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KYC is normal in Casino and Gambling addiction is also normal in gambling Industry.  It is studied that gambling addiction can be addressed by integrating Blockchain technology coupled with KYC to trigger an automatic self-exclusion program.

With the help of blockchain, casinos can temporarily block people who are so immersed in gambling and show signs of gambling addiction.  Since blockchain wallet is tied to the casino, the casino can create a temporary flag to the address and block it with certain time cooldown.

The challenge is that this method can be easily circumvented by creating a new wallet and play again due to anonymity.  It is said that this can be fixed by implementing KYC.  Blockchain plus KYC will identify the player even if the player creates multiple addresses.

What is good about this strategy is that blockchain record can be shared globally, so the tagged address can also be blocked by other casinos, preventing the person to deepen its gambling addiction by preventing them from indulging in online gambling.

Gambling addiction is induced by personal choice and external factors; but people tend to forget everything when they are drowning into gambling addiction, so I think the casino needs to step in by blocking the person's access to the platform, making self-exclusion automatic when signs of gambling addiction are seen.

What is your take on implementing a global temporary ban on using online gambling platforms using Blockchain+KYC to prevent people from getting addicted to gambling?

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Btw, blockchain is transparent and is able to know an address activities.  Casino have ways to know if a person is so immersed in gambling through their wallet address activity. It is best detailed on this article: What Crypto Gambling Teaches Us About On-Chain Behavior and Wallet Psychology (https://jimmakos.com/what-crypto-gambling-teaches-on-chain-behavior-wallet-psychology/)

There are existing nonKYC gambling sites till today. If something like this happened, more people will move towards the nonKYC gambling sites instead.

I do not think gambling sites will cooperate to this extent. Even the gambling sites in each country have not cooperate to this level.

Honestly, I find it complicated. Just looking at blockchain activity to decide if someone is addicted to gambling isn’t a solid reference. Anyone can make lots of gambling transactions or play regularly, yet still not consider themselves addicted.

For me, addiction is more about the outcome - how a person reacts and behaves because of gambling. That’s why I think trying to regulate “gambling addiction” this way is useless. Either the government bans gambling completely and punishes violators, or they just let people gamble and accept it as it is.

If I come could remembered vividly gambling has been in existence for several years today before the Introduction of casinos and other gambling machines today in the world, it doesn't even end there but they further having a site to host many features where you could be at your comfortable zone and still gamble and make winning. Then we can say that people who do lose money then aren't taking records of because of its popularity. Now inverter blockchain into this simply means that you and I can fund our account without any restrictions and limitations out there,. Thus, people talks about transparency because everything happens on the plan side and including kyc, this is to know whom is actually in control of their profits to prevent Anti-money laundry.

The idea may be good, or even perfect to be more honest, but you know it won't work. The chances that this idea would be picked up by any casino is extremely very slim and as good as impossible, except the government will pick this up and then mandate every casinos to implement it, then set up a unit that will go around monitoring to make sure every casino is following the Implementation oder by the government.

Reason why casinos their self won't pick this up is because most of them, maybe all really do not care, they simply warn you that gambling is addictive and that you should gamble responsibly, if you do not adhere to this instructions and end up allowing yourself to get addicted, that's your problem and it automatically becomes an advantage for the casinos since they will be making alot of money from you going forward.

So inclusion, it is often said that prevention is better than cure, individually we all should learn to gamble to avoid getting addicted.

Honestly this paragraph get me thinking for quite a while about the possibility of this, can blockchain really help to achieve that, and is gambling addiction a normal feature of gambling, the answer to this two points can trigger up a more interesting discussion between this topic, but then gambling addiction to me is more of a mental illness much more than it is inclined with gambling activities.
I agree that I only with KYC verifications, we can regulate the gamblers tendencies to gamble too. Much and blockchain can help with little to nothing without KYC datas available.

It's actually funny seeing this explanation. Lol.. Because you and I and all gamblers on this forum knows that this will be the last integrations casino owners will implement to regulate gamblers from been addicted while gambling. Because the sad truth of the fact is that casino owners even wants or will pray for more people to gets addicted, since that's actually when they make the most money from those addicted gamblers who could gambled without minding if they are losing or not.

