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Most online casinos are said to be regulated, they claimed to have a license to operate, but experts claimed that it's stupid if there isn't any evidence of them being regulated.

My question to all of you is ...

Have you verified that the online casino you are using now is verified? How can you tell that its verified because there is no proof of verified shown to the public.

Also, in any way, does it bother you if you can't be able to figure it out that the casino is regulated or not?

Do you think that if all online casinos can tender some proof of being licensed all it reduce scams in online gambling?

The way you can know if a casino or gambling site is regulated is to check the gambling site license. The gambling sites is subjected to the gambling regulation of the country it is given a license.

Yes it will reduce the possibility of scam because scammers can not just want to pay for licensing because it is costly. Scammers will just prefer to buy a cheap domain and use it to scam instead. Scammers will not want license and also scammers will not want to advertise.

But know that because a casino or other gambling site have license does not means that they have good reputation. You have to also find out if a gambling site is having good reputation.

It should bother you really if you can't immediately confirm if the casino is licensed but you can check the license to know that but have to check the license number to correspond with the board issuing the license. You can also know this by going through the casino review, at least you will see that being discussed. However use casino that has reputation.


Yes it should. If this is made mandatory on casinos by regulatory body or authority then fake casinos out for only scam can't provide that and even if they provide such it will also be verified from the regulatory authority website because they will also have to publish that one their website. So it will go along way to reduce casinos that are not serious and those only there for scamming gamblers.

To be honest, I've never asked myself this question before, so I'm guessing I wasn't too bothered to check, nor was I ever curious if they actually were licensed; I believe I simply took their word for it. However, I've noticed that casinos often have their license number and country of origin somewhere visible on their website, usually on the footer of the page, but as I've mentioned earlier, I never checked if it was actually legitimate. I'm guessing there's a database where you can search to see if it's registered, but that's something I've never bothered to do.

With that being said, even though it's not ideal, would it be safe to assume that I don't really care what applies?

Usually today, when we gamble in a casino sites or houses, normally what others do is deposit and play only for their own entertainment, but if your intention is to find for long term gambling sites that you can trust with your money, you need you should really read the rules and regulations of a casino, there you can also see if they are really licensed or not, there are other casino sites that show their license to operate as a proof that they are legit to gain the trust of gamblers but there is no certainty because it is still possible for them to become a scam once their users volume up and their real intention is to scam the players.

I would say that in addition to giving you peace of mind that the casino is licensed, it would also be helpful to read reviews about it from multiple sources. Nowadays, everything except health is for sale, and all licenses and other pieces of paper with stamps also have their price. You can only trust a casino as long as it pays you. But as we see from the reviews, sometimes incidents and surprises happen when suddenly the place where you were at home becomes a stranger and stops paying. I think it is necessary to regularly monitor all changes to those sites that you trust.

You can't verify the license because there are no site with gambling database let you to input the license numbers to verify.

You can only believe the verified link that posted by the casino in their sites aren't fake, that's all.

This isn't a problem for me because I trust the casino based on their reputations in this forum, if not I'd be careful and taking risk if the casino will scam me one day.

I am wondering what experts that have that claim that you OP has just said. Is it we(us) the gamblers? Or officials from the lottery and casino commission?

Because I do not have think if the gambling companies are answerable to us the gamblers to prof to us that they're licensed and verified to operate. If there is anyone of us in doubt that the gambling sites he/she is gambling on is not legally operating and they can not prove their legal system to you then go straight to the lottery and casino commission. They are answerable to that and have the rights to take action if there is ever a controversial operating gambling site (s).

Asking me, I would say I do not care and does not have that energy to stress on just to verify if the casino sites I am gaming on is registered.
As much as I have gone through their reviews and had also got testifiers whom had been onboard in the site comfortably then I do not see reasons to worry.
I just want to have the funs through the features and nature of the casino sites and if I wins, they should also let me cashout without excuses.

That is just all I cares.

Yes of course. If all or even at least most casinos will set forth transparency of their operation, that will raise higher level of trust to the public. There might be lack of regulation for those but as much casino passed such proof, it will not only give trust to the public but also run some promotion. Well of course if you are a gambler, you want to put and bet your money on a house that won't cheat on you. Most casinos especially those are frauds just begone out of nowhere after many losses from the house. Some, the games are too manipulated and rigged.

I have never checked the license before, but I only have it at the back of my mind that for a centralized casino to operate, they must have the license from the government, especially reputable casinos. I love gambling on few casinos that  have good reputation here.

I am more of having fun with betting on the casino than verifying if they are licensed, because having the license does not guarantee that they will not come up with ugly terms and conditions to favor them, and that doesn't mean that they should be trusted 90%.

Actually, I'm sure that I'm not the only one who is too busy checking or verifying the license of the online casino that I'm playing at, but I know that the casino that I'm playing at is a big casino and quite famous everywhere, so I think that's enough for me to be sure that they officially has a permit to operate and the most important thing for me is that maybe there are a handful of people who check it too, so of course it doesn't matter that I no longer need to check it because people who are trusted have checked it too.

I have never been apart of this forum community and really rely on my friends here too because most of the gamblers on this forum have definitely checked the license and verified their casino well apart from seeing where the best service is at the casino itself, I'm sure everyone will also prevent fraud from happening again Everywhere there are quite a lot of people losing money on online casino sites, so always remain careful in choosing an online casino to play at, especially using big money, obviously requiring to verify the operating permit so that it is safer to play and feel calm without worrying about losing money. everyone will definitely consider it a problem if there is a lack of proof regarding licensing.  ;D

I do not verify new casinos. It takes time to know about casino verification especially for new casinos. I don't need to verify if it's an old and reputable casino because other members will.

It doesn't bother me if the casino is regulated or not. As long as the casino is trusted and has a reputation, that's enough for me. After all, I only gamble in my spare time and have no desire to chase wins.

If all online casinos could provide proof of licensing, it would likely reduce the risk of fraud. People can verify the casino before they use the casino for gambling.

it's too much trouble for me to be able to verify the regulations of the gambling platform, because it's none of my business either, as long as the platform is reputable and has a license where we can check the validity on the regulatory website then i think that it's not a problem in my opinion.  because the most important thing in my opinion is the reputation of the platform and the license of the platform is only a secondary factor that supports that.

Actually, those who act as regulators can have a website where one is intended to type down the license number of the casino one is trying to verify, their search engine do some quick searching before letting one know whether the casino is registered with them or not.
Moreover, some small casinos which may not be as well-known and may not have a full license also can opt to go full into provably fairness, in order to calm suspicions from gamblers. If one knows how provably fairness works and how to verify it, there should be little or no worries about the integrity of the casino.
The best way to avoid such worries would be to only gamble in big and reliable casinos with such a huge volume, so they would have no reasons to cheap cheat on others to keep so bugs. In the case of Stake, they are both regulated and have their own selection of provably fair games. They are called Stake's Originals and I personally enjoy their version of Dices and Blackjack.  :)

I check if the casino has a license or not, just look for the license icon or icons in the casino and click on it and it will direct you to another page where it will tell you if it is a verified Curacao license, read this article which explains a lot about Curacao licenses and their symbols that you should look for in casinos if they have it and click on the symbols to confirm. Is a very interesting article:

How to Verify Curacao Gambling Licenses (all 4 of them) (https://casino-howto.com/blog/how-to-verify-curacao-gambling-licenses-easy/)



Yes, it bothers me when I can't verify the casino's license. because the government can seize the casino when it does not have a license and when the government seizes the casino because it does not have a license, people who have money in the casino will lose money


no. We need to understand that having a license does not mean that we are proving the casino's honesty. That's not how it works. In the real world we see many companies that have licenses but are scams. So a license is not proof that the company will not be a scam. what the license benefits and that it complies with government laws. governments require licenses for casinos to pay taxes and for the government to have customer and casino data so that the government continues to have control. the government wants to monitor the casino's financial activities

This regulation and proof issue is messed up. They use "regulated" but provide no proof. Like those supplements with wild promises and no ingredients. Few of us research every platform and licensing. Trust is too easy

These companies may be deceiving with "regulation" as a guarantee. The cards are hidden as we play their game. This is sneaky and risky. You should be as mad as I am

Showing licenses may deter some low-level scammers, but the pros? A license will be forged faster than you can say "crypto." It's about being sharp, not licenses. Questioning everything, not simply trusting labels. We must demand proof or suffer the price

If you will just exploring either the website or the application of the casino only then you will see that they are verified and legal, almost all legal websites are displaying their proof of legitimacy in their website, sometimes in the "about us" section of the website or in the lower most part of the website and if you are still not satisfied then read the terms and condition of the specific website or application there you will see if a casino website is legal and illegitimate, you just need to explore more in the website because that's your part in securing a safe and legit website where you will play, you need to do it yourself because you will be the one that will make your gambling experience scammer free. Or there are websites that are dedicated to verifying a certain website; you just need to provide the link to a casino website. Just search the internet and you will find many websites that do that.

