How do you know how to trust online sportsbooks?

[nakamura12]

In my opinion review is one of the best ways to check the authenticity of the business.
Also - once you start gambling on a website you also get a feeler what is correct and what not. Trust your gut feelings too..

No it's not the best way as some review site owner might be paid to give a good review about a casino or any gambling site though it could really help you to know which of the sportsbook you can trust by checking the review about it but you must also check the review site if it's not biased (paid) or not. Therr are some accusations that are made not because of the sportsbook being a scam sportsbook or shady one but some people not group of people want to ruin a sportsbook or a casino.

[n0ne]

In my opinion review is one of the best ways to check the authenticity of the business.
Also - once you start gambling on a website you also get a feeler what is correct and what not. Trust your gut feelings too..

No it's not the best way as some review site owner might be paid to give a good review about a casino or any gambling site though it could really help you to know which of the sportsbook you can trust by checking the review about it but you must also check the review site if it's not biased (paid) or not. Therr are some accusations that are made not because of the sportsbook being a scam sportsbook or shady one but some people not group of people want to ruin a sportsbook or a casino.

Recently came across a list in which it is possible to see a list of gambling platforms accepting cryptocurrency, but those weren't known to me. When we go across the platform details, they're unpopular but the review site gives perfect feedback. As said nowadays everything requires marketing, so there are paid feedback providers. Good is to go through the list of gambling platforms that promote their service on the forum and choose the one that gives the comfort and trust.

[nakamura12]

Recently came across a list in which it is possible to see a list of gambling platforms accepting cryptocurrency, but those weren't known to me. When we go across the platform details, they're unpopular but the review site gives perfect feedback. As said nowadays everything requires marketing, so there are paid feedback providers. Good is to go through the list of gambling platforms that promote their service on the forum and choose the one that gives the comfort and trust.

That's what I just explained that some review site are not honest in giving their reviews to the casinos on their review website that's why I only quoted what wapfika provided or you can go here. That thread is created by Pmalek and the gambling sites that are there are known in Bitcointalk forum. I'm sure you know those gambling sites in that thread. Hope op will check it out.

[TimeTeller]

Recently came across a list in which it is possible to see a list of gambling platforms accepting cryptocurrency, but those weren't known to me. When we go across the platform details, they're unpopular but the review site gives perfect feedback. As said nowadays everything requires marketing, so there are paid feedback providers. Good is to go through the list of gambling platforms that promote their service on the forum and choose the one that gives the comfort and trust.

That's what I just explained that some review site are not honest in giving their reviews to the casinos on their review website that's why I only quoted what wapfika provided or you can go here. That thread is created by Pmalek and the gambling sites that are there are known in Bitcointalk forum. I'm sure you know those gambling sites in that thread. Hope op will check it out.

Most gambling sites are after for the possible referral commission, hence, they will give positive reviews to attract players.
But if you are already here in the forum, there are specific threads that you can visit like Pmalek's thread and read it for your own reference.
Also, you can visit the thread of each casino and read what is going on and have an idea how they treat their players.
You can get good insights from the discussion, and you can start playing if you are confident that you selected a decent site.

[noormcs5]

In my opinion review is one of the best ways to check the authenticity of the business.
Also - once you start gambling on a website you also get a feeler what is correct and what not. Trust your gut feelings too..

No it's not the best way as some review site owner might be paid to give a good review about a casino or any gambling site though it could really help you to know which of the sportsbook you can trust by checking the review about it but you must also check the review site if it's not biased (paid) or not. Therr are some accusations that are made not because of the sportsbook being a scam sportsbook or shady one but some people not group of people want to ruin a sportsbook or a casino.

Recently came across a list in which it is possible to see a list of gambling platforms accepting cryptocurrency, but those weren't known to me. When we go across the platform details, they're unpopular but the review site gives perfect feedback. As said nowadays everything requires marketing, so there are paid feedback providers. Good is to go through the list of gambling platforms that promote their service on the forum and choose the one that gives the comfort and trust.

