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I think that many people might find this type of post helpful, and I believe it is worth discussing so that they can avoid falling into scam sites.

While a casino that meets all 10 criteria without any objection would be living in a perfect world since the general public will never be 100% satisfied, in my opinion, if a casino meets at least 7 of these, it could be considered a legitimate site.


1-Licensing and Regulation:
A legitimate casino should be licensed and regulated by a recognized authority in the gaming industry. This ensures that it meets legal and ethical standards, although not having a license doesn't necessarily indicate illegitimacy in certain conditions.

2-Website Security:
Verify that the site uses security protocols like SSL/TLS, which will protect your personal and financial data.

3-Transparency in Terms and Conditions:
The terms and conditions should be clear and easily accessible, without small print or misleading clauses.

4-Recognized Software Providers:
A reliable casino works with renowned software providers, which guarantees the quality and fairness of the games.

5-Secure Payment Options:
Offers various and secure payment and withdrawal methods, such as credit cards, bank transfers, and well-known e-wallets.

6-Efficient Customer Service:
A good casino provides 24/7 customer support through multiple channels like live chat, email, and phone.

7-Responsible Gaming Policies:
Promotes responsible gaming and offers tools to set deposit limits and self-exclusion if necessary.

8-Reviews and Reputation in the Community:
Investigate opinions and experiences of other players in specialized forums like this and communities to get information about its reputation.

9-External Audits:
Legitimate casinos are usually audited by independent third parties that certify the randomness and fairness of their games.

10-User Experience:
A professional website design, fast loading times, and intuitive navigation are signs that the casino invests in offering good service.


Disclaimer: These tips are based on my own judgment and some may not represent reality.

You hit all those points right, in the majority of casinos I play at I always pay attention to those points, especially points like:

- Licensing and Regulation
- Website Security
- Payment Options
- Efficient Customer Service
- Reviews & Reputation
- UI/UX

However, there's one thing that you should add, we remember payment options, but forget about fast withdrawals at those points, in some cases when I tried new casinos, I found that some casinos didn't process withdrawals quickly, and what happened after that was that I didn't come there again. 1 - 20 minutes is still tolerable, but if it's more than that time, I think it's better to avoid it.

For anyone to actually verify the legitimacy of a casino through their t&c, they are going to need to actually read the entirety of t&c which I know that not a lot of players actually do. Be it due to laziness or other reasons, this habit needs to be stopped. Most of the time, many complaints about a casino could be avoided only if the player had read the t&c and did not just blindly assume anything about the casino.
This is one of my priorities because often when navigating a new online casino, there might be features we aren’t as familiar with yet. So, if we are to make the most out of the casino questions should be raised and answered right immediately after.

Worth knowing that all the fake sites that we are seeing lately, even since some years ago are all having the SSL/TLS certificate.

You did not even mention bitcoin and crypto wallets. I do not think this is what we consider in crypto casinos as long as the casinos supporting good coins like bitcoin. But also a fake casino will like to have such as payment because they like what many people are using.

You have mentioned it all. Sometimes however its not what people are seeing to be considered legitimate but its the support of the community which even if the casino does have all these properties to be legitimate, it may still not be used by the users.

Most probably the casinos who does promote signature campaigns are viewed as legitimate. While its true most are legitimate, there are still who can fake their existence. Only to find out later the casino doesn't actually have a license and they already gone wit the users funds.

Yeah, I think being in the biggest crypto community and gambling, it's going to be easy for this casinos to have a reputation if they will have the support of this community. And then we have members as well giving their feedback to every casinos, and so that is also a good measures to see if they will give or negative or positive.

Signature campaign are one way to legitimized their presence here, and the longer they run the better they exposure. Scam accusations though can't be totally eliminate as we all know that there are members who will accused casinos of not paying and others, but still up to them to reply and show evidences as well that they are not scamming and that accusations are base less.

I think those are good points but personally I have only one thing to judge a casino if a person should use it or not. I have learned through the years here that the only casinos that I join have a few specifics and the first one is to have a super nice ANN thread filled with positive comments and trusted feedback for a long time and secondly if they happen to run a very long (in time) signature campaign here in the forum this shows that their finances are in good shape, in fact in very good shape. For me these two are make it or break it and usually if the first condition is like I say, this means most of the OP conditions are already in place and that is why I will keep using my standard of gauge in here.

Yeah right, but how many actually pass those criteria? Let's see
- how many casinos have licenses everywhere in this world and have not failed at least once or twice?
- ToS, let's not even go there, we all know the bonus programs have more paragraphs than the bible
- most crypto casinos advertised here don't even accept credit cards
- external audits are meaningless, we all know how the audit at Binance went, imagine who will vouch for a casino

Nice list, but in fairness most users will play on the website that has the least negative reviews and bad experinces and nothing more.

