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Just to clarify things, let’s not focus on the casino itself rather the feature of promoting the use of VPN

You heard it right. I’m recently become active on Casinopunkz due to its contest and to explore what I’m promoting on my signature space. Upon exploring, I notice that this casino is actually promoting the use of VPN for privacy purposes which is peculiar in a good way since most of the licensed casino discourage the use of VPN.
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I’m wondering why some casino discouraged the full use of VPN while others fully support the use of it.

They discourage using VPNs mainly to stop gamblers from dodging geo-restrictions. However, if your VPN's server matches the location you gave in your KYC, it should be fine. But really, what’s the point of a VPN if it doesn't boost your privacy?

Casinos have different licensing providers, and I believe a big reason they discourage VPN use is just to meet regulatory requirements and prevent fraud. This way, if there's an investigation, it's easier for them to trace because you've declared your real IP address. Using a VPN would throw them off track, leading them somewhere else.

This topic raise another question whether the casino itself allows the bypassing of restrictions set by different game provider itself since most providers has their own set of restrictions from different country which VPN can bypass.

I knew that casino is not that strict when it comes to game provider restrictions but it’s fascinating how all the restrictions bypass by allowing VPN to be use in the casino.

I’m assuming the casino wants to turn blind eye for a small fault just to allow gambler play freely on all games?

Well it's hard to see casinos that allows the use of
 VPN and for the first time I am reading that casinopunkz permits the use of VPN is good to know. But have you checked that your country is not included among the list of restricted country?
Most times you can use vpn to explore a site and your country is not restricted, but if you are using the VPN to a country restricted then definitely there would be a problems for long term, though currently everything might seems to be fine with the site but when there's an issue with your kyc and location then you would know why it's not good using VPN to explore gambling site.

A casino promoting the use of VPN is new. There are many reasons why and let no one think that they can still operate duplicate account without their account being flagged by the system. Let no one think that they can still sign up from a restricted region with being flagged by the system at some point. The reason I think this particular casino is encouraging the use of VPN is to attract more people who are, something like inclusivity. If they also want to promote privacy, I hope they don't do KYC ? If they still require KYC then the privacy reason for allowing VPN is defeated.

Various casino sites accept using vpn. Also many casino sites in the country are under restriction due to which I cannot access those sites through internet in my country. And that's why I have to access the sites using vpn but so far I haven't faced any problem from any site to use vpn. Although I have not used those sites with kyc verification. After doing kyc there may be some problem because at that time the document will not match with the ip location.  If the site you are talking about promotes vpn it will be good for many who want their complete privacy

There are some gambling sites that allow the use of VPN. Also some will not add anything related to the use of VPN to their terms of service. Most casinos will not block your account because you used VPN if such rule is not included in their ToS but they can block your account if you set the VPN location to restricted countries like United States. Also if a casino blocked your account, they can only request for KYC from you and that is all. If you have been verified and set the VPN to restricted location, the gambling site will only not allow you to access their site until you disable the VPN. Probably some may ask for proof of address and that is all if you are able to proof it to them.

Well, since he mentioned that the casino encourages VPN then it wouldn't be anything to bother about. The main point is that the gaming providers have unique policies from the casino, and it's not right to use VPN to access software providers that restricts some locations. For the casino that plays a vital role in promoting player's privacy it's great. But then, more information would be meaningful to understand where their rules and terms actually stands on, so that players won't fall short of progress in the process of using VPN.

No KYC and VPN allowed means I can make as many IDs to take benefit of that 100% bonus. So there must be some catch so I explored the terms of the bonus which clearly stated They don't allow multiple accounts from same person. There's a no KYC slogan on the logo but the terms of the side are as strict if not much harsh than most of crypto gambling sites. And I couldn't find anywhere they are suggesting users to use VPN.
The only casinos that never require you to fill a KYC are decentralized on chain ones. Even the best of casinos would make you fill a KYC is the government agencies of powerful nations asks for.

I think if you are running a large online casino then you are subject to regulators wanting to make sure that everyone has been KYC’d. Allowing use of VPNs can make it a little less probable that your information is accurate. Smaller casinos take advantage of this by allowing users to not KYC and growing based on that.

He probably referring to this page https://casinopunkz.io/page-detail/vpn-instruction of the casino which the casino mentioned the clear instructions on to play using VPN and suggested best IP suitable to your region.

Click the hamburger button on the bottom left corner and you will find a VPN info button that will redirect you to the link that I share.

There are centralized sites that will allow you not to get verified up to an amount of withdrawal limit. Also there is no decentralized gambling sites. Or you mean that the site will give you private key and also let you have full control of your coins except the coins that you have used to bet already. No gambling site can do that. The gambling sites which people think are decentralized still have means of having full control over your money.

I never heard of any decentralized casino where you can able to gamble with full control of your funds inside the casino site.
I'm sure if there's any decentralized gambling casino sites it consume fees to every bet you made and the casino itself.
That's the worst casino if it exist because you are going to waste your funds for paying transaction fees.

Yeah, I am also facing same issue in my country, because i think most of the gambling sites are restricted by government, only some less popular sites still accessible, so that sometime i have to use VPN to access my favorite casino/gambling sites. But i think all of the casino sites will not allow to use VPN, and if i will a big win then it might be problem to withdrawal my money. So, we have to careful about that.