Usually, if there is a single person/team, giving reviews on their own site, I won't pay much attention to it because it is the point of view of one or few individuals. That's why we see some sites on these review site which we are not aware of because some small sites can pay some money to list them on review sites. Better to get reviews where anyone is allowed to post their feedback and then we find a better trusted online gambling and sportsbook site.

[Shamm]

In my opinion review is one of the best ways to check the authenticity of the business.
Also - once you start gambling on a website you also get a feeler what is correct and what not. Trust your gut feelings too..

No it's not the best way as some review site owner might be paid to give a good review about a casino or any gambling site though it could really help you to know which of the sportsbook you can trust by checking the review about it but you must also check the review site if it's not biased (paid) or not. Therr are some accusations that are made not because of the sportsbook being a scam sportsbook or shady one but some people not group of people want to ruin a sportsbook or a casino.

Recently came across a list in which it is possible to see a list of gambling platforms accepting cryptocurrency, but those weren't known to me. When we go across the platform details, they're unpopular but the review site gives perfect feedback. As said nowadays everything requires marketing, so there are paid feedback providers. Good is to go through the list of gambling platforms that promote their service on the forum and choose the one that gives the comfort and trust.

Usually, if there is a single person/team, giving reviews on their own site, I won't pay much attention to it because it is the point of view of one or few individuals. That's why we see some sites on these review site which we are not aware of because some small sites can pay some money to list them on review sites. Better to get reviews where anyone is allowed to post their feedback and then we find a better trusted online gambling and sportsbook site.

Absolutely right mate and this is happening to other casino or sites they paid someone who write a good feedback to their casino even though they are not known. Also some scam sites do such thing like what my friend happening to him.  He became a victim of scam sites full of good reviews then when he deposit there's no problem but when he want to withdraw there's a lot of excuses from the sites  that they can not process the withdrawal even though my friendd pay the withdrawal fee.

[Peanutswar]

In my opinion review is one of the best ways to check the authenticity of the business.
Also - once you start gambling on a website you also get a feeler what is correct and what not. Trust your gut feelings too..

No it's not the best way as some review site owner might be paid to give a good review about a casino or any gambling site though it could really help you to know which of the sportsbook you can trust by checking the review about it but you must also check the review site if it's not biased (paid) or not. Therr are some accusations that are made not because of the sportsbook being a scam sportsbook or shady one but some people not group of people want to ruin a sportsbook or a casino.

Recently came across a list in which it is possible to see a list of gambling platforms accepting cryptocurrency, but those weren't known to me. When we go across the platform details, they're unpopular but the review site gives perfect feedback. As said nowadays everything requires marketing, so there are paid feedback providers. Good is to go through the list of gambling platforms that promote their service on the forum and choose the one that gives the comfort and trust.

Usually, if there is a single person/team, giving reviews on their own site, I won't pay much attention to it because it is the point of view of one or few individuals. That's why we see some sites on these review site which we are not aware of because some small sites can pay some money to list them on review sites. Better to get reviews where anyone is allowed to post their feedback and then we find a better trusted online gambling and sportsbook site.

Absolutely right mate and this is happening to other casino or sites they paid someone who write a good feedback to their casino even though they are not known. Also some scam sites do such thing like what my friend happening to him.  He became a victim of scam sites full of good reviews then when he deposit there's no problem but when he want to withdraw there's a lot of excuses from the sites  that they can not process the withdrawal even though my friendd pay the withdrawal fee.

A review now most likely not too much reliable because some of  the review platform now can be paid easily to get a good feed back to the website, for me the ideal to get a knowledge in the gambling platform is base in the experience of other people mostly we can get it through the  chat of the main gambling platform or they have a forum or any communication tool, experience is the best source of information preventing to get scam of these suspicious gambling platforms. Also do your own research still not just make a deposit only.

[MrcMrc]

First thing first check the license and if there have then that should give you some level of trust for the sportsbook, secondly, you can also check for review of the site if it is a well-known sportsbook here you would see some users already making a review about them.

