Affiliate disclosure
The money, plainly
You deserve to know who pays for what you're reading. The short version: casino operators pay us when readers become their customers, and that is the site's entire income. The long version follows.
What an affiliate link is
When you click a "Visit site" button here, the address carries a tracking tag that tells the operator you came from us. If you then open an account, the operator pays us a commission out of its own marketing budget. Nothing is added to anything you spend, and the operator treats you identically either way — the tag exists so their accounting knows where a customer came from, nothing more.
Which links earn and which don't
Buttons and clearly-marked operator links in our showcase and comparison may earn commission. Links to the Gambling Commission, GamStop, GamCare, GambleAware, and between pages of this site never do. We mark commercial context with "Ad · 18+ · T&Cs apply" wherever an offer is mentioned, so you are never guessing which kind of link is under your cursor.
What operators cannot buy
A score, a ranking position, the featured slot, a softer sentence, or removal of criticism. Our eight checks and their weighting are set editorially and published on the homepage; the same checks run whether or not a commercial relationship exists. If an operator objected to a review by threatening the partnership, we would keep the review and lose the partnership — it is the only sustainable order of priorities for a site like this.
Why we work this way
The alternatives are worse. Paywalls don't suit a site people visit a few times a year; display advertising rewards clickbait; operator sponsorship would make independence a pretence. Affiliate funding, disclosed loudly, lets us keep the reviews free while leaving you a fair test of our honesty: check whether our scores track quality or money. TigerBet's 6.9 — earned through a live affiliate link — is our standing answer.
United Table Mechanics is an independent comparison site, not a gambling operator; we run no games and take part in no play. This disclosure covers the whole site. Questions about it are welcome at contact. 18+ · begambleaware.org.