PlayPicks editorial policy

AI-assisted content

Some content on this site is produced with the assistance of AI tools and reviewed by our editorial team before publication.

Named responsibility before publication

Ian St. Clair is the writer and Mike Epifani is the editor for our prediction-market research. Byline links lead to their professional profiles and coverage. Source inspection dates identify when evidence was checked; they are separate from market observation times and any dated hands-on test.

Reviews distinguish primary-source inspection from hands-on testing. We do not fabricate people, testimonials, ratings, pricing, offers, or test outcomes.

Evidence and commercial placement

Commercial comparisons disclose ownership and any affiliate relationship. Where a page links to an operator through an affiliate link, the disclosure and eligibility notice sit next to that link. Affiliate compensation does not decide what we write or the order in which products appear.

What a page must add

Each event page explains the contract in our own words, with its rules, dates and sources. Related contracts for the same event are grouped on one page rather than spread across near-identical pages.

How research becomes an article

Research starts with the exact product or contract question and a record of the evidence needed to answer it. Primary documentation supports product terms; original analysis explains the differences that matter to readers. Quotations and personal test observations retain their source attribution.

The editorial standard is to check factual statements, links, dates, images and disclosures before publication. A source inspection is not a hands-on account test. We do not turn a sister publication’s experience into a claim that PlayPicks performed the same test.

AI assistance and editorial accountability

AI tools may assist research organization, drafting and calculations. They do not establish product facts or create evidence of an account test. The same standards for sources, attribution and corrections apply to assisted content.

Generated images are identified alongside the image. An illustration does not document a real event, interface or person. Product screenshots are attributed to their source and described according to what they actually show.

Sources and citation

Read the editorial policy for our approach to evidence, commercial relationships, and corrections. Product-specific sources appear alongside the claims they support.

PlayPicks analysis is original synthesis. Linked provider documents remain the primary source for their own contract terms.