Affiliate Disclosure
Plain-English honesty about how ourturnmoss.org makes money — written to meet the US Federal Trade Commission's guidance on endorsements and affiliate relationships.
Advertiser disclosure: ourturnmoss.org is reader-supported. When you sign up through links on our site we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. This never affects our ratings — see our review methodology. All operators listed are licensed offshore and accept US players; they are not licensed by any US state.
The short version
ourturnmoss.org is free to use because it is reader-supported through affiliate marketing. When you click a link on our site and sign up or deposit at a casino or sportsbook, we may be paid a commission by that operator. It costs you absolutely nothing extra — you get exactly the same offer, bonus and terms you would get going to the operator directly. That's it. Everything below just explains it in more detail.
How affiliate commissions work
Many of the operator names, buttons and comparison links on ourturnmoss.org are affiliate links. When you follow one, the operator can tell that you arrived from ourturnmoss.org. If you then register an account and, in most programs, make a deposit and play, the operator pays us a referral fee. That fee is typically a one-time payment (a "CPA"), a share of the operator's revenue from your play (a "revenue share"), or a combination of the two. These are standard arrangements across the entire comparison-site industry.
The commission comes out of the operator's own marketing budget. It is not a surcharge, a fee, or a markup added to you. Your deposit, your bonus, your odds and your withdrawals are identical whether you use our link or type the operator's address into your browser yourself.
It does not affect our rankings or reviews
This is the part that matters most, so we'll be blunt: money does not buy a better rating on ourturnmoss.org. Our rankings are decided by our editorial team using our published review methodology — weighted scoring across bonus value, payout speed, game and market range, banking, licensing and fairness, customer support and mobile experience. Those scores are set before any commercial discussion, and they are not adjusted to favor operators who pay us more.
We do not accept payment for placement. No operator can buy the number-one spot, a higher position, a shinier badge, or the removal of a negative comment. If a site that pays us a smaller commission is simply better, it ranks higher — full stop. And if an operator we recommend starts paying slowly, changes its terms for the worse, or mistreats players, we downgrade or remove it regardless of what it pays us.
We test independently, with our own money
To keep our reviews honest, we fund the accounts we test using our own money rather than special balances handed to us by operators. We make real deposits, claim the same bonuses you would, place real bets and request real withdrawals — then we report what actually happened, including the delays, the friction and the disappointments. Being an affiliate does not change what we experience or what we're willing to publish about it.
No extra cost to you — ever
Using our links never costs you a cent more. You receive the same welcome offer and the same terms as any other new customer. If anything, our links sometimes unlock a bonus that is only available through partner channels. Either way, the price to you is exactly zero on top of what you'd pay the operator directly.
If you'd rather not use an affiliate link, that's completely fine — you can always go to an operator's website directly and it won't change your experience one bit. We're grateful when readers choose to support the site through our links, because it's what keeps our testing funded and our content free.
Why we disclose this
The FTC requires clear and conspicuous disclosure of material connections between publishers and the products they recommend. We agree with the principle: you can't judge a recommendation fairly unless you know how the recommender is paid. That's why you'll see an advertiser-disclosure box near the top of our review and comparison pages, and why this full explanation is one click away from anywhere on the site. Questions about our disclosures or commercial relationships? Contact us — we're happy to answer.
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