Any platform of casino that's license is a reputable casino platforms, but some people doesn't believe that, but i know quite well that casino that have license will not run away with peoples fund, so i believe that many people of this nature who patronize gambling very well will understand exactly what I'm saying towards my observation in a license platform of casino, so despite that casino of present time have different method of stealing funds.
Even casinos that have a license can go scam and run away with peoples money. A license helps for the credibility of a casino but it is not a guarantee that will always pay out your winnings. Just talking in general as I have never really had an issue with bc.game and already withdrawed quite a fun without issues.
It's difficult before you can see a casino platforms that have license that make away with the players money, it's very difficult, and secondly if such should happen it will be an old casino who wants to close and they can run a scammer because they are living or by the end of shouting the platform down, so a reputable casino is the one who have a licence and also mandates all their players for KYC verification, and which network of both withdrawal and deposit is very fast in payment and withdraw.
I think i agree with you, even before giving a casino an operational license, that casino is supposed to be investigated by the licensing body or authority to ascertain how legitimate they are before issuing a license to them.
I also think that partnerships is also a great way to identify legitimate and reputable casinos, since under no circumstance would a casino with real world partnerships with other legitimate entities turn scam all of a sudden, take for example, stake partnered with drake and have sponsored and still sponsoring many sports companies like UFC and the rest, any scam casino wouldn't waste their resources doing all of that as they cant spend money they don't have and excepting to get from their victims.