Common questions about WagerDB: where the data comes from, how scores are calculated, how we make money and what our numbers cannot tell you.
No. WagerDB takes no bets, holds no funds and has no house edge. It is an analytics platform: we read public data and make it useful.
Public, anonymous bet feeds that casinos publish themselves — no login required. We ingest them through our own adapters (plus one author-approved third-party stream for casinos we cannot reach directly), normalize everything to USD and store it permanently.
They are the public display names from casino feeds, already masked by the casinos themselves. Players who enable "hide my bets" never appear anywhere on WagerDB.
Z-scores of bet volume, win rate, average multiplier and big-hit rates versus each game's own trailing 7-day hourly baseline, combined into a 0-100 heat score. It describes the recent past — it cannot predict the next spin.
Providers ship slots in multiple RTP configurations (e.g. 96%, 94%, 92%) and each casino picks one. Our catalogue exposes the variants side by side so you can see who runs the lower setting.
Yes — and you do not have to trust us. The winner is computed from a future Bitcoin block hash (unknowable in advance) plus a server seed we commit to publicly before the draw. After the draw we reveal the seed; the Verify button on any past round lets you recompute the winner yourself.
No. Demos are free-play embeds with virtual credits. Nothing you win or lose there is real — that is the point: learn the game's variance before risking anything.
Live bets stream in real time (seconds). Hot scores refresh every minute. On-chain collectors tick every few minutes. The slot catalogue and bonus codes refresh on longer cycles (30 min – 24 h).
No. We show the math: house edges, real RTP, actual variance. If anything, our data tends to talk people out of bad bets. If gambling stops being fun, help resources are listed on the Responsible Gambling section of every review.
Reviews are assembled from our own dataset — on-chain flow, bet-feed samples, RTP builds, licence terms and the ten-category rubric — with the sources listed at the foot of every review. No operator can buy a score, a ranking position or a link, and the rubric weights are published so any ranking can be recomputed.
Because at least one rubric category has not been assessed. Rather than scoring an unassessed category as zero, we normalise across the categories we did assess and label the result provisional, listing what is missing. Treat it as a floor rather than a final grade.
Because we hold too little verified data for a review to say anything useful. Those entries are marked data-limited: no score, no ranking, no generated text, excluded from our sitemap and marked noindex. Thin coverage on our side is a statement about us, not an accusation about the operator.
RTP is the theoretical long-run return configured in a game. Observed payout ratio is what we actually recorded from a casino's public bet feed over a window: total returned divided by total wagered. On small samples it swings widely — a single large multiplier can push it above 100% — so it is a measurement, not a verdict on fairness.
Whether a specific game round was fair (unless it is provably fair and you verify it), whether your own withdrawal will clear, what happens off-chain or through payment processors, and anything about operators whose wallets we have not labelled. We mark those limits where they matter instead of scoring around them.
WagerDB operates as an independent quantitative casino intelligence and mathematical research platform. We continuously index public blockchain wallets, live bet feeds, and Remote Gaming Server (RGS) configuration payloads to provide transparent, unvarnished data for cryptocurrency gamblers.
Below are detailed answers to the most common technical, operational, and ethical questions regarding how our data is gathered, evaluated, and published.
How does WagerDB track crypto casino transactions? We maintain a verified registry of operator deposit, hot, and cold wallet addresses across Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, Tron, BSC, Polygon, Arbitrum, and Base. Every transaction is parsed directly from blockchain RPC nodes and block explorers, ensuring complete auditability.
How do you monitor live bets and big wins? We maintain bespoke real-time collectors and WebSocket/GraphQL adapters against public casino bet streams (e.g. Stake, Shuffle, Duel, Rainbet, Roobet, Gamdom). We normalize all wagers to USD using live spot exchange rates.
Can an operator pay to improve its Health Score or ranking? Absolutely not. All scores are computed deterministically from mathematical rubrics and verified on-chain metrics. There are no sponsored positions, paid reviews, or negotiation processes.
Why are some operators marked as "Data-Limited"? If an operator has insufficient verifiable wallet history or does not publish audited cryptographic seeds/licensing data, we deliberately exclude them from rankings rather than assigning provisional ratings.
Yes. The entire platform — including all 8+ betting calculators, 6 game simulators, blackjack trainers, RTP databases, and solvency trackers — is 100% free with no signup or paywalls.
Live bet streams update in real time (every few seconds). Blockchain wallet balances and solvency metrics sync continuously as new blocks are minted across the 8 supported networks.
You can contact our research team at [email protected] with specific on-chain transaction hashes or explorer links. Because every metric is pipeline-backed, verified submissions are promptly audited and updated.