sfr10 put quite a good list,what I would add is:
google is your friend enter "insertthename" site scam? and search
check scam accusations section here
go to http://www.badbitcoin.org/ and search if the site or the owner or the company running the site is listed there
always try to contact support! support availability and how they respond could be an indicator too
pay attention to how old the site is,two-three year old sites are less likely to suddenly go rogue,unlike the new sites
Topic: How do you know if a gambling site is scam or not? - page 33. (Read 28145 times)
You can easily spot a fake gambling website by reading the reviews and comments others have made about them. You can't just determine their authenticity from afar, but from close range so get to know what people are saying about the very website and then test them with a little bet if you're still not convinced.
I wonder how you do your research if a gambling site is scam or not?
The easiest way is to just do a little research, you just find the gambling site's announcement thread on this forum and read replies there. Mostly all the new sites do create a thread on this forum, if you can't it then there is probably something fishy about that site(it's does not necessarily mean it's a scam). But the best way is to just gamble on the already trusted websites.
The first thing that i do research about is the community and player feedbacks related to the site because this is the main thing you could able to identify directly if the site is legit or not,community already know about the site and im assuring that those feedbacks are legit ones and not scripted you could definitely recognize which is false or not.
First use the Google search if you are not satisfied with the Google search then look for. Forums like this. And you should avoid the paid ranking agencies that give it a high rating cause they are paid for it. I would suggest you to post topics in forums or search for the site thread look for the reviews. Always go with the highest ranked by users and even then don't gamble way to much. There are many reputed sites here but again and again they keep getting into some allegations. So choose your own research.
All the details had already been said by SFR10, and I am not a fan of reviews especially when the reviewer were hired by the competitor to give negative review to the site. Though the being professional appearance is somehow debatable. But I would rather look for the licenses of the games and script used by the site.
I am just checking it on google (sites with feedbacks about the gambling site) and here in forum. If you see that users encountered lots of problem and the owner didn't even say a word to fix it, you better avoid the site. I usually visit those with faucet so that I am not required to deposit btc first. Checking the FAQ and TOS is a big help too. There might be a suspicious terms that may help you find out. Sometimes they claim in their FAQ that you can withdraw even you won using the free money but in the end they won't let you. Basically, there is a higher chance that they will scam users if they can't keep what they promise.
I wonder how you do your research if a gambling site is scam or not?
I would say check users review here in the forum or polls etc. If many users like the site, and had good experiences, and the site exists for a decent amount of time, it should be safe I guess.
if i want to know if a gambling site is a scam or not i just go here and see the review, if many say that that site is scamming people, then i believe those claim and stop betting there
Dice site is scam.
I owner dice site in past.
This is shit provably fair, scam people and stole money!
When i understad about it.. I have closed my dice site.
Im honest man.
Dont play on dice site please
aren't you just admitting that you were scamming people? other site have provably fair software, but maybe your was not legit, and you are accusing other that they were runnign a scammign site without proof
I wonder how you do your research if a gambling site is scam or not?
Dice site is scam.
I owner dice site in past.
This is shit provably fair, scam people and stole money!
When i understad about it.. I have closed my dice site.
Im honest man.
Dont play on dice site please
aren't you just admitting that you were scamming people? other site have provably fair software, but maybe your was not legit, and you are accusing other that they were runnign a scammign site without proof
I always check the reviews or feedbacks of users on a certain websites. A site should be secured and private. There are ways for you to you know identifying if a gambling site is a scam or not. There are monitoring sites that can provide you if the site is fake or legit.
From my gambling experiences i never played a gambling site that turn out to be a scam. I often play to a gambling site promoted on this forum when they have giveaway. But imo to determine if a gambling site is a scam or not is obviously its website link, if its domain is a free/cheap domain or not. And the design of the site looks awful. From that way you would easily suspect that site for being a scam. If a person really wants people to gamble on his site then he would male it attractive to people and invest a lot of money from it.
Here's few more tips (aside from the above answers):
1. Check for expiry of the domain (check for SSL expiry as well, in cases of these two being different in terms of either the start date or end date, it could be one red flag)
2. Sufficient information about the owner and brand (valid name, address and contact number of the owner or the respective brand), mostly hidden by some privacy protecting service.
3. No proof of funds.
4. "To good to be true" stuff.