This is not a tips for legitimate casino but this point is added more value to the casino itself

An Add for me

- Website Security https is always needed because we input information like credit card name and other thing and all of this is crucial to be safe because if not our data can be sell to another data broker
- User interface and mobile apps user interface is just optional but when you have a good User Interface it can gain more people to join and would be + if you have mobile apps

With live support, if I may add,

The support should also include local language, i.e. Spanish or Spanish speaking countries or any other language. As this could be very easy for gamblers to be understand and then the support that can speak local, they can easily community and solve the problem right away.

reviews and reputation in the community are important things to consider whether the casino is legitimate or not. because reviews and reputation from the community can be an added value for the casino ... for example, there are some casinos that do not have a license but because there are many people who review the casino positively, people are quite confident in the casino. especially if the review comes from a reputable bitcointalk user, you can say that what they say is trustworthy and their reviews are true, not exaggerated.

For me the shortcut to seeing the OP 10 tips of identifying legitimate casinos are in this forum. People who are privileged to visit the forum and specifically the gambling board can know casinos that meets the standards of legitimacy. We have casinos in the forum that meets high standards for gamblers to have delightful experiences in their sites and they have positive comments and trusted feedbacks. Aside from these forum their reputations also precedes them because of their adverts and delightful gambling services. Legitimate casinos gets positive feedback and illegitimate casinos gets negative feedbacks.

IIRC, browser like google chrome support translation so that user can understand English language. I only saw few casino that offers multiple language on their live support but I totally agree on this suggestion since country doesn’t prioritize English language like Japanese, Chinese, Korean and many more.

Live support that active 24/7 is crucial in every casino since some casino has cut off time for their support availability on daily basis.

Licensing is number 1 now. :D That doesn't matter in the past.

I always tend to rely on people who have tested the game. I have not tried a beta test of online casinos because I am too scared that I might lose my money in the process. That's why I check on people who have tried it first and what their experiences while playing especially the deposits and withdrawals.
I don't care about bonuses yet. I think we should not be urged easily by promotions and bonuses that are offered to make the online casino more inviting.  Those are not what makes them reputable and in fact it might be a sign that they are going to scam gamblers.

It should be worthy of note that good user interface alone doesn't suggest that a casino is a good one or not.  Good interface can be one way of projecting a bad casino as a good one and even though the experience looks like something that's close to others that are of a good reputation, the main factor should be that they are transparent in terms of having a good terms of service and that they follow it up to the latter.

For those on the forum, we've got access to more than these and can choose from a lot of the very good casino that are running her signature campaign on the forum and has her ann thread that's active on the forum for complains outside of the use of the customer service option.

I played though on one casino recently and they have a native speaker for my own language. I know that she is a native speaker as obviously the way she answer my questions points that she has been hired as local support.

I'm not really sure it's a good idea to used google chrome translation as obviously even here in our community, we can detect translations being done by a real native speaker or the translator uses google translate.

So it's better for high tier casinos to have a native local speaker for their support like in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

That’s a lot of points to check on the list. I think there’s an easier way, just look at the reputation. Since there are so many crypto casinos and we have this very popular forum, the ones with a good reputation will likely advertise here. Just check the gambling section, look for their ANN thread, and if they have good feedback, then those are the reputable casinos.

Honestly, I don’t gamble on casinos that don’t have an ANN thread here.

There is no perfect casino, but there are consistent casinos that want to implement some of that OP posted here, but this is for me the most important: casinos live and exist because of trust, and their status in the industry depends so much on the gambling community's perception, so they have to strive on this area of their existence.

Thank you very much op for the tips you gave about legitimate casino guidelines. This will also help in some way especially for beginners who are entering
this crypto gambling business.

I think the review is a big factor for me so that we can have an idea whether this casino is good or bad for casino players to use.
Because this is often done as a basis sometimes when a new casino emerges in this crypto industry.

What does this mean?

Is cryptocurrency not secure? or you're gambling on fiat casino which not accept cryptocurrency at all? if you gamble on crypto casino and you consider to have fiat payment in order to be secure, I find it's strange.

Unfortunately this is really hard to achieve, even many reputable casinos in this forum still not able to get audit by externals, or it could be they didn't pass the standard.

All legit casinos have information where are they lincensed available on their webpage.

If that information is unavailable then that probably means that this casino is unregistered and operates without licence.