Those are some of the countries mentioned to recommend using a VPN, so what if the region is not mentioned, but also not under casino restrictions then this is still recommended?
Because there is still a lot of debate... even though casinos are friendly to VPNs there are often cases where casinos prevent them from withdrawing due to VPN usage... is it because the VPN IP is not recommended?

let me give you an example: if i'm from the US, which is blocked by almost all online crypto casinos, and i use a VPN to bypass that, it could create problems for both me and the casino.

if a large number of players do this, the US government could go after the casino operator. (no one want to fuck with the US government regulators)
if the player wins and tries to withdraw but is asked for KYC, gg thier money. they won't get a cent back since they are frow a blocked geo. (the player will start calling the casino scammers all over the internet, damaging their reputation)

and even if a casino claims to be VPN friendly, i wouldn't play there if my country is blocked. they can change their policy at any time, and you would end up fucked.

Different casinos different rules. Casinos try to try different options to give them an edge over others, for this reason you are more likely to get a smaller casino have less strict rules than already established ones, the former are trying to build their community and the latter have already done so and got lots of regulatory eyes on them.

Some casinos do not directly restrict VPN usage and allow users utilize it, but do not explicitly allow it putting users at more risk. I much prefer when a casino is open about allowing it than making no clear rules and deciding any case in their best interest.

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The casinos that target the privacy centric people often encourage the use of VPN and the ones who doesn't allow use of VPN, are the casinos that already have enough players who doesn't care much about the privacy but value the platform and are old users of it.

I believe new casinos often promote use of VPNs to get new users and that's some type of marketing. Once those casinos gain more users then they somehow force users to not use VPNs.

The smaller casinos or even newer casinos can use that as an edge that they have over huge and older casinos, but I do not think that they can continue in that manner for so long because at some point they will face issues regarding customers that use VPN and will be forced to change that ToS.

Casinos that do not permit the use of VPN may actually have considered allowing the use of VPN, but they have their particular reasons for choosing not to. Casinos that pick up this as an advantage, that is, permitting the use of VPN, need to be prepared for cases and issues.

I'm my logic, one man's food is another's poison right? that same thing that others might be afraid of might be the success of others.

Having known the truth that geo- restriction is one of the major reasons why VPN is discouraged by some casinos, some casinos that are struggling for customers are willing to risk by accepting customers from area's where gambling is restricted. One thing is certain before a country will have to restrict gambling it means a large number of population in such areas participate actively in gambling hence such area is a good target for growth of any casino.

Just as you may also appear in making your own business and set some certain rules and guidelines, which you may see that from these rules, some other gambling platforms support the use of such while some were totally against the same, in life, everyone of us cannot be equal in doing something at the same time, but we may only have to choose what we know is tot he best of our own advantage.

It's obvious that casino discourage it because using VPN, it will totally circumvent their rules on gamblers playing on their restricted countries. So it's against their TOS and if regulatory bodies or those who issued their license found it out, they might revoke it.

On the other hand, gamblers wanted their privacy, so we uses VPN, to hide everything as we don't want to be track specially if we withdraw big money from casinos. But I guess that is the big risk from gamblers who are playing online and it's the reason why we have a lot of accusations against certain casinos withholding withdrawals as their customer might have failed KYC procedure when ask.

I think casinopunkz just allows it in general but if you're found out that you're from a country where they don't allow their services form then your just fucked? Some casinos also do that iirc. They just don't really give a crap if you're not found, and if found, they just ban you. It's money for them still anyway.

Pretty sure in general that's the reason why they don't encourage VPN usage. Because once you are found out, and your public IP was from a banned country, well you'd get banned. And now you'd rant to forums and whatnot which is negative press for them. And I think there are also possible legal actions a country can take when a casino accepts users from them or something? Someone can clarify this if they know stuff about it specifically.

It is rare to see a casino that allows the use of VPN and so far, this is the first casino I have heard or seen allowing her members to use VPN at free will but I am curious to know the defense mechanism the casino have put in place  in a situation a country that does no allow gambling comes after them for allowing her citizens gamble on their platform through VPN and they not paying tax for their citizens who uses their casino services. How would the casino handle such situation?

I think it's because that they don't want to promote it. So they can track easily the ones that plays in a restricted area.

But it's nice to hear that there are casinos like you're promoting that they are promoting the usage of VPN. Mostly, they don't promote it and they are discouraging like what everyone knew it.

There were no countries mentioned where gamblers can safely use VPNs, just continents. the names of the countries that were mentioned on the link that was shared are the countries where you can use their IP addresses when using a VPN, for example, If you are from the African continent(no matter which country as long as the country is in the African continent), the casino recommends that the IP address you use is from South Africa.

Casinos that allow the use of VPN could be considering that since people use VPN in general when handling sensitive information, they can also use it when playing at their casino. When playing at a casino personal information and also so financial information are share and they are things that you definitely want to keep as private and as secure as possible. That is basically the main reason why casino may allow the use of  VPN. The casinos that don't allow may feel that they have a strong cybersecurity measures to protect the sensitive and private information of people who play at their casino and as such they don't need to allow the use of VPN.

