Do casino awards matter?

[just_Alice]

I personally don't look at whether or not a certain casino has won an award, didn't even know such things existed, to be fair 
Whenever I choose a gambling website there are 3 things that matter the most to me:

1. Provably fair. I like to be sure there'll be no scam.

2. Nice interface, navigation. Sometimes it can be really hard to find something on a website, that wasn't designed well, that can be very annoying!

3. Reviews. Some of the websites can buy themselves good reviews, no doubt in that, but mostly, in my experience, if there are some flaws and pitfalls - at least some reviews will tell you about that if you do your research.

[AdamovichG]

Some interesting replies, thanks to everyone for chipping in 

It was pointed out in a few answers that no awards exist that would target specifically crypto casinos, which is true but I haven't even thought of that. What do you think of the idea if such awards were held here, on this forum?
The main idea would be to have them decentralised, which would work perfectly here. Yes/no?

[South Park]

Some organizations and events give out awards to casinos that do well each year in a certain category. For example, askgamblers has their own awards, casinomeister has their own and there are some others.

If you're looking for a new casino to try, do you ever notice if it got any awards and would that even matter to you?

At least to me it doesn't matter at all, for a long time I have had problems with review sites because as we know many of them accept bribes in order to give better reviews and the moment they do that there is no point to their reviews anymore, and those awards are very similar, you are relying on a centralized party to tell you that the casino is good and I'm not going to rely on the words of someone else, I prefer to do my due research and find out by myself.

[3meek]

What matters to me is real reviews on this forum or my personal experience on various sites... Awards are not a very important thing, especially not everyone understands what this award is and what role it plays...
I think that most people prefer popular casinos regardless of the awards ...

[ScamViruS]

The award does not matter in my case. But if a casino really gets an award for their activities, that's a plus point. And in other cases these issues are not so important. Because we know that the organizations that organize such awards give them awards and ratings based on how much they check and choose, these platforms mostly ask for money from gambling websites for ratings and other things. So it is easy for those who pay more to have higher ratings and get awards.

I think public reviews are more important than these kinds of things.

[Quidat]

Things i do look when i do tend to choose a gambling site.

-Reputation - which means lots of people been hanging out or playing with the site
  -- You can presume out that their design is good and user interface and website cant reach out that certain state if they arent doing good.

-Perks and Bonuses
  -- Having this would really be adding up some spice and interest towards the site.

In the question if casino awards does matter? For me, i dont really see it to be that much of needed.

[dothebeats]

It does matter to a certain extent, especially if the fanbase/userbase of the award-giving body is quite significant, it helps in the advertisement of the gambling platform that won the award.

Most of the time, it doesn't really mean anything if the award is given by an organization that is relatively unknown in the scene. If you are quite respected and your views and opinions matter to the gamblers, then surely your award would be flaunted by the platforms who got it. It just means that your organization's standards are akin to the gamblers who support your ratings and/or reviews, and thus potentially pulling more userbase to the side of the gambling platform that won your award.

[kolesozw]

Some organizations and events give out awards to casinos that do well each year in a certain category. For example, askgamblers has their own awards, casinomeister has their own and there are some others.

If you're looking for a new casino to try, do you ever notice if it got any awards and would that even matter to you?

The awards matter when they are from a reputable organization. The award means that at least a single third party had reviews and scores positively on the casino.

For example, if I land on a new casino that I don't know much, seeing that it won an award, let's say from Askgamblers, it will give it some credibility.

[jossiel]

That's an additional point for them if a casino receives an award but just like any other, I'll still think of them as the same whether they have or don't have an award.

Will still play casually on them regardless of the award they receive or even a nomination.

[stomachgrowls]

A good add up to have but people wont really care too much out of these things because an award can be given anytime with just only having that minimal criteria for those gambling sites to be chosen.
So this isnt something solid for people to look on.

If the source or the award giver is something reputable or well-known then this will really be something for that gambling site to be proud off and can really boast up that
they are one of the best gambling sites out there.

Overall, the demand itself will be varying on several characteristics that we've known.