Why this site exists
Search for an online casino in Australia and you will find dozens of ordered lists. Almost none of them explain where the order came from. The bonus figures are large, the language is enthusiastic, and the number one position is usually the operator paying the most that month.
SpinCompass was built to publish the arithmetic instead. Seven criteria, a fixed weight on each, a published scale for turning what we observe into points. Any reader who disagrees with a score can open the methodology, check the inputs, and see exactly which criterion produced the number they think is wrong. That is a higher bar than "trust us", and it is the one we chose to be held to.
What we actually measure
The heaviest weight in our formula sits on withdrawal speed, at 28%. That is deliberate. Depositing is trivially easy at every operator in existence, because the whole cashier is engineered to make it so. Getting money out is where the differences live, and it is where a bad operator reveals itself.
Second heaviest is the real cost of bonus terms. A headline match percentage tells a reader nothing until it is converted into required turnover, and we do that conversion on every offer we cover. A 300% match at 60x wagering is a worse proposition than a 50% match at 25x, and a list sorted by headline size gets that backwards every time.
The rest of the weight goes to payment routes that actually complete for Australian residents, verification friction, support that answers specific questions, the studio mix behind the game count, and whether the terms page stays stable after we archive it.
Where we are today
SpinCompass is new, and we would rather say so than manufacture a history. Our counters currently stand at zero: no completed licence checks, no logged withdrawal timings, no landing page availability runs. The protocol on our methodology page describes what we do for each operator, in the order we do it, and the first measurements will be published as they are recorded, each carrying the date it was taken.
Until a criterion has been measured for a given operator, it is left unscored on that review rather than filled with an estimate. A rating with gaps in it is more useful than a rating that hides them.
How we are paid
Commercial links, disclosed on every page that carries one. Commission has no input into any score, and the editorial policy sets out in detail what we refuse to sell. We would rather explain the funding once, plainly, than have a reader discover it and wonder what else went unmentioned.
Who we write for
Adults who have already decided to spend money and want to spend it where it can be retrieved. We do not promise wins, because nobody can. We do not talk about systems, because they do not exist. The house edge is a fixed property of every game we cover, and over enough hands or spins it decides the outcome.
What we can do is tell a reader which operators pay out, how fast, on what conditions, and which ones we would not open an account with.
18+. Gambling involves risk and most players lose. If gambling has stopped being entertainment, Gambling Help Online offers free confidential support in Australia on 1800 858 858, at any hour.
