I agree with you that the forum only gives direction and guidance, and the final research should be done by the player himself, moreover, I am almost sure that even the highest-rated casinos cannot guarantee 100% that nothing bad will happen to them. After all, there is a concept of a "black swan" that can fly in from anywhere and no one will expect it. In general, I want to say that you can't be sure of anything, however, I tried to play in some casinos from our forum and everything was fine for me and not a single problem arose. Will I continue to play there? Yes, and only there. I will just diversify into several just in case so as not to keep my eggs in one basket.
Signature campaigns aren't endorsed by Bitcointalk, or any other advertising. Users should be able to do their own research before proceeding to deposit or risk money on any kind of advertised service or platform, whether that's a casino or not. Having a signature campaign creates a positive image for the casino, as their users actively endorse the platform and it's a good indicator, campaigns and advertising are costly, thus, it's a healthy indicator that the casino has a considerable budget allocated and generates enough income to support it.
This doesn't necessarily mean that every platform here is legit, or won't turn into a scam sometime later on, see 1xbit for example.
Well, I agree with all that you said bud, you are absolutely correct, but 1xbit is not a good example to use considering the fact that that casino have always been a scam from their beginning, except if you are using 1xbit as an example to describe casinos that is or was advertised on this forum, and yet, was a scam - then you right.
However, when talking about a casino that was being advertised on this forum by alot of reputable members, was highly regarded and trusted by all but layer turned into a scam and rugged users off their hard earned money, then a good example will be Betnomi, one hell of a casino I will never forget, even when they assigned a representative to come back here and claim they want to refund victims back their money, they never refunded any one back, but still, they went ahead in their thread to claim that all victims of their rugpull have been refunded.
So, indeed, the fact that a service is being advertised on this forum through user's signatures does not automatically mean that such service is legit, potentially patronizers are advice to alway conduct their own research before financially engaging with any of the advertised services.