-up star rating that quietly forgets the annoying part.

How operators actually get scored

Every casino goes through the same checklist. No exceptions, no "but the welcome bonus is really good so we’ll let this one slide."

• Licensing. Where is the operator actually licensed, and does that regulator have real teeth? A Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) or UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) licence gets weighed differently than an offshore licence nobody’s heard of. I check the register myself — not the badge on the footer, which means nothing on its own.
• Payments. How long does a withdrawal actually take, what are the real limits, and does the site try to bury a “processing fee” three menus deep. I test this with my own deposits, not press releases.
• Bonus terms. Wagering requirements, maximum bet while a bonus is active, expiry dates — all of it gets read in full and quoted plainly before I recommend anything with an offer attached. If the terms make the bonus mathematically pointless, that’s what the review says.
• Software and fairness. Games from studios with independent testing certification score higher than an unfamiliar “provider” nobody can verify. If I can’t find who tested the RNG, I say so.
• Support and account handling. Does support answer, or do you get a bot loop and a ticket number that goes nowhere. I open real tickets to check.
• Responsible gambling tools. Deposit limits, self-exclusion, and links to services like the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation — present and working, or just a footer link that leads nowhere.

Scores get revisited, not set once and forgotten. Terms change, licences lapse, payment processors get swapped out without notice. When that happens on a site I’ve reviewed, the page gets updated — not buried under a new post.

How this site makes money

Straight answer: affiliate links. When you click through to an operator from Aussie Jack and sign up, we may earn a commission. It costs you nothing extra — same account, same terms, same deposit either way.

Here’s the part that matters: that commission never buys a better score. I’ve delisted sites that pay well because the withdrawal process was genuinely bad. If that ever costs the project money, so be it — the alternative is writing reviews you can’t trust, which defeats the entire point of the site existing.

If something on here looks wrong, outdated, or like I got it wrong the first time, tell me: [email protected]. That’s not customer service boilerplate — corrections actually get made.