About us
Who we are
Quibicasino is an independent online casino guide written for Australian players. We review, test and compare casino sites so you can make an informed choice before you sign up — not after.
The site was built by people who play. We know how it feels to see a headline bonus and discover weeks later that the wagering requirement made it impossible to clear. We know a slow withdrawal frustrates more than a small one. And we know the detail buried in the terms matters far more than the number on the banner.
What we cover
Bonuses and their real terms. The headline offer, then what it actually takes to use it — wagering requirements, maximum bets while wagering, game weighting, excluded titles, expiry and minimum deposits in AUD.
Pokies and game libraries. Which providers a site works with, how deep the pokies catalogue runs, whether the live dealer section is worth playing, and what the table games look like beyond the basics.
Payments and payout speed. Deposit and withdrawal methods Australians actually use — PayID, POLi, Neosurf, cards and crypto — plus processing times, limits and fees. Payout speed is the single most common source of player complaints, so we treat it as a first-order concern.
Licensing and player protection. Which regulator an operator answers to, what that obliges them to do, and what recourse a player has when something goes wrong.
Support and usability. Whether help is reachable when you need it, and whether the site works properly on a phone.
How we review
Every review asks the same questions in the same order, because comparisons only mean something when the method is consistent.
We start with licensing, because nothing else matters if an operator is accountable to nobody. We read the bonus terms in full. We check the game library against the providers a site claims to offer. We test payment methods against stated processing times. We contact support with real questions. Then we write it up.
Our rating methodology is published openly — you can read which categories we weigh and by how much. If a criterion is not listed there, it did not go into the score.
When we get something wrong, we correct it. Bonuses change, licences lapse, operators are acquired. Our pages carry a last-updated date, and we revisit them.
Who writes for us
Reviews are only as good as the people behind them, so we put names on ours.
Every guide carries a byline. Nothing is published anonymously or under a house pseudonym. If you want to know who assessed a casino and arrived at a score, that person is credited at the top of the page.
Our Australian coverage is written by someone who understands this market — its regulation, its payment habits, and the questions Australian players are actually asking. A bonus that looks generous in one country is unremarkable in another. Local knowledge is not a nice extra here; it is the difference between a review that helps and one that misleads.
Emma Powys Maurice
Lead Sports Betting Strategist
Emma Powys Maurice is the Lead Sports Betting Strategist and primary voice behind the in‑depth analysis of Canadian‑facing betting and casino products. Her work sits at the intersection of regulated sportsbooks, online casino platforms and emerging hybrid products, giving readers a clear view of how real‑money wagering behaves in practice rather than on marketing pages.
Andreas Winkler
Senior Online Gambling Researcher
Andreas Winkler serves as Senior Online Gambling Researcher, specialising in how Australian players interact with offshore betting, casino and hybrid gambling products. His work focuses on the real‑world behaviour of platforms accessed from Australia, with particular attention to payment flows, game integrity and the way regulatory settings shape everyday play.
Michael Stevens
Principal Betting & Casino Editor
Michael Stevens is the Principal Betting & Casino Editor, responsible for shaping editorial standards around sports betting, online casino coverage and wider gambling commentary in the UK context. His work brings together odds analysis, game design critique and clear communication around risk, giving readers a structured way to understand real‑money play.
Kaitlin Milligan
Online Casino & Risk Insights Editor
Kaitlin Milligan works as Online Casino & Risk Insights Editor, focusing on how players across Southeast Asia — and Malaysia in particular — encounter online gambling, casino and betting products. Her work combines behavioural observation, risk analysis and clear editorial framing to help readers understand both the appeal and the potential harms of real‑money play.
Jeffrey Wells
Italy's Lead Casino & Regulatory Editor
Jeffrey Wells è il Lead Casino & Regulatory Editor per l'Italia, e supervisiona il modo in cui i lettori italiani si confrontano con i brand di casinò online, gli aggiornamenti normativi ADM e le informazioni sulla tutela del giocatore. Il suo lavoro unisce competenza legale, test approfonditi dei prodotti e una struttura editoriale chiara, per aiutare gli utenti a orientarsi tra pagamenti, bonus e conformità normativa senza perdere di vista un gioco corretto e sicuro.
Kihong Bae
Casino Product & Player Experience Reviewer
Kihong Bae est Casino Product & Player Experience Reviewer pour les lecteurs francophones, et s'intéresse à la manière dont les utilisateurs découvrent les casinos bien avant d'y engager du temps ou de l'argent. Son approche éditoriale allie analyse posée, tests UX approfondis et attention portée aux conditions générales, aux paiements, au support et au jeu responsable, afin que les lecteurs perçoivent aussi bien les points forts que les risques cachés de chaque plateforme.
Semple Ventures
German‑language Casino Analyst
Semple Ventures ist der deutschsprachige Casino-Analyst von und betrachtet Online-Casinos aus einer besonnenen, praxisnahen Perspektive. Er verbindet Spielauswahl, Bonusstrukturen, Zahlungsabläufe, Kundensupport und Tools für verantwortungsvolles Spielen zu einem stimmigen Gesamtbild und hilft Spielern so zu verstehen, ob ein Casino ihren Erwartungen wirklich entspricht, bevor sie sich anmelden.
