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Ideally, gambling houses should not disclose the identity of the person who won big without first asking him. Unfortunately, this is not respected always.

Those gamblers who do not want their information to be public, but the gambling houses make their names public, can go to the court of law as this is a serious offense. Gamblers can claim damages to the gambling site on this basis. Do you think gamblers should take the help of courts in this case ?

Your question is so generic that if you don't specify further I don't even know what to answer. It will depend on many things. Is it in the ToS? If it is in the ToS it is not going to do much good to go to court.

I think this is more typical of crypto gambling houses, as I am not aware of it happening with fiat ones.

Cases of casinos publishing names of winners are mostly common with that of crypto casinos and not really common with those that use fiat.
But I think this things are clearly stated in the terms and conditions (T&C) of this gambling houses, maybe to help promote their payout capacity, and most times this crypto casinos are basically and mostly onlines and I really don't think is of more harm to winners.
On the other hand, I really don't see reasons why names of winners should be published without maybe consulting the winner through maybe a private email or so.

They should but what can the courts do in this situation?

Most casinos don’t accept any players from the US because the US judges can judge anyone in the world and the other countries can’t do anything about it because these casinos are usually located in those small Caribbean islands…

Let’s say you live in France and the casino you played on is located in somewhere far away. What are you gonna do if the casino does these offenses you mentioned?

Sue them? Yeah good luck with it.

That's ideal but maybe it depends on each casino's policy and if the casino really wants to reveal the identity of the person who won big, the casino should ask the winner first. And if the winner feels that it is not necessary, the casino should not disclose it to the public and only provide the letters of the winner's name or lottery number.

Perhaps if the winner feels that this could put him at risk by revealing his identity, he can file a complaint with his casino and if necessary, he can try to seek recourse to the courts. But it's best to resolve it amicably because this is between the winner and the casino.

Nope, some gambling sites mentioned this about in their terms itself and every regulated has to share the information to the legal authority in case if its needed or they have rights to share with trusted third party but I don't think any cryptocurrency casino is disclosing the identity of users who won big unless the results are announced public and rewards are also given in public.

Good gambling sites would want to protect their customers privacy. There are many winnings that gambling site would disclose that someone won big amount of money but will not disclose the name of the person. About gambling house, immediately a gambler wins, the news is already almost everywhere around that this particular person won so big, a land based gambling is not a place of privacy at all even without the gambling house disclosing it.

What do you mean by "gambling house"? Do you mean casino? ;D Are you talking about online casinos or offline casinos?
I don't know about any online casinos revealing the identity of the players, who won big amounts. Do you have any info about such practice?
I remember that a big lottery game in my country was revealing the names and faces of the lottery winners years ago.
The winners were required by the lottery to reveal their identities for advertising purposes(proving that the lottery is legit).
Anyway, the lottery game was banned for cheating and showing TV commercials with "jackpot winners" who didn't won the jackpot.
No gambler or jackpot winner must reveal his/her identity without his/her permission.

They can disclose it based on their legality on what in their license terms most casinos have it in their terms I quote this one in one popular casino Stake.com

If you think that the casino has no right to disclose his information then he can go to court and charge the casino but it will be very costly for you especially if you are playing in online casinos where the office is thousands of miles and it will be just waste of time, if you're not comfortable on giving your information then don't play and only play on casinos with no KYC if you can find one that is reputable.

In no case should they reveal once information so a bettor could choose to file a case in the court if they wishes, if in a way your details weren't exposed or reveal to the public then I don't see any reason to sue them to court, it's natural for them to post your winning or amount won but I don't advise them to broadcast your real identify, such as full names, Passport or any other means of identification to the general public.

I think that there's no specific regulation about that. I meant the winner can try to ask the platform to hide their identity. I can't deny that the press may push the platform to publish who has been winning the reward. IMO if i never see that such thing if online platform was publishing the winner. I saw only offline platform like lottery winner who has been publised by press. There is also another way for people to avoid to be published just like someone who has been using mask to claim their reward from winning lottery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXni9Z4twW4

Just take it easy. I think that publishing identity is not even being regulated by regulators.

You should have taken your time to go through their T&C to read more about their conditions. You can equally reject the approval of having aceess to your vital information if you are not comfortable with it. Notwithstanding, I have never seen a gambling site publishing a full identity of the gamblers that won huge from their sites. Although some sites publish won tickets details of huge amounts to instill confidence and draw customers and in such I see no big issue.

In most cases, casinos would usually honor the winner and ask if they wanted to be revealed or not (though this is mostly on lotteries, other casino game winners are generally kept hidden), and most would opt to not reveal it. I don't think I've ever heard an issue about it really, the most I've heard was the winner's location is revealed at most, their names? Not really. I also don't think it could legally be complained about unless it was stated in their casino policies, especially in online casinos. Idk much about privacy laws online from other countries but you should refer to that if needed imo.

Doesn't sound fair to learn that because it's not on thier TOS, the casino can just publish names. But filing a lawsuit will just make it worse as well and the user will expose himself further when doing so. It's a price to pay when you want to play all the way and submit your data which makes the users vulnerable. If the user is willing to go to court, I guess it depends on him.

First of all you should read the terms and conditions of that website if there is something in their terms and conditions that they can make their information public then you can't say anything to them if they do something like that.  Because you have already agreed to their terms and conditions.

But if they didn't mention this term so you may concern to the court.

Gambling houses may not always have the responsibility to protect personal data. This is all about the gambling houses you do business with. They may also not promise not to share your personal data with you. Even though they promise, many don't feel compelled to implement. Even if you will go to the court, it will take a long time to get a positive result. Therefore, you should gamble knowing that your winnings or losses will be found out by everyone.

