Are some casino scam accusations just negative marketing in disguise?

[Satofan44]

I’m not saying all accusations are fake, there are real issues and real bad actors out there. But with so many new accounts and similar complaint patterns, it’s hard not to question if some of this is manufactured noise.

What kind of nonsense is this? Do you think that simply because the concept of negative marketing works in practice with some things that it can be applied everywhere else and it will work similarly? It is time to get some basic education going. If anything, negative marketing with a casino is extremely risk and most likely extremely negative. Would I ever want to play with a casino that has many complaints against it? No. Would I play at a casino that has many withdrawal issues? No. Would I ever want to play at a casino that suddenly asks for KYC? Also no. Since there are countless other options, those that do not have many complaints against them, there is no rational reason to play at casinos that are regularly put in a negative spotlight -- unless the person is stupid, but those people we can safely ignore. 

Sometimes they even become fanatics of those websites. Sometimes they go a little overboard in helping to promote those websites, even though they are not part of the promotion team.   

Fanatics constitute a tiny minority of the overall player base, and they can be completely ignored. Those are people who have the worst and most meaningless lives, that is why they get obsessed with random things like that. Even if they are doing negative marketing, it does not work for this industry. Nevertheless, putting fanatics aside, there is always going to be people who are advocating for and against a casino and it kind of a fluid thing. There are plenty of people that start trash talking a casino after a large loss or after not getting something ridiculous that they asked for, like a refund. Sometimes they even explicitly threaten that they will damage their reputation if they don't get their way.

[justdimin]

Negative reviews about a casino can have a degree or limit it will reach for the public to assume or conclude that playing bets on that casino is bad and the same thing can happen to them. It is easy for casinos to create a fake good review about themselves and the winnings gamblers are making on their platform than thinking of negative review than could tarnish their long developed brand name for years. Negative and scam reviews are mostly fueled by casinos competitors to drive gamblers for that casino to their own casino indirectly.

That's true and that's why negative marketing I don't think will be mostly done and casinos will opt for that. They'll make good and honest reviews than it through giveaways from many participants. Than to make negative reviews that they'll give to themselves, if they are up for marketing why would they choose the negative way of it? they're only damaging their reputation at their own cost since many people are not going to doubt most reviews if they have no idea that it can be faked if it's posted on reviews websites.

Disagree, I have worked for a short while in this world and I can tell you that they do have bad people in it. Hell, even if the casino itself doesn't do negative marketing for it's competition, the "fans" of a casino can do it to another casino.

Sort of like rival teams, and fans hate each other so they do whatever they can do to make this work. Believe or not, when I say this, it is not really that easy to make this work and for that reason I am sure that negative marketing is done. Either by the casinos themselves, or the fans, but the fact stays. How am I so sure? I knew a few casinos that actually did this, it was 5+ years ago so I am not saying they exist now, they are long gone, but it does happen at times.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

So it made me wonder, with how competitive the online casino space is now, is it really just about marketing and promos anymore? We all know casinos spend a lot to attract players, but do you think some of them also play dirty and use negative marketing? By that I mean, could some casinos be using throwaway or newbie accounts to post bad stories, accusations, or doubt against competitors, just to damage their reputation and scare players away?

And even if they does so, what guaranteed that their very own casino will be the gamblers next option for gambling? Because to be frankly speaking, the odds at which the gambler to choose the casino that paid newbies to spread false information about a genuine casino is 0.001%, considering the large number of crypto casinos already launched in the industry and offers competitive services. Because instead of spreading propaganda about other casinos, if a crypto casino can channel such energy into spreading their ads campaign to many other platforms where gamblers are likely to be available, they will gain more exposure and customers, rather than wasting money spreading false allegations against competitive casinos. Because no matter how you try to tarnish the names of some casinos, there are some that have built a solid reputation over the years, and have got loyal customers that can never be easily convinced with false allegations.

[Questat]

I knew a few casinos that actually did this, it was 5+ years ago so I am not saying they exist now, they are long gone, but it does happen at times.

