About ilyaCasino

Who we are

ilyaCasino is an independent affiliate site, published by Thorne Media Ltd and online since 2023. We are not a casino and we do not take bets or hold player funds. Our job is narrower and, we think, more useful: we test and document licensed operators so that adults in our markets can decide where to play with fewer surprises.

That independence shapes everything here. We write for the reader first, not for the operator, and we would rather flag a slow withdrawal or a punishing wagering requirement than pretend it doesn’t exist.

What we cover

We focus on the parts of an online casino that actually affect your money and your time. In practice that means the areas our team knows best — bonus terms, payments and live casino — alongside the game libraries operators offer.

On the games side we look at studios such as Pragmatic Play, Play’n GO, Evolution and NetEnt, and we describe how individual titles behave rather than just listing them. Gates of Olympus by Pragmatic Play is a good example: a high-volatility slot with a pay-anywhere grid, tumbling wins and multiplier orbs of up to 500x, and a published RTP of 96.5% (T&Cs apply, verify on the operator’s site). Detail like that tells you far more than a star rating alone.

You can browse our work by area, including casino reviews, bonus guides and slot coverage.

How we stay independent

We fund this site through affiliate links. When you follow one of our links to an operator and sign up, we may earn a commission — at no extra cost to you. That is the entire business model, and we would rather be plain about it than bury it.

What commission never buys is a better verdict. Ratings, criticism and the order of our recommendations are decided by the editorial team, separately from any commercial arrangement, and an operator paying us more does not move it up a list. For the full detail of how those links work, see our affiliate disclosure.

Meet the team

Our reviews carry a real byline, not an anonymous house voice. Editorial content is led by Elena Marsh, a Senior iGaming analyst with nine years in the industry whose focus is bonus terms, payments and live casino. She is the reviewer behind the operator assessments you’ll find across the site, and the last-reviewed date on each page reflects when the content was genuinely checked. Where a figure comes straight from an operator rather than from us, we say so.

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