They also would want to know the unique visitors to their site and how they can serve their diverse visitors. The could use this data to add more language option for ease of interacting with their website by the visitors.

Companies have different goals in promoting the casinos they will release, for example there is a difference whether the casino uses a VPN or not, yes in my opinion casino companies that use VPNs must have certain goals such as limiting the network in a country which is very helpful in promoting the casino widely and quickly. And there is also a reason where a country strictly prohibits casinos from entering the country with the addition of using a VPN if we are interested in a new casino we will not be caught going there because VPN can indirectly privatize our gambling activities that are contrary to our own territory for example.

I agree with you to some extent but, in the end, what's the difference if casinos can update their T&Cs anytime?

I'm thinking in the case of a brand new, unknown casino, that claims to be VPN friendly, no KYC forever, until they reach a critical mass of users, and start feeling the pressure of regulators. And then, they change their mission/vision, and conditions. In that case, those users concerned about their privacy could be obliged to decide whether to lose the funds deposited or disclose their personal data.

In this scenario, and with no real guarantee of how they will operate in the future, I don't mind if a service claims to be VPN friendly, or silent but permissive.

What's wrong with using a VPN? I have a problem accessing some resources. I can't log into a casino and start playing from my IP address. Why is that? My country has a very negative attitude towards casinos and other similar sites. Therefore, a VPN is a great thing that allows you to bypass such restrictions. Why do you immediately think that people are breaking the law and this hinders the investigation? No, I described my case to you. It is simple and banal.

I also know casinos that prohibit the use of VPN. I have already been through this. It is their full right. We can either agree or not. It is everyone's choice.

That is because casino can't detect from where their members for real as they hide their real IP from the casino. I heard some casinos needs their members to login into their account using their real IP and then they can login using VPN. But I never tried it especially if casino is clearly prohibit a user from their prohibit countries lists.

If your casino allow their members to use VPN, that will helps a gamblers to use their VPN to gambling. But for those who come from the prohibit countries, they don't have to try to use VPN to register and playing gambling on that casino. That can gives them a problem in the future especially if casino ask them to verify their account.

Because there's a difference between old and new casino.

Old casinos are high likely have been targeted by some institution to tightening the regulation or they can close the casinos because they've decent reputation or population.

While new casinos, they're still free and they can just quit to create the new version because they not have decent reputation or population.

Just like in centralized exchanges, they used to be no KYC exchange, but almost all exchanges are required to complete KYC verification.

I like a casino that allows the use of a VPN. I like the casino even more, which does not require KYC. However, most of all I like the casino where I win. :D
So, if you combine all these three conditions, you will get the perfect casino. Unfortunately, there are very few anonymous casinos right now, because even the cryptocurrency settlements of the authorities of different countries want to fully control and track.

I do not have an account on Casinopunkz but allowing the use of VPN is not very common among casinos because of compliance and to discourage cheating. Have you read about their TOS, and are they going to ask KYC? The biggest question is how long can hold on to this policy, We have seen casino changing their terms overnight when they gain a lot of users, so be wary of this kind of casinos with unusual term for changes of term that will always suit their interests

Imagine a person who uses a VPN while doing some illegal acts in online casinos like for example, money laundering. How will the online casino itself determine the place where it came from if every illegal exploit like the example above will be using VPN?
I think it's for the safety of the online casino too because once proven that they are not acting on this matter then they will closed down and I bet no reputable casino would like that.
I am not saying what you are supporting in your signature space is untrustworthy but they could have some problems in the future if it continues. But there could be some fixes for this. KYC first before they will be allowed to use VPN.

Some casinos do allow VPNs, but it’s a risky move since they can always use it as an excuse against you if issues arise. As for KYC, there are only a handful of casinos left that still let gamblers play without it. But with stricter regulations rolling out, it seems like KYC will eventually become unavoidable for anyone who wants to gamble. Times have definitely changed, and this trend is only growing. Maybe that’s when decentralized casinos will rise in popularity, hard to say for sure, but it feels like the logical next step.

The only problem I have with using VPN is your KYC, it must match the VPN location as well or else there will be problems.

Some VPNs are not very strong too which can leak your real location, this will make the casino bounce on you in a more aggressive way like they did one of my friends, I choose to stay away from VPN because you can never tell how good some online casino monitoring tools are.

To cut my point short, your KYC information will hurt your past VPN connection history, showing that you lied, this will give the casino more reasons to never release your funds.

I don’t hear a lot of casinos in favor of VPN to be honest and I understand why.

The gambling platforms want to be able to recognize your IP address when needed. This is how they know where you playing from whether you are cheating your way through using it or whether you have multiple accounts. So, it’s very new that a platform is promoting the use of VPN.

All I can think of why is if they are partners with a specific VPN service provider.

It will be not a problem if you fill up in advance your KYC level 1 such as your country and other basic info to guarantee that you already set your account identity even before submitting your ID and selfie.

Besides, I’m sure you will use different IP whenever you gamble using VPN because it suggest what best location base on your ISP that’s why casino will never have the exact address unless you disclosed it already.

In the end, Your KYC verification will set the actual identity of your account so even if you use other country IP as long as your account is still not KYC then you can verify it with your real identity and IP location with note that your account is not restricted.