That actually makes sense. Maybe my assumption was wrong about them using negative marketing. With a bigger market, if they were to hire shills, it would probably make more sense to focus on praising the casino so people get curious and check it out. But would that even be effective in the current situation? Or is it better to just get exposure through forum advertising, show the brand, and let users decide on their own whether they want to play or not.

[Eternad]

I knew a few casinos that actually did this, it was 5+ years ago so I am not saying they exist now, they are long gone, but it does happen at times.

That actually makes sense. Maybe my assumption was wrong about them using negative marketing. With a bigger market, if they were to hire shills, it would probably make more sense to focus on praising the casino so people get curious and check it out. But would that even be effective in the current situation? Or is it better to just get exposure through forum advertising, show the brand, and let users decide on their own whether they want to play or not.

I’m surprised to see that a casino will have some balls to do this unorthodox style of promotion even 5 years ago. I knew some casino hiring shills to attack competitors before but that’s because there’s only limited competition before for the popular casino in the forum but intentionally hiring shill to destroy their reputation is a bit risky marketing if this true.

If casino will just pay for someone to shill negativity against I believe it’s better to hire campaign participants that will promote the brand given that they will just pay on both ways.

[348Judah]

At least for now all I can say is that we should not constitute the nuisance of accusing gambling platforms the wrong way, if we must do so, then there should be enough reason being cognitive enough to serve as reference, whereby we use against any that is not reliable, some of those that are attacking this gambling platforms do that to demote them from being promoted and I don't know why some could go to that extent in seeing that they tarnish other's image for nothing sack.

[sunsilk]

That actually makes sense. Maybe my assumption was wrong about them using negative marketing. With a bigger market, if they were to hire shills, it would probably make more sense to focus on praising the casino so people get curious and check it out. But would that even be effective in the current situation? Or is it better to just get exposure through forum advertising, show the brand, and let users decide on their own whether they want to play or not.

Any kind of advertising they think that shall support the popular of their casino will be sufficient. As long as it's backed by data and evidence, it makes sense for them to just do the marketing to increase the positivity of their casino.

Rather than going with the negative type of marketing because that will not help. They've chosen to spend money, why not just put it to maximize the result of it?

And this has been figured out by many casinos that have been stably advertising in the forum, they do the marketing and at the same time, they get real engagement and genuine feed back.

[freedomgo]

don't know why some could go to that extent in seeing that they tarnish other's image for nothing sack.

It could be a revenge factor. you know, they lose, or the casino enforces its TOS against them, and then gamblers try to get back at the casino by attacking its reputation. That’s honestly the only reason I can think of why some people do this.

Sometimes it works, especially if the casino doesn’t have strong community support. But it won’t really work against casinos that have already built their reputation over many years. In those cases, people are more likely to trust the casino than a complaint coming from a newbie.

[bhadz]

That's true and that's why negative marketing I don't think will be mostly done and casinos will opt for that. They'll make good and honest reviews than it through giveaways from many participants. Than to make negative reviews that they'll give to themselves, if they are up for marketing why would they choose the negative way of it? they're only damaging their reputation at their own cost since many people are not going to doubt most reviews if they have no idea that it can be faked if it's posted on reviews websites.

Disagree, I have worked for a short while in this world and I can tell you that they do have bad people in it. Hell, even if the casino itself doesn't do negative marketing for it's competition, the "fans" of a casino can do it to another casino.

Sort of like rival teams, and fans hate each other so they do whatever they can do to make this work. Believe or not, when I say this, it is not really that easy to make this work and for that reason I am sure that negative marketing is done. Either by the casinos themselves, or the fans, but the fact stays. How am I so sure? I knew a few casinos that actually did this, it was 5+ years ago so I am not saying they exist now, they are long gone, but it does happen at times.

You're right and I think that also happens, the fans or customers of the rival casinos, they're giving sort of negative reviews for them to make it look like that is really a terrible casino for the readers. But we'll never know the truth about it and only our experiences can speak for each other and we can figure it if they're really terrible or it's just sort of negative comment for them to push away those who are looking for some reviews and disappoint them. So, they're no longer going to use that casino that they haven't tried yet because of that negative review.