Gambling houses are not allowed to reveal the identity of the person who won. Still, maybe the purpose of the casino revealing the winner's name in their casino is to tell the public who the winner is. But casinos should have thought carefully before they did because it could involve the winner's safety. But suppose the casino discloses the name of the winner to the authorities. In that case, it may be because of regulations from the local authorities that require the casino to report it to them.

But either way, the casino must inform the winner before they reveal their identity so that the winner can find out so they can allow the casino to do so or choose to keep it a secret. But I don't know if this case is reported to the court. The court will help the winners and consider it a serious offence or the court will help the casino. After all, the winner might be an ordinary person with nothing to finance the case.

i think this applies to offline casinos. because it is very rare for online casinos to publicize their gamblers' big wins in the media.
as is the case in several countries i have seen offline casinos publicize gamblers' big wins on social media and TV broadcasts. and basically almost every gambler does not want his personal data to be published to everyone. because it will be a big risk threat that is accepted by the gambler. one of them is the threat of bad people who want to steal his money.

it seems futile if the gambler has to ask the court for help. because if it was the policy of the casino no one would be able to help the gambler

Has this happened before? maybe you can include the news as a reference so you can assess the case more accurately, because I've never come across this before
Recently there was a forum member who had just won a Lambo at a fairly well-known casino here as well as some time ago someone had received a big prize, of the two people, one was recognized by the winner and the longer one was immediately detected because using same username in casino and forum so I have never found that casinos open player data when they win big prizes while on social media it's just a marketing strategy and it doesn't reveal real names only usernames and maybe the casino has asked permission first, just didn't publish about the permission

depending on the legality of gambling in the user's country

If you can prove that there is abuse without your consent because it clearly stated in their terms what they can do to your information, then you can go to court, but can you cover the cost it will be very costly on your part, but so far I have not seen or read any online casinos that divulge their player's winning what they are going to get from exposing their players, people will not play on that kind of casino, they will lose the trust of the gambling community, in fact, online casinos are protecting their player's privacy more than the land-based casinos.

Hmmm I doubt that there is a cause of action against the gambling website, unless the person can show that he suffered damages due to the posting of their winnings on a gambling website.

In order to have a claim against the gambling company, you must show that there is an actual controversy and damages on your part as the plaintiff. Failure to show such cause of action will make it it impossible for you to claim any damages resulting from the actions of the gambling company.

Though this may be the case, I think that you can message their representative or their customer support to not include your names on the list, should you find it potentially dangerous on your part.

Yes , they cam even sue the gambling house for releasing the data and their identity may subject to data breach so if they have enough proof and if it also damage their reputation so they can show to the attorney I am hundred percent sure that they can have some damage .

But I haven't seen users who bet at gambling houses that win big, object in such cases, most of them who win big, are actually happy that the gambling site/team publishes the win, at least they are famous and can be interviewed about the victory.

• Whether publishing a user who won big on the internet could be detrimental to that user.

I don't think gamblers should hire lawyers in such cases, it's enough for the user to contact the management of the gambling house, that my victory does not like to be published, I think it's better than having to ask the court for help.

But isn't it each of us who wins big in gambling, there is a little arrogance and fun, that we can beat the bookie, publicizing the victory is part of that nature, proud. I think publish the win, the data remains safe.

Do we have an online casino that posted the real name of their winner, I have not encountered one and you have not posted an example, but if there are casinos that posted the names of their winners then we should not support those casinos because its harmful, Drake openly posted that he won a big amount on Stake, it should be the winner themselves posting and not the
casinos, and yes you can win against the casino if they do not have in their terms that they will post the real names of their winners, you will have a good case here.

This is mostly for people who gamble with FIAT as with in crypto,the casino only ask you KYC before giving you a big withdrawal and they never disclose your real data,sure they give your nickname that you use in the casino in the big wins and lucky wins like in Stake for example under every slot we play there are the big winners but there are only the nicknames shown there and even so only when the player have opted his username/nickname to be public,if he opted for private it shows as private under the big wins in the section.

I don't know any case that a crypto casino to have published the real name of a big winner,this is something not common in crypto while in FIAT I am not interested at all what they do.

Are pertaining to online casino? Because this identity doesn't matter online since no one can identify your exact details such as where the winner  live, full name and whereabouts since casino willpnly announced the winners name and that's not enough to doxxed unless the winner is posting it on his social media account. It will be hassle to file case on court against the casino since the winner country might be different on the casino hq. And also it will took a lot of resources to file a case and find a lawyer that will handle this kind of international case.

User has the right to file a case but it's just a waste of money and time to pursue it if the winner lives on different country. This is only possible for land based casino.

You know that most gambling houses do not like to pay out winnings. Those that do pay out will want to to everything to show that they are genuine and do pay out to winners. And the easiest way to let the public know they pay out is to make public the names of their winners. They know if they have to seek winners opinion, most of the winners will not want their names published and that is why they publish it without asking them. It is business strategy and cheap advertising for the gambling house.

I haven't read any news of a gambling platform disclosing the name of the winners without asking for consent from the winner.  Even national media don't disclose the name of the person and just use alias to hide the identity of the winner.  Reputable gambling platform knows about the danger and hazard to the winner if they disclose their names.  Aside from that, they are bound to follow the data privacy law and I believe they are well versed about it.


Definitely!  If any third-party services or individuals (not only gambling platforms) reveal information about a certain person, the victim can file a complaint against these entities and possibly charge them to pay for whatever damages it can cause him.

Maybe this article[1]  can help us understand more about the topic.

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[1] https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/publishing-personal-and-private-information

I think its not a problem if only the first name has been shown since somehow they do that for marketing purposes. Maybe the winner should be happy especially if the casino pays his huge amount of winning since this will not happen to scam casino.

But if the case they show the whole name of the winner (which I didn't see yet happening) then maybe they can sue them for risk of the action made of the casino since somehow its really risky to be shown to the public  that you won such huge amount of money to them.

