About The Keep

What we do

The Keep reviews offshore online casinos, sportsbooks and crypto gambling sites from a New Zealand point of view. New Zealand law does not allow these operators to be based here, so every site we cover is overseas — and the detail that matters to a Kiwi player (NZD support, how money reaches a New Zealand bank, which banks block gambling payments) is exactly the detail most review sites skip. We do not.

How we test — our method

A review only counts if we have used the site. For every operator we rank, we:

1. Register and deposit real money using a New Zealand payment method.
2. Claim the welcome bonus and read every line of its terms — wagering, max bet, game weighting, time limit.
3. Play through enough to reach a withdrawal, then request a payout and time how long it takes to clear to a New Zealand account.
4. Test support with a real question and note whether it is answered.
5. Score and rank on bonus fairness, payout speed, NZD and payment support, game or market range, and trustworthiness.

Sites that stall withdrawals, bury unfair terms or behave badly drop down the list or come off it. We re-test and refresh rankings over time, and every page shows when it was last updated.

Editorial standards

We never state a figure we cannot verify. Bonus amounts come from the operator's own New Zealand-facing offer; where an offer is sourced from another market we label it indicative. We do not invent licence numbers, game counts or payout limits — where a detail is not disclosed, we say so. Worked examples (such as bonus wagering maths) are labelled as illustrative. Our rankings are our editorial judgement, formed by testing, not by who pays us.

Why trust us

Because we are specific. We tell you the wagering multiplier, the real withdrawal time, and the payment method that actually works from a New Zealand bank — and we flag the sites we would not use ourselves. Meet the people who write and test here →