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What this site is

Brand New Casinos publishes one thing: a ranking of recently launched online casinos that accept players in Canada, ordered by what a deposit is actually worth once the wagering requirement is priced in.

It exists because most coverage of this category sorts offers by the size of the percentage on the front page. That produces an order almost exactly inverted from the order a depositor would choose if they had done the multiplication, and it is the easiest kind of table to assemble, which is why so much of the niche consists of it.

Who does the testing

Hollis Renaud, a casino reviews editor based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He spent close to a decade auditing commercial leases before this, where the work consisted of reading long documents to locate the clause that allowed a landlord to retain someone's deposit. Reading casino bonus terms turned out to require the same skill.

Every figure published here came from an account he opened and funded himself, at the operator's advertised minimum deposit, followed by a withdrawal request. Six of the fifteen accounts behind the current ranking closed below their opening deposit. That is the ordinary arithmetic of casino games and it is not concealed.

The method in short

Price the offer by multiplying the bonus against its wagering multiple. Deposit the advertised floor and nothing more. Claim the offer. Play until the requirement clears or the balance is exhausted. Request a withdrawal in every case, including the losing accounts. Record what happened, including the parts that were slow or evasive.

What is deliberately absent from every page: ratings out of five, payout times quoted to the minute, and licence numbers. A five-point scale implies a resolution the sample cannot support. Payout duration depends on method, amount and verification state, so a single per-brand figure would be a fabrication. A licence number transcribed from a footer evidences the footer.

How the site is funded

Operators pay a commission when a reader registers through a link on this site. That is the entire revenue model and it is disclosed on every page carrying such a link.

The commission does not buy a position and does not buy silence. Three brands in the current ranking are recommended against in their own entries, and one of those three carries the largest advertised offer in the lineup. If a page here ever reads as though every operator is worth signing up with, it has stopped being useful and should be distrusted.

Corrections

Terms change without notice in this category. If a figure on this site is out of date, or a withdrawal behaved differently for you than it did for us, send the detail and it will be checked against the operator and amended. Corrections are made to the page rather than noted elsewhere and quietly left in place.