The stopwatch decides

Finishing position on this site comes from a single figure: hours between filing a withdrawal and the money arriving. We file at the redemption floor rather than at a comfortable balance, because the first withdrawal a new player makes is at the minimum, and that is the one that decides whether they trust an operator. Twenty-two hours won the field. Seventy hours finished last.

The three figures recorded alongside

• Credited free. The whole welcome as it arrived, both currencies, with no purchase made.
• Redeemable. The portion that can convert. The only figure treated as value.
• Free clearance. Measured days on free routes to reach the operator minimum. Never estimated from a promotions page.

Why speed alone sets the order

Because it is the one number nobody publishes and everybody wants. Welcome sizes are advertised loudly, floors are buried in terms and can at least be found, but the time between filing and being paid is invisible until it happens to you. Sorting on it produces an order no marketing page would ever produce, which is the point. The other three figures are printed on every card so you can see what the speed cost or bought.

The review score is separate

Each review carries a score out of five covering games, interface, support and how honestly promotions are worded. It is written after the timing is recorded and is allowed to disagree. Pickem Casino has one of the strongest opening positions in the field and finishes fourteenth on the clock; both facts appear on its page.

Conflicts and refreshes

Some outbound links are commercial. Times are recorded before any link exists and are never revised, which is why commercial partners sit at the back of this field. The whole field is re-timed each sweep with the month printed at the top of the homepage.