This is truly not possible at all. No one know how much the gambler is rich. Someone like Drake bet huge amount of money because he is very rich. That should not be the reason they should self-exclude him from gambling. This will only be a poor approach against gambling addiction. Gamblers should be the one that should go for self-exclusion on a gambling site by themselves.

So does it mean that gambling site automatically self-exclude their gambler from their site or what?
Yes you mentioned the right way which they should do, that doing auto without the account owner having knowledge of it could be disastrous because they could lose huge amount of money from that site and they aren't able to have access or account is being closed and restricted the operator do not have access it again. Most times the crazy gamblers could sue them for that singular acts.

In my opinion, uing Blockchain + KYC for self-exclusion is a strong idea because it combines transparency with identity verification. Blockchain alone can flag addictive gambling behavior, but players can bypass it by creating new wallets. With KYC, casinos can link activity to a verified identity, making it harder to evade restrictions. This is typically efficient whereas a global system where flagged addresses or identities are recognized across platforms could truly reduce problem gambling.

Exactly, that’s why self-education is really important. The best the government can do is run educational ads for gamblers. It’s just like smoking or drinking, there are ads warning that it’s bad for your health, but those things aren’t banned in most countries. At least people who consume them know the risks.

Same with gambling. There’s always the risk of addiction, but if a gambler is already mature, that means he’s also responsible for his actions. In that case, the government can’t be blamed at all.

But the question is, will the government really put effort into figuring out who’s addicted or not? I doubt they’d spend their time on that. What they’ll focus on is anti–money laundering, investing in tech and systems to monitor transactions.

As for gambling addiction, they’ll probably just issue warnings or run educational campaigns, but they won’t go deeper since gambling addiction itself isn’t a crime.

I think it is clear on the OP that we are not talking about non-KYC gambling sites in this thread.  We are talking about how blockchain integration can help minimize gambling addiction.


They will if the regulators implement such rulings.  But if it is voluntary, yes, I agree that there is a high probability that the casino won't implement these rulings.



The idea of automatic exclusion is that there is a pattern in the on-chain activity of problem gambling.  I have shown on the OP an article titled: What Crypto Gambling Teaches Us About On-Chain Behavior and Wallet Psychology (https://jimmakos.com/what-crypto-gambling-teaches-on-chain-behavior-wallet-psychology/), where the casino use this on-chain activity to improve their service, and I believe that this can also be used to determine users' on-chain activity and detect whether the user is developing or experiencing problem gambling.

Casinos can prevent users from depositing and betting, but are open for withdrawal.  As far as I know, Stake implements this kind of option when a user has not completed their KYC procedure.  So there is no worry of an inaccessible account for withdrawal.


Don't forget there is a KYC procedure in here.  KYC often asks for the source of funds, from which the casino will be able to tell whether a player is a wealthy person or not.


I agree that self-education is important, but what is more important is self-discipline in combating gambling addiction.  The problem oftentimes is that a person tends to indulge themselves in pleasure, or is trapped by a gambling system.  There should be no need for these gambling responsibly reminders if all people can do that.

Worst people are getting addicted without them knowing it, or even if they have the feeling of being addicted, they are helpless and can't control their addiction. That is when the platform can step in.


If the government is willing to implement such a regulation, do you think the idea is feasible?  The action is not on the government side, so the government has nothing to do but make it a regulation.  The end work goes to the casino since they have to follow the regulations.

The issue here is largely individual choice.

Most states will ban non-KYC casinos but... If someone knows a simple trick as switching their DNS, the blocks count as nothing. You get through them very easily.
Then there's the increasing amount of choice in no KYC platforms that will not give two rips so long as you don't win too much. Yes of course they'll bother you to keep yourself identified if you win a lot. Which they wouldn't care if you lost of course...

But it's interesting how this industry keeps growing all while fully KYC and regulated casinos are also promoted like never before.
That's not to say that catastrophic losses can't occur on regulated casinos though...

The functions of KYC and, especially, blockchain, as a means of preventing gambling addiction are hardly of interest to the governments of the countries. Why on earth would governments or authorized bodies worry about the growing gambling addiction among the population if they are not even particularly concerned about the widespread growth of drug addiction?

Gambling addiction is a problem of a particular gambler. It's not someone else's problem. A casino may, but is not obligated to restrict the access of a gambler if he has imposed a ban on himself. But anonymous casinos are not required to do this. Privacy is a value in itself, and it should not be destroyed under the pretext of paternalistic concern for capable adults who try to circumvent the self-ban on gambling in casinos with identification by playing instead in a private casino.

