Our Team
Casino Reviewers
The Link is built on a straightforward idea: test casinos with real money, document everything, and publish the results. Three Ottawa-area analysts handle every review — each bringing a different specialisation to the table. Here is who they are and what they focus on.
How We Operate
We fund every casino test ourselves. No operator-provided balances, no demo credits, no free accounts. When we say a withdrawal took 18 hours, we timed it with our own money on the line.
Game Variety, Payout Speed, Bonus Value, User Interface, and Security — weighted and scored out of 10. Full methodology here.
Operators cannot buy a ranking, a featured spot, or a higher score. Affiliate partnerships fund the site but have no influence over what we write.
Casino products change constantly. We re-test on a quarterly cycle to catch regressions, new bonus terms, and changes to withdrawal processing.
The Team
Tyler oversees all casino reviews and bonus analysis for The Link. He has broken down over 180 welcome offers across more than 40 Canadian-facing casinos, depositing upwards of C$70K in real money to verify bonus terms, payout speeds, and game library quality. His focus: stripping marketing claims down to actual expected value.
Marcus applies a product design background to every casino platform he reviews. He tests on real devices under real Canadian network conditions — benchmarking load times, auditing touch targets, mapping navigation flows, and flagging any dark patterns. If a casino's mobile experience is frustrating, his review will explain exactly why.
Derek owns everything related to payment testing at The Link. He times withdrawals across Interac, crypto, and card methods, evaluates KYC procedures, and stress-tests daily and weekly cashout limits. His data feeds directly into the Payout Speed axis of every review — if a casino says "instant withdrawal" but takes 48 hours, Derek's the one who proves it.
Our Scoring System
Want to understand how we turn testing data into scores? Five weighted categories with clear scoring brackets, applied uniformly to every casino.
See Full Methodology →