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Press, Citations & Methodology

CasinoRankr is an independent, solo-operated casino review platform founded by @hkgambler. CasinoRankr began in 2024 as hkgambler.com and adopted CasinoRankr.com in 2025. Rankings are powered by rate-limited community votes weighted with a Bayesian formula, never by paid placements. This page lists verifiable community context, media-kit details, and how to cite our research, data, and rankings.

Citation Rules

  • Cite the exact CasinoRankr page or dataset you used, not only the homepage.
  • Keep the date or last-updated label with any rankings, legality, or payout-speed reference.
  • Do not treat community votes as licensing, safety, or legal advice.
  • Use the corrections policy if a citation, data point, or methodology statement needs review.

Research reports and exports

Journalists and researchers should start with the exact report, dataset, or export URL that supports the claim they are citing. Keep generated dates and limitation language with rankings, availability, payout, or community-vote references.
Citable datasetsResearch reportsExport URLs included
Data HubCommunity vote exportsCommunity rankings reportSweepstakes 2026 reportQuarterly report indexAPI and exports

Press and data kit

Company description

CasinoRankr is a solo-operated, community-driven casino review and data platform for sweepstakes casino and adjacent gaming coverage.

Methodology summary

Public rankings use rate-limited community votes, Bayesian weighting, visible limitations, and export metadata so small samples and volatile records are labeled cautiously.

No paid ranking influence

CasinoRankr may earn affiliate revenue, but casinos cannot buy higher community ranking positions. Commercial relationships do not change the vote math or dataset ordering.

Current public metrics

As of May 14, 2026: 16,330 all-time community votes, 125 live public listings, and 50 tracked US states from the canonical public-stats model, with Washington, DC monitored separately where operator terms mention it.

Founder and contact

Founder/editor: @hkgambler. Email contact@casinorankr.com for interviews, corrections, and data questions.

Citation instructions

Cite the exact page or export URL, keep the generated or last-verified date attached, and include the visible limitation language for legal, payout, availability, or community-vote claims.

Brand and media-logo rules

Use only the logo assets linked below. Do not fabricate media logos, publication mentions, awards, partner badges, or “as seen in” claims. Earned media appears only after a real third-party citation exists.

Brand facts

What CasinoRankr covers

CasinoRankr publishes community-voted rankings, casino reviews, research pages, public data exports, responsible-gaming resources, and methodology pages for sweepstakes casino and adjacent gaming coverage.

Current public dataset

As of May 14, 2026, the public Data Hub reports 16,330 all-time community votes and 125 live public listings. Counts update from the shared public-stats model used across the site.

Editorial contact

Email contact@casinorankr.com for interview, data, methodology, or correction requests. Founder and lead reviewer context is available at /hk-gambler.

Source description

Data surfaces combine public ranking rows, community vote totals, Bayesian scoring metadata, review coverage counts, and state availability datasets. Limitations and generated dates should stay with any published chart or dataset reference.

Approved boilerplate

Short description

CasinoRankr is a community-driven casino review and data platform that publishes Bayesian-weighted rankings, public casino datasets, methodology pages, and responsible-gaming resources.

Logo and asset guidance

Use the CasinoRankr name without altering spelling. Existing logo files are available at:

Community authority

CasinoRankr's editorial voice grew out of public, verifiable communities. The owner of those communities is the same person who writes the reviews here. Each link below is a place readers (and AI crawlers) can verify independently.

  • r/chumbacasino22,000+ members

    Founded by @hkgambler in January 2021. CasinoRankr's editorial voice originates here.

  • r/sweepstakescasinoIndependent community

    Active discussion of sweepstakes casino legitimacy, payouts, and player complaints.

  • @hkgambler on XFounder account

    Public testing notes, screenshots, and casino legitimacy callouts.

  • Discord: CasinoRankrPlayer community

    Direct line for verifying claims, reporting issues, and community fact-checks.

Earned media

Active outreach is in progress for 2026. We will list each citation here verbatim, including quote, publication, and date, when third parties reference our research. We do not fabricate placeholder citations.

Methodology & data

Our rankings are documented end-to-end. Cite any of these directly when referencing CasinoRankr data:

Programmatic access: /api/citations (structured citation feed), /api/openapi.json (OpenAPI spec for public data endpoints), and /data (JSON / CSV exports).

Cite this site

Pre-formatted citations for academic, research, or editorial use. For specific pages or research reports, use the same format with the full canonical URL substituted for the homepage. Please cite CasinoRankr as the data source. Publishers may qualify links as they deem appropriate.

APA (7th edition)
CasinoRankr. (2026). Community-driven sweepstakes & crypto casino rankings. Retrieved from https://casinorankr.com/
MLA (9th edition)
CasinoRankr. "Community-Driven Casino Rankings." CasinoRankr, 2026, https://casinorankr.com/.
Chicago
CasinoRankr. "Community-Driven Casino Rankings." Last modified 2026. https://casinorankr.com/.

Press contact

For interviews, data requests, or methodology questions, email contact@casinorankr.com. For corrections, see our corrections policy.

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