In other words, the complete destruction of anonymous casinos is too high a price to pay for achieving dubious success in the fight against gambling addiction. Because gambling addiction can only be overcome from within a person's nature, and even then not always.

You are basically right in all that you have said, and concerning the continues growth of fully kyc and regulated casinos, I would say that this is absolutely possible because non kyc or decentralized casinos havent actually been able to match the development level and liquidity present in kyc and regulated casinos.

And speaking of loses, loses are everyday, whether we are playing on a kyc complaint and regulated casino or on a non kyc casino, who ever isn't lucky will still lose, winning and losing has absolutely nothing to do with what type of casino we are playing on so long as the management of the casino hasnt rigged the games on their casino.
And yeah, who ever doesn't want to be excluded from gambling can't be excluded as they will always find a way around every block and restrictions.

Okay, let’s say the government does push through with that kind of regulation and requires casinos to comply.

But then what? What will the government actually do with all the data they collect? Are they going to call out gamblers who are flagged for too many transactions and stop them from playing? And if so, how would they even implement that in a systematic way? We’re talking about millions of gamblers here, and the government only has a limited number of people working in this sector.

I'm surprised when I read first few words "KYC is normal in casino" although many casinos have mandatory KYC rules, but most gamblers didn't verify their accounts because the casinos didn't ask it.

I don't like the way how AI used to track the whole transactions, address and anything for a sake of self exclusion, it's actually controlling the gamblers.

How about people who use mixer or other privacy tools? they will have a problem.

Are you not stuck on something else? You keep on pushing the government when we are talking about the casino implementing the gambling exclusion :).



Did you not read the KYC requirement?  No matter how they mix their coins, they have to do the KYC, which will point to their identity, and the previous addresses they used.  As a member of the forum, we frown on KYC procedure but we are talking about blockchain plus KYC to improve gambling exclusion in preventing/reducing gambling addiction.

Judging from the number of database leaks, I wonder how this new solution will solve that. For one, I would rather avoid a platform that forces me to do KYC if possible because I can't trust them at all. The number of database leaks appears to be increasing instead of decreasing, which is undesirable. Let's say you use blockchain or a similar technology to make the data unreadable. Can we trust that?

The intention is good, but many practical issues need to be solved before that becomes the norm imo.

In theory, this is a good but not feasible to implement in online casino.

There’s a lot of online casino available and all of them has their own set of limits.

Unless all casino is connected to each other then this is possible but right now I doubt casino will stop accepting user from different casino that already hit their limits to play because they want to get profit as much as possible.

I doubt Curacao and license provider will have time to give this kind of restriction to player that related to limit.

Although the idea of combining Blockchain + KYC to prevent gambling addiction is innovative, it carries significant risks. Primarily, there is the issue of privacy and personal data protection, as a global database of self-exclusion users could be misused. Additionally, accurately identifying addiction through wallet activity may be unreliable and could result in errors, blocking regular players. Finally, there is still the possibility of circumventing the system through alternative identities or intermediaries

It is also not good in theory at all, not that it will not only be feasible to implement alone, it is not even possible at all. It means no freedom for people to gamble because it is the gambling site that wants to decide if someone above 18 years should gamble or not and which will be connected to the government. It is very bad, people should go for self-exclusion themselves and not gambling site should be the one determining it.

It will be a hard work for casinos, and even if this is easy, it's going to be another operational cost and nightmare for them. Unless the regulatory body says that they are mandated to do this, otherwise I don't see them having to go to the blockchain and analysis the deposit address used by their customers just to be able to stop them from gambling.

And what if customers uses different addresses every time to use and play? Besides, this is gambling, it's a billion dollar business, they are here making money from us, gamblers casual or addicted. So it doesn't makes sense for them to do it. Besides, there are self-inclusion, but even with that, there are big issues as some players can still play despite being in the ban list from casinos.

That can be done if gamblers are very strictly controlling themselves because by many online casinos available, they can move from one casino to another easily. KYC will not be a problem for them and they can search for the casino that doesn't have a strict rule. It is about how people can be responsible with themselves and always prevent the will to continue gambling. Besides that, it is about self-control that gamblers must have so they don't spend too much money or play gambling longer or too often so they can avoid gambling addiction problems.

