Jaxson Robins

Contact sheet, roll 12 · Toronto, Ontario

Jaxson Robins

Expert Contributor at Casino.ca. I test online casinos the way a UX researcher tests a product: screen by screen, before you play.

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  1. Jaxson Robins smiling at home in a light blue shirt
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  2. 12 yrstesting casinos

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  3. Jaxson Robins with a morning coffee in the kitchen
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  4. ONregulated market

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  5. Jaxson Robins on a riverside trail
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Jaxson Robins at his desk in Toronto, in front of a bookshelf
Frame 12A: at the desk in Toronto, notes from a mobile test session.

The print

I studied Interaction Design at the University of Waterloo, and my first job in the industry was quality assurance: three years testing software for a sports betting developer, finding the bugs before customers did.

From there I moved to a digital product testing agency in Toronto as a UX specialist, running usability tests on websites and apps for clients across the country.

Today I am an Expert Contributor at Casino.ca, focused on Ontario's regulated market. I test how a casino really works on desktop and mobile, check its licence and compare its bonuses, so players know what they are getting before they sign up.

What I test

Every review starts with a test plan. These are the four things on mine.

  1. 01

    Desktop and mobile navigation

    Sign-up, deposit, finding the game, withdrawing: timed and repeated on phone and desktop.

  2. 02

    Licence verification

    Is the operator registered with the AGCO and live with iGaming Ontario? I check the registers, not the logo in the footer.

  3. 03

    Bonus comparison

    Wagering, game weighting, expiry dates and caps, set side by side so the real value shows.

  4. 04

    Player experience

    Support response times, verification steps and the small frictions that decide whether a site is pleasant to use.

Career record

Full career

Work experience

  1. Now

    Expert Contributor

    Casino.ca

  2. Before

    UX specialist

    Digital product testing agency, Toronto

  3. Earlier

    QA tester

    Sports betting software developer

Education

  1. 2006 to 2010

    Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design

    University of Waterloo

Off the clock

Trails and landscapes

Most weekends I am on a mountain bike somewhere outside Toronto, on trails that are far less forgiving than any lobby menu.

I always carry a camera. Landscape photography is the other habit: waiting for the light, shooting the same scene again, keeping only the frame that works. It is not that different from testing.

Jaxson Robins talking on a park bench under the trees
Frame 14A: in a Toronto park between rides.

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