On this page 11 questions
- Who pays for WinPower?
- What happens when you press an operator button?
- How is the commission worked out?
- Does the money shape the lists?
- What do deals decide, and what do they not?
- How can you tell a paid link?
- What happens when a deal ends?
- Are there partner-only codes?
- Do partners see what you read?
- Why spell all this out?
- Where do questions go?
In one line: operators pay Caravelix Content FZ-LLC, Loft Office 3, Dubai Media City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, when readers sign up through WinPower, and only operators that pay appear in our lists.
Who pays for WinPower?
The operators do. WinPower charges readers nothing, sells no subscription and runs no banner ads. Money arrives through affiliate agreements with casino, sportsbook and poker brands, signed by the publisher, Caravelix Content FZ-LLC. Without those agreements the site would not exist in its current form.
What happens when you press an operator button?
- You press a button or a link that points to an address beginning
/go/. - Our server records the referral, sets two short-lived cookies (described in the cookie policy) and forwards you to a partner tracking service.
- The tracking service hands you on to the operator with a reference attached.
- If you open an account, and in some deals if you also deposit or play, the operator credits that reference and the publisher is paid.
Nothing about this changes the price of an offer to you; you could reach the same operator by typing its address yourself.
How is the commission worked out?
Deals vary by brand. One model is a flat bounty per first-time depositor. Another hands the publisher a percentage of whatever the operator keeps, after winnings and bonuses, from each referred player for the life of that account. Hybrids combine both. Rates per brand stay confidential. What matters for you is that under a revenue cut, heavier losses by referred players mean bigger payments to the publisher: a genuine conflict of interest, and the reason this page exists.
Does the money shape the lists?
Yes. A brand needs an active agreement before it gets a button, and a list on WinPower is a list of brands with buttons. So the agreements decide which operators you are comparing in the first place. Within that pool the order follows the criteria published on how we rate; still, better-paying partners can end up more visible simply because they are present and others are not.
What do deals decide, and what do they not?
| Commercial deals decide | We try to keep from them |
|---|---|
| whether a brand is listed with a button | the figures quoted from published bonus terms |
| which operators appear in comparison tables | warnings about offshore status and missing state licences |
| whether a review page links out to the operator | the drawbacks noted on a review |
The right-hand column is an aim, not a guarantee. If you think a page bends a fact to suit a partner, tell us and say which page.
How can you tell a paid link?
Treat any link whose address starts with /go/ as paid. Behind the scenes each one also carries the rel="sponsored" attribute that Google and other search engines request. Links to regulators, help lines and news sources are not paid. When we are unsure whether an older article contains a paid link, assume it might.
What happens when a deal ends?
When an agreement stops, the brand loses its button and usually drops out of the lists, even if nothing about its service changed. It works the other way too: a brand that signs a new deal can appear in our tables overnight, before a full review of it has been written. Older articles may keep mentioning a departed brand for a while, sometimes with a plain link in place of the old button. A brand’s absence from WinPower is therefore not a verdict on its quality.
Are there partner-only codes?
Now and then an operator gives a partner site its own promo code or a bonus that differs from the standard offer. When a page shows such a code, the terms behind it are still the operator’s, and the code can be withdrawn without anyone telling us. Whether it beats what you would get by going direct can only be judged by putting both offers side by side and reading each set of terms.
Do partners see what you read?
Your reading history is not handed over. The tracking service and the operator learn that a click came from WinPower and, after registration, whether the referral qualified under the deal. Account details, deposits and play stay with the operator; the reports affiliates receive for billing are normally aggregated.
Why spell all this out?
Because the incentive is real. Knowing that every listed brand pays the publisher lets you weigh our comparisons accordingly, read the operator’s own rules and look past our tables when a decision matters.
Where do questions go?
Write through the contact page. The limits of everything we publish are listed on what WinPower cannot promise, and the general conditions of use sit in our terms. Gambling is for those 21 and older; free, confidential support is on 1-800-MY-RESET around the clock.