What this site is, and who writes it

What you will find on the site

Golden Gong Pokies publishes reference material about pokies and casino bonuses for Australian readers. That includes explainers on how games and bonus terms work, and pages that set out the published terms attached to a bonus so you can read them before deciding anything. We write for adults who are spending their own money and who want the conditions spelled out rather than glossed over.

We do not publish tips, systems or claims that a game can be beaten. A pokie's return figure is a long-run average across a very large number of spins; it tells you nothing about what a single session will do, and no amount of planning changes that. Where we quote a return figure, that is what it means and nothing more.

How we compile our statistics

Figures on this site are taken from what providers and operators publish: game rules, paytable information, bonus terms and the conditions attached to an offer. We re-read the source material when we update a page and note when it was last checked, so you can see how current it is. If a detail is not published, we leave it out rather than estimate it.

Bonus terms change without notice, and the published terms always override anything written here. Read the terms on the page where the offer sits before you deposit anything, and treat any figure on this site as a record of what was published when we last looked.

Who funds this site and how

The site earns from a paid placement. Where we point to a bonus or an operator, that placement is commercial, and we disclose it on the page where it appears. Our commercial partner is referred to on this site only as our partner. The payment does not change the rule that we do not invent figures or promise outcomes.

Being paid for a placement is not a recommendation that you sign up, deposit or play. It is an acknowledgement that the site has a commercial relationship with the business concerned. Decide for yourself whether any offer suits your circumstances, and only ever with money you can afford to lose.

What this site does not cover

This site is not a casino and not an operator. We do not hold player funds, run games, process deposits or withdrawals, or handle account queries; those matters sit with the operator you deal with. Nothing published here is financial, legal or tax advice, and it is not a substitute for reading the terms you are asked to accept.

We are not a gambling help service. If gambling is costing you more than you can afford, or is affecting the people around you, stop and seek confidential support from a qualified service rather than from a website about bonuses.

Corrections and contact

If you find something on this site that does not match a published term, tell us and we will re-read the source. We correct errors when we find them and update the page rather than leave a stale figure standing. We do not publish a claim we cannot point back to something published by the provider or operator.

We cannot help with an account, a deposit, a withdrawal or a complaint about a game. Those go to the operator you are dealing with, and to the regulator named in its licence information if the operator does not resolve them.

Who writes the pages

Pages are written and edited by the site's editorial desk, which reads the published material and puts it into plain English for Australian readers. We do not claim testing, deposits, withdrawals, support contact or visits, because we have not done those things; we describe what is published, not an experience.

We do not publish staff names, credentials or a company address on this page. If that changes, it will be stated here rather than implied. Until then, treat the writing as coming from the desk as a whole.

Does this site take deposits or hold my money?

No. Golden Gong Pokies is a publishing site and is not a casino or an operator, so it does not hold player funds or process payments. Any deposit or withdrawal is handled by the operator you deal with, under its own terms.

How does the site make money if I never pay for anything?

It earns from a paid placement, disclosed on the page where the placement appears. That payment is not a recommendation to sign up, and it does not change the rule that figures come from published sources.