March Review Refresh

What changed

This refresh focused on the two questions readers ask first: how strong is this casino and how fresh is this review.

We tightened score presentation so the site no longer flattens too many operators into the same visual bucket. That means review cards, best pages, and comparison pages now show a more honest spread between close competitors.

We also moved verification labels closer to the exported review data. Instead of relying on vague freshness cues, the public site now prefers the latest review or fact-check date already attached to the record.

Where the change shows up

• Review cards now use the same public score contract as review detail pages.
• Compare pages pull the same rating and freshness signals instead of hand-written snippets.
• State pages and category pages inherit the same public facts layer instead of recomputing counts locally.

The goal is simple: a reader should not get one story from a homepage card and a different one from the full review.

Example of the cleaner workflow

If a casino gets re-tested after a payout check, the updated verification date can now flow through multiple surfaces at once:

1. the review page,
2. the card shown on rankings pages,
3. the comparison page, and
4. any state page where that operator is visible.

That does not eliminate editorial judgment, but it does cut down on duplicated copy and stale date drift.

What did not change

The scoring framework itself stayed the same. We still weight bonus value, payout speed, game library, trust, support, and usability. This pass changed how clearly those signals appear on the public site, not the standards behind them.