Name and surname are personal data of a person and in many countries such information can be disseminated only with the permission of its owner. So even if a casino will give the first and last name without permission, it violates human rights. To sue or not is a personal matter of each person whose rights are violated.

I haven't met information that someone sued a casino because of such situation, but I think that with a good lawyer you can get compensation from the casino.

Gambling casinos are very intelligent these days and they have everything covered under their terms and conditions. We , as a gambler never pay attention to these details.

If anyone challenges them in a court of law, they can present their case and will come up with arguments and proofs which we cannot imagine.

So i don't think anything can be claimed in the law. You might win a case if you think a physical casino has violated the rules, but with online gambling casino, you need to be on the backfoot.

First, they need to contact lawyers (since they won something big, they should have money for qualified lawyers) the legislation in each country is different and in some countries the punishment for mishandling personal data is strict and in some it is a symbolic fine, so there is no point in going to court and wasting time. In addition, in the ToS of casino it may be written in small print somewhere that they have the right to publish the names of big winners or, for example, that the condition for receiving the Jackpot is participation in casino promotions.

Casino policy to disclose the name or identity of the big winner must be approved by the second party (the big winner). Casinos must not do anything that violates the privacy of visitors, there are certain limits that casinos must not cross to prevent visitors who win big from the threat of crime. Attaching a pseudonym can be done by the casino to publicize a visitor who has just won big, a visitor can sue the casino to court if his name is displayed on a billboard without his consent.

Your privacy is your security, the online casinos know this that is why I don't see any reason an online casino will put your name in public. Any online casino that does this it means they wrote it in their terms and conditions. I will advice anyone that don't want their name to be made known in public as a big winner, they should always read the terms and conditions of any online casino before gambling.

Lotto are found to put their winners name to the public, maybe the management must have called the winner for this,which the winner accepted. It is also a medium for them to advertise the casino,and this brings trust of customers to the casino,therefore gamblers will feel free to bet big.

You can not take them to the court because God is our protector not the casinos. If your name is brought to public as a big winner and you don't like it,it is better you just let go of it,and don't gamble on their platform anymore. Going to court is a waste of time,resources and energy.

I'm going to talk about my country's gambling websites and companies and I also believe that this happens in many countries, for example in my country when people win money at least in the first or second prize or a lot of money the websites and gambling companies gambling shows on tv the face and names of the winners and from what i could see its not because those people want to be famous when they show their face on tv, these people are complying with the TOS of gambling websites and companies so the answer to your question depends on whether the casinos' TOS does not mention anything about the obligation for the person who won something to have to show their face and name, so if the casino shows the person's name and face while the person has not given permission and Casino TOS doesn't say anything about mandatory winners having to show name and faces so that person can go to court to sue the casino

It must be there in their terms and conditions which we never bother to read. Casino sites won't simply use their user's data without such conditions.
So in such cases where the user is concerned about their info or is willing to put up a case against them they simply show their terms and conditions against it.

Same here, I haven't encountered any casino posting names of winners in their platform.  Even the person involved in scam accusation, the casino is very careful in releasing information just not to give any important information about the offender/victim's identity.


That casino should be sued and the victim should be given money for the damage.


There are no written terms wherein the Casino is allowed to announce the winners of any of their games may it be big or small.  As a matter of fact, they actually stated the data privacy law and how they should handle the player data privacy.

I don't use with real name on online casino trough not have to used KYC, its seems different if have online casino have to KYC early and need used my real name and identity when creating account. I think online casino all user not use their real data but some people when winning with big amount sharing by their self on social media account. Usually with online casino when publishing with bigger amount won just used username account only not publish with full name or real data when creating account.

I don't have any problem yet if got bigger winning and have sharing with my account name to public, could be motivate and other one advertising how to get referral way if have online casino give commission.

There are certain rules or ToS of each casinos and some of it might also include disclose information such as the name of the winner especially on grand prizes. However, most of the time the gambler can talk it through with the casino and request it to be concealed.

About filing these kind of cases to court, you must have substantial evidence that they, the casino, are violating your rights or the terms they've set. If in any case, that disclosing information of the winners are include on the ToS, and you still decided to file a case about it, you might still get a chance to win however no damages will be paid rather they'll just conceal your identity as they have not violated anything.

You have to look into the ToS of the site that you signed up to, because they can have a clause in there ...that gives them the right to use your data in certain circumstances. (Example : Promotional material when you win Big)

I seriously doubt that the casino will disclose the players real identity, but they might give the players casino name and the BetID as proof of the big win.  ::)

Unregulated casinos will do whatever they want to ... because they have nothing to lose, if they do something like this.

It is indeed an infringement on the rights of the gambler, but whether the gambler should take such a case to court depends on the individual, a lot of gamblers wont even mind or simply look away, it is a very small percentage of gamblers who really hold their privacy to a very high esteem that would even want to consider taking a case as this to court.

Though i really urge casinos, most especially land based casino to learn to keep the privacy of their customer guided most especially when such a customer wins a big amount, on the other hand, i will also urge gamblers to try to reason with the casino when such a situation occurs, since the casino might mean no harm, they did what they did to show other gamblers that it possible to win such amount, at least to encourage them.

I firmly believe that there are millions of gamblers who don't read the Terms and Conditions of the gambling sites they use. There's an agreement they actually agreed to when they signed up so it's hard to take legal action when you initially agree.

I'd like to point out a few things about the Terms and Conditions that users agree on and may not actually notice that it's listed.

I quote from one of cassino.

I think that every user should review the rules for using a gambling platform before making the registration process, as there may be a provision allowing the platform to use users' information for promotional purposes. At the same time, it is ruled out that any platform will do this, as in the most extreme cases it will display the user's nickname on the platform and not real information indicating his identity. This action will damage the platform's reputation and encourage users to leave it.
Of course, if it happened and the platform did so, the user would be able to track it judicially if the laws in his country support the gambling activities of its users.

