About MapleBird — Who We Are and How We Review

What MapleBird is

MapleBird is an independent Canadian publication about online casino games. We explain how the games work, what they cost in house edge and return to player, how payment methods differ for Canadians, and how online gambling is regulated province by province.

Editorial policy

These are the rules we hold ourselves to. They exist because gambling content is written badly almost everywhere, and because a reader deciding what to do with their own money deserves better than marketing copy with a byline on it.

We publish numbers we can verify

House edge, return to player and probability figures on this site are either standard published values for a game family, or computed from first principles. The keno probabilities are calculated from the hypergeometric distribution at build time rather than typed in. Where a figure depends on a specific operator’s configuration — a slot’s RTP setting, a bonus wagering multiple — we say to check the operator’s own information panel instead of publishing a number we cannot stand behind.

We do not invent promotional terms

If we cannot see a bonus term published by the operator, we leave the cell blank and say so. We would rather have an incomplete table than a plausible-looking one that turns out to be wrong when a reader tries to withdraw.

We never use inducement language

We do not describe any wager as certain, costless or a way to overcome the house edge, because none of those things exists. We make no income claims and use no celebrity or athlete endorsement. We run no bonus-inducement copy on pages targeted at Ontario, because AGCO advertising standards prohibit it, and our build fails automatically if a page slips one in.

Commercial links are labelled

Some links on this site are affiliate links, marked with rel="sponsored nofollow" and disclosed in a visible panel near the top of every page that carries one — not buried in the footer. We may earn a commission if you open an account through one. That does not change what we write, and it does not change what you pay.

We correct things

Regulation changes, operators change their terms, and we make mistakes. Every page carries a last-reviewed date. If something here is wrong, write to us and we will fix it and say that we did.

How we review

1. We use the product. Every screenshot on this site is from the actual Canadian build of the app, captured by us. We do not use operator press kits.
2. We check the licence, not the marketing. The licence that matters is the one valid where the reader lives. A Curaçao licence is not an Ontario registration, and we say so plainly.
3. We compare features, not verdicts. We do not publish scores out of ten. Which site suits you depends on your province and the games you play, and no table can answer that for you.
4. We do not publish ratings we cannot substantiate. There is no aggregateRating in this site’s structured data, because there are no genuine on-page user reviews to aggregate.

Contact

Corrections, complaints and questions about anything published here: editorial@maplebirdhouse.ca. We aim to respond to correction requests within two business days.

We cannot help with account, deposit or withdrawal problems at any gambling operator, because we have no access to any operator’s systems. Those go to the operator’s own support, and then — if you are in a province with a licensed market — to the provincial escalation route.

If gambling has stopped being fun

ConnexOntario is free, confidential and available 24 hours a day at 1-866-531-2600 for people in Ontario; other provinces run their own services. Our responsible gaming page covers deposit limits, cooling-off periods and self-exclusion, and lists provincial helplines.