# How Bookie Ledger works: editorial policy

> The rules the Bookie Ledger editorial team follows: source priority, how the Ledger score decides the order, Ad labels, AI tools and what we do not do.

Source: https://bookieledger.com/about/editorial-policy/
Updated: 2026-11-07

The Bookie Ledger editorial team writes from primary sources first: the GRAI licence register, the Irish Statute Book and the operator's own public pages. The order of operators comes from one published formula, the Ledger score, and not from manual edits. Links marked Ad are kept apart from the comparison. We did not place bets or open accounts.

## Sources and their priority

Each fact carries a source URL and a check date. When sources disagree, the higher one in this list wins.

1. The GRAI licence register and GRAI pages, the Irish Statute Book, Revenue and the ASA Code.
2. The operator's public pages: terms, payments, safer-gambling and support pages.
3. Provider rules for a payment method, such as a card scheme or wallet.
4. Secondary sources, which never stand alone and are never the only support for a number.

A fact that cannot be confirmed is marked Not verified, and the text does not call it a weakness of the service.

**Bottom line:** primary sources first, and every fact has a URL and a date.

## How the order is decided

The order is set by the Ledger score, version WS-1 v1.0. It adds points for 19 criteria in five groups, and the weights sum to 100. Equal scores share a place and are listed alphabetically.

- No one edits a position by hand.
- Commission is not an input to the formula.
- The score measures what an operator publishes, not odds or service quality.

The criteria are on the [scoring criteria page](https://bookieledger.com/methodology/scoring-criteria/).

**Bottom line:** one formula, published weights, no manual placement.

## Advertising and editorial are kept apart

Links to operators, where they exist, are labelled Ad as the first word of the block. They sit after the comparison, not inside it.

Until the owner confirms in writing that commission has no effect on the lists, the site uses this disclosure wording: "The order of operators is influenced by commercial agreements." The details are on [How Bookie Ledger makes money](https://bookieledger.com/about/how-we-make-money/).

**Bottom line:** Ad links are labelled, separate and disclosed.

## How we use AI tools

Texts are prepared with the help of an AI assistant. Fact checks and editing are done with the help of AI and scripts. [legal entity name and registration number: to be supplied by the owner] is responsible for publication.

We do not claim that a person has read each page unless that is true on the date shown.

**Bottom line:** AI assists the work, and the company answers for the result.

## What we do not do

- We take no payment for a position or for a change to a score.
- We publish no player reviews, no star ratings and no invented people.
- We publish no odds, promo codes or promotion amounts.
- We do not claim any link with the GRAI or with an operator.
- We do not promote casino games.

Errors are fixed under the rules on the [corrections page](https://bookieledger.com/about/corrections/).

**Bottom line:** the list of things we do not do is as binding as the list of things we do.