Last updated: May 2026 — Lachlan Mercer, Oceansafire
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Oceansafire participates in affiliate marketing programs operated by a number of online casino brands available to Australian players. This means that when you click a link on our website and subsequently register an account or make a deposit at a casino we have reviewed, we may receive a commission or referral fee from that operator.
This is how Oceansafire generates revenue to fund the ongoing research, writing, and maintenance of this website. We want you to know this upfront, clearly, and without any fine print.
An affiliate link is a specially tracked URL that identifies Oceansafire as the referring website. When you click one of these links, a small piece of data known as a cookie is stored in your browser. If you then sign up or deposit at that casino within a set timeframe, the operator attributes that action to us and pays a pre-agreed commission.
This process costs you absolutely nothing extra. You pay the same deposit amounts and receive the same bonuses you would receive by visiting the casino directly. The commission comes entirely from the operator, not from you.
They don't. The presence or absence of an affiliate relationship has no influence on how Lachlan Mercer evaluates and scores any casino on this website. Oceansafire maintains a strict separation between commercial partnerships and editorial content.
We review casinos that we are not affiliated with. We publish honest criticisms of casinos that we do earn commissions from. We remove or downgrade casinos from our recommendations if they no longer meet our standards, regardless of any financial arrangement.
Every casino reviewed on Oceansafire is assessed against a consistent set of criteria developed by Lachlan Mercer, who brings hands-on experience evaluating the Australian online gambling market. Our review process examines the following areas:
Scores and recommendations are assigned based on this evidence, not on commercial considerations.
Lachlan Mercer is the owner and primary reviewer at Oceansafire. He has spent several years researching the Australian online casino landscape, testing platforms firsthand, and writing practical guidance for Australian players. His reviews reflect genuine assessment and personal accountability. Lachlan's name appears on every piece of content he publishes precisely because he stands behind it.
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If you have any questions about our affiliate relationships, our review process, or how we make editorial decisions, you are welcome to contact us directly through the contact page at oceansafire.com. We are happy to clarify anything covered in this disclosure.
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