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Best New Online Casinos covers one thing: casino sites that have recently started accepting Canadian players, and whether any of them are worth your money.
The reason this site exists is that most pages in this category are sorted by novelty. A site opened last month, therefore it goes at the top. That ordering is backwards. A recently launched operator has no record of how it handles a disputed payout, so it is harder to assess than an old one, not easier — and the bonus attached to it is usually the least clearable on the page.
One — the offer, read properly. Not the percentage. The wagering multiple, what that multiple applies to, which games contribute, whether there is a ceiling on what you can withdraw from bonus winnings, the maximum bet allowed while wagering, and the expiry. A bonus failing any one of those is worth less than a smaller one that passes.
Two — the exit route. Deposits always work. We look at whether money can get back out to a Canadian bank, which means checking for real Interac support rather than a logo in a footer.
Three — the currency. A site can accept you happily while holding your balance in euros. That is a conversion in each direction and we flag it where it happens.
Four — market maturity, in bands. Long-running, established, recent arrival. Broad bands, because a specific launch date would look more rigorous and be less honest than a classification we can actually stand behind.
Five — who a site is wrong for. Every review names a group of readers who should not sign up. It is the quickest way to tell an editorial page from an advert.
Per-brand withdrawal times, because every cashier is behind a login and operator-quoted timings are promises rather than measurements. Star ratings, because a decimal derived from our own opinions is decoration pretending to be data. And licence verification, because looking at a badge verifies nothing.
We earn commission when a reader opens an account through one of our links. That is the entire commercial relationship. Nobody buys placement, no operator sees a review before publication, and commission rates differ between brands without changing the order. The clearest proof is on our front page: the review of the biggest bonus we list is mostly an argument against claiming it.
Bonus terms move constantly and we get things wrong. Tell us and we will check and fix it — the contact page comes straight to the desk.