But in this case though, the burden is on the casino that's why the OP thinks that it will be very helpful for gamblers. Because if we rely on gamblers alone, sure maybe they are in self-inclusion. However, we have heard of mental lapses, some of them goes back to the casinos and play again and losses big money.

So in paper it's feasible, but the question is that if casinos are willing and be cooperative in this kind of scenario.

For me the answer is no, they won't go and implement this, it's simply they already have the system in place, which is self-inclusion. And the burden will be on the gamblers themselves and not with them.

Your point is valid, What I’m suggesting good in theory is the fact that can help to control gambling addiction if this was implemented properly to all crypto online casino.

But all this wild idea is just good in theory since in reality profit matters and the responsibility on controlling someone addiction is by ourselves only since we are all playing online.

People can use many wallets, people have accounts at many casinos, even if some wallet and casino are flagged, they will simply use another wallet and casino. They can even use an exchange to transfer money from the wallet to the exchange and then from the exchange to the casino, and that way they can continue playing.

They can also choose to make large deposits so that they have a large bankroll at the casino and avoid making many deposits, and that way they can circumvent these measures. In my opinion, the best thing is for the casino to simply post warnings about playing responsibly and with only amounts they can afford to lose, and let people be free to choose their paths.

To engage in gambling, there is no need to even transfer money from the exchange to the casino. The exchange provides similar opportunities, trading in short periods (like minutes or even seconds) is no different from gambling.
As for the idea itself, it seems unhealthy to me from the start. Cryptocurrency gained its recognition precisely because people wanted to get rid of the KYC and third-party control, why bring it all back?

Its not something to be skeptical on, gambling existed decades ago, before we were born. The systematic structure of gambling, is risk what you have to get higher returns in a short time. And as years goes by, the structure still remains the same. However humans started (especially those in power) finding a way to benefit from every gambling activities ever since it became well acceptable. I wont be surprised to see more jurisdiction, restrictions and laws in the future, for those in power to benefit from the system.

Yes, the casinos would definitely block their most valuable customers(gambling addicts) and voluntarily reduce their own income. ;D
Such KYC automatic exclusion system should be imposed by the authorities to all online casinos(both fiat and crypto). The problem is that I have doubts in the efficiency of such system. First, there are non-KYC casinos. Second, a gambler doesn't necessarily need a casino, in order to gamble. Gamblers could just gather around and play poker(or other gambling games, like dice) without the need of a casino as a middle man.

The idea is good and fantastic. The challenge will be the implementation. Which casino will implement it by their own volition by checking for gamblers who have been flagged on the Blockchain for addition? I don't think non will do that. Casinos are there to make money and if not for age restriction laws across different countries, they will allow underage to bet freely because they are there for the money not charity.

So, if the idea will be done that Blockchain can flag a gambler for addition maybe in a particular casino, the next casino can allow him to bet. But if that will be done and successfully, it has to be a law or legislation covering all casino to follow that restriction but if left open then it will lead to confusion and competition among casinos to win an addicted gambler to their casino where they are restricted in another casino.

Thus, it is a good idea but difficult to carry out. Addiction is a personal thing and an adult should be able to control themselves but where they are not able to, then their families and friends should help them by following the necessary steps to control an addicted person including seeking professional help, quarantine or taking away from the reach of the addiction sources.

It’s only possible if the government can force the casinos they regulate to comply. But even if that happens, gamblers who really want to play will always find alternatives - whether through unregulated sites or decentralized casinos.

With such a huge gambling industry out there, I doubt this kind of regulation would ever be truly effective. At this point, it feels more like an idea on paper than something that could realistically be implemented.

Just a little question, won’t this also affect high rollers who are not that addicted to gambling? Because if the casino should implement this and tracks the way they make deposits or the way they move their funds into their account and then uses that to determine if a user is gambling out of the ordinary or if they are just normal gamblers, won’t it affect high rollers who are always putting huge amount into their gambling accounts?

And we all know that casino really like high rollers since they make the most of their profits from them and if it’s going to affect their best customers I don’t think casinos would be willing to implement it.

It will affect them and they may prefer to move to gambling sites that will not require KYC. Gambling sites will not want to implement something like this because they like those that are gambling with high amount of money. They have already included in their terms of service that they should gamble for fun and not ways to make money.

They can not implement it.