Do review Sites Still help bad casinos?

[Beparanf]

If a casino is rated from low to high, it still gives the impression that it’s legit, just with a lower score. But if we’re talking about outright scam casinos, they shouldn’t even be included in the list in the first place. Giving them a rating at all might just make people curious and check them out anyway. Sometimes no exposure is better than putting them on the scale.

I support on this that proven scam casino shouldn’t be worthy to have a place on review site but they preferred transparency which is why they still want to show scam casino in low rating.

It depends on the viewer perspective but for me that low rating will give me an idea to avoid it even if I’m newbie looking for trusted casino to try.

But there’s also gullible newbie that want to explore shady casino for the sake of the bonuses. I believe there should be a red tagged marked as scam or high risk for those proven scam casino if they still want to display it.

[danherbias07]

I don't look at review sites anymore. This forum is enough to get information about the gambling site, and most of the casinos and sports bookie that I checked are advertising here, so it's easier to find any news and updates about them or their reputation.

Sure, it's still publicity, but we are not aware of what is really behind those advertisements. They will say only good things and even claim that they have tested it, but it's all just for the money. It's better if there's deep information, like how it goes here in the forum, or maybe in any other forum like this.

[Finestream]

I support on this that proven scam casino shouldn’t be worthy to have a place on review site but they preferred transparency which is why they still want to show scam casino in low rating.

We can’t deny that, for example, 1xbit has a very bad reputation in this forum, but they’re still popular. And that’s because many people are still supporting them.

Just look at YouTube and Facebook, a lot of vloggers are being paid to promote them. It’s probably the same with review sites. They’re run by people who want to make money, so if a casino pays, they won’t really say no. That’s why I don’t really trust most review sites. For me, the best place to check real reviews is still the forum.

[freedomgo]

I don't look at review sites anymore. This forum is enough to get information about the gambling site, and most of the casinos and sports bookie that I checked are advertising here, so it's easier to find any news and updates about them or their reputation.

Indeed, there’s really no reason to rely on review sites if we already trust the feedback here more than anywhere else.

Maybe the only area where the forum is not that strong is in actually solving cases. I’ve seen some posts in the scam accusations board where users are advised to post on other platforms to get more attention and help resolve the issue.

Sometimes that works better than just staying here, but it’s case to case. Still, when it comes to reviews and real feedback, this forum is more reliable for me.

[Fortify]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

They say good or bad publicity is still publicity, and in gambling this feels true.
I think review sites should be stricter and just not include these casinos at all, instead of giving low scores and moving on.

What do you guys think?

It can be hard to tell which are genuine review sites and which are specifically engineered to only maximize the affiliate profits for the owner. In an ideal world, all review sites would be setup to provide an impartial guide and pointer to which are the best sites to use. However the reality is that most purely have a profit motive in mind, if you own a bad casino then you have incentive to use these sites as a source of advertising because some of them allow you to curate or even delete bad reviews for a fee. Not only that, you could pay a large sum to get prominent positions on a site that is specifically designed for players to find new casinos and make a determination of whether one is safe to you. That is a dangerous recipe and it can be very tempting for the website owner to bend the rules and build a false picture about a specific casino, at a cost.

[peter0425]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

The bad publicity is still publicity kind of thing exists and I do not know how much it actually works for them knowing they need long term clients. I am guessing that despite many bad reviews, some people still enjoy those casinos and continue to use it as it works for them. A casino will go down when their reputation is completely ruined.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

A review site that is not reputable and prefers money over dignity, they will definitely take money to post a scam or a non reputable casino on their review platform. It's not all review platform that will post a non reputable casino on their site, my assumptions is that when you see that happening, it means the site owners have collected money to do so and by so doing, they are helping to promote the casino. That's the reason why most of us here would prefer reviews done on the forum than others sites.