There's always a possiblity to verify if their license is fake or not. Check who issue the license and then verify that to them. I'm not sure if they show the list but like for example, there's a curacao license provider that is usually used by most casinos we found in the forum, so if they(curacao) have that list you can just easily verify.

And also, if a casino is reputable, they won't put a label that they acquire a license from a certain provider as that is lying, not good for their reputation, so it's not really a big deal, just look for a reputable casino and expec their license are legit.

If you want to know if you are dealing with regulated casino and want to verify them then go here if they claim that they got their licensed from curacao https://www.curacao-egaming.com/public-and-players/authenticity

If still doubting you can able to search their official government handle site to verify your doubts on the company you are referring for.

Also yes I will be bothered if they claim that they are registered but turn out not since that's sign of deceiving people and usually I will statt to doubt then maybe will not play on that casino anymore since I feel that scamming might happen in that casino.

How can you claim these people are experts if they do not know how to check if the license is valid there are ways to check if the license is valid on the license issuer you can verify if the license that you see on the casino is valid and legit.

The casino has a widget seal that if you click will lead the license issuer to easily verify that the license is legit and valid, you can also ask the license issuer if they issue a license from a casino that claims that they have a license coming from the said issuer.

If a casino claims that they have a license but they do not display their license certificate you can ask the casino's support to give you the serial number if they decline then they will lose their reputation for lying

License is not a guarantee that the casino will play fair, there are casinos with licenses but they have a lot of scam accusations, so don't just look on license check feedback coming from the users of that casino.

All of the casino that has a license usually have a license logo on their website which oftentimes position on the bottom part of the casino. It should be clickable and you will direct to the license validation website that match the casino license description.


Doesn’t matter to me because I only play on the casino that I trusted for a long time but of course casino shouldn’t asked KYC if they are not regulated.


This is proven effective compared to the initial crypto casino industry which a lot of casino turn to scam. Nowadays, only legit businesses is entering crypto casino industry that reduces the scam casino but having a scam a casino will not gonna be avoided 100% because there’s always a scammer in every aspect of business especially online.

For an old existing that has been in operation for years and have earned a wide range of reputation I fear if gamblers with bother going to the extent of inquiring to verify if they have a proof operational license or not. In the gambling industry trust is everything which is why new casino's despite having a proving license gamblers are still skeptical to make use of them because that trust is what they haven't earned going by their time in the industry.

Although plenty gamblers choose to make use of a license casino as they feel secured using them believing it will be hard to make a scam exit or exhibit certain scam behaviors and actions  by licensed casino. And yes, licensing casinos can largely reduce many of the scams we experiencing with online casino.

I had a similar discussion sometime back and there were fascinating replies to the question, maybe some persons would want to read some of those replies too https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5479472.msg63397945#msg63397945

What proof do we still need?

If they state they are regulated and they have a license from "'''''',,, then it's us to verify if that is true, because if we are not convince, then there's no reason to play in a particular casino, that's very simple, right?

Casinos are running a business based on reputation, if they have a good reputation, gamblers will choose them because gamblers would feel their money are safe and anytime they can withdraw their winnings without a problem. personally, I don't investigate mucn, as long as the casino is popular, and when checked they claim they have a license, I always make it a go to play.

Honestly, I never checked the license of one online casino.
I always rely on the players, not the government who provided the license. Why? Because it can still be manipulated and it all can be a fake or they will still scam anyone even with their license.
But those who gained a reputation through different players who tested their gambling sites are different.
If you are a popular one, will you still do something stupid and wreck your business? I highly doubt that. Because first of all, it was not easy to gain that position. It takes time before you can scatter the gospel.
Second, while you are making a lot of money and connection will you still do something stupid like scamming a player just to make a profit? I doubt that too. They can make profits out of the house edge and more players means more losers and more profits for them. I don't think it is small if you gain popularity so they don't need to do scams just for a one-time gain and then lose most of their customers in the process.

I have not verified if the casino I use is verified because these licences make little or no difference. They would not stop the casino from maltreating gamblers since I have never seen any case where these regulators intervene when gamblers complain of rights violations. I see most of these licences as a means to get money from casinos and nothing more. Licences are mere promotional tools to make gamblers think that these casinos are reputable.


It doesn't bother me since I don't see the usefulness of these licenses. I just ensure that I don't leave much funds in my casino account and I gamble only with what I can afford to lose. I trust casinos that have a reputation in Bit Bitcointalk than other that have license.


To the best of my knowledge, casino licenses have not reduced scams because many of them lack the power to enforce regulatory provisions on these casinos. Secondly, casino license is easy to get if you can afford it. So a fraudulent casino will always get another licence from another country.


You are correct that most casinos have the logo of the licensor on their website but some casinos don't have such links therefore lying about their license. There was a recent issue on the forum where a casino claimed they had a license which was untrue.

I like this logic when talking about the casino reputation. Many people already forgetting that even a casino has a licensed, they can still turn into scam because they can always use their license to new casino by updating it to license provider.

On the other hand, Casino reputation that built based on trust for so many years is much reliable as basis on trusting a casino because it can’t be fake or achieved for a short period of time. That’s why casino with good reputation for a long time always protects their reputation because it’s very to build it for so many years. Additionally, they spend already a lot of money for marketing just to promote the brand.

I always prefer to be able to verify this information. Of course even if they are registered they can scam, get bankrupt and so on...
But I want verity this aspect of license since it is an aspect of transparency to clearly state certain information.
obviously I avoid playing on a site that actually doesn't really have a license (and they are claiming to...)

Like you rightly said, despite the fact that some of the casino companies are fully registered, it doesn't stop them from scamming their unsuspecting customers and that's why I'm strongly against any casino company that doesn't have a strong proof of their authenticity. For a casino company to be trusted, they must have established unwavering trust and good customer service fir a long period of time. So as a gambler, my advice is that before you start to engage in any gambling activity with any of the casinos, the best thing to do us to fact check their authenticity by seeing other people's review about such casino and also their years of existence. Genuine casino companies will always protect their integrity so that customers will always trust them and be free to engage in their services. Lack of authentic proof of a casino company is and should always be be big factor in determining which casino company to gamble with

If a casino claims to have a license it will display it on its homepage a license has a way to verify serial numbers you can check the license issuer if the serial numbers are valid, if not then the casino automatically lose its reputation for lying and showing false certificate, there are a lot of ways to verify a license I don't know where you get that idea that there is none.

Licenses are not proof that casinos will not scam their players, it is never a parameter that they are legit and will give them an immediate reputation, reputation is built based on feedback not certificates, it's a wrong impression that you can build a reputation based on vouch from companies.

