Add Greenfelt Payment Method Reality Index dataset v1.0 (CC BY 4.0)

README.md

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+---
+license: cc-by-4.0
+language:
+- en
+pretty_name: Greenfelt Payment Method Reality Index
+size_categories:
+- 1K<n<10K
+tags:
+- payment-methods
+- online-casinos
+- ireland
+- withdrawals
+- consumer-research
+configs:
+- config_name: default
+  data_files: payment-method-reality.csv
+---
+
+# Greenfelt Payment Method Reality Index: listed, observed and timed casino payment methods in Ireland
+
+For every casino on Greenfelt's roster (53 casinos), three separate layers of payment evidence, kept apart on purpose:
+
+1. **Listed by the operator**: what the casino's own public pages list.
+2. **Seen in our cashier**: what Greenfelt's logged-in Irish cashier showed.
+3. **Timed by us**: a deposit or withdrawal Greenfelt actually made.
+
+The order is how strongly each is known. It is not a score and not a ranking, and the layers are never merged into a single "available" value.
+
+- Index page: <https://greenfelt.ie/payment-method-reality/>
+- Press page: <https://greenfelt.ie/press/payment-method-reality/>
+- Citable archive (DOI): <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23695873>
+- Publisher: Greenfelt.ie, Ireland. Dataset v1.0, methodology v1.0, generated 2026-10-16.
+
+## Coverage at this version
+
+- Operator information read: 51 of 53 casinos (2 not captured).
+- Cashier observations: 107 records at 49 casinos. A casino without one is "not yet observed", never "not available".
+- Timed withdrawals: 113 at 51 casinos. Credited deposit tests at 28 casinos.
+
+## Files
+
+| File | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `payment-method-reality.csv` | One row per casino x method x direction, all three layers |
+| `payment-method-reality.json` | The same matrix, every operator observation, every published cashier observation, the discrepancies and the dictionary |
+| `payment-method-reality-README.txt` | Full data dictionary |
+
+## Absence is not one thing
+
+- **Not captured**: we could not read the casino's public information.
+- **Nothing published**: we read it and it publishes no usable method information.
+- **Not listed**: a published list omits the method.
+- **Not yet observed**: we have not looked at that cashier yet.
+- **Not shown**: we looked and the method was not shown. This describes that account at that moment; it is not "the casino does not offer it".
+
+## Rules
+
+- Records are append-only. A change is a new observation; history is kept.
+- Only a native-route timed withdrawal counts as "timed" on a rail. A card push or a bridge into an account is reported as its route.
+- Recalled cashier observations are labelled recalled and carry no screenshot.
+
+## Disclosure
+
+Greenfelt.ie is an affiliate publisher and earns commission from some of the operators in this dataset.
+
+## Licence and citation
+
+CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Greenfelt.ie, "Payment Method Reality Index", dataset v1.0, methodology v1.0. https://greenfelt.ie/payment-method-reality/ (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23695873).