I think that the casino has the right to display it since it's been played on their platform and before we signed in them, we don't know if that's also part of the terms and conditions that we usually just pass on because of those long rules.

Also, there is probably a feature from most casinos to hide the identity of ourselves publicly. So that when we win big, people from the public wouldn't be able to see it if we turn on such feature about privacy.

It boils down to their ToS. That's why it is very important in the beginning to read the rules of the casinos otherwise you might go in a situation like this.

If you don't want your not to be publish then ask them. But if they insists because it's on their rules then maybe you can't do anything about it even if you go to the court and sue them. Even winners in lottery are disclosed because that's what the rule states in most jurisdiction in the US.

This is usually be found on Terms and Conditions or something like that and this is why its relevant that you should be reading up this thing but if you cant find about privacy disclosure or something in related then
you could directly ask the team on whats their taking when it comes to this manner whether they do have the rights or totally be protecting their winners privacy or not and then take a screen shot as an
evidence for them not to have an excuse if ever they would be making out alterations.If you are that confident on making big wins on the site then it would be relevant that you would really be
asking it out earlier just to clarify out in regards of your identity protect in case of a huge hit or winning.

Sometimes the bettors do the publicity themselves making show of their wins around their neighbourhood. Generally a responsible and well reputable gambling house will hide the identity of their winners especially when it involves huge amount, making it public will endanger the life of the winner.  this where bettors need to read ToS before visiting a gambling site

This absolutely true due to over excitement or do I say Hasting to signed up without going through those ToS would probably don't get it clearly to take note of those information before adhering to it. As a gambler it's your core responsible to study the gambling site which they are signing up.

They don't have to do that because it's on their TOS and they'll be the ones voluntarily going to choose whether they want to be exposed as a huge winner or not.
But it's a good idea that the casino may want to contact the winner as they'll just want to gain exposure with such wins. However, even if the winner doesn't want to get involved, they will make promotional materials showing that they've got someone on their platform won such amounts.

Yes of course,  gambler should take casino company to Court for redresse because that is the only way a problem that can't be solved amicably be solved. Publishing big win as for me is not too bad in the sense that, it will make those who hate gambling to understand that gambling is bad as they think of it. Also it will also make people to understand that gambling is not always loss but there is win as well. There are some parents that think that gambling is one of the worst thing in the world because people play bet and loss or probably they loss more the way they wins. And their wins are very small so with that they are already discouraged. But if they heard someone wins big, they might encourage their children to play gambling and thinking to win big one day.

Remember before in Africa, parents refused to tell their children to play football but as they see that footballers make money from the matches they plays now in this generation every parents want their children to play ball. Because they see that footballers make money more than even the African graduates.

Divulging your information to the public nowadays should always be consented. Idk what happened to keeping private information safe, but it seems that a lot of entities don't want to follow this and just want to boast their legitimacy by posting the identity of people who won big and whom they pay. Imagine if that will be the reason why the winner was put into harm's way in the first place, then a legal action might be taken against the platform who released their private information without consent just to tell the world that they are paying.

Idk if there is such a clause in KYC regulation that helps people who submit their info to be protected by such activities, even if it's within the ToS of the platform.

Making their identify public after they have won is not a matter of reporting the casinos to the law if it was already stated in the terms and conditions. Furthermore, if it wouldn't cause the winners any additional harm, there shouldn't be a problem at all publishing the name as you’ve stated earlier.

I have seen certain instances of big-winner gamblers being invited to collect their winnings from betting sites. In instances like these that I've seen, the winners wear masks to conceal their identities from the general public. I don't see a problem with that because they only did it to defend themselves from attacks by the general public, such as theft or armed robbery.

It would be just fine if they would really be showcasing that huge win from a player who do play into their platform which do able to hit and win big but the user had been identified which i do see for it to be ethical

for casinos on doing so or they should really be asking out on that certain user but if these things are stated on sites terms and conditions then as a user then you cant really make out some complaints in regarding to that.
When it comes to privacy then it should really be just right that users identity shouldnt really be that known or would be exposed but there are some who do really
been announced just for marketing purposes and boast up that win to make or create some hype.

They can seek for damages if they think the site violates their privacy, it may cost a lot of money but I’m sure the court will always in favor of you. Though some site forces their users to follow their terms and conditions and if you didn’t read that you might not know that you gave permission to that site for your personal details, this is the problem of having a long terms and conditions, many are not reading it.

The winner might file a complaint but I think that will be not necessary at all since it will only waste a lot of money and time. They can always settle it more privately than going in a court which will only bring hassle on each part. However, the casino should never go against with the privacy of the winner too, they should always respect it for the safety and security of the player. And I think whenever you are playing in reputable casinos, they are also responsible on following the rules and policies between the casino and the player.

Even the casinos have your permission to publish it as it may have been discussed in their TOS. You should even be aware that they may share your personal information ^{[KYC or personal documents]} with other parties including the authorities if they suspect your activities for some kind of investigation.

You should really stay away from anything that might cause your privacy to be damaged, published or otherwise. It will even be vague about guarantees that your privacy and that of your KYC will be forever safe at the casino.

Everything will depend on what it is on the TOS of that casino, if in the TOS there is something regarding that and since you accepted those conditions then it would not make too much sense to try to go against them if your win was big, in that case you will have no other choice but to accept your identity being exposed, you could ask nicely to the casino to see if you get some results, but besides that there is not much you can do in such case, now if this is not on the TOS then you have a way better position to ask for this information to not be revealed under any circumstances.

Since you already won the money most probably you can file a case against that site because they didn’t respect your privacy and put you at a bigger risk. Exposing your personal data after winning will make your life at risk, people might start looking for you because of that money. The site should not do this without your consent, or they can just use a nickname to at least protect you from any harm.