This is where that research and reading would really be relevant specially into this forum on which we know that there are people who are really that good when it comes on verifying things or someone whose really that good when it comes on searching up some red flags. The beauty of this forum is that you could really be able to know whether its really that licensed or regulated or just simply fake, but for me in overall then it would really be just that enough if have seen on how big the community is because this would really be signifying that you have put up yourself into the right place. Although it wont be an assurance that it would be completely 100% safety
but at least you are really that somewhat sure that you are on a better place rather than on risking into those new ones which their reputation isnt really that still established.

I think that as long as no one is complaining about a specific casino,when I am winning there the withdraw is run almost instantly and they have only good reviews not only from this forum but from many other online sources I see no reason to be worried if the casino is regulated or not,of course most likely I believe that the casino is regulated.I don't think that showing a license will reduce the number of scams as the one who has the intention to scam will bypass all levels,buy the license,make the casino pay for sometime and when you least expect it,to go scam.I am not naming a specific one but haven't we just noticed something happening like this not long ago?

True, I also think there is no guarantee that when a casino has a license that they will be completely safe, because sometimes some problems they may face will make the casino go bankrupt and it will probably become a fraudulent casino.

A good reputation is one way I see whether a casino is worth playing with or not. Because as you said, they build public trust not in one or two years, they build that trust over many years and it may even take a very long time. When they really mean it, it is impossible for them to just destroy the trust they have gained, although there is still a possibility for them to change over time.

Some casinos will even be willing to pay well-known influencers to promote them and gain trust. For me, when they have done that then they are serious, because if they turn into a scam, not only their name is at stake, but the big influencers who promote them will also be affected. We can see their seriousness in what they do.

Did you even trust a license from Curacao?

Most casinos have these licenses, I'm more trusted to some user review rather than the license it self. The reason:
1. Curacao only take the money license
2. Curacao not taken any action to casino, just selling license
3. Casino can register & buy license with unknown address
4. We already have casino turn out to be scam with license

So basically, license casino is not meaning to be safe as well. A good proof and review is always based user review, especially in a forum review not just a random review like Trust Pilot.

Usually, casino verification is not difficult to find. You need to request this from support and they will be happy to tell you where you can find the information on the site, or they will provide a certificate.

But I think that often organizations that are engaged in casino verification and regulation are most likely: either organized by the heads of casinos, or sponsored by them.
Food campaigns award quality prizes to each other on exactly the same basis. In fact, they are on their own. And that's stupid. This means that only the state can influence this.

This is what it is really that important is on which you cant really be able to see some pending issues or complaints on a said casino on which this is already that enough for you to stick into a casino.
For sure most people would really be doing something like this on which they would really be watching out those possible issues on which they would really be checking it out if there's current existing or specially with having scam accusations. If there's none and there's some good feedbacks and good user experiences then it would really be that something would really be enough.
Even myself would really be having this kind of consideration when it comes to searching about on a new site to deposit on, always look for viable information on which it would be leading whether it would be positive or negative. It is really just that there are ones who are really that too lazy on doing such thing on which they are ending up on dealing up with scam sites or shady ones because
they are really just that too careless on dealing up with sites which they dont even know on what reputation that it has. Lucky for you if you do go into the right ones but if not
then it would really be a disaster.

True, I think it's a fact that most gamblers don't want to think too much about whether the casino they're playing at is licensed or not, because usually they just show up, deposit, play and see if they win or lose regardless of whether they're gambling with the intention and purpose of making money or just for fun. But in thought - think this is also a thing that should not be ignored, or the point is that there is nothing wrong with looking and making sure whether the casino you find is really licensed or not, because this is related to money especially if you are a gambler who comes with the intention of earning where the possibility of fraud can make you feel very upset and emotional.

I used to rarely look and confirm whether the casino I was playing at was licensed or not and I would enter a casino when it had a good enough reputation as a place to find entertainment with the amount of money I could afford to lose, but it seems I should think about this next, I should really look for a casino that is licensed to minimize the level of worry, but yes it is possible for a casino to show something that is not real, or that means they lie to gamblers that they are licensed.

I don't care about it at all. To me, it is more important to have instant withdrawals, no enforced KYC, fast customer support response... The license doesn't have any importance to me. The casinos get the license to protect themselves from the governments. Without the license the govs may cause lots of trouble to the owners. They pay for the license to get legal protection, it doesn't really serve any purpose.

I see lots of people getting scammed by the casinos and do you know what they all have in common? They all have a gambling license.

This is the right approach to guarantee safety in gambling. But to be specific, Bitcointalk forum is the best place to do a background check since casino ANN thread is transparent for criticism or good feedback. Most importantly, we have trust system here and rank which can guarantee the authenticity of user feedback unlike other review site like trustpilot which anyone can post a review and manipulate it depending on their intentions.

By simply looking at the casino Bitcointalk account, We can easily recognize how trusted their casino or not because we have an active DT members here that making our forum safe from scam.

Yes. But this seem to be not an issue anymore when you wholly trust the casino that you're gambling with.

I'm leaning on to their trust and worthiness based on the feed back of its own community. Just like stake, it's a known casino that has a huge base of its customer and it's not just based from the forum but globally, so that's more than enough to assess to trust them whether you want to verify their authenticity or their license or whatsoever basis you have in your mind.

Not really, as long as I've trusted them and there's a large number of its community that trusts them as well.

I don't think so. Scam casinos can also get their own license and be good at the beginning. But once they've gained trust from their customers, that's how they can deceive people from being a reputable and trusted into a scammy casino that have planned it long time ago when they've already gained the trust of the community that they've built.

Licenses and regulations are created as a process to verify the legitimacy of a company. For companies that tend to manage money rather than goods, a license is very necessary to ensure that money from users/customers is safe and to ensure company able to pay if users withdraw money and to guarantee company does not commit fraud. In gambling, a license is needed to prevent scams and also to minimize fraud from providers. Licensing cannot prevent it 100% from scam, but at least users will be safer using licensed services.

As far as I know License and verification are two different things in online casinos.
• Licenses, which we can see in each casino that gets a permit will be published and the agreement can be seen on the casino's website, from where their license was issued.
• Verification, can be described as proof, documents or data from the relevant casino.

Meaning: every license that has been issued, of course the casino has been verified by the authority that issued the license, if it does not pass verification, in my opinion the casino cannot operate, that is as far as I know.

No, because we know the frequency of each casino that operates, whether it is regulated or not, that's another issue, maybe it's not our business to know that, the point is that the casino is fair and responsible, that's better.

Not really, a license is not to prevent fraud, as I said above, it 'PERMITS' fraud to occur outside of the license, if the authority that issued the license gets complaints and a lot of evidence that the casino in question is cheating, Maybe the action taken is only terminating the license, not giving permission to operate, of course it is not related to fraud.

Most gamblers don't concern themselves with trying to verify the casino they play in before they start playing in a casino. If it is the most popular casino around them, they are usually influenced by the crowd to gamble there. Some gamblers gamble more in a casino from recommendation, than from personal research.

The thing remains that we can never always fully trust any kind of proof that will be tendered, it can be manipulated, or the casino may even change in behavior after a while of acting good and getting all the customers.

Do not get relaxed gambling in a casino. follow up the news with them, so that you will be amongst the first people to notice if they start giving too many problems to too many customers.

It is true that it may be difficult for us to see evidence that the casino platform is truly regulated, but even so, that is not a reason for us to suspect whether the casino platform is truly regulated or not. As long as they include an image that references their license code and we can check it on the regulatory website, then I think it's pretty trustworthy. And it can also be strengthened by people's reviews and other users' experiences when using the platform - and that is more than enough for me.

Thats right, it is better to play at a casino with license, even though it doesnt mean that a legal casino won't commit scams.
With a license, the casino owner is not anonymous and unlike illegal casinos where they can just disappear to avoid legal action.

Another example,
When gamblers have problems with an online casino, they will usually report it to Casinoguru or Askgambler.
Casinoguru and Askgambler usually refuse to intervene if the issue is related with illegal/unlicensed casino.

