Methodology

How every number here is computed

Every ACTIVE site the operator claims daily (15), the top sites by best reported $/SC from the 2026-09-12 research, and the top DailyCashList casinos by DCL rank (2026-10-18 snapshot) that have a resolved home URL. DailyCashList-sourced rows carry third-party-reported daily values, labelled as such, an unverified reset rule and a homepage CLAIM link until the daily-bonus path is observed. Unknown values are null and render as 'varies' or 'see site' — a null is never filled with a guess.

The math

The $/SC figure is the reported pack price in USD ÷ nominal redeemable SC yielded — a pack's price per SC coin. It is not an expected value: playthrough, game RTP, and whether you actually reach redemption are not netted in (playthrough is noted separately on each site page). 1 SC ≈ $1 redeemable; GC/CC/FC/PE are non-redeemable play coins (Fortune Coins FC converts ~100 FC = 1 SC-equivalent; Funrize PE converts 100:1). Where a pack has a promo code that changes the yield, the coded yield is the number shown. Where sources give a range, the range is shown — not just the flattering end, and no midpoint is invented. Rankings on this site use the conservative (weaker) end of the range, so an unverified best-case never outranks a solid number.

Sources

• mira/substrate/lanes/side_hustle/strategy/site_inventory.yaml (2026-08-03 provider refresh + 2026-09-13 activations)
• mira/artifacts/sidehustle/research/2026-09-12_pack_ev_live.md (pack EV + signup freebies, all web sources accessed 2026-09-12)
• mira/artifacts/sidehustle/research/dcl_118.json + dcl_new_62.json (DailyCashList snapshot 2026-10-18: listing, third-party-reported daily SC and redeem minimums; resolved home URLs only)
• mira/artifacts/sidehustle/research/dcl_118.json + dcl_new_62.json (DailyCashList dashboard snapshot 2026-10-18, rank order + resolved home URLs)

Evidence classes — how good is each number?

Every pack value carries one of four evidence classes instead of a single overloaded "verified" label:

• VERIFIED — operator_observed. Measured by one of our own on-site passes: a real ClaimChef run observed the pack and its balance delta. This class is reserved — as of 2026-09-14, zero records hold it (0 of 101). The green badge appears only after a real on-site observation, never before.
• PUBLISHED — operator_published (0 of 101 today). The operator's own published pack/price math, captured from an operator-controlled page and cited per record. This class is reserved: a round-2 audit (2026-09-14) found the earlier 22-record PUBLISHED migration overstated provenance — those values trace to affiliate/review reporting and book values — so every one was reclassified to REPORTED. Zero records hold PUBLISHED today.
• REPORTED — third_party_reported (22 today). Affiliate/review-site reporting — including everything from the 2026-09-12 receipt (which is affiliate-source material, not on-site wallet observation), the 22 values briefly labeled PUBLISHED in the round-1 migration, and inventory book values of the same origin.
• UNVERIFIED — unverified (79 today). Single-source, conflicting, or unstated. Shown with a dashed badge, or verify on-site when nothing credible exists. Unverified never becomes marketing copy.

Said plainly: as of 2026-09-14, no operator-origin numbers exist yet — every pack value in the Menu is third_party_reported or weaker, and nothing has been verified by an on-site ClaimChef pass yet. Where a daily bonus shrank or vanished (McLuck 0.8→0.2 SC; Hello Millions' daily SC removed), the page says so — honest staleness beats fake freshness, and every page carries its last-verified date. Where a site's daily SC surface has unproven cash value (Chumba, per the 2026-08-28 owner note), it is rendered as claimed-surface and excluded from redeemable-value totals.

What we don't do

• No fabricated numbers, no invented midpoints, no extrapolated earnings.
• No fake author personas — the lab is the author; receipts are the credential.
• No affiliate links until operator programs are approved and verified (all affiliate_url fields are null today).

Honest ROI — the locked block

UNVERIFIED ESTIMATE

Our research estimate, not yet measured by ClaimChef: dailies alone come to roughly $100–250/mo in redeemable SC, and fast drop capture could push that toward $250–500/mo. These are ranges, not promises — sites cut bonuses without notice, and anyone guaranteeing you money in this space is lying to you.

Source: ClaimChef competitor & pack research, 2026-09-12. Replaced with measured ranges only if ClaimChef ever has real, aggregated data. Methodology.

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