[Pmalek]

Many people are talking about reviews and I agree that reviews can't be trusted. Not because they are a complete lie, but because they are painting a different picture from what the reality is. They leave out the negatives and highlight the positives. That's not a lie, but it is a biased review.
The thing with paid reviews is that even if the site doesn't tell you to specifically write only nice things about them, the person getting paid feels a certain gratitude and obligation to do that anyway. That's why most reviews are positive and focus on the good things.  

[Hamphser]

First thing first check the license and if there have then that should give you some level of trust for the sportsbook, secondly, you can also check for review of the site if it is a well-known sportsbook here you would see some users already making a review about them.

There are some reputable gambling sites or casinos which doesnt really have any license thats why this one isnt a solid indication of being legit or reputable.
Building up trust isnt something that you could achieve in a short time and its just common sense that you would really be doing is to stick on where the majority is been sticking with.

Little up effort for some or making some research wont hurt and of course you would really be going along on where the herd is been going.
Go with those having lots of users and lots of positive feedbacks.

[Theones]

First thing first check the license and if there have then that should give you some level of trust for the sportsbook, secondly, you can also check for review of the site if it is a well-known sportsbook here you would see some users already making a review about them.

There are some reputable gambling sites or casinos which doesnt really have any license thats why this one isnt a solid indication of being legit or reputable.
Building up trust isnt something that you could achieve in a short time and its just common sense that you would really be doing is to stick on where the majority is been sticking with.

Little up effort for some or making some research wont hurt and of course you would really be going along on where the herd is been going.
Go with those having lots of users and lots of positive feedbacks.

I would prefer the one which have good reviews and good customer care services. Since I gamble from other country so for me CSR is very very important - incase I am stuck there should be someone to assist me. However reviews are as important too.

[rby]

The thing with paid reviews is that even if the site doesn't tell you to specifically write only nice things about them, the person getting paid feels a certain gratitude and obligation to do that anyway. That's why most reviews are positive and focus on the good things.  

Your point is crystal clear and that is same thing I believe. Once a review is paid, there is every tendency that the result would be influenced. Even if the company asked you to be neutral, the reviewer would tend to take side with the company.
The money paid for review is indirectly point out the good and at worse scenario, ignore the bad.

While these can be said about the majority of the paid reviews, a few might be different. For instance,  _livecasino.io_ paid review for deposit and withdrawals. Though that review was paid, but there was absolutely nothing bad to say about the company's deposit and withdrawal system.

[Gozie51]

The thing with paid reviews is that even if the site doesn't tell you to specifically write only nice things about them, the person getting paid feels a certain gratitude and obligation to do that anyway. That's why most reviews are positive and focus on the good things.  

Your point is crystal clear and that is same thing I believe. Once a review is paid, there is every tendency that the result would be influenced. Even if the company asked you to be neutral, the reviewer would tend to take side with the company.
The money paid for review is indirectly point out the good and at worse scenario, ignore the bad.

While these can be said about the majority of the paid reviews, a few might be different. For instance,  _livecasino.io_ paid review for deposit and withdrawals. Though that review was paid, but there was absolutely nothing bad to say about the company's deposit and withdrawal system.

Base on this response is sure that reviews can be manipulated by the company in business throwing out money to writers. I therefore think that this aspect of verification is compromised.

A forum member has the opportunity to stay with the forum and do what members are doing by playing with many of the casinos around. Users here follow reputable companies and they don't hesitate to open up scam accusation on suspicion. So staying here and playing with known companies is a way to stay safe.

[sunsilk]

If it's about the reviews then the best go-to are the threads of the online sportsbooks on this section. You'll get genuine reactions, reviews and complains from the actual players that have been telling good and not so good reviews.

Telling their experiences and what are the possible problems that they've met upon playing with any of these bookies. And as well as the count of their bettors, do not be misled by new bookies, they're making up numbers to attract players but it's all fake.

