Digital Desk: BetPokies is one of the most visited websites for Australian online gamblers. Now controlled by ZehrMedia LTD, it was founded in 2020 by John Gold. By now, the platform has grown to be one of the most loved by Australian players. No wonder, because the honest casino reviews it provides are great contributions to it. You will also find lots of other information about different news from the casino world, payment methods, safe gambling tips, and more, on the BetPokies’ website. Such variety is exactly what makes this page very appealing to players. At BetPokies, one can find everything needed to gamble.
Behind the Reviews With John Gold
Behind the Reviews With John Gold
Behind the Reviews With John Gold
We couldn’t contain our curiosity and contacted John Gold to learn more details about the way BetPokies evaluates casinos for their well-known reviews.
“The first step we do is check the casino’s license. I want to emphasize that we only write about safe, licensed places. The only pages dedicated to poor-quality platforms are the blacklisted casinos, as we call them. There you can find a list of websites we highly recommend avoiding, but in other respects, we only review reliable platforms.” — John said.
He adds: “After we confirm that the casino is legit, our team starts to check every aspect of it. Mostly, on casino reviews we work together with Poppy Bate, she’s a professional when it comes to the evaluation process. However, of course, we come for help to Charles Morey and Alicia Want when needed. Charles is an expert in everything connected to payment methods and gambling finances, while Alicia manages providers’ reviews and gambling news.”
The BetPokies’ reviews are always very comprehensive, so we also asked John about how they achieve this level of detail and how they decide what aspects pay the most attention.
John replied: “Our primary focus is to assist our customers, and therefore we create our content with this fact in mind. We incorporate starting by making an account in each platform we rate, trying their games and bonuses, and all additional features. If we see some issues or difficulties we always mention them in our reviews. It’s important to say that we do not advertise the brands we write about, but tell our honest and unbiased opinions.”
John Gold had been a gambler himself long before he got the idea to create BetPokies, so with his more than 10 years of experience, he surely can quickly identify the weaknesses and strengths of each casino they review.
What to Expect From the New Forza Bet Casino Review
John also shared with us that they recently started their new project — Forza Bet online casino review. Even though everything is still in process, John Gold told us some details about this new platform:
“Forza Bet Casino is still very new, it was only established in November 2024. New casinos usually take more time to evaluate because they don’t have their own audience yet. But from what we noticed so far, it’s a pretty good, modern casino brand. I really enjoy their website, it’s greatly animated with vibrant icons and a comprehensive interface. From its benefits, I can mention fast registration so far, it only takes around one minute. However, there are some aspects that we found to be not that great yet. For example, customer support is only available from 1 pm until 9 pm in Central European Time, which also leads to long replies and waiting time. However, I think that this brand just needs more time to improve its service. It’s a common thing among new casinos that they are not highly-featured in the beginning, but it gets better with time.”
Therefore, John notes that the review is not fully positive, because there are some other disadvantages compared to other casino brands on the market. For instance, since this platform was launched only in 2024, there are not that many reviews from the real players yet, so it’s hard to see the full picture. John Gold mentioned that some of the existing comments on different gambling forums say about withdrawal issues and delays.
Also, we asked John about his opinion of the level of competition in the online casino sphere and if he thinks that it’s even more difficult to succeed now, especially as a new brand, when there are so many options already.
He said: "Yeah, of course, it's more challenging now to get noticed by players when they are already spoiled with a lot of exciting and unique offers in many other casinos. It's so much harder to find your own special feature, and talking about this new Fonza Bet Casino, it seems to be only looking for it. That, at the moment, there is not so much available regarding its exceptional offers, still — this is a whole new platform, and, usually, it enters the market and starts to build its name, so we need to wait and see how it would work in the future.”
As John Gold has said, the upcoming review of the Fonza Bet Casino should be as informative as ever, considering how attentive and painstaking the team BetPokies usually is when assessing all the pros and cons of this platform. Let's wait for the full review to show the big picture of whether this new online gaming website is worth our time and attention.
