Kevin Rendel

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Kevin Rendel

Casino analyst and editor

  • 20 years in the industry
  • 120 casinos tested
  • 13 reviews on this site

A leading expert in the world of online casinos. Numerous websites and trusted platforms were created and built thanks to his extensive experience in the online gambling industry. He has personally tested over 120 different brands, not just through words, but through real-world tests, deposits, payouts, and working with licensees and support. It's a rare case where the words "Kevin" and "Expert" are spelled differently but mean the same thing. He has nearly 20 years of experience as a player, an expert, an administrator, and an editor.

Casino reviews

1

Vavada

Top Pick

100% up to EUR 1,000 plus free spins

Instant payout
4.9 /5 ★★★★★ ★★★★★
2

50% rakeback on slots

No KYCInstant payoutNo wageringProvably fair
4.8 /5 ★★★★★ ★★★★★
3

Stake runs no classic welcome bonus; rewards arrive through the VIP Club

Provably fair
4.7 /5 ★★★★★ ★★★★★
4

Up to $20,000 across your first four deposits

No KYCInstant payoutProvably fair
4.7 /5 ★★★★★ ★★★★★
7

Up to 200% and up to €2,000 across tiers, plus up to 200 spins

4.3 /5 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Articles

Curacao’s regulator was hacked. The files show who owns the casinos

On 22 September an international investigation published what the Curacao Gaming Authority’s public register never shows: who actually owns the casinos, and what the regulator wrote down before it stamped the licence. The files come from the authority’s own licensing portal. They cover roughly 650 licensed firms, about 800 owners and more than 8,000 casino […]

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The 25x rule: what a wagering requirement actually costs you

There is one number that tells you whether a casino bonus is worth taking, and it is not the size of the bonus. It is the wagering multiple, measured against the house edge of the games you will clear it on. At the 96% return that most slots pay, the line sits at 25 times. […]

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Casino Will Not Pay Out? The Escalation Route That Works

The withdrawal has been pending for two days. Support keeps saying it is with the finance department. The chat agent is polite and says nothing. Somewhere in the back of your mind is the thought that you are not getting this money. Most of the time you are. The large majority of stuck payouts are […]

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KYC and source of funds at crypto casinos: what gets asked and when

The worst time to discover what a casino wants from you is the day you try to withdraw a large win. That is also when it usually happens, because verification is triggered by amounts and patterns, not by the calendar. Here is what gets asked, what sets it off, and how to make sure it […]

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How to withdraw from a crypto casino without losing money or time

Most withdrawal problems are not the casino stalling. They are a network chosen badly, a tag left blank, a minimum missed by two dollars, or an address pasted from the wrong wallet. All of those are avoidable, and all of them cost either time or the whole amount. This is the order to do things […]

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Curacao’s new crypto rules for casinos: what changes for players

Every casino on this site holds a Curaçao licence. This month all of them hit a deadline that changes how crypto moves through a cashier, and almost none of them will announce it. The Curaçao Gaming Authority published a crypto policy guideline for B2C licensees in June. It runs to eleven pages and covers the […]

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Tether froze $42 million of USDT. What that means for a casino balance

On Monday two Thai businessmen filed suit against Tether in the Southern District of New York. They say the company froze roughly $42.4 million of their USDT across ten Ethereum addresses, and that it did so at the informal request of a Homeland Security Investigations agent, with no warrant and no court order behind it. […]

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