But to the legitimate ones, they've got real numbers.

[acroman08]

Many people are talking about reviews and I agree that reviews can't be trusted. Not because they are a complete lie, but because they are painting a different picture from what the reality is. They leave out the negatives and highlight the positives. That's not a lie, but it is a biased review.
The thing with paid reviews is that even if the site doesn't tell you to specifically write only nice things about them, the person getting paid feels a certain gratitude and obligation to do that anyway. That's why most reviews are positive and focus on the good things.  

this reminds me of a certain controversial gambling site here in the forum that created a paid review campaign for their gambling site. as you expected the majority of the reviews were positive. also, what made that review campaign extremely unreliable is a lot of participants who joined that paid review campaign were obviously an alt of someone and are trying to take advantage of the campaign.

[AicecreaME]

The user experience is always good.

Like from the forum it self, don't believe any word from influencer or random youtube channel. What's the most important things about any kind casino or sportsbooks, how they pay the user. Here my list research of casino/sportbook
1. Restriction country
2. How they process the withdraw: Fast? any limit withdraw or not.
3. How their customer service : Live chat or email.
4. See a review not only one, but a few review.

This is also the first thing that I look for before putting my trust into a gambling website. The user experience will tell it all to potential players if the casino is offering great quality of service or not. When a person enjoyed the service provided, surely they will do the honor of spreading about it to their friends and the cycle will continue to happen. Overall quality of service for me depends on their processing time of transaction, deposit, and withdrawal. Addressing the concerns and issues at hand is important for me too because this just clearly give away if they are just after for profits or the customers' welfare and satisfaction as well.

[michellee]

If it's about the reviews then the best go-to are the threads of the online sportsbooks on this section. You'll get genuine reactions, reviews and complains from the actual players that have been telling good and not so good reviews.

Telling their experiences and what are the possible problems that they've met upon playing with any of these bookies. And as well as the count of their bettors, do not be misled by new bookies, they're making up numbers to attract players but it's all fake.

But to the legitimate ones, they've got real numbers.

Even so, they still have to do their own research and never use an online sports book or gambling site just because someone else has given an assessment or review about the gambling site.

Only we will know how to find an online sports book site and how we will trust that online sports book site so that we don't follow the advice of others. Ratings given by other people can be useful for us, especially if we don't know how to find them but again, don't use that as a basis for trusting sportsbook sites.

[Theones]

own research and never use an online sports book or gambling site just because someone else has given an assessment or review about the gambling site.

Only we will know how to find an online sports book site and how we will trust that online sports book site so that we don't follow the advice of others. Ratings given by other people can be useful for us, especially if we don't know how to find them but again, don't use that as a basis for trusting sportsbook sites.

That is correct - see the reviews but dont always believe that the reviews are genuine.
People do buy reviews as well. There are scams and bots which can increase the rating of the site. Leaves the person in bad situation

[MonsterV]

Review sites are good of course. But there are also a lot of fake reviews. And I don't just mean fake reviews that are praising the gambling site, but there are also fake reviews that unjustifiably provide casino negativity. And there are a lot of review sites. I know Trustpilot is very active in maintaining fake reviews, but how do you know what is fake and what is not? It is quite difficult to bring clarity to this. There are also many reviews on the forum. Your own experience with a site is the best indicator.

[qwertyup23]

Hello everyone, I've been using online sportsbooks for a while now, but I wanted to know how do you know how to trust those sites? What do you look for in them, what are some red flags for you, that kind of stuff. Hope it makes sense and please share what are your favorite online sportsbooks.

Just like any gambling website also, you have to check for several factors, which may include:

• The website's traffic;
• The number of years the website is running in the internet;
• It's overall feedback and review done by others;
• If the website has an active customer support service; and
• If it has a standard and working domain;

The factors that I have listed are some of the general information that one must check before they attempt to try an online sportsbook or even a gambling website. Since this involves depositing/holding funds for you, then it is better to exercise the utmost care and caution before delving completely.