Some tips at least to me are not really useful... like number 1. There are some licensing casino that are famous to be a scam. This is not the best thing to look. Much better opinions of other players! Support is very important but it would be enough if they can reply in some hours, I don't think that a live agent should be always there.
A think that I have never seen is a "panic button" that allow to freeze account or just avoid people to risk crypto...
Last but not least... audit. you don't know if auditors or company behind are working fine. I don't trust these since like the first point this is not the best thing to look.
I would mention "profitable". if they have an irrational bonus scheme or similar = yes this is a crypto casino scam ;)

With the many casinos currently developing, it is possible that there are casinos that operate with the aim of cheating and yes reviews and reputation can be one of the things to consider, but I myself have found many casinos and they always have good reviews or reputations, this makes me think that reviews are indeed something that can be manipulated even when there are players who express their dissatisfaction with the casino, the casino may delete the review, so there are other things to consider besides reviews or reputation.

With OP who has included several points, it can be additional material for us to be more careful in choosing a casino.

For this point, I was referring to the security of your currency as secure independent deposit options, not requesting examples of private keys to automate payments or intrusive permissions from web3 Crypto. Regarding banks, bank accounts in the name of verifiable companies or the use of technologies such as Secure3D.

Yeah, if anyone is looking for a legit casino, those tips which you have mentioned are often a good guid to identify a good casino. The Tips number 1,2,5, 6 and & 8 can not be overemphasized. Apart from those tips, we already have so many reputable casino on the forum that have been tested my many users.

The extra research will be carried out by a new gambler when they are gambling for a first time and do not have other gamblers around them who could refer them to legitimate casinos where they may be have gambled before or know active users who use the platform. When you gamble on a popular casino the chances of you getting scammed is lower than when you are in your gambler looking for new casinos to gamble in. There is more need to verify more the legitimacy of a new casino than legitimacy of a casino that you know has been standing for more than a year.

Most scam casinos have almost all the points you mentioned, the only exception is point 8 because the community reports the casino. But if people only base themselves on the other points like license and TOS, they will see that the scam casino will have a license and a good TOS and even the support guy will be very quick to respond when the questions do not involve any complaint against the casino. That is why I prioritize the community's opinion as the main criterion for choosing a casino.

Licensing and regulations,user experience and on a second thought,I'd recommend review and reputation in the community.
On a general note, licensing and regulation is very crucial for players security,safety and also against biased standards.I think licensing and regulatory policies of gambling are greatly cherished and enjoyed by gamers because it helps and provides a safe and transparent gaming experience for Players.

Casinos promoting signature campaigns aren’t guaranteed instant legitimacy. Some campaigns may even run by scammers, that’s why we also have to be very careful with signature campaigns that are backed up by casinos. As much as possible, we should only trust our funds into those reliable and reputable ones, not those who are new but claimed to be as reputable as the old casinos. Although some new casinos are actually legitimate and are operating legally, but there are few who are shady and are managed by silent scammers.

Dont forget even the website or platform looks so secured and legit. make sure to deposit a small amount and try to withdraw once you can.
Withdrawal should be fast and easy. that makes me believe that the casino is legit and good to use.


on point! for the liscencing you will ask the support for the liscence copy ? no need for that.

Tips 1 to 7 is typical feature that even some scam casino have this since this is the standard to attract players to try the casino. 1xbit is one great example on scam casino that have the criteria of 1 to 7 tips yet they are scam casino.

Tips 8 to 10 are the most efficient way to determine whether the casino is scam or not however it’s not always accurate but you have higher chance to avoid scam if you consider that tips.

There’s Betnomi that have all the tips mention but still turn to scam.

True, it is almost difficult to judge and see scam casino especially at the beginning of the casino doing promotions and officially operating, sometimes new casino have everything as mentioned by OP in this thread but over time the casino violates everything and harms customers.
And I agree with that only best is to see community feedback in providing ratings and polls related to the experience of using particular casino that I will use, on the other hand also prefer casinos that have been operating for long time and have been proven or tested to be reliable.

Out of interest, what kind of small print or misleading clauses have you came across that made you think a casino wasn't legit?
Because ToS is something i am always at least skimming over and main problems seem to bump into aren't about bonuses and difficulties to get them.

Major red flags are when team seems to be ignorant of upcoming laws and are basing all their "non-kyc" promises to current laws, while they at least should know about them and be prepared for them.
Another one is PR is contradicting with either their own ToS, or regional laws in general.
Then one specific one is something i have came ardross often, and that's when team is advising to break the law and concealing where user lives, when they are citizens of restricted countries.

Vpn can legally be only be option for people in restricted countries, when they are expacts, not citizens of them.

I think this is very important. Some casinos tend to hide one or two things in their Tos. They go as far as twisting the sentence to be unclear so in case a complaint comes up by a gambler, they will give a different meaning of what they mean in their Tos directing the user to read it again if he misunderstood wrongly. Any casino with unclear Tos should be avoided. And any sentence we do not understand in the Tos we should always ask questions to be clearer. Understanding perfect English can be very difficult to most gamblers.




