Is anonymous betting a desired feature?

[jrrsparkles]

I'm working on a football (soccer) betting site, and I'd like to know if it is worth the effort to add the feature to allow no-registration bets. Has it ever been a deciding factor when you pick a site to bet on?

Anonymous betting will attract gamblers that always want to hide they identity. Since it will attract so many people you may be unlucky and get evil people into you gambling site. They might hack your sites and some of them may play and win and used the money for evil or terrorism.

If this can happen the they need to improve the security of the system and if there is registration needed still people can do the same thing by using fake details so it is not a issue related with registration process.

[btc78]

I'm working on a football (soccer) betting site, and I'd like to know if it is worth the effort to add the feature to allow no-registration bets. Has it ever been a deciding factor when you pick a site to bet on?

Definitely important since we are in crypto world and the first main reason why we are here is for our privacy things that cannot be earned in real life betting

So I guess my answer is clear that you must consider giving the prospective players or bettors the opportunity of hiding their personality so any problems may not occurs

Look at those sites that has a motive of scamming when they don’t tell people about KyC needed until the players won big amount then upon withdrawal they will find KYC is a must rule.

Be truthful on what you are planning if you really want to gain many subscribers and the business may last longer

[Barbut]

What ordinary gamblers like me search for is more simple approach, without much bothering with credit cards, to complicated registration, bothering with deposits, even more with withdrawing. This days I`m playing poker for trons and I like it, simple, log in with wallet, no bothering at all, couple seconds deposits, same for withdrawing.
I`m not a person that hides things, or have a need for that. I like to be simple and easy.

[Pmalek]

I think if you want to be a serious sports bet provider, you should aim to be regulated, and it means that KYC/AML is inevitable. Of course, bettors want to be anonymous (including me) to get rid of the hassle when withdrawing money.

Other than abuse as mentioned by @Pmalek, anonymous casino prone to the government takedown, licensing, and other trust problems.

Exactly. The first things that the governments and different agencies will try to control are the services offering anonymous transactions of any kind. In the long run I don't think it will work, doesn't matter if it is for betting, crypto exchanges or mixing services for example. Everything that is anonymous is an enemy of the state. A good example is the mixing service that got raided a few weeks ago.

[darklus123]

Probably the main purpose of a gambler (gambling on any sites) is because it is anonymous and much more convenient. Therefore as long as you can keep the amount safe and traceable for future purposes then it is really a good idea to put that certain features.

By giving that option you can get more potential users (1. Those who prefer registrations and those who don't).

[Johnzky]

Probably the main purpose of a gambler (gambling on any sites) is because it is anonymous and much more convenient. Therefore as long as you can keep the amount safe and traceable for future purposes then it is really a good idea to put that certain features.

Yups anonymity is what people from this community love why they choose to play online and with crypto

By giving that option you can get more potential users (1. Those who prefer registrations and those who don't).

Indeed as like me I want privacy.and I know most of us do the same when choosing sites to play on

[idreamin3d]

I'm working on a football (soccer) betting site, and I'd like to know if it is worth the effort to add the feature to allow no-registration bets. Has it ever been a deciding factor when you pick a site to bet on?

Definitely important since we are in crypto world and the first main reason why we are here is for our privacy things that cannot be earned in real life betting

So I guess my answer is clear that you must consider giving the prospective players or bettors the opportunity of hiding their personality so any problems may not occurs

Look at those sites that has a motive of scamming when they don’t tell people about KyC needed until the players won big amount then upon withdrawal they will find KYC is a must rule.

Be truthful on what you are planning if you really want to gain many subscribers and the business may last longer

I've seen this before. Everything is easy until you try to withdraw your winnings, then they throw up all sorts of KYC roadblocks just to keep your winnings. I'm definitely steering away from that.

[iMark]

I'm working on a football (soccer) betting site, and I'd like to know if it is worth the effort to add the feature to allow no-registration bets. Has it ever been a deciding factor when you pick a site to bet on?

Of course, many gamblers want to gamble simply and are certainly anonymous, especialy for me. eliminating the sign up feature or no regristration bet will make many players interested. Before this, directbet also has the same system and they have many gamblers and customers and make them no 1 sport betting in crypto #imo

[ralle14]

The two choices on the poll (Critical and Important)  looks very similar, anyways i've picked important because I always look for gambling sites that don't have KYC. And if they have KYC it's not required for all gamblers they only do it on certain situations like for example if the terms or rules that was agreed on after registration have been violated by a user.

