Clickout Media and Finixio are linked to 286 websites in a comprehensive public list that largely flew under the radar after its publication in July 2026. The collection stretches from established news publications to obscure casino domains, documenting a network that reaches readers searching for cryptocurrency investments, technology advice, gaming news, and online gambling.
The list was compiled by Wooden Team, an international SEO and gambling affiliate group of 20 people who compete directly with Clickout Media for search rankings. Rooted in the Russian-speaking SEO community, the group works to place gambling websites high in search results and earns commissions for referring customers to gambling platforms.
The 286 entries bring together major brands, smaller specialist publications and clusters of websites built around specific gambling searches. Alongside technology and crypto outlets are domains targeting casinos outside national self-exclusion schemes, casinos without identity checks, and offshore betting sites. These websites pursue readers across different countries and languages, often promoting the same types of gambling products under separate names.
Clickout Media is a digital publishing and affiliate marketing business connected to UK-founded Finixio. It acquires established websites and publishes commercial content that directs readers toward gambling platforms and cryptocurrency projects. Press Gazette investigations have documented publications being filled with casino promotions, journalists losing their jobs, and apparently fabricated AI writers taking their place. Former Esports Insider journalist Ben Touati also challenged gambling articles published under his name after his employment ended.
Wooden Team’s list brings together websites that appear to serve very different audiences. Technology publications, cryptocurrency news outlets, sports websites and casino comparison services sit alongside gambling platforms and domains previously associated with politics, science and healthcare.
The entries can be grouped into seven broad categories:
| Category | Examples from the list | Main focus |
|---|---|---|
| Technology, business and general news publications | Techopedia, ReadWrite, Business2Community | Publish technology and business content alongside commercial reviews and recommendations. |
| Cryptocurrency and financial websites | Cryptonews, 99Bitcoins, EconomyWatch | Cover cryptocurrencies, investing and financial products. |
| Sports and gaming publications | Sportslens, Esports Insider, Videogamer | Cover sports, esports and video games, with gambling content also appearing on some sites. |
| Gambling and poker publications and comparison websites | CardPlayer, PokerScout, SafeBettingSites, BettingSites.co.uk | Publish poker and gambling coverage or compare gambling services and refer readers to them. |
| Gambling platforms | CoinPoker, Lucky Block, Instant Casino | Provide poker, casino games or other gambling services directly to customers. |
| Domains with unrelated previous uses | AngelaEagle.co.uk, EnergyPost.eu, Phylodiversity.net | Previously served political, energy-reporting or scientific purposes; some now publish gambling content. |
| Websites named after gambling searches | NewOnlineCasinosCanada.co.com, NoKYCCryptoCasinos.eu.com, TopRatedOffshoreSportsbooks.us.com | Target searches for particular countries, payment preferences or types of gambling service. |
Some connections were already familiar from earlier investigations. Techopedia, ReadWrite, Business2Community and Esports Insider have faced scrutiny over gambling content published on those publications’ websites.
Other entries are less expected. The list includes angelaeagle.co.uk, previously used by British politician Angela Eagle, which now publishes credit-card casino recommendations. EnergyPost.eu, formerly an energy publication previously cited by the European Commission’s CORDIS service, now promotes casinos outside GamStop. Their current gambling content is visible, although the list does not establish who acquired the domains or when control changed.
Scientific and medical names also appear. Phylodiversity.net, historically associated with scientific software, is listed alongside ahaphysicianforum.org, previously used for the American Hospital Association’s Physician Leadership Forum. DrJohn.org, another entry, now openly describes its transition from health and supplement reviews to casino coverage.
Alongside these publications and repurposed domains is a large collection of addresses built around specific gambling searches. Examples include “best Aussie online casinos,” “new online casinos Canada” and “top-rated offshore sportsbooks.” Other names target players seeking anonymous gambling, fast withdrawals, credit-card deposits or casinos outside national self-exclusion systems.
Many follow closely repeated patterns. The phrase “crypto casino français” appears across addresses ending in .cn.com, .eu.com, .in.net and .uk.net, with further versions adding “2026.” Similar clusters target Australian casino searches. These names suggest an effort to reach narrowly defined searches across multiple countries and languages.
There are also visible links between some of the older domains and these gambling-focused addresses. EnergyPost.eu links to EnergyPost.uk.com, another entry in the list. The former Angela Eagle website links to TopCreditCardCasinos.uk.com, which carries matching casino content but is absent from the published collection.
The list also includes gambling destinations such as CoinPoker, Lucky Block and Instant Casino. A reader could encounter several apparently separate brands while researching a topic, comparing recommendations and choosing a gambling service, all among websites the researchers associate with the same network.
In a reply to our query, Wooden Team elaborated on the process of creating the list, how it identified websites through public investigations, and its ongoing work mapping competitors’ networks.
The process involved two main steps. The team initially gathered public information about Clickout Media and its network, using investigations and articles, including reporting from TheHolyCoins. It then examined technical characteristics of those websites, including patterns in their code, plugins, and tracking tools.
As part of its ongoing work, the team already scans hundreds of millions of domains using a custom scanner it built. It uses this information to study competitors and understand how the market works. The next step was to search for websites using:
At the end of the process, it had a list of websites sharing technical characteristics it associated exclusively with Clickout Media and Finixio. The list does not distinguish between types of connections, such as ownership and commercial partnerships.
Wooden Team said the list has not been updated since Q2 2026 and estimates that it covers only half of the network’s domains. It is considering updating the list to cover the full network.
The team regularly sees new domain registrations that it associates with Clickout Media and Finixio. These include expired domains being registered again and newly registered exact-match domains (EMDs), whose names match specific search phrases.
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