Before building an online casino I believe that the developers and founders have enough money to fund the business. Any platform can have a legit licensing and still be a fraud. The criteria to get a license is mostly money, once that levy is paid in full with their applications, they will get licensed and if they still have the intention of frauding users they still will go on with the plans.

Of course it must exist, they will show their licenses, it's just that we don't know whether their licenses are fake or not, you also have to verify it according to the country that gave the license to be verified.

And yes, one of them is Stake.com which we often use to gamble and until today it is still safe and getting bigger to become the best casino on the forum, those tips are quite representative of how we identify a safe and regulated casino.

The UX/UI is usually a pretty good indicator. I mean no matter how easy it is to setup nowadays, maintaining it and making sure it's running fast even with a bunch of users (and bots) accessing it should still take some effort and know how so 100% agree with that. That together with customer support are usually the metrics I try to find and judge a casino with since they're usually the ones I want. While licenses seem nice, me discovering the way of how easy a casino can just get it made me drop it's reliability pretty low lol. Still nice to have it, but not as important as a metric nowadays.

Frankly, this is a useful list for anyone looking to avoid scam casinos. Many players especially those who have had bad experiences before could benefit from these guidelines when choosing where to play comfortably, with a large budget.

Honestly, not all casinos will meet all 10 criteria perfectly. Licensing, security, transparency and fair payment methods are important, while factors like external audits and customer support may only add extra legitimacy and comfort.

This discussion is definitely worth having here. Players should always be cautious especially with new or lesser known sites. Have you or anyone else here had experiences, good or bad, with casinos that did meet these criteria and are being promoted here in the forum currently.

some people may be looking for a casino that registered ones can’t so they might not exactly be looking for licenses they might want some non kyc online casinos or other services that otherwise wouldn’t be offered by registered casinos

this is fine but you need to use the platform at your risk because if they aren’t registered you won’t be able to catch them if they decide to run away with your money since the government has no trace of them in their records

OP you have identified some important tips of knowing a legitimate casino. But this shouldn't be a guarantee that casinos with these features are the best. There have been cases where licensed casinos still engage in some malpractices.

Regarding external audit, such reports can be manipulated just to show that the platform is healthy. Gamblers should always be sensitivity to the operations of casinos and always deposit amounts they can afford to lose. However, I prefer to bet on casinos that has track records of consistency and reliability on the forum.

Talking about regulation well it depends on the region where some of these casinos are located, some countries don't really pay attention to it o the point of regulation meanwhile some others do so of tou stay ina country that does, it's best to go with the regulated casinos meanwhile for countries where they don't,  you don't necessarily have to bother all that just make sure they are meeting all of the above stated and if possible try to know if they have a presence in a regulated country and see if they are on the good side of the law there.

The tips you provided are important, but my interest lies more in customer service, which is underrated by some people. But I really value it. There's a saying that "no communication equals no relationship."

I feel frustrated when I reach out to customer care, not just on the gambling sector now but anywhere, and they don't respond. that's when I start feeling like these people are not real. Why would you be a business and not have people dedicated to responding to customers, the people you actually built your business for? It doesn't make sense to me.

Whenever there's no customer care to respond to emails or in-site chats, I panic because it's a dead zone. So I pay attention to customer care, and I think we all should. Let's casually text them, ask a question, and see if they reply. Because if there's no communication, it means you might put money to stake and it won't reflect, or you won't be able to use it.

And if you can't reach somebody to ask questions or rectify issues, your money is gone. That's a very painful legal way to lose money, because you willingly put your money there. Now you can't get it back. So, customer care representatives are very important to me.

I think regulation has a benefit of protecting the consumer, so each country must always have it. It might only have a disadvantage sometimes. If we are on a country that doesn't care about it, that was sad firstly but secondly, we still can visit those regulated platforms, as I think many still accepts our country. Thanks by the way @OP for these wonderful 10 tips. At first I thought the tips are just the common ones again but I'm glad that some of them aren't.

Well, I guess you already know that you need to be unique for you to not get a bad feedback, hehe. They might only require some effort though but worth it, as it is only for our own safety.

There's something more important than all of these which is user experience, I meant the actual real people feedback of handling the bets and withdrawal not the paid one posted by bots on the review sections. Another easy way is to just check their trust page on Bitcointalk which will give the exact status of their operations, may not be able to see anything if they're legitimate but if there's a red flag I am sure atleast one of the members will identify and post as a tag.

Don't forget about their KYC policies.

IMO customer service and user experience are the most important. I couldn't care less if they are regulated or not. I'd rather play in an unlicensed casino that's known for great customer services and fairness than a licensed casino that's going to make me beg for them to pay me or fabricate proof to avoid paying me, like those casinos who claimed users used more than one account but never gave any evidence to support that and confiscated their deposits.

By the definition of legitimate means casino is operating under the law/rules so having a legit casino license is the only basis to consider the casino as legitimate.

