question Where do you lot check a bookie before signing up?

Been meaning to open another account for AFL/NRL and maybe a few same game multis, but half the stuff you find on Google feels a bit dodgy or just reads like a sales pitch.

How are you blokes sorting the decent bookies from the rubbish ones these days? I don't just mean the sign-up deal either... more like whether they pay out quick, go hard with the ID checks, limit you after one half decent win, support actually replies, app runs properly, that sort of thing.

If anyone's got a few sites they reckon are genuinely solid in Aus, chuck them in here. Keen to hear the bad ones too tbh, saves everyone stuffing around. Bonus if you've used them recently and can say if they're still alright now, not just a year ago.

What do you look for first when you're sussing one out?

Ava BlazingPokie wrote >

What do you look for first when you're sussing one out?

I reckon the first giveaway is how clear the account history is. If I can't quickly see why something got settled a certain way or where a deduction came from, I usually stop there. The flashy sign-up stuff means bugger all if the basics are murky.

The app under pressure is a huge one for me. Not when you're just browsing, I mean when the footy's on and everyone's jumping on at once. If it starts logging you out, hanging on live markets, or support only sends copy-paste replies, I don't care how good people say it is.

see I don't fully agree with that, a rough app annoys me but it isn't the deal breaker. I've used pretty plain ones that were fine because they settled bets properly and didn't get funny when I withdrew. The polished apps can be the worst once money's involved.

My biggest red flag is the repeated ID circus. One check at the start, fair enough. If they want the same docs again later for no real reason, mate, that's where I get suspicious. Had one pull that right when I was trying to clean the account out and I binned it after that.

little tip, I always poke around the rules page before putting anything in. Stuff like abandoned bets, reversals, closing the account, that sort of thing. If it's buried under heaps of fluff or impossible to find, I move on. I'll usually message support with one basic question too just to see if an actual person answers.