Hannah Thompson

Editorial background

Hannah Thompson came to iGaming the long way round — through newsrooms, not press offices. She started out covering consumer finance, where the habit of reading the small print before writing a word stuck with her, and moved into online gambling coverage as regulated casino and sportsbook brands began courting players in New Zealand. Years of that work later, she still approaches every operator the same way: open an account, use it, then write.

Her Casino Days coverage grew out of that hands-on reporting. Nothing on this site is rewritten from a promotional email. If Hannah describes a bonus, a payment method or a betting market, it is because she went looking for it herself and can describe what actually happened.

Areas of expertise

Hannah writes in depth on a handful of subjects rather than skimming everything:

• Bonus terms and wagering maths — what a 35x playthrough requirement means in practice, how minimum deposits and claim windows narrow an offer, and which conditions quietly matter most.
• Sportsbook and eSports markets — where Casino Days sits as a sportsbook-led brand, how live betting is priced, and which eSports markets are worth a look.
• Payments and verification — deposits and withdrawals by card and Interac, supported currencies, and the KYC checks that must clear before a first withdrawal.
• Licensing and player protection — the Curaçao Gaming Control Board licence behind the brand, and what that oversight does and does not guarantee.
• Live dealer and slot reviews — studio quality, table availability, and how individual games play.

Representative work

Her output for Casino Days runs to explainers rather than hype. She has broken the welcome package down line by line — the 100% match, the free spins, the 35x wagering attached to both — so readers can see the cost before they opt in. She has written walkthroughs of the live dealer floor supplied by Evolution Gaming and Ezugi, and orientation guides to a library of more than 4,000 titles from 29-plus providers. Cashback and reload promotions get the same treatment: what returns, when, and on what terms. Consider these examples of her beat, not a closed list.

How she tests and writes

Hannah registers her own accounts, funds them with her own money, plays through the bonus conditions and then requests a withdrawal — timing each stage and noting where verification slows things down. Terms and conditions are read in full, not skimmed, and anything ambiguous is flagged in the copy rather than smoothed over.

She writes for adults of 18 and over, and treats safer play as part of the reporting: naming the licence, pointing to GambleAware, GamCare, Gambling Therapy, GamBan and BetBlocker, and reminding readers that a bonus is never a plan. In 2026 that means being blunt about limits as often as about offers.