5. A lot of wrong spellings.
6. Not having 24/7 support (an actual one).
7. Contact a reputable coder to check the source codes that can be seen and to check the software being used.
8. Check for license
9. Check rules/f.a.q and try to cross check everything that sounds different
10. The site, isn't presented in a professional way.
Although these might not be everything and just because some of these are present in a gambling website, doesn't make them automatically a scam but these should be warning points upon using such websites.
1. Check for expiry of the domain (check for SSL expiry as well, in cases of these two being different in terms of either the start date or end date, it could be one red flag)
2. Sufficient information about the owner and brand (valid name, address and contact number of the owner or the respective brand), mostly hidden by some privacy protecting service.
3. No proof of funds.
4. "To good to be true" stuff.
5. A lot of wrong spellings.
6. Not having 24/7 support (an actual one).
7. Contact a reputable coder to check the source codes that can be seen and to check the software being used.
8. Check for license
9. Check rules/f.a.q and try to cross check everything that sounds different
10. The site, isn't presented in a professional way.
Although these might not be everything and just because some of these are present in a gambling website, doesn't make them automatically a scam but these should be warning points upon using such websites.
With all this listed here, its going to be a real work in other to verify and even complete this checklist up here. But I feel a scam site will have one thing that is being missed and this will serve as a red flag for any one who is sensitive to it. The only sure way to me is the community and even the scam section of the forum. With those two put together, a scam site might not go unnoticed. Aside that, why will I even bother myself about scam sites when there are numerous ones to play on without any issue.
I wonder how you do your research if a gambling site is scam or not?
I'm checking the gambling section and as well as the Scam accusations board. And if it is insufficient and I can't see the specific gambling site that I've been looking. I just google it out so that reviews will pop out and anything related to that site will come out. But still there are some that's hard to make background check if they are real or not.
It's very easy and simple to do. Just google everything out and enter the name of site and you can review the experiences and reviews of people from them.
And of course as a gambler, don't just do gambling alone. Use your mind for the new sites and unpopular ones.
Always see proof of withdrawals.
And of course as a gambler, don't just do gambling alone. Use your mind for the new sites and unpopular ones.
Always see proof of withdrawals.
Some fake user will create fake reviews fellow gambling site owners do this to keep the players keep playing in the site
While I would avoid new sites that do not have a reputation
You can not mark a new site will scam , some popular sites at the beginning build their own reputation from zero too.
So it is clearly not a good parameter to determine about how they can scam or not for me.
Do a research before playing on that site. Also if you dont want to get scammed just play on a reputable site. Dont do deposit on a site that seems suspicious for you.
A competitor could hire someone to make a bad review and the owner could hire someone to make a nice review.
But on a forum it will not be possible. In this forum, we have rank system as well as trust scores.I really do not bother about reviews written on some blogs or gambling related ranking sites. Because they could be done by a paid writer similarly I do ignore reviews posted by newbie people on this forum too. But we can trust views and accusation from established members (still need to check on ownership changes).
I guess on this forum we have all the tools to verify reviews given by anyone. I wonder how perfectly bitcointalk is coded to safeguard us.
It's very easy and simple to do. Just google everything out and enter the name of site and you can review the experiences and reviews of people from them.
And of course as a gambler, don't just do gambling alone. Use your mind for the new sites and unpopular ones.
Always see proof of withdrawals.
And of course as a gambler, don't just do gambling alone. Use your mind for the new sites and unpopular ones.
Always see proof of withdrawals.
Some fake user will create fake reviews fellow gambling site owners do this to keep the players keep playing in the site
While I would avoid new sites that do not have a reputation
Its so easy to determine if the gambling site is a scam or not do a deep research about the site and read some reviews here in btctalk theres a lot of thread which can help you on knowing if the gambling site is a scam or not but if you're looking for a good gambling sites theres a lot you can see it on this section and some gambling sites offering a bankroll.
When websites give you more bonus into your account and then allows you to use it only when you make big amount of betting, never go for it. Gambling websites with legitimacy can be seen in our forum. It's good to use those websites than trying to find new ones.
A competitor could hire someone to make a bad review and the owner could hire someone to make a nice review.
But on a forum it will not be possible. In this forum, we have rank system as well as trust scores.I really do not bother about reviews written on some blogs or gambling related ranking sites. Because they could be done by a paid writer similarly I do ignore reviews posted by newbie people on this forum too. But we can trust views and accusation from established members (still need to check on ownership changes).
I guess on this forum we have all the tools to verify reviews given by anyone. I wonder how perfectly bitcointalk is coded to safeguard us.
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