Bit of a heads-up for anyone shopping around for a new bookie - I was doing my usual check through a few site write-ups this arvo and heaps of them have been quietly refreshed lately. Different scores, different "best for" tags, and a few that used to rave about promos now seem more focused on payout speed, KYC, same game multis, limits and all that stuff that actually matters once you've had an account for more than five minutes.
Reckon that's probably the right move tbh. The old style reviews were always a bit fluffy. These days if a bookie is slow on verification, knocks back decent stake sizes, or has average AFL/NRL market depth, I don't really care how shiny the welcome offer looks. Same with the apps - if the thing freezes right before team lists drop, it's not getting a pass from me.
What I've been seeing is more mention of practical stuff now: how quick withdrawals are, whether live chat is any good, how rough the turnover terms are, whether the odds hold up outside the big televised games. That's way more useful for Aussie punters than the usual five-star carry-on.
Curious where everyone here actually looks when checking a new betting site these days. Do you trust any review pages at all, or do you mostly go off forum chat and your own test run with a small deposit? Keen to hear which write-ups are actually fair, and which ones are still just spraying praise at anyone with a banner ad.