That still depends with their current restrictions, some casino sites do support having vpn by means of specific reasons in each individual who played the game. They cannot fully discourage those players who's really depositing huge amounts and in fact these people contributes to the fast growing business that they had with casino gambling. However, those are vip users who played massively without skipping on their peak hours of operation.

As long as I have ever heard there are even some casinos that also provide VPN services or maybe affiliated with VPN services so that's why they are promoting the use of VPN.
Although casinos promoting the use of VPN, players should also realize that they should not use it to bypass country restriction especially if the casino is licensed and there is a possibility to be asked of KYC.
Regarding the main question, I think it is depending on the casinos itself because each casino must have their own reason why they encourage or discourage the use of VPN.
We may speculate the reason but the real reason is absolutely known by the casinos themselves.

It is indeed new. There are many benefits into using VPNs but mostly towards the players and not the platform. It allows us to avoid lagging and allows us to access geo-blocked platforms (which is what they don’t want). It also protects us if we were to connect through public Wi-Fi. Many benefits are available to us which could be detrimental to the platform so I am quite flabbergasted why they would promote it LOL.

Like you said, it could just be a marketing tactic. Which clearly is working because it has taken all of our attention.

This is probably because some casinos fully support the use of VPNs due to their desire to reach as large a user base as possible and don't try very hard to comply with regulatory requirements, which in turn makes it a little bit more suspicious whether you should use their services.

And those casinos that don't approve of VPNs seem more trustworthy due to their desire to comply with regulatory documents, which means that their business is most likely completely legal.

It is impossible to completely take control of such an industry as gambling. Therefore, I do not think that there will be no casino without KYC at all. They would not exist now with such a level of regulation by the authorities as they are now. However, this is not the case.
I agree that the popularity of decentralized gambling and betting platforms will increase, which we can all see right now using the example of the Polymarket.

Good conditions for the game. ;D Can you tell me where to find this? :D ;)
Every day more and more casinos fall under the regulatory conditions of state structures. Yes, the top of the country's government does not want to see casinos that are not under control, since they do not pay taxes to the treasury. Officials do not like this at all. And I personally am infuriated by such control. Why? Let the authorities create such a standard of living in the country, in which people themselves of their own free will begin to pay taxes to improve their lives. But all this does not exist and is not expected in the coming decades in my country, where a dictator has usurped power and has been ruling for almost 25 years.

This is also what I thought initially, there are casinos that we say are pro-VPN, so regardless of where you are, they allowed gamblers to circumvent so that they can get a large fan based and with that, it's all business for them at the end of the them.

But the regular practice by most casinos is that they are frown upon gamblers using VPN because they don't like to be called out by gambler regulators. But we all know that gambling licenses can easily be obtain as you will have to pay a couple of hundreds of dollars and there could be instances that after license has been given, there will be no check and balance after that.

As far as I knew before, if a casino sees its clients using a VPN, then the likelihood that the clients themselves may play unfairly increases significantly. A long time ago, I remember there were tools for bypassing casinos on sale that included changing the IP address and all fingerprints of not only the browser but also all the parameters of the equipment on which the game was supposed to be played. Casino bonus hunters at that time tried to create very diverse equipment. I am honestly surprised that your advertised casino allows you to use a VPN. Wouldn't this perk attract the attention of cheaters?

Casinos do not want issues with their players, and they don't want to have issues when it comes to compliance; they want to be within the regulatory boundaries, so they want to know the location of every player that played on their casinos, and those casinos that support the use of VPN just want to attract players to their casino because gamblers, if they have a choice, want to use VPN, but there's a possibility they are going to make a shift; I have seen it happen, and we have seen complaints about changing their terms on the use of VPN.

It is about keeping reputations of such casinos equivalent to say that they restricts the use of VPN so that they don't act as accomplice to some regions where the government has termed gambling an illegal activity.

So being so cautious, they wouldn't give you that access on their platform if you are using a VPN because it assumes you are anonymously trying to maneuver your regional or the casinos TOS by changing of your location.

So take note that such casinos are more transparent than those you seems giving access to VPN because some of them knows the implications they players may face when get caught. So literally what they just needed was your money being deposited of played in their sites.

Casinos that are pro VPN usage exist, but casinos that promote VPN are quite new to me, because usually even though casinos do not prohibit the use of VPNs, they do not fully support the use of VPNs because there are rules that must be obeyed by the casino, also the use of VPNs is often used by cheaters to get around prohibited areas and other things that can be detrimental to the casino.

By approving VPN, casinos automatically receive all those users who were unable to gamble in most licensed casinos. And this is not a small number of gamblers. They have money and those casinos that approve VPN are only happy about it, because because of this, you can turn a blind eye to the citizenship and real IP address of the one who brings money.
At the same time, I want to note that nothing will prevent such casinos from changing their point of view if some gambler wins the jackpot. The casino can say "didn't you read the agreement? It says in small print that in fact VPN is evil, which means we will not pay you anything."

Casinos aim to prevent fraud and money laundering, that’s why it’s within their terms and conditions not to use VPN so that they can assure that the users can no longer execute illicit activities like money laundering. Aside from that, these licensed casinos also encourage security and fair play, which won’t be possible with VPN knowing it can lead to casinos abuse since it will block the verification process which will trace the user identity.

