Lead Editor & Offshore-Casino Reviewer · Melbourne, VIC
Lachlan came to this out of hospitality, not marketing. After years behind Melbourne bars he started keeping a spreadsheet of how long his own pokie withdrawals actually took, mostly to settle arguments with mates about which sites paid and which stalled. That habit became EmpFirst. Today he runs the desk, sets the review method, and writes the main casino guides and new-site reviews. He is deliberately blunt: if a casino drags a cashout out for a week or buries a 60× wagering multiplier three clicks deep, he says so in plain terms. He rates SkyCrown's PayID cashouts as the benchmark for how fast an offshore withdrawal should clear, and he is wary of any site that leans on a huge headline bonus while hiding the maximum-bet rule that voids it. Lachlan reviews on real accounts with real money, and he would rather drop a paying partner than leave a slow-payer on the list.
More on our method is on the how we review page, and on the team on our authors page.