John Gold launched BetPokies in 2020, and ever since its creation, the platform has focused on showing the truth rather than selling products.
This site, which is owned by ZehrMedia LTD, has never lost its place in the hearts of players and the trust of Australian readers, having the highest user return rate in Australia according to SimilarWeb. Let’s have a look and figure out how BetPokies is different from any other gambling related review website.
Up-to-Date Quality Content
In order to provide unbiased and well-made content to its readers, BetPokies uses multiple sources to gain information. The process of collecting facts includes checking real people’s reviews on Reddit and Trustpilot, contacting support services of reviewed brands, as well as testing games, payment methods and other features manually. Reading real people’s reviews and questions also helps the team to highlight the topics that have to be analyzed and explained, which makes their reviews more useful and user-oriented.
Alicia Want, an expert of BetPokies: “BetPokies stands out because we listen to what Australian gamblers want and need.”
Besides, BetPokies focuses on providing fresh information to its readers, offering monthly updates of each guide along with a whole blog section that contains articles about main updates happening in the gambling world, as well as short guides.
Honest Review of Online Pokies
The BetPokies team pays great attention to pokie games, especially knowing that they are the most popular online casino game among Australians. On their website, you can find an extensive Online Pokies guide that explains all the main aspects of pokies, such as RTP, Variability, Reels, and how they affect your game. The guide is considered a record-holder among BetPokies’ competitors in the Australian market, as it has over 7 thousand words and covers a variety of topics.
The guide also offers its readers recommendations of pokies and providers personally checked by the members of BetPokies’ testers, along with descriptions of each so that you can choose what matches your preferences best.
The guide, written by John Gold with the support of the whole team of BetPokies, is a perfect example of the platform’s approach to work. John shares that this guide was one of the most time- and effort-consuming projects on the website: “Instead of copying information from another reviewing website, as a good deal of other gambling informative platforms do, our experts genuinely register in casinos and test pokies for days. We had a goal of building an independent, logical, and reasoned opinion. And I think we succeed”. In fact, the guide is one of the most informative we’ve ever come across. You will not only find the explanation of all the main terms related to pokies, but an analysis of free online pokies, winning strategies, and recommendations for games and providers.
The BetPokies Team of Gambling Experts
When online gambling keeps enlarging, new online casinos, games, technologies, and trends keep appearing, it is crucial to stay updated. That is why John Gold, editor-in-chief of BetPokies, requires its team to regularly analyse what Australian gamblers search for on the Internet to find the most requested topic for guides and reviews.
When John Gold launched BetPokies.org (at the time, it was BetPokies.com), he decided on his first and main priority: informative and honest content. After two years of conducting research and writing articles primarily by himself, John Gold decided to hire a team with the same principle. To give a professional approach to different topics, the main team consists of experts of different specializations: Charles Morey, who has joined the team as an intern, is responsible for analysing the financial aspect of gambling; Alicia Want was not interested in gambling until a couple of years ago, and now focuses her work on analysing providers and games; Poppy Bate, who has joined the team in 2021, works on casino reviews.
“At BetPokies, we don’t just review. We experience. Our approach is so much more than simply reading about a casino or game—we immerse ourselves in it. Our team registers, deposits, plays, and withdraws just like any other player would, allowing us to provide insights that are grounded in real-world interactions. This hands-on approach ensures that our reviews are not only accurate, but also genuinely reflective of what players can expect. By experiencing the platforms first-hand, we can offer a deeper, more authentic perspective that sets us apart from other review sites.” — John Gold
Together, they create top-notch guides, as each one of them is an expert in one field that they explore, research, and write texts about their insights. John also shares, that some help is received from the readers of the source: “When we added a contact email to our website, we expected people to comment and share their thoughts related to our website. However, we often receive emails from our readers that share their personal experiences and thoughts on games and casinos we review or plan to review, which, not gonna lie, helps a lot to in our work”. For those who still doubt the site’s trustworthiness, BetPokies created a page about its principles in rating online casinos, editorial guidelines, and even affiliate disclosure. In case of any questions, you can as well contact the team through the “Contacts” page or using the email company@betpokies.org.
BetPokies and Responsible Gambling
The website also has a whole page dedicated to responsible gambling, which covers recommendations and strategies useful for every gambler, especially for those who struggle with any level of gambling addiction. The page also has a short yet useful test that can tell if your gambling has signs of harm or addiction.
Recently, we have also noticed that some payment options guides, written by Charles Morey, such as AstroPay and Klarna, received new blocks dedicated to responsible gambling. Instead of generally talking about the harm of gambling, the block focuses on specific steps that can be taken using a specific payment method in order to prevent or stop gambling addiction.
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