If it is only to increase the popularity of a gambling site and in the end a ban on the use of VPN is imposed, then the players who are harmed by the state which does not have authority over this site, then the end of the story is that their accounts will be lost and there will definitely be a lot of losses.

Casinos are discouraging the use of VPN because of many reasons which some of them I don't know but for the ones I know. It is to avoid cheating by gamblers because if VPN is used gamblers can use multiple accounts to cheat on the casino and manipulate others in the website to multiply their winning. But if they can handle those malicious behaviors and secure their websites very well then it is the using of the VPN is the best I will also like. Because the use of VPN can decentralized the casino and anonymity is the best form of this technology age. While casinos discouraging the use of VPN is because of the government policies in the country on casino so if any casino is using VPN and the government noticed then that casino will be sanctioned.

lots of the replies under this post is saying how odd this is but actually i have found casinos that indeed do tolerate the use of vpn namely stake, betpanda.io, fairspin and many more check it out here (https://casino.guide/vpn-gambling/)

in the same article they explain that perhaps a reason why a casino would allow the use of vpn is for their traveling customers if you have registered in a non restricted country but then have to fly to a different country and would want to play then they allow you to use vpn just with the guidance from their customer support service

in a way they are still quite strict about it as they are just promoting it for the sake of their customers staying loyal to them no matter where they are currently in the globe

Some casinos use VPNs to play games, which suggests they have security features in place to prevent scammers and criminals from exploiting their site.

However, the use of VPNs is often discouraged because scammers use them to hide their original location and IP address, making it difficult to track illegal activities.

Nevertheless, using a VPN can still pose risks, such as account lockouts or scams- if you forget to use VPN.

To avoid these risks, it's better to use a casino that is eligible in your state, rather than relying on a VPN. This way, you can minimize the risk of your account being locked out or compromised by scammers.

Casinos discourage the use of VPNs because they don't have permission to let players from some countries gamble on their websites and in order to not let users abandon these rules, casinos don't allow them to use VPNs but there are some exceptions. Some casinos have no problem with you if you use a VPN to protect your privacy. They'll give you permission to use a VPN if you don't try to bypass geolocation restrictions.

To my mind, it's better to contact each casino's customer support and ask them about VPN usage. Sometimes they don't write everything clearly in their terms of service page.
Btw some casinos that are pro-VPN are those with only in-house games, for example - Freebitco.in, Bustabit.com, Bustadice.com and l0tt0.com

Not only for scammers/cheaters use VPN but also those users that live on country that has strong restrictions against online casino. Most of the cases that involves VPN usually from people that can’t do KYC because they are not allowed to play in the casino.

Only few cheaters still using VPN to cheat in the casino since bonuses usually have a wagering requirements that is too high for them claim it easily. Also there max profit already which makes this bonuses almost useless to claim frequently since you will just for to play more.

Yeah, I think casinos has already put barriers against cheaters already, so it's hard for them to claim it unlike before wherein there where a lot of them prying on casinos with those bonuses. Casino's learn their trick and so they implement high wagering requirements so that they won't be taken advantage of.

It could be that there are some gamblers that are frequent travelers, or the obvious that we uses VPN because of our privacy. But it's good to hear that there are still some casinos that are pro-VPN.

And there is the catch. They are supposed to promote the VPN but in reality, they are setting a net (of protection or trap, take your pick) from which you cannot escape and you will always depend on their judgment and appetite. They profit from the advertising and the hype that is caused, they force you to go through the KYK for withdrawal (at some point they all do it) and if they consider you shady, they simply change the ToS. It's better not to use a VPN, you get into trouble from the start.

and some new casinos also require more users, so the use of a VPN may be allowed.
There is a lot of speculation about using a VPN because it goes against casino rules, but some casinos that actually implement those rules are casinos with official licenses and are regulated by the government itself.

I once got a message from one of the casinos, if I can use a VPN and it doesn't violate anything, this is of course completely under the casino's authority.

not to mention, that most of those "VPN friendly" casinos don't really care if a VPN is being used as long as you are losing...
but as soon as you win big and try to withdraw, they will say you violated the terms and ban you for good, and it's all within their right since you accepted the terms.

Correct though if they're not having that on their Tos there wouldn't had been a day they would restricts that person, but if they openly say they allows the use of vpn what more there is nothing to be afraid but I said in respect of those that state against the use of vpn on their gambling site.
We actually need to be very careful while involving with using of VPN as there could be a bad effect maybe if they decided to update their TOS against vpn.

Well I concur to the use of VPN cause it gives a user friendly process and opposes restrictions of servers but then I don't see why some Casinos don't buy to the demands of using VPN, probably they see it as a means of intruding into a privacy which is why they usually include that in their terms and conditions but then if there's a beneficial means to use VPN in the casino why is it restricted by some .

People that complained of something related to this that their account were banned on the gambling site they use is actually because the gambling site states that the person is from a restricted country and not the use of VPN. I just want to be practical about this but I may not be totally right. I have mistakenly left VPN on while accessing some sites before but I do not know if they allow or not allow VPN but I got no problem till today. Although, when I know I on the VPN, I will disable it.