[Bluedrem]

That is why you should carefully analyze the fraud and choose the gambling sites to bet on. You should remember that you have to keep your money safe. Review sites make money through listings, so they do not look at the pros and cons of the casino sites before or after inclusion. What they look at is how much money they are actually getting for listing that casino site. It is like a government that prohibits its citizens from smoking because smoking is seriously harmful to health. On the other hand, it registers those who are manufacturing smoking materials because they get high taxes from there.

[Ronsbit]

The main thing here is that irrespective of the fact that review sites features such casinos, the review is enough to tell visitors what they are in for if they engage with such casino. It is true that review sites sometimes are mischievous and they intentionally do things without looking at the repercussions of their actions and inactions. I have encountered review sites of such advertising some scam casinos well known here and if not for the intervention of community members, they would not have removed or delist the casinos. The main thing now is that review sites needs traffic so they could do anything just to get the traffic to their website.

[Porfirii]

This topic reminds me of the times when ICOs where ubiquitous in the crypto-space and you headed to review sites and saw most of them quite well valued, to see a few months later that most of them were no more than empty promises, so I think that they got paid to not only list them but also give them a good rating. I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing was happening with casino review sites willing to accept getting paid by some bad gambling platforms that don't deserve such a good rating.

[Pandu Geddon]

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

They actually need to be seen with negative and bad reviews. If they are not listed, people seeking information won’t find what’s really true. 
I think it’s better to help gamblers. Regardless of whether there are still gamblers who click, attracted by the bonuses offered without considering the negative reviews, that is a bad action they take for themselves. 
Such publications will help, not the opposite, as a promotional medium. But on the condition that users use their intelligence.

[SmartGold01]

Most of the reviews that are done are being paid reviews while some are based on their experience and to what they encountered while using the casino. For someone like me, I do rate casinos based on my experience with them. This implies that if I found it difficult to access or even have my money from them then I wouldn't mind rating them based on what I saw or see from the gambling site. This is another main reason while you shouldn't be that capitalizing on what those ratings does because most time they could do what their minds pleases them.

[KiaKia]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

They say good or bad publicity is still publicity, and in gambling this feels true.
I think review sites should be stricter and just not include these casinos at all, instead of giving low scores and moving on.

What do you guys think?

How is this anyone's problem? If any beginner can't read deep before registering on any online casinos that's no one's fault, in everything we do in this period we must first do good research especially when money is involved.

Many online casinos already have bad ratings but not in the public internet, the real ratings are scarce online and that's why this forum is all I use to pick online casinos.

I remember the time I was still new to gambling, I have mistaken some crappy junk online casinos as good ones because I found them through fake reviewing platform.

[stompix]

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

Feels like? Only feels?
That's all that matter, imagine a site that would be non-biased in their review and the first thing they would tell you is about the license or how the casino was banned here and there, have you actually seen something like this?

No, because review sites like that will not be paid, and if they are paid ,they are paid to take the truth out of the review!

I want to see a review website that starts with this:
WARNING: Do not play on these casino scams!
Found one like that?

Also would like to hear something else from them, like:
"You know that site we advertised a month ago, it turned out to be a scam, we feel sorry for this so we're reimbursing the affiliate money to victims."

[salad daging]

Some users don’t really read feedback anymore, they’re more focused on the bonuses being offered. That’s usually what catches their attention first.

Yep a welcome offer or other bonus is more attention to new users than looking at long reviews.

And honestly, I think some review sites are not that transparent. They’re the ones who sort, approve, or reject reviews, so they can easily control what shows up. If they’re getting paid by casinos, then there’s a big chance they’ll manipulate the ratings.

I was once offered by a casino CS to give a review on Trustpilot by giving 5 stars and a positive review so that they would give 20 freespins in return, so this is clearly manipulated, because if you give a bad review they will refuse it.

That’s why for me, I don’t really trust casino review sites that much. I trust the forum more, because people here are more honest and share real experiences, good or bad.

Other than forum reviews, I don't trust reviews out there especially on Trustpilot.

[ejikeme24]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

They say good or bad publicity is still publicity, and in gambling this feels true.
I think review sites should be stricter and just not include these casinos at all, instead of giving low scores and moving on.