If there should be any crypto online gambling casino and they proof to us they have all license required and everything happened to be fake, then there are means in which we may go in identifying and confirming for their registration genuity, if they are truly right or giving a fake tender on their license approval, i see no reason a well-established platform will go in for presenting fake documents, moreover, not all gamblers were also interested on making research and findings whether they are real or fake, all we care is about what they offers and how reliable they could be.

To be honest, I've never really had any problems with online casinos not proofing that they are regulated, in fact, are they even supposed to prove that? What different does or will it make?
The thing is, even the casinos providing proof that they are regulated can still be a lie, why? Because any type of document can still be forged, and besides, what about the crypto currency exchanges?, they all claim to be regulated but how many of them have proven that?

I personally don't really give or pay attention to such things because even a scam casino can come up and claim to be regulated, and provide fake and forged document to make potential victims believe their claim, and at the end of the day, the casino will still scam their victims without looking back.
What i believe is the real deal for us here is, it's important for us to always choose to gamble on casinos that have been running for a very long time and very successful too, and have gained a very good reputation and trustworthiness, this way, one doesnt have to worry about the casino proofing their legitimacy and so on.

Never had thoughts of it. When I'm looking for a platform or gambling site to be more specific, I only engage with small amounts for the whole month, although I am not a heavy bettor in the first place. If things are fine then I'd just continue and with this, if ever I m in doubt of their credibility I could leave anytime I want. If I would ever be engaging huge amount of money then I'd choose those which are known by many and not those which are just newly operated. If you're in doubt then move to other platforms. As far as I know they don't usually publish their registration number or ID in their platform. Well, ofcourse it would somewhat increase the trust of players on their site however, registered or not, if they have the motive to do things which I doubt they would be too reckless to catch the attention of public, then they would regardless if they are registered or not. This is why I seek for a platforms social proofing and reputation more than with numbers and papers that could be easily tampered.

That's a good question. I guess most of the people don't bother to go and find out if the gambling site they gamble on is legit or not.
Even I haven't made such efforts to verify the gambling site. I just prefer to gamble on sites which have a good reputation.
I consider reputation to be the most important factor for a site to rely on.

Licensed casinos provide the license number and reference to be verified in the original county website where you can easily put that reference and check if that casino is really licensed with the original link to direct you to the casino website and not a stolen name as well, it’s easy for any other scam casinos to fake being licensed but when it comes to verifying, nobody can fake a license inside the government license checker, as the information there are only for those who have purchased and paid the fees.


That’s not the only issue, everyone and every player now can verify the license provided by the casino if it’s real or fake, the bigger issue and from what I have observed is many casinos running with valid licenses, still scam people without consequences. A proof of license is not enough to prevent scam casinos in my opinion.

Most licensed casinos have their clickable gambling license logo on their page, where it will direct you to the licensing site and see if it is indeed legit/valid license. If not, you can do what GxSTxV has suggested above.

Now, if you have qualms in using the casino, despite of its license, you can also check its reputation among the community. In this board or the gambling board itself can very well give you idea if the casino is reputable or not. That is, if you are playing on a casino that can be found in the forum. So even if the casino has no license or not, you can still check if the casino is worth trying or checking out. There are still several casinos here found in the forum that operate without license, and yet they still have loyal patrons on their site.


That is actually true, there are still licensed casinos and yet, it doesn't stop them from screwing their players by not releasing their winnings or by freezing their account for no valid reason. Do take note, how many players have you really read or seen that actually reported a casino or gambling site to the licensing authority? And for sure, no one yet. For now, license logo is just like an added assurance to the players that they are running legit but not an ultimate feature that will tell the credibility of the gambling site.

I usually go with trust and using common sense. If i really am not able to figure out if the casino is legit or not, i rather not use it, but it's not like i will be hunting for proof and contacting the companies that gave the licence and double check via them that they indeed are regulated.

If the site looks reputable enough and ToS is making sense, and top of that there are no huge number of users that complain about it in public forums, i risk it and trust them. As i don't see why it would be up to me to have any extra stress by using them while not trusting them.

But then again i am not playing with any life changing amounts that would require it. And i have been in this space from 2014 so i am familiar with working without any trust. Any casino these days beats legitimacy of sites from those times. They basically operated on trust, and regulations were frowned on. But if i find anything sketchy from a casino, or if they lack quality and professionality, i'll just stop using them. One place that i left that seemed like a scam just changed their name, probably because of all the bad rep and other one i left is still operating but i am waiting for an exit scam based on some lie at any moment.

I don't care much about whether I can verify the licence of a casino or not most of the time. Where I focus more is whether the casino is offering the kind of quality service that they offer and how successful people who gamble with them have been able to win games and make withdrawals without any problem. These are the areas that I pay attention to very well.
 
On the aspect of whether scams will reduce if the number of licenced casinos is made public, to me, the thing might even promote more scams as people might pay less attention to things they should have taken very seriously as a result of trusting the licencing authority to do the right thing. Those people can use fake identities to make their verifications, and you never can tell. A lot of things are happening these days online.

You don't know exactly what happens inside the house, you just know what you see from the outside. We can't be 100% sure whether casinos tell the truth or lie to us but I know that in some countries gambling is very regulated and even online casinos are often audited. The government sends people to audit their software and hardware to check for fairness. I don't know if that happens in crypto casinos that have Curacao licenses but there is another trick that will help you to have a good and fair gambling experience: Stick with casinos that are popular on this forum. If you see a casino on this forum that is popular, has a positive trust rating and is active on this forum, then stick with that casino, there are many crypto casinos that you can trust with a blind eye.

Yes, most gamblers only want an online gambling site that has a good reputation, in my opinion that is enough. And also having good reviews can help ensure that the site is really good, and I think those two factors are the most important.
Actually, to ensure whether the online gambling site is licensed
Whether it is legal or not is actually easy if we really want to do it. And we can visit the gambling authority site that issues the license and look for the name of the online casino site that we want to use, whether it is legal or not. But most gamblers don't want that, and they just want a reputable online gambling site that is enough.

Showing a legal proof of registration and regulations is a very important element in the online casino games, that any gambler must put it into consideration if he wants to be on the safer side.
Most casino site has fraudulent practices where by they operate In such a way that you will never win. They determine the outcome to always be against the player where by enriching themselves.

So it should be a thing of consideration to know how the game is been regulated so you don't waste your hard earned money to a scam casino site. They only play with your mindset and emotions making you think that you will only be lucky after a hundred tries.

I don't use a casino that is not use by many people. When u see a casino is popular, their must be a unique reason why people use it and from their, I go over their footer to check if they have the licnence print on them, most casino that are licensed don't joke with their licencd. They make sure to make it public and how do you verify if their license is real, just head over to the websites that issue licensing, you can input the registration number and see for yourself if they are real and in some cases you can contact the agency to verify if the are real, this way yiu can clear the doubt.

I hope you know that a casino can be licensed and yet they wouldn't have good reputation, they will be freezing customers fund and doing some shady deals under the ground and you might not even be able to speak up. There was this casino that use to do something ugly like that, they called them 1xbit, a lot of complaints from customer and the casino claim to be registered.

We all know here that there are ways to verify the authenticity of a license, the casino will not put its reputation in trouble just by faking the certificate and trying to fool the community.

Here is the tutorial on how to verify and validate a Curacao license if the method is not working in a platform then there's a possibility that the platform does not have a license at all and just faking it.
https://casino-howto.com/blog/how-to-verify-curacao-gambling-licenses-easy/

I love the optimism but you don't have the depth of understanding how malicious a person can be just to make money, people are faking a lot of things every now and then, what's a fake license to them but just another gig to prey upon innocent people. Picture this, if you're that person that owns an illegal(unlicensed) casino and you can get away with it, you'd be doing all the work to make sure you make the most out of it right? Pretty sure that you're going to be doing that, no way that you'd just let that kind of thing slide.