This depends on the type of gambling you are playing and the policy of the betting house, there are some gambling house who will pay their customers no matter how huge the amount is, they dont have to announce it publicly as long your way of playing wasn't the manipulated way ot used some external software or bots to cheat the system. However, there are some gambling house I know that do show the media of what a customer won to the public, they used that as anadvantage o=to even get to the public of there betting platform on how jenuine they are and very transparent, so that kind of gambling houses can't be sued.

A well known gambling house who has been in the business for more that 10years should understand how unsafe and how not being discreet about such huge winning might attract wrong eyes. Hence, while the gambling house is seriously investigated by policing and licensing bodies, others should be able to know the fate that befalls any gambling house caught exposing peoples data.
Compensation should even be paid to the persons whose data was exposed.

the OP should give some examples of this situation. because in this forum, i haven't seen exposing privacy details of the winners. most of the time, it is only the username of the person. but not personal details.
but if this is not respected, certainly, you can file a lawsuit especially if your safety is at risk. because public knowing the amount of your winnings will give them idea and some may form a bad plan towards your winnings.

Right, the usernames are given if they've won big money. There's no personal information that's included but if that's seems to be a big issue for anyone, I think that they have the right to be sensitive on it.
There's too much data being shown to the public these days but I think on this matter, it's totally and entirely different from those that they should worry about.

You have to be specific you've used the word always so there should be names of casinos that abuse their players by posting their real names but so far all we can see are usernames and you're username is not an indication or even proof that your can go to court and tell the court that there is abuse, unless you've used your real name as your username.


If this happens and it is not on their terms you can charge them in court but be sure you have the means for a long battle because casinos especially the popular ones can go on a long court battle.

This is one thing that is often overlooked by gamblers as they move to check out new sportbooks and casinos. While the funds contained and in the security of the gambling company are very high priority for hackers, identity documents are also very valuable and prized by fraudsters who can use them to abuse all sorts of financially related transactions. You should definitely give a lot of thought of who you are handing your information over to, because if you are giving your information to sites based in China for example - it's likely that such documentation could also wind it's way into the archives of the oppressive CCCP government for future abuse in various ways.

I agree with you, but the problem is that online casinos do not have headquarters and are anonymous and even the owner of the casino is someone anonymous, how will the police find the casino to arrest the owner or managers of the casino if they are anonymous? and to make matters worse is that casino could be selling people's documents and people won't find out, they could be doing it for years without anyone finding out


the truth is that most people are more concerned about creating account in new casinos that give high bonuses, the bonus has blinded people, even if you ask people to do research about the casino first, people just won't listen and will create new casino account because they want high bonuses

In online gambling we haven't got much incidents in which the people's information revealed. In offline lottery events the authorities used to reveal the winner information and it is way to increase the trust of the people that someone have won the lottery and it isn't scammed.

In some cases this identity reveal is a big problem to the winner. Recently in my country an auto rickshaw driver won a bumper lottery, once after his win he wasn't able to live peacefully. Because, people started following with expectation of financial aid.

When username is been given then you wouldnt really see any issues yet these are just aliases and even if its proclaimed into the public then there's no way that people would find out your identity.
Unless if the said platform would really be releasing out those names which is something that cant really see thats happening in the market.When it comes to privacy protection then it do just
turns out to be a default thing.Platforms does have their terms and conditions and also those privacy terms which those informations been accumulated
is really safe on their side but everything isnt an assured thing for it to happen.

Before being ended up in that situation, can you give examples of that gambling house that publicly mentioned their winners? I think that's not a usual case as there are even times that even if someone won big, there's no prompt given to all users on that gambling house.

Besides, if we talk about crypto-gambling, there's no KYC at some point. Even if it has, I don't see yet a case where after a crypto-site asks KYC for their big winners, they will reveal to the public the identity of the winner.

Can you give more details about your topic?

Hard to give a response to this as I think it's only the lottery that is being public their winners and that's only for certain countries.

Where did you get that idea, OP? I think no there is no gambling house yet that is doing that kind of action.

If you are subscribed to some gambling sites, the winner of huge amount is always mentioned on their username, and not on real names.

In my ideal perfect world, it is the best thing to hide your identity if you hit something like a million dollar or more. Big money comes with big troubles. Gambling companies may like to advertise their winners - but its big issue. Some countries have very strong mafias (especially South America) and you can be easily targeted. They may steal from you, they may threaten your family etc. I rather prefer hidden identity.

Is there any rule if the casino must not disclose the identity of the person who win big amount of money? If it's written on their terms of service, you can archive it and then make a report to your local court. IMO there's no casinos who say they wouldn't disclose the identity of the person because the reason they do this to make people know the winner is human and they're just want being transparent. If the casinos didn't disclose the identity, you can expect people will say the winner is scripted etc.

OP didn't mentioned if it's online or offline but he only said gambling houses so maybe he is referring to both types and I think I have seen a few online casinos before where they featured the winners in public. Even though some winners are scared for the things that can happen to them, they still won't bother filing a case due to the reasons that you said.

What important about them for now is that they win big and they can still use that money to be able to protect themselves. They can hire security, or transfer to a new place. This can be crazy but I think some even use the money to change their name and maybe face. There are reports on the past where a lottery winner did some of these things.

This is the way things should be but we also know that many time the regulations and the laws do not precisely make the most sense, the protection of the personal information of their customers should be one of the priorities of most casinos, especially since we are talking about a market in which most people care about their privacy and do not like the idea of being exposed, as this could put them at risk not only of criminals but even oppressive governments could go against them if they find out they use bitcoin and they gained a lot of it recently.

Suffice to agree with what you say, because as long as I have been on several gambling sites because I like online gambling, I have never once seen that the site provides personal winning data besides maybe there are several Username lists and it is still quite reasonable but for personal data that else I've never even seen that.