What do you guys think?

Yes, it's just like when you're looking for exchanges or wallet you could use in storing your crypto assets on play store you would see different exchanges and wallet with high and low rank even most of them doesn't have good reputation yet you will see some people going for The ones that has low rank with bad reputation and that's simply because they don't check the review section, and that's exactly what most gamblers does, they don't check reviews to see what the Old users are saying about the casinos if they are reliable or not, although most of the review that is done in play store could be wrong probably just trying to ruin the good reputation they have built and I think sometimes they get paid to do that which is why I would like taking reviews that comes from the forum here as we don't judge casinos wrongly.

[mak013]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

They say good or bad publicity is still publicity, and in gambling this feels true.
I think review sites should be stricter and just not include these casinos at all, instead of giving low scores and moving on.

What do you guys think?

I use review sites only to know about new casinos, i don`t believe any reviews. Today we see a huge quantity reviews(and review sites) that we made only for money. Often it has nothing common with realty. As the result, i prefer to think that all reviews are fake, all casinos too risky to deposit big sums. If i begin to use new casino, i first of all use all bonuses i can get to understand is it good enough for playing. Next step - minimal deposit and withdraw. Next - few wins and withdraw. If everything still ok - i think that i can use such casino for game but at least few next months my bankroll will be too small to be disappointed if casino decide to get it.
PS. There are good review and there are some good review sites, but for me easier way to think that all of them are fake.

[Fiatless]

What do you guys think?

I prefer that these bad casinos be listed with poor ratings. Any gambler who fails to do research to discover how genuine a casino is should be blamed if they become a victim. If they are not listed in this review, users could become victims since they know nothing about these unreliable casinos. It is also important not to rely on a single review platform because some of them are biased.

[pawanjain]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

They say good or bad publicity is still publicity, and in gambling this feels true.
I think review sites should be stricter and just not include these casinos at all, instead of giving low scores and moving on.

What do you guys think?

I think the review sites "should" include such gambling sites on their list and provide them a bad rating.
The reason is quite simple. If they don't include such sites then people won't know if it's a good site or not.
So people who are coming just to check their trust score won't be able to find any record and might think of depositing on such site.
On the other hand, it would be better to display it as a bad rated site which will give a clearer picture to the users.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I noticed that some casinos already have bad reputation in forums, many complaints, delayed withdrawals, even scam issues. But when you check review sites, they are still listed, just with low ratings.

For me, this is still publicity. Even with bad reviews, they are still visible. New players might still click, see the bonus, and register. Most people don’t really read deep.

Feels like some review sites only care about affiliate money. As long as they earn, they will still list these casinos even if there are already many complaints.

They say good or bad publicity is still publicity, and in gambling this feels true.
I think review sites should be stricter and just not include these casinos at all, instead of giving low scores and moving on.

What do you guys think?

I use review sites only to know about new casinos, i don`t believe any reviews. Today we see a huge quantity reviews(and review sites) that we made only for money. Often it has nothing common with realty. As the result, i prefer to think that all reviews are fake, all casinos too risky to deposit big sums. If i begin to use new casino, i first of all use all bonuses i can get to understand is it good enough for playing. Next step - minimal deposit and withdraw. Next - few wins and withdraw. If everything still ok - i think that i can use such casino for game but at least few next months my bankroll will be too small to be disappointed if casino decide to get it.
PS. There are good review and there are some good review sites, but for me easier way to think that all of them are fake.

I feel same way about the reviews I read concerning a casino platform or any other app I am about to download. The reviews always look same and even if there's bad reviews, a response sometimes replies about resolution while at other times, no response at all.
The funny thing is that I get to learn about good casino platforms here unlike before when I joined a casino based on rating or word of mouth reference.

Reviews does alot of publicity for the company, but I doubt it does much to drive people away or bring people in, people just love to discover things for themselves, hence the risk we sometimes take while trying a new platform without reading reviews or recommendations.