Reza Shojaei
Editor-in-Chief
Reza Shojaei is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of CasinoTop. He owns the platform's editorial direction, comparison methodology, and structured intelligence framework — combining editorial review with the Casino Data Index, Gaming License Index, SlotIndex, and PayoutIndex.
- Founder
- CasinoTop
- Role
- Editor-in-Chief
- Editorial system
- Methodology owner
- Intelligence framework
- 4 systems
About Reza Shojaei
As founder and Editor-in-Chief, Reza Shojaei is the custodian of CasinoTop's editorial framework and the structured intelligence systems that support it. Rather than testing operators by hand, his responsibility is to define how CasinoTop's data infrastructure — the Casino Data Index (CDI) for operator and market data, the Gaming License Index (GLI) for licensing and regulatory signals, SlotIndex for slot, provider, and RTP metadata, and PayoutIndex for payment and redemption observations — is integrated into a consistent comparison standard applied across the platform. With 12+ years in the gaming and gambling sector, Reza has shaped how CasinoTop approaches bonus analysis, payout transparency, and regulatory frameworks, translating shifting license requirements and payment practices into a repeatable editorial process. He oversees the methodology that determines how operators such as those covered in CasinoTop's US market hub are compared, and he is responsible for ensuring editorial decisions remain independent of advertising and affiliate arrangements, a commitment detailed in CasinoTop's editorial-integrity policy. Reza's role is one of oversight and accountability: he sets the standards that CasinoTop's editorial team and data systems operate within, rather than issuing individual, one-off assessments.
Editorial responsibilities
As founder and Editor-in-Chief, Reza Shojaei owns the methodology and the structured intelligence framework behind CasinoTop, and how both are applied across markets.
Methodology ownership
Defines and maintains the CasinoTop comparison methodology — which factors are collected, how operators and markets are compared, and how output is structured per jurisdiction.
Infrastructure integration
Owns how CasinoTop’s structured intelligence systems — Casino Data Index, Gaming License Index, SlotIndex, and PayoutIndex — are integrated, normalized, and surfaced inside reviews, comparison pages, and category pages.
Operator comparison standards
Sets the standards for how operators are compared, ensuring evaluation factors are applied consistently and that commercial relationships never change how data is presented.
Market-specific rules
Defines how different regulatory contexts — sweepstakes, licensed real-money, and international markets — are handled, including where redemption framing replaces payout framing.
Commercial and editorial separation
Maintains the separation between commercial relationships and editorial output, so affiliate arrangements do not influence inclusion, structure, or comparison.
Areas of expertise
Reza Shojaei's editorial work on CasinoTop covers the following specialized domains.
Credentials
Founder of CasinoTop
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of CasinoTop, with final accountability for the platform’s editorial direction and structure.
Founder of Evergreen Media AS
Founder of Evergreen Media AS, the company that operates and publishes CasinoTop.
CasinoTop methodology and platform structure
Responsible for the CasinoTop comparison methodology and how the platform organizes operators, markets, and content.
Structured intelligence framework
Oversees the use of the Casino Data Index, Gaming License Index, SlotIndex, and PayoutIndex inside CasinoTop.
Questions on CasinoTop's Methodology & Editorial System
Editorial policy
Content produced by Reza Shojaei follows the CasinoTop editorial framework. All evaluations are independent of commercial relationships.
- Editorial evaluations are based on documented operator data, internal methodology, and structured review processes.
- Affiliate relationships with operators do not influence scores, rankings, or editorial framing
- Corrections and updates are applied when operator conditions change materially
- No operator has editorial access, approval rights, or the ability to modify published content
Reza Shojaei
Editor-in-Chief