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Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on this site, labelled Play Online, are sponsored affiliate links. If you follow one, this guide may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Published 1 October 2026 · Reviewed 1 October 2026 · Queenstown Gaming Guide editorial team

Editorial evidence flowing through review to publication
Original editorial-process illustration.

What a sponsored link means

A sponsored link can identify the placement that referred a reader. It does not mean the linked brand has been approved, ranked or recommended unless the verification register explicitly says so.

What compensation cannot change

Payment cannot alter venue addresses, legal age information, transport facts, safer-gambling guidance, corrections or the evidence required for a review.

Where sponsored links appear

Sponsored links appear in the main navigation, on the online play page and in a dismissible online-play panel. They carry nofollow and sponsored link attributes and pass through a fixed internal redirect. No bonus amount, ranking score or featured offer is published unless its terms and source have been checked.

Publication checklist

  • Sponsored rel attribute
  • Visible placement disclosure
  • Verified destination allowlist
  • Current terms and expiry
  • No commercial link on help pages
  • Fallback when verification fails
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How this policy changes publication decisions

This policy is an operational control, not a reputation statement. Every material claim needs an owner, a source that can support the exact wording, a verification date and a clear response when the evidence changes. Search snippets, copied affiliate tables and anonymous reviews cannot satisfy that standard.

  • Keep primary evidence beside the claim it supports.
  • Mark unresolved legal or factual points before publication.
  • Correct the page, changelog and dependent pages together.

Independence also means disclosing the commercial model. Sponsored links may earn the guide a commission; they are labelled, and commercial considerations do not override legal, safety or factual gates.

How to use this information

Start with the decision you need to make, then distinguish a stable fact from a live condition. An address or statutory rule may remain stable for years; a timetable, entrance condition, machine configuration or promotional term may change without notice. Follow the primary-source link closest to the claim and check that it describes the same venue, service, product and date.

Keep a simple record of what you checked and when. Do not fill an evidence gap with a directory excerpt, an old screenshot or another publisher’s confidence. Where two official sources differ, use the more specific and current source, describe the conflict, and ask the responsible organisation before relying on it.

Evidence rule: use the linked official source for the live fact, then record the date checked. If the source is unavailable or ambiguous, keep the claim unpublished and list it in Sources and updates.