payment-method-reality-README.txt

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+GREENFELT PAYMENT METHOD REALITY INDEX - DATA DICTIONARY
+========================================================
+
+Publisher: Greenfelt.ie (Ireland)   Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
+Dataset version 1.0, methodology version 1.0, generated 2026-10-16.
+
+WHAT THIS IS
+For every casino on Greenfelt's roster (53 casinos), three separate layers of payment
+evidence, kept apart on purpose:
+  Layer 1  Listed by the operator  - what the casino's own public pages list
+  Layer 2  Seen in our cashier     - what Greenfelt's logged-in Irish cashier showed
+  Layer 3  Timed by us             - a deposit or withdrawal Greenfelt actually made
+The order is how strongly each is known. It is not a score and not a ranking.
+
+COVERAGE AT THIS VERSION
+  Operator information read: 51 of 53 casinos (2 not captured).
+  Cashier observations: 107 record(s) at 49 casino(s). Layer 2 is being collected; a
+  casino without one is 'not yet observed', never 'not available'.
+  Timed withdrawals: 113 at 51 casinos. Credited deposit tests at 28 casinos.
+
+FILES
+  payment-method-reality.csv   one row per casino x method x direction, all three layers
+  payment-method-reality.json  the same matrix, every operator observation (AM-...),
+                               every published cashier observation (CO-...), the
+                               discrepancies and this dictionary
+
+ABSENCE IS NOT ONE THING
+  Not captured        we could not read the casino's public information
+  Nothing published   we read it and it publishes no usable method information
+  Not listed          a published list omits the method
+  Not yet observed    we have not looked at that cashier yet
+  Not shown           we looked and the method was not shown. This describes that
+                      account at that moment; it is NOT 'the casino does not offer it'.
+
+COLUMNS (CSV)
+  casino_slug
+      Greenfelt's stable casino identifier.
+  casino
+      Casino name.
+  method_unit
+      Comparison unit: the payment rail (payment_evidence.RAILS) where the method has one,
+      otherwise the method key. Visa, Mastercard and an unbranded card all compare as the
+      card rail.
+  method
+      Display name of the unit.
+  rail
+      The rail, or empty for a method that is not a tracked rail.
+  direction
+      deposit or withdrawal.
+  l1_listed_by_operator
+      Layer 1 state from the casino's own public information: not_captured = Not captured;
+      not_published = Nothing published; listed = Listed; listed_direction_unstated =
+      Listed (direction not stated); listed_other_direction_only = Listed for the other
+      direction only; listed_for_other_regions = Listed for other countries only;
+      stated_unavailable = Stated not available; no_withdrawal_list = No withdrawal list;
+      not_listed = Not listed.
+  l1_as_recorded
+      The method as it was read from the operator's page (name, alt text or logo), with any
+      qualifier the operator attached.
+  l1_surface_type
+      What the casino publishes overall: full_deposit_withdrawal_list = Full deposit and
+      withdrawal list; methods_list_no_direction = List, no direction stated;
+      deposit_methods_only = Deposit methods only; payment_logos_shown = Payment logos
+      only; fragments_only = Fragments only; empty_or_no_methods = Nothing published;
+      not_captured = Not captured.
+  l1_source_id
+      The advertised-methods observation the Layer 1 value comes from (AM-…).
+  l1_captured
+      Date the operator information was read.
+  l2_seen_in_cashier
+      Layer 2 state from Greenfelt's own logged-in Irish cashier: cashier_not_observed =
+      Not yet observed; cashier_shown = Shown; cashier_not_shown = Not shown;
+      cashier_unavailable = Shown as unavailable; cashier_unclear = Unclear;
+      cashier_deposit_only = Shown, deposit only; cashier_withdrawal_only = Shown,
+      withdrawal only; cashier_shown_only_when_withdrawing = Shown only when withdrawing;
+      cashier_no_irish_players = Not checked: no longer accepts players from Ireland;
+      cashier_not_checked = Not checked. 'Not shown' is not 'unavailable': a cashier's list
+      depends on the account's state.
+  l2_status
+      The status recorded for the method in that observation.
+  l2_source_id
+      The cashier observation the Layer 2 value comes from (CO-…).
+  l2_observed
+      Date of the cashier observation (a month only for recalled records).
+  l2_evidence_basis
+      screenshot = redacted screenshot published with its hash; screenshot_owner_held =
+      redacted screenshot taken and kept by Greenfelt; contemporaneous_note = written at
+      the time; recalled = reported after the fact, no screenshot.
+  l2_list_complete
+      Whether the observer recorded the cashier list as complete.
+  l2_minimum_eur
+      Minimum amount the cashier displayed for the method, in euro.
+  l2_fee
+      Fee the cashier displayed for the method, as shown.
+  l3_timed_by_us
+      Layer 3: timed = a withdrawal we requested and timed over this rail (native route);
+      timed_other_route = timed over a card push or bridge, not the rail itself;
+      deposit_credited = a deposit of ours credited; deposit_attempted = attempted, not
+      credited; not_tested.
+  l3_runs
+      Number of timed withdrawals or credited deposits behind the Layer 3 value.
+  l3_latest
+      Month or date of the latest of them.
+  l3_source_ids
+      Their identifiers in the payout test log (run keys) or deposit test log (DT-…).
+
+RULES
+  - Records are append-only. A change is a new observation; history is kept.
+  - Only a native-route timed withdrawal counts as 'timed' on a rail. A card push
+    or a bridge into an account is reported as its route.
+  - Recalled cashier observations are labelled recalled and carry no screenshot.
+  - Nothing here ranks casinos.
+
+CITE AS
+  Greenfelt.ie, "Payment Method Reality Index", dataset v1.0, methodology v1.0.
+  https://greenfelt.ie/payment-method-reality/