Editorial Policy and Source Standards
Our editorial standard is to prefer primary regulatory material over launch marketing, investor commentary or affiliate-site speculation. The site is built as a status and regulatory resource first, not as a bonus-ranking or signup funnel.
Sourcing hierarchy
- Primary sources such as AGLC pages, AGLC PDFs, Alberta legislation and Alberta government publications.
- Direct operator statements that are clearly dated and attributable.
- Industry reporting used only when it helps explain the public record or fills in context that is explicitly labelled as unconfirmed.
How we describe status
We keep registry visibility, pre-registration, public launch signals and live availability as separate facts. The detailed label definitions live in the operator review methodology; the editorial rule is that a weaker signal must not be rewritten into a stronger one.
Who, how and why
- Who: launch-critical pages are written and updated by Mariia Magus, with publication review by the Alberta iGaming Rules Editorial Desk.
- How: factual claims are checked against cited source material and reviewed before publication.
- Why: pages must help readers verify legal/status claims, understand uncertainty or find safer-gambling resources.
Publishability gate
A page should remain unpublished, noindexed or merged into a stronger page if it only repeats public sources without adding useful context.
- Operator pages must include registry wording, live-status caveats, what is known, what is unknown and player verification checks.
- Commercial-intent pages must not rank operators by bonus size before there is a reviewed methodology and clear disclosure.
- News or launch updates must be updated, merged or noindexed when the information becomes stale.
Update practices
Every key page includes a last-checked date and an update log. If a source changes, we update the page copy rather than silently replacing it. When uncertainty remains, we leave it visible instead of smoothing it away.
Independence
Editorial decisions are made to improve accuracy and reader clarity. Operator status labels, source hierarchy and safer-gambling warnings are not changed to support a commercial relationship. If paid or affiliate links are introduced later, the affected page must still be useful without the link, disclose the relationship clearly and keep status claims tied to cited sources. When a fact cannot be pinned to an official or attributable source, we say so.