Before we can conclude about that protection of data we should assure first if the casino is trusted and trying to comply some requirements to make their business legal. But if casino is just implementing that for nothing and they don't have good reputation since they are new then maybe providing our KYC information is not really safe since we don't know if they can handle it well or they are honest and did not want to do anything bad what we provide to them.

We have to can now with the Data Privacy Act that they need to comply for the authenticity, certificate, and regulations about the collected data came from their users that's the season why it is good to play only to those registered, trusted and reliable gambling casino only.Because they process and follow the law that comply to operate. Once the casino have a data breach there's a chance that you can file a case in the court.

in my country the law on privacy has been passed and those (be it companies, groups or individuals) who share personal data of a person can be sentenced to prison.
indeed announcing the winner to the public is part of marketing but it would be nice if the gambling business manager only mentioned a pseudonym or on online gambling sites only mentioned the account name.
many are harmed by their personal data information that is publicly disclosed, personal data is more valuable than gold.

How about the Data Privacy laws enacted? The European Union has GDPR and I'm pretty sure other countries outside also have their own version of it. What I'm saying is that it depends on where these casinos are operating or where their license come from. You'll have strict implementation of data privacy law if it's from Europe.

On general sense then it should really be standard that it should really be strict when it comes to implying these laws towards business platforms or companies who had been asked out with these documentations on which it should really be kept away from possible exposure or exploits.Its true somehow that imposing or implementing levels do really differ on each country
which there are some who are really that too strict and there are ones who are just too loose on implementing these laws.
This is why as a user then its not really something that we would really be that confident once we do sent out our identification on what site we are dealing with.

'House' implemented it so therefore they'd be accountable with it. This is the doubt which worries the gamblers; giving personal information to gambling website. All of us are ofcourse sfraid that our personal infos might leak and worse is to be used in illegal activities which might reflect to our records as an individual and citizen of a country.
Unfortunately, gambling is not supported by governments of some countries. But to counteies wherein it is legal, gbling sites which freely operates are registered and are being taxed such as here in my country, if I'm not mistaken. They'd be required to do so because their gambling sites would be banned in an instant unless players would use VPN to gain accessibility but that won't avoid problems in the future in terms of transactions which might result to conflicts afterwards.

I think that kind of law doesn't cover crypto-gambling sites even if the operation is under that certain country.

Besides, there's no need for such laws (don't get me wrong as it's really necessary at some point) as there's no way a gambling site will just post the name of the winners in public. I really never heard of that case on a gambling site. The only publicized jackpot winners are those who played live on television or in a game show.

I'm playing in casinos and the winners they published on casinos are all usernames there are no real names and country of origin this thing is not existing in Crypto casinos because they adhere to anonymity and privacy


So far I don't know of any and you have not come out of the name of these casinos, if they do that many gamblers will stop playing on these casinos and that's their downfall, in the first place they sign up for anonymity not to get exposed.

This all entirely depends on where you're located in the world.  Some countries don't give a shit, other do, and very much so.  I don't know where I stand with all of the different gambling laws, and even though I think much of the tax, at leas that we get hit with her in the United States, especially Illinois is bullshit, it is the law to pay taxes and much of it does got to good causes, so I'm not so sure I think the reporting is wrong by the casinos.  If it's the law, they simply have to do what they are told or move elsewhere.

All of the casinos are only relying on the usernames, they're aware that they might get into trouble but still, they can get away with that even if they do it.
Some diplomatic people, they don't want to see some recognition from a casino for their wins because they want to hide their identity. Even in real life lottery, everyone who wins big have the choice whether to let themselves seen in public getting their money and be recognized or to remain silent and be completely anonymous.

There's no written rule if the casino must not disclose the real identity of the winner. Why should the casino care? it's your life, the casino only have obligation to paid full winnings to the winner, they don't have any obligation to make the gambler is 100% safe.

As I mentioned before, the casino is the one who can do anything since their rule their money. If the gambler is really care with his privacy and doesn't want to expose their personal information in public, he can reject the prize.

There's no rule about this but this actually depends on the which country that used by casino to operate. I meant you can see how EU has been implementing rule to protect the user's data. I guess there are also another countries who have been doing the same thing like EU.
The winner has right to choose whether he wants to keep his identity or not. This is always become the main concern by some people but online gambling may be unfamiliar with this kind of problem.

I don't even care whether that's scripted or not but the winner as the right for that.

This is what casinos should do in announcing the winners names using usernames instead of their real names. The casino can contact the winner privately so that it will not interfere with the winner's comfort in receiving the news that he has won some prizes.

That can help the winners to stay away from the public without getting noisy around them for their safety. The casino should think about that and not just think about its popularity. So yes, protecting the people's data, including the winners, will be the casino's responsibility.

This really depends on the TOS of the casino you are playing. If it is already stated in the casino's policies that they will include the names, at least the usernames of those who won especially the big prizes, and you agreed with it, then you should not complain about it. Because most casinos put disclaimer in their rules already. Once you agree with it, there's no turning back. Now, if you happen to not read it, it's your fault and responsibility.

As far as I know, gambling website do not necessarily put your private information at risk because they just use in publishing and announcing the winners are their usernames which isn't their real name. It's just a pseudonym used by most people to hide their identity. If you did write your username using your real name, perhaps you might ask for their help to just put a name for you to sensor your identity. I think we can always try to negotiate things first if possible because you might even meet halfway and have an agreement that's with a consent of both parties.

Everyone is annoyed by the endless KYC requirements, and if the casino still prescribes the publicization of players who have received large winnings, then this is already too much, but there will certainly be players who will be quite satisfied with it, because large winnings are very rare and some people have a craving to become famous. But if the rules of the casino do not provide for publicity and they do it, then it is illegal and immoral.