Jónatan Sark
Casino Market Analyst and iGaming Content Strategist
Jónatan Sark ist als Casino Market Analyst und iGaming Content Strategist mit Fokus auf den österreichischen Markt tätig. Gestützt auf jahrelange praktische Erfahrung beim Testen von Plattformen und Beobachten von Trends, macht er komplexe Casino-Ökosysteme zu klaren, strukturierten Einblicken, die sowohl die Anziehungskraft als auch die langfristigen Risiken von Online-Glücksspiel für Spieler vor Ort aufzeigen.
Elias Saba
Greece's Lead Casino & Regulatory Editor
Ο Elias Saba εργάζεται ως Lead Casino & Regulatory Editor για την Ελλάδα, εστιάζοντας στον τρόπο με τον οποίο οι παίκτες έρχονται σε επαφή με αδειοδοτημένα καζίνο, τους κανόνες της ΕΕΕΠ και πρακτικές οδηγίες προστασίας παικτών. Ο ρόλος του συνδυάζει εκτενή δημοσιογραφική έρευνα, τεχνογνωσία στο iGaming και σαφή συντακτική δομή, ώστε οι Έλληνες αναγνώστες να μπορούν να κατανοήσουν μπόνους, πληρωμές και νομοθετικές αλλαγές χωρίς να χάνουν από τα μάτια τους το δίκαιο και υπεύθυνο παιχνίδι.
Alex Wagner
Netherlands Head of Casino & Gambling Policy Editorial
Alex Wagner is Head of Casino & Gambling Policy Editorial voor Nederland en bepaalt hoe Nederlandse lezers kennismaken met online casino's, updates over de Wet Koa en informatie over veiliger gokken. Met een achtergrond in journalistiek en iGaming vertaalt Alex complexe regelgeving, bonusvoorwaarden en betaalopties naar heldere, praktische inzichten voor spelers die zowel transparantie als bescherming willen.
Miguel Santaolalla
Denmark's Chief Casino & Gambling Law Editor
Miguel Santaolalla er Chief Casino & Gambling Law Editor for Danmark og styrer, hvordan danske læsere møder online casinoer, opdateringer om Lov om spil og indhold om spillerbeskyttelse. Hans arbejde kombinerer mange års erfaring med journalistik og iGaming med praktisk afprøvning og en klar redaktionel struktur, så spillerne kan forstå tilbud, betalinger og regler inden for et fuldt reguleret marked.
Astrid Hedlund
Sweden's Chief Casino & Gambling Law Editor
Astrid Hedlund är Chief Casino & Gambling Law Editor för Sverige och ansvarar för hur svenska läsare tar del av online-casinon, utvecklingen kring Spellagen och frågor om spelarsäkerhet. Hennes arbete kombinerar bevakning av regelverk, produkttester och tydlig redaktionell struktur för att hjälpa användare att förstå erbjudanden, betalningar och risker på en reglerad marknad där ansvarsfullt spelande står i centrum.
Editorial independence
Quibicasino contains affiliate links. If you sign up through one, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. That is the standard model for guide sites, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest.
What a commission does not buy is a rating. Operators cannot pay for a higher score, a better ranking position, or the removal of a negative point. If a casino has a punishing wagering requirement, we say so. We would rather lose a partnership than a reader’s trust — without the second, the first is worthless.
Responsible gambling
This is not a disclaimer. It is why the site is written the way it is.
Gambling is entertainment. It is a way of spending money in exchange for the experience of playing. It is not an income, not an investment, and not a way to win back what has already been lost. The moment it becomes any of those things, it has stopped being entertainment.
Most Australians who gamble do so without harm. A minority do not, and for them the consequences are serious — financial, but also relational and psychological. That minority is not made up of reckless people. It is made up of ordinary people, and the line is thinner than most of us like to think.
This shapes our editorial choices. We publish the real cost of a bonus rather than the advertised one. We check licensing first rather than last. We describe games accurately, including the fact that the house holds an edge in every one of them.
Set a limit on what you can afford to lose before you start, and treat it as fixed. Use deposit limits, loss limits and time-out tools where they are offered — they exist because they work. Never gamble to chase losses.
If gambling has stopped being fun, free and confidential help is available in Australia through Gambling Help Online and state-based services. You do not need to be in crisis to contact them. Australians can also self-exclude from licensed wagering providers through BetStop, the National Self-Exclusion Register.
Important legal note for Australian readers: under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, it is illegal for operators to offer online casino games such as pokies, roulette and blackjack to people in Australia. The ACMA enforces this. Online sports betting with licensed Australian bookmakers is permitted. Know where you stand before you play.
Players must be 18 or over.
Contact
We read what readers send us. Spotted a factual error, want to challenge a rating, or have a question about how a review was put together? Our contact page reaches the editorial team.
