Maya is the payments and compliance editor at GameReviewBase and the second signature on every casino review. She spent five years in financial-services compliance in Sydney — where she studied at the University of Sydney — before moving into iGaming, which is where her eye for the gap between an advertised bonus and its real terms comes from. She owns the site's coverage of PayID and the New Payments Platform, and re-checks every licence reference and wagering condition before a review goes live. When something reads as a promise rather than a verifiable fact, it does not get published until it is fixed.
Areas of expertise
- Casino licensing checks
- Bonus terms & wagering audits
- PayID & NPP payments
- AML / KYC processes
- Responsible-gambling tools
How Maya tests
Every casino Maya signs off on is put through the same hands-on process — a real account, a real deposit, a claimed bonus and a timed withdrawal — before it earns a Payout Score. You can read the full method, and the seven weighted criteria behind every score, on our team & methodology page.
Maya is also the independent fact-checker on every casino review on the site, re-checking each licence reference and bonus condition before it is published.
Written by Maya
Maya does not gamble on the sites reviewed here beyond what testing requires, and follows the same advice we give readers — set a deposit limit and treat any bonus maths as a cost, not a profit. Free, confidential support is available through Gambling Help Online.