About Plaquemines Casino Guide

Who we are

We are a small editorial team of US-based gambling-industry veterans. Our writers have collectively spent more than 30 years in and around the casino business — as floor supervisors, payments analysts, slot-math contractors, and licensed problem-gambling counselors. Every author who signs a byline on this site has a public, verifiable professional history. We do not publish anonymous content and we do not use AI-generated "expert" personas.

Meet the team:

• Marcus J. Holloway — Lead Casino Editor
• Jasmine Carter — Senior Reviewer, Payments & Crypto (author page coming July 2026)
• Robert "Bobby" Tran — Slots & RTP Analyst (author page coming July 2026)
• Dr. Elena Vasquez, Ph.D. — Responsible Gambling Advisor (author page coming July 2026)

The site is operated by Plaquemines Media LLC, a Nevada-registered limited liability company. Editorial decisions are independent of commercial partnerships.

How we review online casinos

Every brand listed on this site has passed a multi-step independent review process before earning its placement. The full methodology:

1. Account creation and verification. We register with a real US identity, complete KYC where required at sign-up, and document the onboarding experience.
2. Real-money deposit. A test deposit of $150–$500, made from the editorial team's own funds (never paid for by the operator). We test both fiat (US-issued card) and crypto (Bitcoin or USDT) deposit paths, documenting success rates, processing times, and any fees.
3. Sample play. A defined number of spins or hands across the casino's main game categories. We verify advertised RTPs against actual play patterns where the sample is large enough to be meaningful, and we confirm software identity (game provider) matches what is advertised.
4. Bonus claim and clearance. We claim the welcome bonus where feasible and attempt to clear the wagering requirement, documenting time-to-clear, game restrictions, and any T&C surprises.
5. Customer support test. Live chat, email, and phone (where available) — measuring response time, agent quality, and resolution of a sample question.
6. Withdrawal test. A real withdrawal of at least $100 to our test wallets. We document approval time, payout time, fees, and any KYC friction.
7. Terms review. A line-by-line read of the operator's terms and conditions, with specific attention to bonus wagering, maximum cash-out clauses, dormancy provisions, "void on bonus abuse" language, and KYC requirements.
8. Public complaint scan. We check AskGamblers complaints database, Trustpilot, Reddit r/onlinegambling, and Casinomeister's "rogue casino" list for any pattern of unresolved issues.

Scoring weights and criteria are documented in our main casino-guide methodology section. Brands that fail on payout reliability are not listed regardless of how generous their bonus appears — this is the single hardest gate to pass.

Editorial independence and affiliate disclosure

This site is monetized through affiliate partnerships. When a reader signs up at a casino we recommend, we may receive a commission. This is the standard revenue model for editorial sites in the gambling vertical, and we believe transparency about it is essential.

What this means in practice:

• Commercial relationships never influence rankings. Every brand listed earned its position through the methodology above. Commission rates do not factor into placement.
• We have refused to list brands that pay well but failed our payout tests. The 15 brands featured on our hub page are those that cleared the bar; several frequently-advertised offshore operators are absent because they did not.
• Affiliate links are always labeled. Every outbound link to a partner casino carries rel="sponsored noopener", the W3C-recommended attribute for paid placements.
• We do not accept "review-for-pay" arrangements. Operators cannot purchase reviews, edit our review content, or block publication of critical findings.

Editorial standards

We follow these standards on every piece of content we publish:

• Factual accuracy. Specific claims (legal status, bonus values, payout speeds) must be sourced from primary documents (state statutes, operator T&Cs, our own test data) — not from competitor sites.
• Disclosed authorship. Every page carries a named byline linked to a public author page with credentials and contact information.
• Disclosed last-updated dates. Pages are stamped with the date of the most recent editorial review. Dates are advanced only when the page is genuinely re-reviewed.
• Corrections policy. If we publish something inaccurate, we correct it visibly on the page and note the correction at the bottom. We do not silently edit.
• Responsible-gambling framing. Every page that promotes casino play includes a responsible-gambling reminder, the 1-800-GAMBLER number, and a link to our resources page. This is not optional.
• 21+ targeting. All content, imagery, and ad creative is designed for an adult audience only.

Contact us

For editorial corrections, partnership inquiries, or media requests, see our contact page. For player support, the casino operator's own customer support is the right first stop — we cannot mediate disputes between players and casinos directly, though we will flag pattern issues in our reviews.