[jademaxsuy]

Most of the answers stating that ANONYMITY is very important. Yes it is indeed important and it could be done of course even with a user that has undergone KYC for that gambling site. What I am saying is that KYC is important also and when. one bet it is not necessary to showcase the real name for it will influence decision making knowing that someone might be able to know you personally that can disclose some important details during thr betting.

[aioc]

I'm working on a football (soccer) betting site, and I'd like to know if it is worth the effort to add the feature to allow no-registration bets. Has it ever been a deciding factor when you pick a site to bet on?

Even if the majority of the people do not want this feature, there will always some people that want to see this feature, it's still an added attraction, the more feature a gaming site is, the more attractive it will become even if they are not going to use it.

[izanagi narukami]

It doesn't affect anything on me but in general, it will attract more gambler to play there especially whale gambler.
As we know, when someone play big, their privacy will be disturb especially beggar for example 

Since I'm small gambler, It's nothing to worry about

[carlfebz2]

I think if you want to be a serious sports bet provider, you should aim to be regulated, and it means that KYC/AML is inevitable. Of course, bettors want to be anonymous (including me) to get rid of the hassle when withdrawing money.

Other than abuse as mentioned by @Pmalek, anonymous casino prone to the government takedown, licensing, and other trust problems.

It is really prone to abuse this is why we cant see any of it as of these days.Serious business does need those regulation compliance.If not,then expect for governments eyes would be always on you.So,if you don't like such thing then you would need to abide with the rules.Licensed provider would really give out positive impressions though.

[FlightyPouch]

Yeah. Well, my wife has been pretty strict with my gambling schedules lately and she's been checking my gambling site account sometimes. Her finding out that that is my account is fine but that is not fine when other people find that out. I don't win that much but I prefer gambling on the internet without knowing who I am or where I'm from.

[tsaroz]

I'm working on a football (soccer) betting site, and I'd like to know if it is worth the effort to add the feature to allow no-registration bets. Has it ever been a deciding factor when you pick a site to bet on?

No registration bet are an important factor when betting. It not just makes you safe from unnecessary hassles of details and paperworks the site may enforce, it also makes you secure of any possible hacks on the site itself. There have been cases of emails and password being compromised as well the funds being stolen. But enabling no registration blockchain based bets would require the site to have additional security layer to make it safe from hackers and people trying to mix their coins for free.

[Yudhisthir]

Anonymous betting would always be a plus point for users as when it comes to cryptocurrency based online gambling, there's several reasons why people choose crypto against fiat based gambling sites. And one of the major reason is anonymity. If you still compare crypto based gambling sites with fiat based, you'd find better odds on fiat based sites but still the number and amount are on rise for crypto based gambling sites.

[Muzika]

When it comes to cryptocurrency most of us wants to be anonymous here that is why KYC process has been an issue before.Now, when it comes to gambling of course people also wants to be anonymous that is when they are betting online and they dont want other people to know their betting result whether it is a winning or losing money.

[noormcs5]

I'm working on a football (soccer) betting site, and I'd like to know if it is worth the effort to add the feature to allow no-registration bets. Has it ever been a deciding factor when you pick a site to bet on?

Anonymous betting will attract gamblers that always want to hide they identity. Since it will attract so many people you may be unlucky and get evil people into you gambling site. They might hack your sites and some of them may play and win and used the money for evil or terrorism.

If this can happen the they need to improve the security of the system and if there is registration needed still people can do the same thing by using fake details so it is not a issue related with registration process.

Anyone can make registration with fake name and email address, so that is not a big problem, if anyone want to remain anonymous.
Even sites like onehash and directbet( now closed), give the option of betting without even registering on the site. You just need to place bet, submit the betting amount and provide your Bitcoin address so that can transfer you bitcoins in case you win the bet.

[samputin]

For me, anonimity is important when gambling online. I, for example, wants to keep my identity hidden. I just feel like it's more convenient that way. I don't have to fill up forms and the like. But, as far as regulations are concerned, anonimity is not really an option. And I think, that is not so bad. Filling up forms will only take a minute and I understand that it's for the site's or company's security purposes.

[joshy23]

When it comes to cryptocurrency most of us wants to be anonymous here that is why KYC process has been an issue before.Now, when it comes to gambling of course people also wants to be anonymous that is when they are betting online and they dont want other people to know their betting result whether it is a winning or losing money.

They wanted to limits their identity that's why KYC will not be a good idea for gamblers around crypto community, if you can remove it
you will be able to get more gamblers to play with your site, best to listen to bigger audience and try to run for a while and see the results.