However, identifying fair and honest casino is what the OP really describing with all the features he is considering to identify “legitimate casino”.

8-Reviews and Reputation in the Community

I would consider out to be the best approach when trying out to identify a legitimate casino on which specially you can be able to read up everything specially with real feedback experience with those users who had been used that platform. Also, if you are having some doubts then you can check out for yourself if you do have that doubt with those feedbacks. Everything could be seen out and could be proven out with your own very eyes specially with UI/UX because the first impression will be that telling you that you are dealing with a good platform.

Although these things will really be that not giving out guarantees and thats why you should really be that seeking out for some red flags via experiencing it for yourself and deposits with small amount and find it for yourself whether you do have see red flags or not.

Excellent contribution, this is so amazing in such a way that if we can have the gamblers use this guides as their ultimate priority before choosing a gambling platform, then things would have been more secured from the way we gamble on various platforms, trust is one of the most difficult task to confide with a gambling platform, but once we have discovered for the one that has this trust, then we are safe already because everything that will be going with using them will be on a transparent pattern without any hidden agenda on us.

I indeed found it quite helpful even though they are things that I already know of but it is such a refresher for me. I also think it will be useful to people who are at the moment have their monies in unknown , unpopular casinos and even though they have noticed that there is something wrong they cannot quite pinpoint what exactly is scam about the casino. Lately, I stopped taking reviews seriously. Casinos can buy reviews and it cannot be sure if the reviews are legit or not. Having an efficient customer service is topnotch at the end of the day people will run into an issue and they will want to have someone on the other end to talk to that can resolve it as fast as possible because the longer the issue remains unresolved, the sooner their anxiety steps up. 

For me, the most important aspect when looking for a legitimate casino is to analyze its reputation. Not only the reputation taking history into consideration (what is very important), but also the present reviews about the casino in real time. After all, we have many stories about casinos which used to be reputable for several years, but ended becoming shady in the end. One clear example of that is freebitco.in platform, where users are facing several issues since last year, although that platform remained legit for more than a decade in crypto industry.

In short, be aware of what they are doing these days. You can read how they treat their players via reading on blogs, forums, or other discussion platforms. Or much better if you will check the gambling section of this forum because you will surely get help if you will play only on the active casinos/bookies which already established their reputation throughout the years.

Among all the criteria which you have listed above i consider four to be far more important than the others criteria although all are important however there are some which I think should be put into consideration or place above others while identifying a legitimate casino
1.website security : the site should be secure to avoid fraudulent activities and to safe guard customers information in the casino site.
2.The opinions and experience of other players matters a lot at least one will get to know from the reviews the kind of casino that we want to involve in.
3.There should be a secure payment option to avoid customers or people using the casinos from been scam
4.The casino should be a licensed casino, to me this is one the most important criteria because a casino that doesn't have a license,  I think may be considere illegitimate casino since they don't have the license to operate

I mostly checked out the deposit and withdrawal function of a gambling sites before accessing to use them for betting, these scam sites don't care much about their UI/UX, and others because those really are not their major targets.

So long as their deposit button can be integrated to malfunction for their benefit is to be checked, it's developed in such a way that once deposit is done, the funds will be unable to reflect on your balance, even if you contact support, you can't be helped as they know quietly sure that your deposit can't be reflected and it's been diverted to their private wallet address if it's crypto deposit method.

Most time verification process are things to check as well because most casino doesn't approve kyc so easily, but whenever they give stress to pass kyc it's also a red flag for them.
Checking their deposit and withdrawals is also another thing very important to check out because most of them are too strict, and of course that is how casino are designed to be strict with their rules and regulations.

I don't think many casinos have these criteria; there are no perfect casinos, but users' feedbacks and experience is one criteria that is above all the criteria.
If a casino satisfies the needs of the user and gained their trust, then the casino have achieved their goal; users trust and confidence that they are a casino worth their trust means money flowing to the casinos, so casinos will try to satisfy their users within the boundary of their terms.

You are right that a legit casino will list all the important things about their terms and conditions, so that no player feels cheated, but unfortunately even though the casino lists them clearly, players often ignore the casino's terms and conditions and not read its, so they accuse the casino when they feel they have been wronged.


I quite trust the reviews from trusted members on this forum, whereas review sites cannot be fully trusted because often they are just paid reviews and they don't even play at the casino.

The importance of licensing is often exaggerated. In fact, it is important to ask about the jurisdiction in which the license was issued, and if it is offshore, and the cost of licenses is low, then this is practically no different from not having a license. The license makes it possible to work directly with fiat currency, which is not such a big advantage over cryptocurrency transactions.

2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - these are mandatory criteria. 7 is a very controversial issue, I do not consider this point decisive. 8, 9, 10 are very vague criteria that can (and will) carry a very strong share of subjective opinions.

