Affiliate Disclosure
This site is funded through affiliate partnerships, including a partnership with Mr Fortune Casino. This page explains how that works, what it costs you as a reader, and the rules that keep the funding side out of editorial work. The wider context is on the About page, and the operator analysis is on the Mr Fortune homepage.
1. How this site is paid
When a reader clicks an affiliate link and opens an account at Mr Fortune, the site may earn a commission. That commission comes from the operator's marketing budget, not from the player. Two structures are common: a one-off CPA (cost per acquisition) paid when a qualifying account is created, and a revenue share under which a small percentage of net gaming revenue from that account is paid over time. The only practical effect is that the operator can see the visit came from this site.
2. What it costs you
Nothing. The Mr Fortune welcome package (up to NZ$1,500 plus 180 free spins across the first three deposits, from a NZ$20 qualifying deposit) is the same whether you arrive through an affiliate link, a search ad or by typing the address. The 40x wagering on bonus funds, the 25x on free-spin winnings, the 7-day expiry, the NZ$1,000 cap on welcome winnings and the NZ$5,000 monthly withdrawal cap all stay the same.
3. Why this can stay neutral
The honest answer is reputation. A review site survives only while readers trust it. Inflate scores to flatter a partner, and the audience moves elsewhere within months, taking the commissions with it. The long-term commercial interest of an affiliate site lines up with its editorial interest, and the same checklist is applied to every operator, partner or not.
4. What "not influencing the review" means in practice
Three concrete rules. First, partnership status feeds nothing into the score. Second, it does not buy favourable framing: where Mr Fortune has weaknesses (the NZ$5,000 monthly withdrawal cap, the NZ$1,000 cap on welcome winnings, a shorter track record since 2023, no native app), they appear in the relevant section. Third, the operator does not pre-approve content; it sees the page when it goes live, like everyone else. The analysis is written and scored by our casino analyst Felix Carter.
If the operator flags a factual error, we check the claim, correct it if it is wrong, and note the change. If it argues a score is "unfair" without pointing to a specific error, the score stays.
5. Recognising affiliate links
Every outbound link from this site to Mr Fortune carries rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" with target="_blank", the standard signal of a commercial link. These links route through a redirect at /go on this domain so clicks can be counted before you are forwarded to the operator. Links to regulators, helplines and game studios are not affiliate links and carry rel="noopener noreferrer" only.
6. Disclosure rules
In New Zealand, the Fair Trading Act 1986 prohibits misleading conduct, and the Advertising Standards Authority's Advertising Standards Code expects advertising to be clearly identifiable as advertising. This page is the site-wide disclosure, and commercial links are marked in the page code as described above.
7. Commitments to readers
Disclosure is visible, never buried. Errors are corrected on a published timeline. The operator does not preview content. The full editorial process is on the Editorial Policy page, and anything that looks like a breach of these rules can be raised through the Contact page.
8. Wider context
Player-protection commitments are on the Responsible Gambling page. Privacy practices are on the Privacy Policy page, with cookie detail on the Cookie Policy page.