Must gambling house present thier gamblers winning in cash many times back and some of them still involve this culture to the present days in gambling, I think going public is very common with the online casinos whereby they need to see the physical representation of the winner in person to come for his claim, aslo it depends on the type of games being gamble on, some were paid instantly in cash to the winner in the casino house, but there's a great challenge with bulkiness and security safety of the gambler.

those who want to be famous in gambling because of something like getting a big fortune or winning a jackpot, it is a very risky thing for their personal life

but again, gambling sites have a big role in protecting the personal data of their consumers and if the winner is willing to have his data published (when he wins the big bet or loses big) then it is not illegal because it is based on the consent of the person

KYC will continue to have pros and cons and we won't be finished discussing that

If the case is likely be settled between the casino and the gambler, then there’s no reason that it will still be brought to the court, it will only be a long process searching for the truth. But if the gambler has certainly experiencing some fears at the moment because of publishing his real identity, and if the casino will deny about it, then obviously it should be bring to the court and just wait for the final judgement.

^This also depends on the casino's ToS.
If you have agreed with the terms and this was on the term, there is nothing you can do to follow them. But if it is not, you have a right to protect yourself and I think they will respect on it. But in this case, usually, I have heard they mention most likely the user names but not your true name, probably that is enough to determine that there is a real player from the casino. They respect your decision if you did not reveal your identity and I think they will communicate your first about this.

If its not mentioned on their terms and conditions then you cant really fight up and they do have anytime have the rights on doing so or as they like.You cant present something in terms of evidences that they had

violated something which do really sucks since you cant present something that would justify your right but in overall sense which there should really be that privacy law which is standard.

Platforms shouldnt really be easily giving out exposure into someones identity and its true that these things could be settled and could be clarified in between the platform and the gambler itself.
If it didnt end up on a good terms then this is where legal actions would be made up.

Everything is choice because we all as gamblers have the right to privacy and our data need to be protected from the public which can cause a lots of damages from haters and enemies. Some gambling platforms always do this to attract gamblers to their platforms as a good platform that pay gamblers whenever they win bets or games.
 There is limit to the kind of news that need to be public because there are so gamblers that don't like for there names to be on social media for their friends or family to see that  they had big winnings.

I would agree with you to some extent if these platforms were unlicensed. I bet a crypto casino which got their license from UK Gambling Commission and operates there will be under heavy scrutiny if they violate GDPR.

We never really know when casino owners would act foolishly and show people these names for marketing purposes. These laws are for mitigating controls.

You can always sue someone, so asking if you can go to court is pointless - of course you can. Whether you can win is another thing, but you can be sure that you can go to court :D

Should casinos be disclosing your data without your consent? Of course not. The problem is people often do what they shouldn't and get away with it, so I can't tell you if you'd win or not. It would probably come down to how far you can go with the court case, how good your lawyer is, how much money can you spend and such things.

I don't know why you guys still insist on making people's data public without the consent of the person OR without prior agreement that those infos will be publicized; AFAIK, that cannot happen as it's not in relation to any section of the casino's jurisdiction. A mere booking ID( those random figures on the tickets) could convince any inquisitive mind. I repeat, you can't force peeps to let out their informations so YES, they have every right to sue them if anything of that sort ever happens. There's always an agreement made prior the release of such huge funds.

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If people wanted to become famous through gambling, they would probably be happy with the KYC at gambling sites. But the thing is that majority of people only want to gamble without disclosing who they are. How can they be happy, if the casino makes them in the spotlight and start marketing that this person has won this much amount of money? This is just beyond imagination.

I don't know if the legal provides covers to the gamblers on this matter, but one thing is for sure if any gambling site tries to do it with me to make my data exposed in front of the public, I may quit that casino forever.

There's no even consent to begin with as I don't believed gambling sites will just post their winner.

I don't even recall a gambling site who did that in the past.

Usually, gambling sites send emails to their subscribers and they will announced the winner there with the usernames instead of real name.

Most of this gambling companies usually use big wins for advertisement. They use customers that have won big to prove to the public that one can win big using their platforms. Every gambling company have their terms and conditions that every user should carefully read. Most times their regulations might include the right to use winners for publicity or advertisement.

It would be unlawful to disclose the details of winner without his permission if it is not included in the T&C. Taking legal action against the gambling house would depend on the law of the country the gambling firm is registered or operating from. If the law grants the right for a customer to sue the company for revealing of private or personal details to the public, then gamblers should consider legal actions.      

I have not seen an online casino been this brazen before, however this is more common when we are talking about lotteries in which they even post pictures of the winners, however as far as I know the winners have the opportunity to refuse to let their faces being showed on their website, this is simply because this is their right but also because as we know criminals are always looking for people with a lot of money, and someone that just won the lottery is the perfect target for people like them.

Some gambling houses do so to attract people and serve as a proof that all their winners are true people. Which I do not think really works especially if the industry you built your business upon is already deep in the mire of scandals and issues to begin with. People who get posted publicly could impose sanctions to the gambling house by suing them, because as you said, it violates their rights to privacy and protection of the data they entrusted to the gambling casino. But some get away with this due to the terms and conditions, so I would also suggest to skim through some of the pointers included in the terms and conditions agreement of every site you visit, especially gambling houses to ensure you're not getting one up'd

They don't have to ask.

Every gamblers that won big must be protected at all costs and that's by hiding the winner's identity.

If they want to promote their companies through their numbers of winners they must hide their names, if they have to use live video the winner's face must be hidden on camera.

Where I come from someone won big money and friends around told him to buy drinks at a bar near by but he was poisoned on that same day by an unknown person. It shows that people don't like seeing others progress.

One of the major problem we have is that we don't take out our time to review the term and conditions of a casino or it's entire policies.
Most of this casinos reserve the right to post and publicize every major winnings on their site and casino, because posting this winnings also helps to encourage more people to using their casino and one of the major reasons they post this winnings to show to their players their payout capacity.
The world basically believe what they see, so going to a court without first reading the terms isn't worth it and I'm sure many people might have also thought of this because it is another means to make cool cash too.

