10 tips to identify a legitimate casino

[ovcijisir]

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.

[bitbollo]

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

[Dewi Aries]

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.

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.

[mcdouglasx]

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

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.

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.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

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.

[Stepstowealth]

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.

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.

[Slow death]

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.

[Oluwa-btc]

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.

[mirakal]

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.

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.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

[dimonstration]

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.

[Hirose UK]

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.

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.

[o48o]

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

[Agbamoni]

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

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.

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.

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.

[Akbarkoe]

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.

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.

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.

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.

[Wexnident]

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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.

[GxSTxV]

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.

[bitterguy28]

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 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

[Fiatless]

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.

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.

[Weawant]

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.