Authors & Editorial Team

Three editors maintain Around50. Between them they have 38 years of professional iGaming review experience. Every casino rating on this site is signed off by one of them.

Sandra Keating

Editor-in-Chief

Sandra has spent 17 years writing about regulated and offshore online gambling for US readers, with bylines at Casino.org and Gambling.com Group titles before founding the Around50 editorial desk in 2024. She owns the review methodology and signs off every casino rating. She holds a Responsible Gambling Council (RGC) safer-play certification.

17 years experience

Casino reviewsPayout testingResponsible gambling

[email protected]

Marcus Delaney

Senior Reviewer — Casino Banking & Crypto

Marcus tests payout speeds, deposit methods, and crypto rails on every operator we cover. He logs deposit fees, withdrawal queues and dispute outcomes in our internal payout database. Before joining Around50, he spent eight years as a payments analyst at a UK-licensed iGaming consultancy.

12 years experience

Banking & withdrawalsCrypto depositsBonus terms

Rita Okafor

Senior Reviewer — Slots & Live Dealer

Rita reviews slot libraries and live dealer suites. She has played in regulated NJ, PA and MI rooms as well as the major Curaçao-licensed offshore brands, and ranks games on RTP, volatility, and feature design. Her game ratings come from at least 100 documented spins per title at real-money stakes.

9 years experience

Slots & RTPLive dealer tablesGame library audits

Editorial standards

Every casino review published on Around50 follows a fixed standard:

Funded test account. The reviewer deposits a minimum of $100 of their own funds (reimbursed by Around50) at every brand we cover. No comp accounts.
Documented withdrawal. A real withdrawal is requested and timed for every review. We log the deposit method, withdrawal method, request timestamp, and clearance timestamp in our internal payout database.
Three live support contacts. Every reviewer contacts live chat or phone support at least three times across morning, evening, and overnight windows. Response time is measured to the second.
Methodology audit. The Editor-in-Chief reviews and signs off every rating before publication. Disagreements between reviewers are resolved at editorial meeting.
Quarterly re-test. Every brand in our top 10 is re-tested at least once per quarter. When a brand fails a re-test, it is removed from the ranking and a notice is published.

Corrections policy

We make mistakes. When we do, we want them fixed fast. Email [email protected] — Sandra reviews every correction personally within five business days. Material corrections are timestamped on the affected page.