I'm not on the opinion that posting the winnings of a player without it's consent is right but we should know that i would have been stated clearly in their terms of winnings ad it's policies but the best they would have done is to first inform the winner before posting the winnings as the better makes the winner feel safer.

Gambling companies can indeed announce big wins to the public.
Still, they should be able to hide the winner's identity from the public because it can endanger the winner's safety from people with bad intentions.
Perhaps the intent of the gambling company announcing the big win was to attract more gamblers to gamble at their place.
And it could be that this strategy has successfully attracted many gamblers who want to experience that big win.
Indirectly, this might give the gambling company a reputation for being a recommended gambling place.

It's true that people have a right to their privacy, but often, privacies have been sold unknowingly by many. You might be chasing the shadow of yourself at times when you sue companies in court since you might have ignorantly agreed to such terms. This is why it's good to first read the terms and conditions of the companies you want to deal with.

This is not peculiar to gambling, it's everywhere. If such terms and conditions do not satisfy your person, then you might respectfully decline instead of claiming a right that has been sold.

I don't know if the gambling companies publish the winner and also the identity of the winner. In stake.com I have seen them publish winnings along side the username of the gamblers. But they don't provide more information about the user. If there is any company that publishes the user details check well in their terms and conditions if it is written there, many things we overlook have been dumped in their terms and condition and can be used against you anytime.

This is right.

It is the gambling website or lottery company's responsibility to protect the identity of every winners they'll have in order to ensure their privacy and security. This is done to safeguard the lives of the winner as well as their winning prize because once other people knew the identity of the jackpot winner, they will be vulnerable from all sorts of threat such as robbery and even murder. Their peaceful lives would be at stake too once the public knew their identity. Paparazzi, relatives, friends, and even acquaintance might bother them just to have a portion of their prize.

This is why the gambler's identity must really be protected unless they agreed or they initiated to be publicly announced their identity. It will be the agreement of the both parties with that scenario. After all, consent is always needed in cases such as this that concerns big amount of money and security as well.

Of course the scenario are most probably not gonna happen in any crypto casino. They can post the username, but not the real name of the user nor any of his information.
And, yeah most people tend to just skip the TOS and jump into gambling right away, missing all the terms that could be used against you.
Sometimes, we don't even look at the online casino on whether or not it has license to operate.
There is nothing much a person can do if he win big and was disclosed his personal info, if it was not listed in the TOS nor the online casino does not have license.

I believe that the whole sharing of real name thing must be done if there is a proven scam or abuse going on. Why not do that? They deserve it if they have done something that will end up with their face and name plastered everywhere.

If you steal from a casino then you deserve it, that should be the main reason why KYC is even asked for, if you steal from the casino this information will be shared could be told to everyone who registers. I dislike KYC and try to avoid it as much as possible, but I would love it if there was a website with KYC information of people who tried or achieved to steal from casinos, that would make a lot of sense if you ask me.

That's why we really have to be able to find gambling sites or other sites that can really maintain the privacy of our customers. We won't hear that customer data is being sold to other parties.

But if a casino site makes the mistake of disclosing the winner's identity, we can find it difficult to bring it to court because it will cost a lot of money, especially if it's a big casino. Such a casino could easily pay the people who handled the case to get it resolved properly. And instead of us hoping to get that winning money, we probably won't be able to get anything. Actually, it may be the customers who will get the impact but we also can't do anything but just follow it.

I believe that every casino is obligated to protect the important data of its customers especially if it poses a risk to the customer. But I don't think you have to hide your customers' winnings for things like promotion to make their business appear more trustworthy to other gamblers. The casino might consider hiding the real identity of the winner, but maybe not about the amount of money won.

The OP is probably talking about physical casinos whose winners are recognized by that casino company, but if it's about online casinos then I don't think the problem would be the same. But the responsibility of the casino is to protect the data of its customers from risky publications, but not because they don't want their family to know.

The loss of user information to hackers has become a pretty standard practice around the world.  I've never heard of a case where users receive anything worthwhile back as a result.  Sure, you might get a few months of credit monitoring or something, but basically you get screwed if your identity information is stolen.  This isn't just on gambling houses either.  Look at the people who used FTX for example...  It's likely all their balances and information will be public record at some point as a result of the bankruptcy.  How crypto is supposed to change this is to allow people to gamble without giving up their financial information or identify.

As long we do touch up centralized or regulated platforms then there's no way on avoiding these things specially on exposing your own identification which is something turns out to be that typical or
in default thats why its up on someones risk taking factor or management whether they could really bare out those things or not.You do really have the choice  but to bare and deal off with the risk
in exchange for the convenience on where these services do offers. As long government could really take involvement then there's no way to avoid this.
Information privacy is never been 100% secured even if they would say that it is safe into their hands.

There should be an agreement if the one posting on social media is the business itself.
But if it is the winner who did it then there's no harm in that on the business side.
Did you check who shared it? Could be a promoter, a streamer, or a part of their company advertisement. People now like to share their spoils on social media so we cannot be guessing if it was done on purpose or if the business is trying to do it against the gamblers will. Because if they do, it will be against the privacy of their customer unless it's part of their TOA.

I'm not sure about the outcome taking such a case to the court and getting justice. It looks like most of the platforms have their terms and conditions mentioned, but we never go through it. We need to be careful with our identity and decide whether we can continue using the platform or not.

In one rare incident gambling house have denied the winning of a gambler, citing the data on the server have lost(A disheartening true life winning story (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5418121.0)). Further the house have bargained with the winner with lesser amount and the person have reached the court. We don't know whether he got the proper judgement. When it comes to gambling we're risking and we can't get help from anywhere else other than the gambling house itself.