I was waffling so much I forgot to answer your original question: no, in my opinion their ratings are contradictory and inaccurate. So you should do your due diligence about a new casino at two or three sites to get a better picture, or if using just the one site make sure you know and trust it implicitly.

There can also be the issue of 'tenancies' where some sites pay to be listed on big affiliate portals, that's before any commissions which alone can cause a conflict of interests and skew the true feelings of the site operator. When making money takes priority from ethics then some sites will take a turd and roll it in glitter before they present it to you. On CM and ThePOGG there is a willingness to sacrifice revenue in order to truly represent negative aspects of certain sites, a minimum standard to be met. Promoting casinos can be very subjective, as you may have formed a rating based on your own experiences that aren't reflected in the experiences of some other sites or testers. The scores bear no perspective in may cases, especially to what you may be used to on here. There are numerous sites on it as you say which are dodgy yet seem to score not far from what the recognized high-quality casinos do. Yes, Ask Grumblers used to be reasonably accurate but since it was sold to new owners has clearly abandoned its moral compass.

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