About Us · Editorial Policy
About Book of Dead Review Hub & Our Author
Book of Dead Review Hub is written by one person who has been playing games for three decades and testing slots for a living since 2017. Here is who he is, how the site is tested and how it makes money.
The Author
Daniel Harper — slot reviewer and lifelong gamer
Daniel's first console was a hand-me-down Sega Mega Drive in 1993, and his first slot machine was a fruit machine in a Blackpool seafront arcade, where he spent most of a summer learning exactly what the nudge and hold buttons could and could not do. That mix — a gamer's curiosity and a healthy suspicion of anything that flashes "WIN" — still drives how he writes.
He studied mathematics, then spent four years as a QA tester at a mobile games studio, where the job was to break randomised reward systems: loot drops, spin-the-wheel bonuses and daily chests. Logging thousands of outcomes and comparing them with the published odds turned out to be the perfect training for reviewing slots.
Since 2017 he has written about online slots full time. He has tested more than 1,200 games in demo mode and keeps a spreadsheet of every long demo session he runs, including a Book of Dead test of almost 1,000 spins that powers the numbers on this site. Away from the reels he plays Elden Ring, Balatro and far too much Football Manager.
Daniel plays for real money only with a fixed monthly budget, uses deposit limits on every casino account and never chases losses. That is also the standard he writes to.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Based in | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Gaming since | 1993 (Sega Mega Drive) |
| Writing about slots since | 2017 |
| Background | Mathematics degree, 4 years of games QA |
| Slots tested in demo | 1,200+ |
| Favourite Book of Dead symbol | Rich Wilde, the 5,000x expanding symbol |
| Plays for fun | Elden Ring, Balatro, Football Manager |
How We Test
How we test slots and casinos
Every page on this site is built from hands-on testing rather than press releases.
- We play the official Play'n GO demo and record long sessions spin by spin, so RTP, volatility and hit-rate notes come from real data.
- We read the paytable and rules screen in the live game and screenshot them, instead of copying numbers from other review sites.
- We open each casino's homepage, note the welcome offer and key terms, and mark any offer we could not verify.
- We check the RTP setting a casino runs, because Book of Dead is supplied in several RTP versions.
- We re-check top casinos and offers every month and update the date shown at the top of each page.
Editorial Policy
What we will and will not publish
We explain how Book of Dead works, what the maths means and where to play — clearly and without hype. We never promise winnings, sell "strategies", "hacks" or signal tools, or claim that a slot is "due" to pay.
Casino rankings follow the published scoring criteria on the casinos page. A higher commission never buys a higher score, and offers we could not check are labelled as such.
Real-money and bonus pages always carry responsible gambling information and links to free support.
Affiliate Disclosure
How this site makes money
Some links on this site, such as "Claim bonus" and "Play now", are affiliate links. If you sign up at a casino through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This pays for testing and keeps the guides free. It does not change the information we publish.
Corrections
Spotted an error?
Offers, RTP settings and availability change often. When we find something outdated, we correct it and update the page date. If a casino's offer differs from what you see here, always trust the casino's own terms.