Lack of proof is definitely a red flag for me in a casino but it's difficult to not show your license as a casino because some of the players would be asking and most of the time it's easy to show it in your FAQ or About page so not showing them is a bit counterintuitive to do so.

I think there whitepager or light paper fully explain brief history about casinos, most times if you are not careful you would not find time to monitor. As a gambler or bettor, before you signed up any casino or gambling site make your time to do your research before going into making bets in that site. Most of the scam associated with casino is that they are verified and, also it's something we can't do away from because cryptocurrency industry is occupied with scammers and they come in different to scam people. This was what happened during the ICO, IEO and IDO dead using it to scammed investors and made away with there heart earned money.

The license is good but it's not the right parameters that should show how trusted one casino is, I'll still go for players' feedback, and complaints that are resolved, and community interaction.

1xbit is one casino that uses the license to its advantage to scam people you are looking in the wrong direction if you just look at the license and entice you sign up and play, you have to be good at research to be able to play at the right casino and license is not everything.

Are you referring to the same whitepaper/lightpaper that an ICO project used to market themselves back in 2017/18? Which casino does that? I never heard of one unless they're launching their own token (which is basically an ICO too). Some of them make ANN threads, which is common practice in this forum. I don't think it is similar to ICO and its derivative since you don't necessarily have to buy tokens or spend money to check whether they are running a good business or not.

I think many of them use their license to attract people, most often they post about this license on their social media page, like in X platform for example, you will see it in their Bio Description and also places like Instagram, it's easy to sort them out. The only challenge here is that the casino might be individually difficult to verify but I think a casino cannot be bold to post about their license online without unless they want to get into another problem.

I have not verify a license before but Google is a big place to have a solution for that. If truly they are license, their is an agency that give them that number online, you can easily verify that from the official website to know about the company. Mostly I think licensing platforms are free to access by anyone to verify genuine status of a company or a product.

Or maybe we should also consider some instances whereby you could have made your necessary verifications to ascertain your fact about a particular gambling casino to later discover that they are not up to the required standard for you to entrust your fund with them, you cant use the license approval for operation as a proof on what to take in trusting a gambling platform, though it can only be part of the requirement we may choose to use as criteria's in selecting for the best.

For regular players like us, it is very difficult to ask the casino to prove whether they have an operating license or not. There are dozens of players, they can't vouch for each one. And do you know whether the documents they show you are legitimate or not? We can only check ourselves through the official websites of licensing regulators. Each country has a specific authority that regulates the licensing of online casinos. For example, in the UK it is the Gaming Classification Authority that manages the licensing and regulation of online casinos. Besides, reading reviews and feedback from previous players can help you get an overview of that casino.
Having an operating license can partially reduce scams. However, casinos have many ways to circumvent the law as well as sophisticated tricks to openly cheat that you cannot predict. Therefore, whether or not there is an operating license is only a small factor in assessing the reputation of a casino. The most objective assessment should mostly come from real players.

I don't really care about all that because as long as what I use is trusted casino that clearly has an official license then that is more than enough, with regard to whether the gambling site is regulated or not, all of that can clearly be answered by the license they use.
Moreover, each gambling site will clearly provide series of proof of the license used and is usually listed very clearly at the bottom of the initial page, there we will see and be able to read it directly and can check for more detailed information.

No, license will never be guarantee that gambling site will not commit fraud because there are several gambling sites that have been licensed but are still scam gambling sites and have harmed many gamblers.
But at least having license can provide confidence that the chances of fraud or scams occurring are much smaller, moreover we can see how trusted and active customers are on gambling sites.
If gambling site is officially licensed with high trust and there are lots of active customers then it is clear that it is an example of gambling site that can be relied on.

It is not difficult if you want to know if a casino or gambling center is well registered or licensed because, if you go through their website you will surely find all their documents that guarantee that the casino or gambling center is legal.

If you can watch some casino or gambling center very well, you will discover that some people prefer to gamble in some casinos or gambling center because, all the details they want to know about the casinos or gambling center has be confirmed that the casino or gambling center is well registered from their country and their government is fully aware about such casinos or gambling center.

As long as the site doesn't have problems with withdrawing money and there are no problems with the gambling site, I don't care whether the gambling site has been verified or not, but what is clear is that I always use casinos that have a good reputation so that we don't take any risks. Indeed there are several casinos that do it can lead to fraud if we are not careful, but if we have found a trusted site and are confident in it, we don't need to change sites anymore rather than having to risk losing the money we save at the casino.

Actually if a casino can prove of being licensed then most likely there's a less chance of been scammed by such a casino because they would have their reputation at stake and tracking them down becomes easy because I'm sure they don't license a faceless business even away from the casinos, if they are license it then . means they are regulated and for every wrong or inappropriate actions they take they could be reported to the regulating body who can actually take actions on them.

In my country of residence, there's actually ba regulator commission In charge of regulating the activities of casinos and making sure they are not fraudulent and are able bro protect the citizens away from been victims of such fraudulent casinos, they have a website where they put out the names of licensed casinos so if you check and couldn't find the name of that which you are using then you can be sure you are Gambling at your risk.

Nowadays, many scams and frauds are encountered in the online world and many people fall for these scams without checking. When creating an online casino platform it is never possible to create a casino without government permission from a country, even though many casinos are currently created only illegally. When you deposit your money in casinos that are not licensed and proven by the government, you will surely face many problems later on. So when you play you must check whether the casino is government approved or you must see how good the rating of that platform is. Moreover, it is most important for you to check the people who are in control of the casino and how good the casino is and how many facilities it offers. To verify, you must check their social media and their road maps and check whether they are approved or not. Only if you see everything right then you can go for betting in that casino and get benefits there.

I think it’s always something to be concerned about about in some way shape or form. I think if you weren’t concerned about these types of things than there might be something a bit wrong with one’s approach to online gambling. But the main thing for me is proven experience/time. A lot of these casinos have been operating for many years with very few complaints and to me that speaks volumes.

Approved by who? The government? I don't recall seeing a casino platform that publishes a roadmap with government approval tbh. Not to mention it is rare for a casino to have a roadmap unless they launch with a token so they need to find how to utilize that token for their platform. Usually, product announcements just happen with a teaser or some sort instead of a roadmap. At least that is what I saw from some ann threads posted on this forum.

Do they allow overseas businesses to register too, or is it limited to national business? I'd say that the risk here still depends on your chosen platform. Maybe they registered in another country but you can ask for legal help if trouble arises, or just an illegal casino where they use a random building on some fake island as a headquarters. But yeah, it is gambling at your own risk.

Usually, most of these gambling websites have a text at the bottom of the website that mentions about their license and when it is being operated. For example, Rollbit has some information about their license and their address:


From this, you can have a glimpse of their license and on how they validly operate. For sure, there may be better ways to confirm such information. The best way to actually confirm this is to directly ask their ANN thread on this forum. But if the gambling company has no registered ANN thread, then I highly suggest that you switch to another platform.


I do think that there is a correlation between presenting all of your genuine documents upfront to gambling platforms who hide it.

Most of the genuine gambling platforms have information available as soon as you visit their website. Additionally, you can also check their ANN thread in this forum for further information and questions.

Documents isnt everything, reputation is. We do know that those things could be faked out and also its really that impossible that you cant really be able to see yourself about its reputation or
recognition in just basing up into its user base. Also, you could really easily make out some searches in regards about some possible issues or complaints which it might not been resolved.
Its up to you whether you would really be pushing up on playing on a site with less information or cant be able to see any feedbacks.

Just like on what been said by others is that if you are really that interested on playing on a certain site. Then, you could really be always having that free posting or asking
here on the community on which we know that its always best on seeing and following on what the community is been suggesting, which of course you would really be
needing to see whether those recommendations are viable or not. It would really be just that depending on you.

