Same thing for me. This forum has been a big help for me on my decision to which casino should I play or not. Luckily I have never been scammed by any casino I have played in which has a ANN thread here. In my opinion, the judgement of our fellow users here are important in these scenarios.
I concur. Many scam casino have been exposed here by forum members and they had to shut down their businesses because of the negative feedbacks they got. There are many experienced gamblers in this board and they always know when there is something wrong with a new casino.
If a new starting casino do not create an announcement thread on this board you can know they have ill intent and they can't be trusted.