But some casino sites allow to use VPN, there are some reasons of course because you know in many countries gambling/casinos sites are restricted by government, so those people’s how to access these sites, when they need to use VPN. But mostly casinos site will never allow because after used VPN they can't trace actual identity of a user.

Maybe some casinos allow VPN users to increase their users or quickly attract users to join their casino platform, while those that do not allow VPN use because they want to gain a good reputation.

This has happened, and many people have mentioned it in our forum. At the beginning, the platform focuses on bringing the users towards their platform and making them deposit and spend as much as possible. As time keeps moving, they used to get good traffic. By the time if there is good winning with specific users and that's disturbing their revenue on a large scale, surely they'll look for reasons to stop the particular person from gambling. I'm not sure of it, but I don't think that the particular platform's terms and conditions support the usage of any VPN.

The only benefit that I can think of that makes some casinos allow users to use VPNs is as a result of them not being limited by country restrictions that block the citizens from that particular country from gambling. They don't want to miss the traffic and revenue that can be gotten from those people. 
 
For those who don't allow it, they don't want any stress of a gambler trying to outsmart them, especially for those who are banned from using the casino or casinos that are strict with regulation; they don't want to be queried by any government for allowing their citizens access to their casino.

Exactly! We have seen more than a lot of cases that casinos use this kind of method, in order to get as much as possible. If not all, since gamblers will play there until they hit something big in order to withdraw and see the bitter truth. I learned it the hard way too and from then on, never again VPN. :'(

The main procedure of KYC strong personal data is not an excuse. If the reason for VPN I think it doesn't make sense with an account that has been verified with KYC. If you are prohibited from using VPN from the start, at least inform CS not to continue which makes the problem prolonged. If KYC is not a strong reason to take a big win, I think it doesn't make sense. And KYC is useless from that, for example. Because some countries are prohibited from accessing casinos, there should be information action

I do agree, they doesn't care if you uses VPN specially if you are losing money. However, there could be changes when they see you suddenly hitting big and then maybe question or have doubts and then they gonna throw in your face the KYC mandatory ToS.

And you can't do anything about it, as in the beginning they could be friendly and so called pro-VPN, but it they have a slight doubts and suspected that something is not right when you win big, then better be ready to have problems when withdrawing. Not necessarily they will get you ban, but they could investigate and will ask for many personal details on you defeating the very purpose of using VPN to hide your identify.

The bottom line is avoid using a VPN even if the casino calls it VPN-friendly maybe it's just a sweetener to attract customers but I wouldn't call my words true maybe there's something wrong with it.
What is clear is that there will be many cases like that, and it will be a problem when winning large amounts using a VPN then enforcing the rules according to their wishes and this is difficult to avoid.

eww, brother eww, what's that, what's that brother.

not everyone here has amazing english (including me), but if you are going to engage in a discussion brother, at least put in some effort to post something that can be understood.

Everyone have what they want and will always require their users to go by them all, if the platform support for the use of a vpn, then there is nothing bad in doing that, but we must be able to make sure we often check on their ToS in other to know if or when this have been changed or still remains, we cannot just continue in working on assumption, we have to be sure of what we are going for to be valid when it comes to the use of vpn.

When we do speak about restrictions or prohibitions of players who do reside in other country then this one talks about legal or regulation issues on which we know that there are indeed platforms who are really that having their own banned list of countries on which arent allowed for them to play on the said platform. If this one is really that trying to tell about using of VPN then it does signifies that they do also have that restriction because if it was really that totally open then it wont really be that having that IP ban but instead they will really be that allowing every player. Assuming out that they do speak about VPN then they do have those licenses and rules that they are following into. Wondering on how they will really be that trying out to cover if ever there are gamblers who do make use of VPN on which this is surely against those terms.

Does privacy really matters mostly in a gambling site? It’s strange actually they have their reasons and if anything might happen they know how to fix the issue I’m sure. The use of vpn while registering an account can be considered as cheating probably the location is restricted either they prioritize privacy while the casino wants transparency. Not just cheating though, what if something happens in the future should such person blame the casino after violating the rules ? No, Respectfully the use of vpn must be instructed first by the casino although there’s always a reason.

Ultimately a casino is going to need to validate the person who is depositing money if they have any reputation worth keeping. In the current climate most will be based in stable countries and that requires disclosing information to regulators who legitimately want to monitor wrong doing. Like it or not, crypto deposits can give criminals a way to "clean" their money by channeling it into sports betting sites or casinos, playing through it a few times and then cashing out - depending on how the casino stores the funds. If they have a copy of unique identity documents, hopefully yours, that include an identity card and utility bill - that can be quite hard to fake or at least it will slow down any abuse on things like bonus promotions.

Not only gambling sites but also some other sites too don't allow the use of VPNs. For most of them you get blocked with a prompt that you are making use of a VPN to mask your IP and as a result you cannot proceed since it's against their terms and conditions and you have to turn it off.
Anyways the fact is people that will make use of VPN like you mentioned are actually those that that particular gambling site isn't available in their country or region. Anyways most gambling sites these days try to make their websites available to a more regions to allow for a vast audience.