Lovely! Those are good points you have there and I am sure they will help the new gamblers who are lucky to read them before risking their money with unfamiliar casinos.

Among the points listed, I focus more on reviews and reputation, efficient customer service, secure payment options, and recognized software providers better than others. As for the regulation aspect, security and transparent Ts&Cs, I give less attention because I am not a security expert, so how do I know they lie?

Also, regulations these days are just to fulfil all righteousness, they are weak with most casinos. Lastly, no Ts&Cs are 100% transparent, oh yes, I said that. So I read some key points that are not shady and that's all.

Additionally, I love to consider the capital strength of the casino. You didn't add that, but it's equally very important.

Why you forgot customer service? excellent customer service tells how a genuine casino is. Many casinos are out there but each of them have their own complains and it's on how they handle each of those. If they're handling them with care, the complainants themselves are the ones to prove on how good and genuine they are as a business. Because not each of them can receive that good feed back from honest customers that have been served and helped them with all of the concerns that they have addressed to the casino.

If you haven't check the first post,

"6-Efficient Customer Service:
A good casino provides 24/7 customer support through multiple channels like live chat, email, and phone."

So it is included as number 6 and yes I do agree that it's also a good sign for a casino that is legit. At least with good customer services, you will somewhat see that they want to give the best support they have with their customers and any doubts can be answer right away by the casino. And as a gambler, for sure we have reach out to their customer service multiple times and we are very satisfied by the replies.

Yeah, customers services is also a category to consider when identifying a genuine casino in that they are diligent to attend to their customers complains and taking drastic measures to ensure their satisfactions.

If we must rely on identifying genuine casinos by the community users with their tense of commendations, we should be also be careful to just follow the trend especially if the customers commendations are online reviews because some of the illegitimate casinos do buy logs or using fake profiles to rate themselves in the online reviews at their platforms.

Once I came across a poker room where the staff was very polite and courteous. Of course, I'm talking about an online poker room. So, the staff there addressed me informally and quickly resolved all issues, willingly explaining all the nuances to me. I thought that this was the best poker room I had visited until I wanted to withdraw money from my deposit to a card. That's when they showed their true colors. They asked me for a lot of documents for verification, and they rejected all my attempts to pass verification for far-fetched reasons. Until I realized that they simply did not want to give me my money. And then I came to the conclusion for myself: every casino or bookmaker is good when they do what they should, and do not speak beautifully and respectfully.

Some of them are good indicators but they are not sufficient to be sure to use a professional and safe platform. IMO only good reviews and bad testimonies from well trusted people are a good insurance. Because some casinos look professional and even generous till you make deposits and lose money but once you have some winnings to withdraw everything starts to get complicated.

Man, I am sure that I've read each of them before getting into this conclusion. Thanks, probably I was tired while reading that.

Because just looking at the most posts in each of their threads, you'd see customers complaining how unreachable they are with their concerns.

That's terrible, we've got our own bad experiences with them. At first glance, we thought that all of them are good because they want to get more customers but if they are this type of service, they'll eventually lose their loyal customers.

In the case of a really new casino it is quite difficult to know clearly when to trust it, even if it has security, licenses and everything it has been shown that this does not protect it from becoming a scam at any moment, so these things that have been said are relatively good but are not 100% trustworthy, it can be used as a guide, but not as something definitive or as a series of steps to follow.

I think that some of us have very different criteria to choose a casino and say how good and reliable it is.

This is a great list that you've put together here and I will definitely save this topic and refer to it later down the line as well I think. I feel like you could also check BBB or whatever country equivalent as well too right? Idk do these casinos also have google reviews and such? Is there a website that actually does all the research for you and just flat out tells you whether or not some online casinos are a scam or not? If there is not one of these already I feel like that would be really great to have lol. I am curioius to know if such a thing exists now.

But in overall im really that a kind of player who do just simply observe first:
8-Reviews and Reputation in the Community:

Whenever there's a new platform then i do always have that consideration on looking for real time feedbacks and community recommendations and advises when it comes to their experience on a certain platform. We do know that when it comes into this situation then it will be that up to you whether you would be testing out on a small amount or you would be waiting up for more and thats the time that you would be deciding on trying out to make deposits. There are people who are not wanting to take the initiative on which they are just simply waiting before taking up such step on which its not a bad approach. We do know that there's always that tendency for a new site to be a scam.

With those points above then its something on which its really the ones which needs up to be checked before making up some deposits on a casino. Some people doesnt touch up on new sites but rather they are sticking into those older and reputable ones rather than risking on trying the new ones. Im not saying that they are really that not legit but its up to a certain gambler whether they will be waiting or taking up the first step.

