The forum is probably the best source of information regarding any service which deals with cryptocurrencies, unfortunately not many people know about it and instead they prefer to try to find reliable information out on the wild on the internet.
This forum is very useful for everyone who has joined as a member here especially for the crypto industry and also online gambling on cryptocurrency basis.
When they say the forum has been useful for members regarding the gambling aspect I am one of such many persons ever since I joined the forum I don't use online crypto casinos that are not found in the forum and more so if they don't have an ANN thread of theirs which should explain alot about them for new users understanding and also make for old users to express their experiences overtime with the casino in form of reviews.
A bunch of online casino paid reviews are littered all over the internet that if a gambler is not watchful they might constantly be losing their funds to scam casinos.
I wouldn't say that your approach is not good of only using casino platforms that are available on the forum because there are a lot of people who do that and they have the belief that any gambling service provider that isn't available on the forum isn't trusted but that isn't entirely accurate because there are a lot of trusted and reputable casino platforms that also accept cryptocurrencies but they don't have an ANN or announcement thread in the forum.
Also, there are a lot of scam casinos that might have ANNs here and might even be running signature campaigns, take 1xbit as an example. So, the fact that a casino is available on the forum is trusted isn't always true because there can be trusted casinos outside the forum and there can be scam casinos within the forum. That's why it's important for everyone to do their due diligence before getting involved with any platform.