Been hopping around a few sites lately and figured it'd be good to get a proper thread going for the ones that actually treat Aussie players alright. Not talking about the flashy homepages and giant bonus banners either — I mean the boring stuff that matters once you've signed up: docs, limits, game stability, support that replies like a human, and whether cashouts land without a drama.
After a while you can usually spot the red flags pretty quick. If the terms read like a trap, if every withdrawal gets "randomly" sent back for another check, or the pokies lobby is just the same tired stuff padded out with clones... yeah nah. A site can look schmick for five minutes and still be a pain once real money's in there.
For me the biggest tell is the first withdrawal. That's where a lot of them show their true colours. I don't really care if a place has 3,000 games if the banking is clunky or they go missing the second you ask where your money is. Same with support — if live chat is just canned copy-paste rubbish, I'm out.
Keen to hear which sites you lot still rate, which ones you've binned, and what made the call. Good run with payouts? Bloody painful KYC? Decent game mix for Aussie players or just heaps of filler? Chuck your thoughts in, proper player feedback is way more useful than the polished stuff floating around everywhere.