Greece has blocked most, if not all, cryptocurrency casinos, which is why I've resorted to using Cloudflare to mask my IP; I haven't faced any issues so far. I highly doubt that they're banned because they're not secure or regulated, but because they're not receiving taxes from the earnings. Supposedly, most, if not all, casinos prohibit the use of VPNs in their TOS, and it's quite reasonable if you think about it, for ban evasion reasons, multiaccounting, and so on.

Perhaps you'll never face any issues, provided that you're not abusing the system in any way or using a free public VPN that may have been used by other users as well.

Yes, you’re right, it’s better to avoid using VPN from the start rather than seeing your account getting compromised. After all, anonymity is not an issue anymore. KYC verification is the current trend, whether you like it or not, gamblers should comply with it so they can play on a reputable casino.

However, other casinos might probably promote using VPN, but later on when problems arise, that’s when they have all the right to change and update their ToS.

From my understanding and some post I have came across so far, if a gambling site doesn't specify in their TOS about restrictions/prohibition of vpn then there is nothing wrong with using it, but if they specify and still permit then it could be that your country of access is listed on the site and your location should fit or suits with the country of accessing from. With this there will be no issues and the casino wouldn't hold any issues against you neither would they restricts you from having access to your funds, though for me to avoid drama it's actually good to avoid it entirely.

Regulations.
What's allowed in Florida may possibly be a big offense in Massachusetts, but all in the same county. You don't expect the rules given out by different regulatory bodies to be exactly the same thing, otherwise, there's certain no point of breaking the monopoly -- one body can pass their laws onto every single casino and that's fine.

Again, the said casino isn't really popular -- atleast to me (or maybe I'm a little bit too old to know about them) but they haven't been in system for as long as 10 years.  Rule of the game is, the more you GROW, the more you FLOW with the system. I'm not gonna sit there and watch several people struggle to wager on my site but can't, meanwhile, every single bet counts towards the net profits that I make daily, bi-weekly or annually...

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So many casinos(without any legal restrictions) are folding up due to the surge in expenses over the net profits, talk more of bringing in the same restrictions when you're not widely known.

I haven't noticed; to be honest, I don't pay much attention to the TOS. I'm not sure if Cloudflare is classified as a VPN, as it masks your IP; perhaps it's not considered a VPN, and that's perhaps the reason why I haven't faced issues so far. Who knows? It's perfectly reasonable that something that isn't mentioned in the TOS can't be used against you, even if your country of residence has blocked access to the said casino.

In any case, I'd never use a free VPN that everyone could use, as the same IP could be used by numerous users in the same casino, marking you for suspicious activity.

If there is no clear violation with the TOS about usage of VPN, I still advise gamblers to ask the support of the casino that they're playing to verify if it's allowed or not.

Whether we like it or not, there are gamblers that have been used to the usage of VPN because they've paid premium for it and they want to put it into use such as when they gamble.

There's nothing wrong with that but it's a fact that when they are KYCed, they cannot still deny if they are from the countries that the casino blocked its users.

There are various reasons why casinos have banned VPNs, especially to eliminate fraud. Because using VPNs reveals locations in different countries at different times, it is basically not legal to play in a legitimate casino. Every time you connect and disconnect a VPN, your location will change, and casinos that have licenses do not tolerate these things.
And gamblers can focus more and do not need VPNs in countries where gambling is legal. Of course, in the future, the use of VPNs in casinos may be legal.

I may say that the reason why some casinos, say something is because they don't want some country don't be involved in their casino playing so I think it's one of the kid in that met casino don't allow VPN w's to access their gambling website so casino that restrict some countries not to involve themselves with the nose the reason is not because they don't want someone to make use of to access it making use of a VPN to access a particular website showing that you don't want to show or you don't want to particular website to know the country that you are registering from and some platforms have a registration of countries they want or they don't want to be part or to involve in their website that is why then dislike VPN

It’s safe to say that a VPN won’t reveal your real location or IP, but some VPNs can provide a static IP. This means it’s wrong to assume that your IP will always change every time you connect to a VPN.

Legally, casinos don’t explicitly say that using a VPN is illegal, but there’s definitely a risk involved. If we decide to use one, it’s a risk we choose to take. While some casinos may seem pro-VPN, at the end of the day, if they are truly regulated, they will still want to verify your real location and IP, which a VPN can hide from them.

I think casinos free up restrictions on countries that are indeed excluded by most gambling sites because they want to get more customers, they try to attract more people with various conveniences without any exceptions and this is kind of strategy to be able to gain more profits.
However, if at some point the gambler gets really big win and interestingly, no one knows whether the gambling site will still accept the withdrawal with full convenience or there will be series of complicated problems, basically as gambler, the majority still don't think about what will happen if there are certain conditions that might be problematic about KYC or the use of VPN if they withdraw large amounts of money.

Many members have mentioned country/geographical location as a reason for restriction of VPN, I concur to that too. However, I also want us to see it from another point of view and that's in terms of criminal access and hack. Sometimes, users of sites do get notifications (that's if notification is enabled) if someone is trying to assess their accounts from an IP that's different from the one by which they've assessed such site(s) in the past. With VPN, that may not be possible to know that as random IPs are picked. I endorse a KYC free casino but certainly not a casino that allows the use of VPN.