If a gambling site has good reputation then it will automatically have good reviews. It need not be two separate things.
Hence a gambling site with good reputation would be the ideal choice for most of the gamblers.
Earning good reputation is a lengthy process of providing good services and user experience to the users.
That itself is a big deal which many sites cannot fulfill.

It would be better if we could avoid the risk if we already know that the site has a problem, because when we gamble on a site that has problems, of course we will not be able to enjoy winnings from the bets we play, of course this will be detrimental to ourselves and Indeed, it would be better for us to continue to trust a site that can make it easier for us to deposit funds or withdraw funds so that we can enjoy the game and have fun, because if we have problems in these two things, of course this will make us feel annoyed when playing it.

That's right, of course we really need to make sure that the site we play on can pay the winnings that we have gotten and don't let it happen that when we have won they don't pay the winnings that we have gotten and casinos that have been operating for years of course they don't have a bad history and they can always meet the needs of people who want to place bets on their site and make them comfortable choosing to bet on that site.

For regular players like us, it is very difficult to ask the casino to prove whether they have an operating license or not. There are dozens of players, they can't vouch for each one. And do you know whether the documents they show you are legitimate or not? We can only check ourselves through the official websites of licensing regulators. Each country has a specific authority that regulates the licensing of online casinos. For example, in the UK it is the Gaming Classification Authority that manages the licensing and regulation of online casinos. Besides, reading reviews and feedback from previous players can help you get an overview of that casino.
Having an operating license can partially reduce scams. However, casinos have many ways to circumvent the law as well as sophisticated tricks to openly cheat that you cannot predict. Therefore, whether or not there is an operating license is only a small factor in assessing the reputation of a casino. The most objective assessment should mostly come from real players.

Most crypto casinos have gambling licenses issued in Curacao mostly because they are cheap and the gambling regulations there are extremely liberal(almost non-existent). To be honest, it doesn't matter that much to me, if a casino is licensed or not. Maybe some of the gambling noobs want to gamble on licensed casinos, because this gives them a false sense of security, but I've seen licensed casinos that are really sketchy. I definitely don't think that gambling licenses can reduce the amount of scams in online gambling. Just bet small amounts and gamble for fun, not for chasing big profits.

Licenses isnt everything in speaking about legitimacy because even despite on having those license but doesnt mean that you are dealing something or in the right place. There would really be those possibilities
that those licensed casinos would really be turning out to be a scam in the end or does depend on what are their intents on which it would really be something that could happen.
Just like on what others been saying that there are  some sites now that having no license but still that mainly been recognized by the whole crypto community on which this one indicates that
licenses isnt 100% an assured factor for you to see up on dealing on the site or something that we can call for it to be legit.

Somehow it would really be that a very common impressions that once a site does have that kind of license which means that they do have some sort of security or feeling of assurance
whenever the site would really be trying out to do bullshit things.  So it would really be just that depending on you on where you would really be sticking up.
On my own preference then i would usually be sticking on where those tons of people do really been hanging out.

To be honest, I don't really care whether the casino I play at is licensed or not. This is important for some people if they want to try lots of new sites that usually provide big bonuses. But I personally only use one or two sites and I don't like something complicated like creating lots of accounts. One of the casinos I often play at is Duelbits (https://duelbits.com/). This is a trusted casino and I have made several withdrawals without any problems. I've also used some other casinos but if it's big money I'll just try playing at Duelbits instead.

so far I have used several sites on this forum and very rarely try new sites or sites outside this forum even though I can't confirm whether my current favorite casino is truly verified but looking at the huge customer traffic on the one hand it is also running the advertising of the campaign paying large amounts and on time for me was enough to convince me to say that the casino did not have any problems.
Indeed, there may not be any guarantees, but we can all see the popular and biggest casinos here that have been around for a long time, they don't have any problems even though they have never published regarding verification.
maybe I just rely on the reputation of the casinos here to believe that my favorite casino will not commit fraud just to damage its own reputation.

It all comes back to each gambler on how to respond to this matter of license verification because sometimes, even though online sites have been verified, they also make mistakes, destroying their reputation by deceiving customers and most importantly, when it comes to online, nothing is safe except your own self confidence.

Scammers won't be able to pay for licenses and thats a huge point for me, paying for a license is too costly I don't think that they will want to risk that much money because in the end they might not be able to scam as many people as they want.

Also even if they proceed with a licence they can be prosecuted easily if something go wrong, getting a licensse for a new casino means a tight verification from the regulators, they won't be able to escape it, just like how Sam Bankman ended up in a mess even when he had a lot of backers.

It pays to be good and it pays to be bad, the difference is that what you sow is what you will reap.

I have verified all the casinos that I have used for gambling to know if what they claim on their website is trustworthy. When they say they're licensed, they'll have a verification number on their website and you can use that number to confirm their license. Most scam casinos uses others license number or a fake number and it can be verified therefore to reduce the risk of getting scams by casinos, always verify everything that they claim to have done on their website.

It'll bother me if I can't verify how legit a casino is before using it. I don't trust new casino all of a sudden unless they have advertised on the forum and have a good reputation here but still I'll do some research to confirm I'm not using a scam casino. There are many reputable casinos to fall a victim to new casinos. If all casinos can get a license, it'll reduce the rate at how individual are always getting scammed.

I think most of us doesn't care at all, what we look at the casino first is their reputation, if they are popular that means they have a good reputation. However, there are gamblers who are risking serious money, they are just trying to minimize the risk and making sure that once they won, they'll be able to get their money and once the casino tries to scam, they know who scam them as they have license and they can be go after with.

I agree. No one creates a gambling site unless they have the money or a scam. Now, if they are building their reputation through high rollers playing on their website and they've shown a trustworthy effect to everyone who has a connection with them, then I bet it will be an easy task to gain a reputation without the need for proof of money or whatsoever.

The gambling license on the other hand is a good start. Any gambling platform that would want to build a business in this industry would want one first to avoid being questioned in the future. I don't really think it is that hard in this era anymore. With so many gambling sites coming out, I bet they made the requirements easier because this is an industry that is booming. They will make more if they can give out more licenses to many business owners as long as they pass the conditions.

So, flashy website, lots of players, and they pay out on time. And that's your guarantee, huh? That's like thinking the loudest guy in the room's got the smartest thing to say. The online gambling scene is a jungle. All that traffic and marketing? That's camouflage, not character

You think reputation is some kind of magical shield? In this game, everyone's playing for keeps. Big names in the past have gone belly up when their luck ran out. No one's untouchable. Maybe your casino's playing it straight right now, but when big money's on the line, morals go out the window

Fact is, even the 'good' sites have been known to rig games when no one was looking. The smartest move is to never take anything for granted. Question everything. Assume they're all sharks until proven otherwise. In this world, trust is a luxury you can't afford. Your best weapon is doubt, because the house always has the edge. And sometimes they cheat to make that edge bigger

There are still some sites that already licensed but ended up on scamming out their users. There are cheap licenses out there. I dont know if there are already some scam sites that
been caught and prisoned out their owners specially to those licensed ones. We do know that this market is really that decentralized whenever a platform or company would really be deciding
to become scam. For those who are that totally no license then they are really that truly anonymous and there's no chance that you would really be taking up those funds back,
not unless if they would be deciding on giving it back which it is really that an unlikely thing to happen. We do know that tons of scams that exist into this market and
this is why we should really be that observant and we should really be that careful on choosing on which platforms that we do tend to engage or play on.

Afaik license is not cheap including the initial cost of having a fully operational casino software. Some casino turn into scam only here in the forum but they are still operational and promoting somewhere outside the forum scope.

Clear example here is 1xbit, coins.game and many more which the casino is still operational after being branded as scam since they need to use their license and casino to recover their initial cost on acquiring it. Unless if at least a 100K is cheap then you’re right. I’m pertaining to casino with sportsbook, slot games and live casino here.

