Five winners were selected using a published review methodology, with every score, weighting and decision publicly documented
August 29, 2026 – Bitranked launched The Bitranked Awards, an annual crypto casino awards program where every winning decision can be independently verified through a permanent public record.
Five awards were issued for 2026. Each links to a verification page showing the frozen scores, weightings and criteria behind the outcome. Winners were determined through Bitranked’s review methodology rather than through applications, public voting or judging panels.
Evidence before opinion
The company created the awards after observing that many industry awards provide limited visibility into how winners are selected. Badges circulate widely in the casino sector, yet the reasoning behind them is rarely available for inspection. Bitranked set out to build the opposite: an award where the claim and the evidence live at the same address.
That gives journalists and readers something most awards do not provide: a trail back to the underlying evidence.
How the methodology works
Bitranked rates 33 casinos across its sites using seven weighted scores, covering areas such as payments, security and licensing. Player reviews from Trustpilot and AskGamblers enter as one external input, weighted by volume and capped in how far they can move a result.
The awards are based on the same dataset. Category criteria run in a fixed order until one candidate stands alone, and the final call is editorial, recorded as such. Choosing a different candidate than the evidence suggests is permitted, but only with a stated reason marked in the award record.
Once an award year has been published, its underlying scores, criteria and weightings are frozen. Later rating changes never rewrite it, and a paused or revoked award stays visible on its verification page with the status, reason and date.
Measured with the company’s own money
Where finalists were re-tested before publication, the tests ran under standardized conditions. Withdrawal times, for example, were measured by withdrawing the equivalent of 100 USDT in BTC on weekdays, timed from request to funds visible on-chain, with a minimum of two observations per casino.
Every figure on a verification page carries one of two labels: measured, meaning re-checked under protocol before publication, or on-record, meaning drawn from dated review data. No number is presented as fresher than it is.
2026 recipients
- Crypto Casino of the Year – Jack.com
- Best Bitcoin & Lightning Casino – Betplay
- Best Withdrawal Experience – Crypto-Games.io
- Fairest Bonus Terms – Cloudbet
- Best Player Reputation – BitStarz
Complete scoring, sources and collection dates are available on each winner’s verification page.
“Awards only matter if people can see how they were earned. We wanted every decision to be traceable back to published criteria and evidence that anyone can inspect.” – Jonas Lindén, Casino Expert
Transparency stated in numbers, not adjectives
Bitranked separates commercial relationships from editorial decisions. Awards, ratings and rankings are never part of any commercial agreement, and no candidate can pay for the outcome.
The company also discloses that its sites earn affiliate commission and that 32 of the 33 reviewed casinos hold an affiliate link with it. The evidence is visible in the published ratings themselves: among the same candidates, they run from 2.3 to 4.7, with 11 casinos below 4.0 and 3 below 3.5. The spread is recalculated every year.
Permanent public records
The awards are decided once per year, with the next edition following the same principle: fixed criteria, frozen evidence and a lasting public record. A category without a convincing winner is simply not published that year. Additional categories may be introduced over time, but only where consistent measurement criteria can be applied.
The company hopes the model will encourage higher transparency standards across the wider review industry.
About Bitranked
Bitranked reviews crypto casinos using a seven-factor methodology supported by external player review data. Its annual awards are based on the same framework, with every decision linked to a permanent public verification page.
Media contact: Jonas Lindén, [email protected]
Press kit, boilerplate and artwork: Bitranked Press