Yes, their reason is like that because with attracting many people from many countries can grow their business and they will have many loyal members who will playing gambling at their site. That means, they can make a lot of money from their business while they can promote it using other ways. They don't prohibit for those people who come from a country that prohibit gambling but those people must responsible to themselves if something bad happen to them. Casino only gives a place to playing gambling while people must realize about the risk of gambling.

But most casinos are not allow their members using VPN because casino want to know where they are come from. Maybe that will related to the KYC process but we are not sure about that.

If you use VPN, you will be circumventing their GEO restrictions. If you do so, you will be breaking their terms of service and you will be causing issues for them since according to their license they aren't allowed to serve people from the GEOs they are restricting due to local and international laws. Hence, they don't allow users to play with VPN to protect themselves and the players from unwanted situations. The casino you are promoting says NO KYC, so most likely they aren't a registered casino and has no license. So they are using the opportunity to promote using VPNs (just to make it sound like they care about privacy), but the risk of not being a licensed casino is not worth using the VPN.

They actually have a license, although it’s a bit odd considering there are plenty of casinos advertising themselves as "no KYC," yet they still hold licenses.
As for casinopunkz.io, according to this review site, this is the license detail.

https://cryptogambling.com/casinos/casinopunkz

Yes are saying same thing as well.
For instance I could reference those days when the use of twitter twitter was restricted from our country, this isn't official rules from Twitter rather out country made it so to limit people from accessing twitter, which they were using vpn to access it and they were making use of it without any implications provided that twitter official do not bad our country then there would be no bad effects. Same is applicable to using gambling site with vpn.

If I am not mistaken maybe they are not trying to restrict gamblers and they want to facilitate users who cannot use certain sites in their country due to restrictions. I see this as a positive because considering people do not have to worry about restrictions and anyone can access the site using a VPN without having to worry. I am also on this campaign and maybe they are trying to explore some of the feedback we often talk about in the discussion forums.

I also want to test this in the long term because even though there are no issues now then as the site grows there may be updates that they will make and I hope that the presence of this site will be a solution for those of us who live in countries that are subject to restrictions.

If this is true, then it is a good development and it will even help the casino in the competitive race. But I hope they are true to their words because it is not always like that sometimes despite claiming such to deceive people into believing so.

They have some reasons, of which some are genuine and the rest are flimsy. And the reasons are not limited to cheating with bonuses, casino systems and identity theft.

You’re right, this is same license with some new casino like Metawin which is the most noteworthy casino that use this license. I bet the regulations of this license provider is less strict than Curacao that’s why new casino choose this and at the same time can offer a less restrictive terms such as mandatory KYC which now the new norm for Curacao license casino.

I think this new license provider is a nice alternative in case Curacao license becomes strict which is currently happening on popular casino nowadays.

That’s the point, they have a license, yet they encourage gamblers to use a VPN and even advertise as a no-KYC casino. It could just be their strategy to attract gamblers since the competition in the market is very strong. Hopefully, though, it won’t lead to misleading people.

It’s a bit tricky, but I think they’re still safe because all the terms are laid out before anyone decides to gamble with them. And they can always use that against us in the future, so we should be wary with this.

AFAIK, casinos doesn't discourage the use of VPN but only when the people use it to bypass the restrictions from restricted countries and that leads to lot of complications that adds extra pressure for the support team. Using VPN is good as long as it's for privacy reasons and not to violate the terms. Another problem with VPN is not everyone is gonna get dedicated IPs, they simply uses free VPNs that might be used by million others and if two or more people used the same proxy that will overlap with user's profile and trigger a warning of multi account.

Privacy really matters in some casinos, especially for those that don't ask for KYC and make it clear that they won't. Some of them will allow you to use a VPN freely, but I doubt it; such casinos are still available. 
 
If the casino doesn't allow the use of VPN, then it will be breaking the rules for anyone to use it even when they are not restricted from using the casino, but if they are being advised by the casino representative for whatever reason to use VPN even when it's clearly stated in their rules that its use is not allowed, then it's now left between the player and the casino to decide which is what and who is at fault if anything leads to judging such action.

I hope so, as casinos will likely seek license providers that are less strict to compete with the bigger ones. For example, Stake has already shifted to full KYC. If smaller casinos follow the same path, there won’t be much difference between them, and gamblers will naturally choose casinos with better reputations.

That could become the trend in the future, especially since not every country or license provider adheres strictly to global licensing standards aimed at combating money laundering. This leaves room for some casinos to operate under more lenient regulations to attract players.

Eventually, they’ll be forced to comply because weaker regulations often lead to increased money laundering. They won’t have a choice but to follow the law. If the regulations become too restrictive, we’ll likely see decentralized or unlicensed casinos emerge. While these options come with high risks for gamblers, many will still take that chance to protect their privacy. So what will happen is just a matter of balancing options based on individual risk tolerance, there’s something out there for everyone, but it all depends on the level of risk they’re willing to accept.

True, using VPN is problematic in most of the casinos platform, i used in casino website, they banned my account with my money, and when i asked them about my banned issue, they said i violated their T&C, so most trusted casinos platform doesn’t allow to use VPN, some casinos can allow it can be their promotional purposes, but it’s ultimately not good to them, because they can't know about correct details about their customers.