I've not verified the true regulation status of any of the casinos and companies I use. The reason is that it is a whole lot of stress to do that. Nevertheless, you raised a very good point because many companies are not what they say they are. I've witnessed disclaimers where regulators of some countries would disclaim some companies claiming they are regulated by them. This is the world we live in and many casinos will be guilty of this if investigated.

Even at that, those casinos that are truly regulated are regulated by weak regulators, so what is the difference? As long as the casino is a big name with good track and sustainable records, why not continue to deal with them? Especially if they do not treat me badly while dealing with them. It's a risk we are all taking.

As said above, it doesn't bother me. This is simple because I go for big names like Stake.com. By that, I've reduced the risk of being duped or treated badly to a limited extent.

Not at all. I've read so many bad reviews about some regulated companies and nothing was done about it. Regulation cannot save us! Some regulated entities cheat, manipulate and even scam their clients. Regulation is not an automatic solution to scam or cheat in gambling and businesses, it is just a way to gain trust in most businesses for more patronage. I wonder what a weak regulator will do in getting justice for the customer in case of issues. We should endeavour to find the casinos that the brains behind them are genuine, have integrity, are professional and reputable on their own, and not because they are regulated.

I don't really care about licences and all that stuff for some reason. If a website looks suspicious and not trustworthy, I just don't use it.
What I care about is the so called "proveably fair" stuff they are always advertising.

Sure they say it all super fair and such, but the math often tells a different story. It just doesn't add up for most casino games, especially for the so called "house" games.
I have seen things (losses) several times where the math says this should happen 1 time in a million tries. Yet it happens twice or even 3 times in 1 week. Of course this kind of streak would never win, just always lose.

For that reason I don't play at online casinos, it's hard to wrap my head around these crazy results. I stick with sports bets occasionally, it's harder to manipulate .  ;D

I do not agree with you on this point, There are scam casinos that are being advertised all over Facebook and google ads, Facebook Especially has no control over the kind of ads run on its platform, that's why people are advised to beware of scam. I've come across those ones with offers for even 500% bonus. They work closely with some alleged prediction masters on Facebook and telegram, and  guess what?, you can only find the game that they predict for you on their casinos and no other one.

The target is for you to deposit into their account, and you'll see the funds reflect in the casino, you stake your games comfortably, after which even if the game wins or loss, you can't withdraw your winnings. Scam casinos does advertise, mostly ads, but their advertising budget is much lower than reputable casinos.

But initially everyone will use their respective licenses to gain confidence that they have been officially registered and are not gambling sites that operate illegally, it just that all of this is not cheap and costs lot.
From here, when they fail to develop well and cannot keep up with the increasingly fierce competition in the gambling business, some of these sites enter condition where there is crisis in income and the potential for bankruptcy.
Only way they take is to commit various frauds on all customers and manipulate every game that is provided, this is clearly something that is very detrimental to gamblers.
For here in the forum, I think the scam gambling sites have really been suppressed and cannot carry out any promotions anymore, considering that we haven't found them for quite a long time.

Whatever the gambling sites that are currently scams, they all initially had license that they used and it is clear that license will not guarantee anything.
I would always advise any gambler to be more careful and prioritize gambling sites that are clearly well developed and have reputation and more significant progress.

People's feed back is somewhat a good factor when I check an online casino. Overall, it may not be a good factor as there can be a lot of lapses if it is about licensing ans what not.

But about licensing, it is a must for most operational casinos. Some may be starters and beginners and all they do is test out if the business will trend or not. But if it does then they sure will have to comply as most countries if it is about regulations are quite strict.

A license is not a guarantee, but it does give you some degree of comfort. With how malleable things are in this world today, what you see is not always what you get.

It seems that the legality of the previous license can be ascertained. Usually, casinos have a list of licenses prominently displayed on their website, however, going the extra mile in this case is highly recommended. For example, there is a database where one can verify licenses, and regularly looking at reviews can also be educational.

The choice will always be yours. In case you are comfortable with a particular gambling establishment and don't have any trouble playing there then everything is fine. However, for individuals who value security above all else, taking the extra time to review a casino's legitimacy, read reviews, and verify their license before depositing can benefit.

The transparency and legitimacy of online casinos are crucial, not just for the players’ peace of mind but also for the industry’s reputation. Honestly, I do make an effort to verify the legitimacy of online casinos by looking for their licensing information, which reputable casinos typically display on their websites. This includes their licensing authority and license number. Additionally, I look for reviews and feedback from other players and check out gambling forums for any red flags.

Yes, the lack of proof of regulation definitely bothers me. It’s a big red flag if a casino can’t or won’t provide evidence of its licensing. This opacity can indeed open the door to scams and unethical practices, leaving players vulnerable.

License-wise, as long as they have it then I basically would be willing to play in it. Sadly I usually only play on ones that are reviewed positively by a pretty sizeable group. I usually scour review sites, forums, and even the casino's internal user forums if they have one and read about their user experience. The pre requisite to me doing this basically is the license OP is asking about.

While it's not much in terms of responsibility, at least it's something. I've seen other casinos with licenses that turned out to being a scam after all, but at the very least, it's like a sort of level 1 kind of KYC, but in this case it's for the casino side. 

Know what's better for everyone of us. The proofs will push us to quickly believes the system and also know what we needs. We have to spot out the challenges we're facing and also made provision for the solid answers to our problems. We can become problem solvers in the system, its not a difficult state to hang around, does it? Reviews will determined the purpose of the casino and I'm pretty aware of the system and how it can changed our lives for the best.

You must do your homework to be the brightest player at the table. Any big successes promised but kept secret? A loser move. Imagine running a beautiful restaurant without advertising your cuisine. Not logical, right? A casino must have documents to show its legitimacy. Licenses help, but I want third-party audits, user evaluations, everything. That separates winners and losers. No proof? Walk away. Just simple sense. Unverified casinos crush my gears. They're disgracing the industry. Imagine reputable companies hiding their credentials. Chaos! To safeguard oneself and others who follow the rules. We must fight scammers and help players make informed decisions. This is smart business and the proper thing to do.

In terms of reducing scams or being minimized, yes it's a good start to see casinos being licensed.

Just think of it, are you willing to play in an online casino that doesn't show the legitimacy of your business? Yes, it might not be an assurance that they won't do some dirty work in the future but likely they won't consider doing that kind of bad stuff since the whole identity of the people running the site is exposed once they apply for a license.

Real people's feedback/review + licensed casinos = should be one of the priorities to look at before using a casino

I believe it depends on the age of the platform mostly. If a casino platform has been around for years, has been operating very well within the industry and has a good reputation, I wouldn't be bothered or even ask questions such as whether it's regulated or licensed or not because if I'm getting what I need, why ask unnecessary questions?

However, the same can't be said for platforms that are relatively new and don't have much reputation within the gambling community. For such platforms, one might be concerned whether they will keep operating for long or not or whether they will create trouble for them or not if they are using large amounts of money for gambling.

I usually avoid shady businesses and this includes casinos. OP asked if lack of proof is a problem, so I'll answer with a question.
Is lack of transparency a problem? Should it be?
IMO it should be a problem to all of us, because why lie about something that's easy to obtain? If they're lying about that, imagine what will happen when they get hacked or close to bankruptcy. They'll never tell you and delay withdrawals, so my advice is cut ties with businesses that lie and hide small things because they will surely do the same with big ones.

But with that, we have to determine the good and bad reviews.

Because in modern times, we see that reviews can also be bought to impact the view of other potential customers. And this is a cheat that many casinos did and are still doing.

We don't know how many of the new ones are doing this and we don't have numbers but it is for sure that this is done and it's no trade secret.

Thats very correct and you would be surprised yourself if actually the accurate numbers were to be given about casino that actually pay for reviews under their casinos. 