I like how you positioned them in order of priority.A legitimate casino is a reputable government agency,with a licensed casino,you can enjoy a safe and enjoyable online gaming experiences.
Legitimate casinos are known for security and safety;they ensure that their players financial records is secured and wholly protected from scams.

Some scammers are the most polite and best people pleasers in the world, till they get your money that is.
I wouldn't put great customer service as a bullet-proof way of determining how legit a casino is, after all, they can solve all your issues while you lose money, and then when you think it's all great, and so, the moment you ask for a withdrawal, everything goes silent.


No casino is ever a government agency, they are private regulated businesses, nothing in a casino is anywhere insured by any government.
Also, wholly protected?
Just Google the list of Curacao licensed casinos that ended up scamming their users, and even ignoring those, there were ones licensed in the US or Canada that went dark with millions, Full Tilt Poker is one example.

All the points you listed are all very valid, I love it all most especially the number one tip on the list, we see a lot of casinos today operating without a license and are not being regulated, and just as you have said that this may not entirely mean that the casino Is not legitimate, but the truth remains that 98 percent or higher; of casinos in this category are not legitimate based on my own understanding, most of them are like timed bomb waiting for the right time to explode 🤯

I have always avoided casinos without license and regulations, because they can easily disappear without any traces and there wont be anyone to complain to, but many gamblers still patronize this type of casinos simply because they are usually are kyc verification free, I will rather kyc on a legitimate casino than fall into a scam casino because i am avoiding kyc.

Consistent transparency and age is another factor that should be considered when choosing a casino. Knowing the level of review placed on the casino by top gambling forums and review sites does add value to the authenticity of any gaming platform. However, a casino with no license is quite not inspiring for any gambler to deposit money, atmost there run a devious management.

I believe that everything is mentioned already, but guess what, all of these things can't guarantee 100% funds security.

But what I noticed about most gamblers is that they don't look at all of it. Even in myself, I'd never do all the necessary checking. Most of us jump to reviews and support systems, which, of course, have a huge impact and are a factor in judging if the site is legit or not.

Maybe I was too careless, but I chose the sites that I feel can be trusted. That is why, until now, I've never fallen into scam sites.

One of the way to find whether a casino is legitimate or not is to look at its post in the forum.
I have a nice example how I saved myself from being scammed. I used to be active on popular casino a few years ago. At that time it was popular and definitely legit. Deposited and Withdrew a lot without issue. I had not used that platform for a while and last month I visited it again and was going to deposit some coins as it was working as previously and I didn't find anything suspicious. It was accepting deposit and placing bets. But somehow I wanted to see the official thread of the casino for any new bonus or offers but realized the casino has recently gone scam and people are complaining of not getting their coins back. At that time I realized, this forum's post could be a good way of analyzing how good the new as well as old casinos are doing.

Too much list, although it can be useful tips for some gamblers especially newbies, but experienced gamblers will not really need to check all those 10 tips.
Legitimate casino for me is simply that the casino is already proven that they are reputable without significant issues especially for payment.
In case of how to determine new casino is legitimate or not, I'll prefer to wait until the new casino prove themselves as reputable casino or I'll try myself with small deposit.
By the way, since you claimed that those tips are coming from your own mind, I'm sure you are experienced gamblers who may have been gambling for years.

This is my top priority to look up a legitimate casino. A casino can't make a player stay and level up if they do not have all the requirements to be a legitimate casino, and they cannot establish their reputation if they do not have all the features to make a legitimate casino, so a good rating from the gambling community and review platform are what make the casino legitimate.

Actually its really just that considerable because not all people would really be that directly be experienced on which there's still that always inflow of those new people to engaged on specially with gambling or even in other industries as well. For those who do have that experience then it wont really be that an issue but for those who are just that new then this list will really be relevant or something that would be that a good advises, but for me on which even if you are just that new or noob then you can be able to directly find out the legit site if you do really just that making use of your own common sense on which you would be normally sticking into those platforms which does have that credibility and popularity on which it wont really be costing you an arm and leg if we do speak about making up some research and finding out that direct information in related on a certain site or platform. It all matters about on the actions and steps that you would really be making.

This is a very important point of consideration to me because some of this casinos could be compromised and in such situations you can be sure of some level of security if the casino uses theses security protocols for your protection so your data doesn't get stolen. What most persons do consider first is the speed of payment on most casinos,  it's a very important point to consider but at the same time you have to be sure of your data safety so as to avoid  even future problems ahead.

It is also worth considering that casinos that invest in security demonstrate their commitment to their users and comply with international regulations. In the long run, this not only protects your data but also enhances your gaming experience. Although quick payments are attractive, nothing replaces the peace of mind that a secure and reliable platform offers.

I have not really paid attention to most of the tips on the list. My major concern before using any casino has been to verify if it is a regulated casino as I only use regulated casinos. I also check to see what other users have to say about the casino (casino reviews). These two approahes have worked for me over the years because i have never faced challenges with the ones I've used so far. Thanks op for this insights, it will prompt me to watch out more for things  before using a new casino.

