Affiliate disclosure
BigBadBonus.com is free to use. Some casinos pay us a commission when a player opens an account through one of our links. That is how the site is paid for.
This page sets out which links can earn us money, what happens when you click one, and the parts of the site a commission cannot touch. A one-line version runs across the top of every page on the site, with a link back here.
Which links
Every "Claim" or "Visit" button goes through a link on our own domain that starts with /go/. Those links are marked as sponsored for search engines. We never put casino links in the text itself.
A /go/ link does one thing: it looks up the casino's address in our own list and forwards your browser there. Where we have a deal, the address it forwards to is the link the casino or its affiliate programme gave us, which is how the casino knows the visit came from us. The "Full terms" links on offer cards work the same way and lead to the casino's terms page. Search engines are asked not to crawl /go/ addresses at all.
Where the links do not work
Ontario and Alberta run their own regulated online gambling markets, and the offers we list are not for players there. If you visit from one of those provinces, the offers and their buttons are hidden, and a /go/ link sends you to a page that explains why instead of to the casino. The /go/ check runs on our hosting provider's network, so it holds even with scripts switched off in your browser.
What it does not change
A commission never changes a casino's score, the terms we show or the rules a list is ranked by. A casino with no commission deal can rank above one that has one.
The bonus part of each score is worked out from the published wagering by a fixed formula, set out on how we rate, so a better commission cannot buy a better bonus score. Each offer also shows the date its terms were read, whoever the casino is, and every offer button carries its section's age line and a "T&Cs apply" note, with or without a deal behind it.
Your side
Using our link costs you nothing extra. The offer and its terms are the casino's; always read them on the casino's site before you deposit.
You also do not have to use our links at all. Every fact on a card is there to be checked, and you can go to a casino directly. If you accept analytics cookies, the page passes a click on an offer button to our analytics tag, with the casino and the section you clicked in, so we can see which offers people open. If you do not, nothing about the click is recorded by us.