Some of these casinos are not up to the standard and for some reasons they pay for the reviews on their reputable to be solid and this has been one of the reasons many gamblers rush to play on casinos because they haven't verified their authentic but gamblers still chose to play

When it comes to various information then its true that it could be faked out or something that be manipulative but it would really be impossible that you cant really be able to notice out if theres something odd happening.

This is why on the moment that you are having those doubts in regarding into those positive reviews, then you could really always be having that kind of option on asking out the community specially if its a crypto based platform then you could always make out some queries or verification ex. this forum, would really be the sweetest place that you could be able to do so.

Informations could really be that misleading or something that could be bought or false, this is why it would really be ideal that you should really be doing further step
if you are really that highly in doubt and having that kind of hesitance on a specific site or platform.

And with those, we need to be careful of them. Those that have been long in the community together with crypto and gambling, you can have that sense of factors if they're paid reviews or not.

Or if the casino is lying with their numbers which most of the new ones can easily be figured out because they're new to it and as if the community can easily be fooled with their reasonings and projections.

What really bothers me in some casino is to have no provably fair games. It's ok to have some games from operators that don't implement provable fairness, but to have no games with provable fairness is crazy. At least casinos should make some effort to provide such games.

As of proof of registration with an license provider or state agency. I couldn't care less. Yes, it's generally good to have something, but the best casinos I've played online started without licenses or at least with low trust licenses. What matters most is the reliability of the service I get. Good support, solid rules, fast website and withdrawals. These matter more. If a casino has been running for years without scam accusations then it's good in my eyes, more over looking for details in its license.

Provably fairness is what matter the most or something that should be the main important thing to have, we wont really be seeing a casino that be flocked in if they werent that fair in the first place.

It would really be just that understandable that if there are tons of players then you could already generalize that you are on the right place.
It would really be just that a matter of choice whether which one of those legit places you would really be that staying up.

Lack of proof? Simply the demand will really be a solid proof for you to consider because if they would really be doing shady business then it would be
impossible that there's no one would really be able to verify it out.

An online casino can have all the truthful documents, all the licenses and still be able to scam people, nothing limits it, they can get those licenses, whatever that does not mean is that it is an impediment, the evidence? No, the proof is given by time, reputation, all this has to influence someone, the one who wants to do things well, knows that it will cost a lot of money, effort, time, dedication, we only look at the ways that there are reliable casinos and they have a high reputation in the forum, they went through a lot of things to get to that level, because they are casinos that are accepted worldwide and are very successful, in fact they will continue to be so if they continue doing things well and therefore legal Even so, there are people or trolls who invent everything to make money I think the gaming industry is the one that makes the most money compared to many other businesses.

I care about the reputation of a casino, the fact that a casino could have its own license and be regulated does not matter to me that much, and the reason is that we have seen regulated casinos scam their customers and unregulated ones do right for their customers.

So a casino being regulated does not really protect you from the possibility of being scammed, and at best it will just decrease the chances of this happening to you.

There's no assurance that you would really be able to protect yourself on losing funds specially if a platform did really end up on a scam. The good thing when you do deal with a licensed or regulated platform is that there would really be possibilities that for fund to be recovered considering that they would really be doxed on which we know that this is the primary thing needed when it comes to legal aspects.There would really be those situations on which people would really be still skeptical about dealing with those licensed ones on which not everything would really be basing up
about being legit when it comes to this manner. Lack of proof? The community would really be enough to be that some sort of proof that shows out that you are dealing with the right
place or been involved with it.

Yes being regulated is a protection already but if the casino eventually scam then it is not the fault of the player, no one will blame the player for not being careful because he has done the right and expected thing to be protect his money.

If a casino that is regulated get to scam their player then it is the duty of the regulatory body to retrieve the scam money from the casino because they must have known the contact of the casino through the contract that was signed. They also would have some money that the casino keep out with them before they are allowed under their regulation and control because that is part of what regulation is. You will not be under regulatory body whilst they won't have some advanced money under the regulatory body, this is my believe. However, it is still better to play under a regulatory body than playing with a casino that is on its own.

To be honest I do not check if the casino has a license or not. What I do before I step into a casino is that I do a little research and check their reviews, and if they have a good reputation. When I'm intrigued and wanna find out more about a casino, I then check out how's their customer service, if it's good or nah. Or what I do is deposit a small amount to check if they have a good or fast deposit and withdrawal. If they are good and meet what I'm looking for in a casino, I slowly increase my bets (but not so much or high), and so far, I have not encountered a problem even though I'm not sure if they have a license or not.

Having a license to operate does not guarantee the legitimacy of a gambling platform.

There are tons of gambling platforms out there that carry Curacao license. A lot of them have also went under after scamming people or just can't continue operating due to issue in funds. For me, I'd probably check what licenses does this casino have, and I might still play in them if they have Curacao license or even no license at all, but surely not in a long time.

For a lot of gamblers though, they seem to not be bothered if a platform has a license to operate so long as a lot of other people play on the same platform. Confidence in numbers perhaps, but that is too flawed of a concept that will surely bite them back sooner or later.

Yes, anyone can put a fake license but we can always double-check them and maybe there is a website to verify this. Maybe that was true that a licensed casino can still turn into a scam but pretty sure the numbers of it are only small because applying for a license is not easy. It takes effort and money.

Also their identities are already exposed, so it will now be easy to traced and punished them, if they attempted such a criminal act. It's not easy to maintain a momentum, this is why a lot of top companies still collapse and when they need a fund quickly, that should be the time that they will do something shady such as scamming.

Exactly the thing: registering with a fake identity won't be a problem for them, and those who also register with a real identity can still scam people and run away.
 
It has been happening even for firms and companies whose owners are known to have been carrying out scam schemes on their customers, and in one way or another, they have been escaping it, and even when they are caught, it won't be hard for them to start up a new one with a different identity.

Casino licenses are not such a big deal as they may seem, as I am sure that those licenses are given without the need to physically verify the identity of the one asking for the license, and instead the process is streamlined with the use of lawyers.

So a scammer can always make the use of a license as a way to assure their customers they cannot possible scam them and run away, but when the time comes that is exactly what they do, so the reputation of a casino should be more important than whether it has a license or not.

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As long as I see the casino is promoted in top league, I think it's enough to say the casino has a proof.

Usually most casinos will play hide and seek because they're either illegal, scam, don't have enough bankroll etc etc, but if the casino willing to have a partnership and don't mind to let everyone know about their sites, it means they're reputable.

Do you believe a top league will want to promote a scam casino?

Our chances will be exploring for our stands. Proofing that we're humans and not some kind of bots, atleast we're accumulating huge profits. Casino played a major role in the paths where our chances of been scammed is been reduce to its minimum. I know it's going to be unpredicted whenever we found ourselves in casino. It's more risky but our strategy will do the calms and profits for us. We should be ready for whatever the system have to offers for us.

If a casinos wants their business to run for a long time as long as it's successful for then, they will endeavor to register their casino and obtain a license to operate without facing any problem from the government, if a casinos has the intention to scam gamblers, that's when they leave their company unregistered and such casinos should be avoided at any cost. One way to know if a casinos is licensed is to look at footer of their website or you can look for it on the "About us" Pages of the website. After you find the license information there, get the licensing number and go verify it. I don't gamble in casinos that is not licensed because they can easily manipulate gamblers result.

If we do tend to look in the current market today on which there are still some sites or platforms which do leave out on being having no license but still had been able to get that tons of players who do
stay still or hang out into their platform on which this do really simply proves out that license isnt everything in speaking about proving out on being legit, but somehow its true that having that license
could give out that kind of impression that you are really that dealing with a legit site. If you are trying to look into those newly launched platforms then it is really that something that common that
people will be asking about license and if ever they've seen nothing then they would really be just that simply skipping out. Actually this is really just that depending on a particular person whether
these things would really be their prime or main indication on treating up on a site for them to be legit or not.