Yes, this can be the main recommendation by looking at reviews and testimonials from trusted people, most importantly, we must also be able to compare them by doing our own testimonials, because it could be that the person who gave the review or testimonial has collaborated with the site admin in order to attract the attention of many people.

From the beginning (before I joined the forum) I am not always bothered to check all this thing, as long as it's a popular casino or sport bet site, I would use it and am just happy that I haven't been scammed or my money being sized on any casino/sport bet site yet. However, these are a good tips that one should look forward to because they would help. Although presently I only use a casino in the forum because I believed that only the forum have a good review about casinos that are on the forum.

There are many things to consider before making your choice of preferred casino and one of them is popularity too. A casino that is popular also portrays that they have a good reputation to an extent and that is because if they have a bad reputation the reverse will be the case as people would talk bad about them and they will have more bad reviews compared to if they are good.

Another thing to consider is their customer support response and also how responsive their website or applications are. A poorly built application or website suggests that they are probably a scam to gather cash and disappear.

For new gamblers who want to choose a casino for continuous gambling, maybe they can pay attention to the reputation and popularity of the casino. That is the best and easiest way for all gamblers to do when choosing a casino.
But I also often create new casino accounts, especially those registered on the forum. Just to get experience from some of the casinos on the forum. Of course, new casinos, don't have popularity and maybe a newly built reputation.

Customer support is one that I will always access to ask a few things when I am going to register a new casino. I am most unhappy when support is not available or is only limited for a certain time. Even some ask customers to wait for a reply email that is received for hours

This is the reason why I don't trust review places like TrustPilot since a company can just hire a group of shills and pay them to write something positive about their brand, which if you're not careful enough and follow up with that review, you might fall into the wrong hands.

For a community like this one (Bitcointalk), where we can publicly voice out what we feel about a brand, it will be hard for a casino to bribe and collaborate with a member to write something good about them, as those who have firsthand experience with the casino will definitely give their own honest opinion.

These are all great examples and will give good indications of how honest a casino can be, but no method is impervious. As a newcomer you probably want to stick with the casino and bookmakers that have the biggest threads in this forum, as they've shown they will stick around for a long time while handling any mudslinging that comes with time. There are a few other more subtle hints that I look out for - the wider range that a gambling site offers, say casino and a sportbook, indicates that they have spent a while developing their platform with key features that take money to setup. I also look at "too good to be true" welcome offers, like deposit matching 500% or ridiculous amounts, but the play through criteria makes it almost impossible to unlock - that is a bad sign.

Yea, some people finds the t&c very boring at first, but when they find their self not complying with the rules set by the casino, they beging to point fingers and end up going back to read what they hand misses. These things are very important so we shouldn't take them likely. For here on the forum, we have seen so many thread been raised by people who had issues with casino, but unfortunately for them, they failed to read the t&c before using their services. It's a very important part for playing on a casino.

User experience makes everyone go back to the casino.

And that's an over all package in there and for those that cannot stop themselves looking for, they'll have to find out and figure out what are some of those casinos that can give them good user experience that they can be satisfied with.

This is the reality, welcome to it and I think majority of us don't read that at all.

A good casino will never make an attempt trying to cheat gamblers or deprive a gambler in any form, we should all start from the rules and regulations including KYC requirements. Op is right, stating a clear rules and regulation is the top important thing every gambler should know although I have seen gamblers complain about a casino after using it severally probably they failed to read the rules secondly a casino without licenses, gambling becomes risky because no one knows what might happen next. Giving out review should be done freely like for example reviews about the casino doesn’t really matter especially when there’s no room for criticism so in such situation it takes luck to search for a good casino. I always look forward to an accountable casino, at least with good features I’m sure my funds are safe.

Knowing who are behind the existence of a launched casino in operation is very important, the aim, target and goal they have in place also go along with what they are likely to offer you, having a registration license does not end in proving their reputation, but we need to know the exact team who are behind the operations of a gambling casino and track their past projects to see how successful they have been, know about their consistency as well as have every other details of information needed about them, that is why a serious  gambler will always go after promoting and use of a reputable casino, we must see that we are fine with the checks made to verify for a legitimate one before going for any.

it’s not the casino itself that attract the player but gambling games however there are still casinos that are so good it may have generated some customers


we don’t maybe only specific parts that would be useful for us in the future

As a person who started playing online, I can say that it's so hard sometimes to understand whether the casino is good. Of course, there are a few popular and trustworthy ones, with many reviews and so on. So that you can know what to expect. But sometimes you come across something relatively new, and in such a situation, everything is different. I don't want to try my luck in such a way, so I just play in two casinos which you can hear often about