Gambling and KYC

[casperBGD]

i think that KYC is more for governments to have inside in the percent of people that gamble, since gambling is not promoted behavior, and it is considered as a type of addiction, that should be treated if serious, and presume that because of that there is so much regulation in the field

[AniviaBtc]

I'm a bit curious here. Why is it easier (compared to exchanges, payment processors, etc.) to run a gambling site without being forced to implement KYC/AML?

In my own view, it's because there is no pressure from the government. No hard and strict regulations imposed. Different from how fiat gambling is regulated.

Unlike in exchanges, gambling sites don't really hold their user's funds for a long time. It's like a gambler will just deposit on their gambling session, play and withdraw right away. If their user loses, no one to blame but themselves. Compare to exchanges where sometimes it was treated by a wallet by anyone, users here at least need protection.

But this is only my view as we all know gambling sites and exchange site does have a different nature on which the latter really needs a strong implementation of KYC for an obvious reason.

Because in gambling sites, there are rules and regulations that they must follow to avoid being reported and banned from the site. The money they've spend in gambling all because of their own decision and actions. The gambling site is not accountable for that if they lose all the money they have. KYC is not necessary and customers should be anonymous and all of the thing that they access is the wallet address for the gambling site to let them withdraw their money. It still depends on the gambling site if it wants to implement KYC to prevent those professional scammers to enter their site and harm other customers.

[tokeweed]

I'm a bit curious here. Why is it easier (compared to exchanges, payment processors, etc.) to run a gambling site without being forced to implement KYC/AML?

I even remember FaucetHub (A service that allowed you to create your own faucet) shutting down some time ago because they were being pressured into implementing KYC just because they were "storing" funds for users, even though, most of the payments that the users were receiving were "dust payments". So again, how is this any different from gambling sites?

It's prolly cos the exchanges are where the rubber meets the road.  Control that...  And you control the entire space.  Gambling sites don't convert cryptocurrencies to fiat currencies.

[leea-1334]

Hmm interesting about gambling and faucets. A lot of crypto gambling sites do not need licenses. To add to that, and even those that do apply for Costa Rica or Curacao licenses, which basically does not need you to do anything special,,, especially Costa Rica no requirement for KYC from what I understand.

I think also it is the complaining from users that took down places like FaucetHub? Same as casino complaints:)

[pakhitheboss]

I am not sure you might be referring to fiat gambling sites cause I have not seen any crypto gambling sites asking it's user for KYC . Crypto exchanges are also not asking for KYC if you are okay to do transaction upto 2 Bitcoin. I am not sure about the faucet you are referring to as I do not do faucet. I have not see any cryptocurrency based site asking for KYC and those do ask I am happy to avoid and move to a new service provider.

[LbtalkL]

I noticed the eyes of regulators now are more focused on exchanges than on gambling sites. Because of that some exchanges implemented and require KYC for everyone or restrict some users to register on their platform. For me, there is no really difference from these two it all involves money. When you trade on exchanges it is like gambling or betting sometimes you take profit sometimes you lose. I expect more strict rules will be implemented on the Gambling platform in the future but I hope not I am not really comfortable with KYC.

[verita1]

KYC is part of AML, which stand for Anti-Money Laundering.
It is an instruments used to fight money laundering and financial terrorism and are necessary to prevent criminal activities.

I believe that countries around the world are obliged to abide by these procedures to prevail in security. In terms of security, it is better for users to be protected and I am in favor of these mechanisms.

[Japinat]

IMO, as long as the online gambling sites does not accept fiat, they can conduct their operation without requiring their gamblers to submit with the KYC.

The thing is, if these gamblers will transact in a gambling site, they already complied the KYC from the moment they obtain the btc, either in their local exchange or the international exchange like Binance, and all of them requires KYC, so it coudl be redundant method if gambling sites would still require the same and for sure that would not give them an advantage to the fiat gambling sites.

[Yatsan]

I think it's because gambling websites accepts only crypto and some of the trading websites have paypal payment method or even credit card on their exchanges. If you will think a lot of websites that are accepting those payment method have KYC too, so I think that's why, or maybe there's a law about that in their country. Lot of gambling website's are run by anonymous owner so there's no need to comply with the law. That's what I think. 

[Russlenat]

KYC is part of AML, which stand for Anti-Money Laundering.
It is an instruments used to fight money laundering and financial terrorism and are necessary to prevent criminal activities.

KYC I guess is required to all businesses that involves finances but not all of them are under the monitoring of AMLC.
AFAIK, these are the banks, exchanges, and other related financial instrument and to be honest, I haven't heard a gambling site that are required to comply with AMLA, requiring users a KYC does not necessarily mean they are under AMLC monitoring.

For people who have no idea on the law.
ALMC stands for Anti Money Laundering Council while AMLA is the law which stands for Anti Money Laundering Act.

I believe that countries around the world are obliged to abide by these procedures to prevail in security. In terms of security, it is better for users to be protected and I am in favor of these mechanisms.

If they are not all required, they are not obliged to adopt on AMLA rules.

[passwordnow]

My thought regarding this is that the government doesn't see that there's a huge buck that circulates in the crypto gambling industry. Unlike in the exchanges, they probably heard that an exchange earns millions a day and that's why they're focusing on it.
But somehow, if they will also see that online casinos earn that much, they will enforce it. They are not tight with casinos for now but who knows if they'll strictly enforce KYC once BTC goes ATH.

actually many gambling sites mostly sportsbookies are now have their own kyc  .the kyc could be done to enhance your account or only required once you withdraw larger funds but luckily there are gambling sites that does not do it because they also know that this kills the idea of a crypto/anonymous gambling  . thats also impossible that a government or just any normal people will not know that theres alot of money flowing on cryptos because cryptos value are way too high  . how much more if its a gambling business when we know gambling owners are likely going to win

They have KYC for specific reasons. If they think that your account is doing something unusual, they will require you for KYC.
Maybe you're talking about the exchanges that requires KYC? When you say "many gambling sites(sportsbookies) do KYC" can you cite the names of it that you know?

[butcherme]

I'm a bit curious here. Why is it easier (compared to exchanges, payment processors, etc.) to run a gambling site without being forced to implement KYC/AML?

I even remember FaucetHub (A service that allowed you to create your own faucet) shutting down some time ago because they were being pressured into implementing KYC just because they were "storing" funds for users, even though, most of the payments that the users were receiving were "dust payments". So again, how is this any different from gambling sites?

People are more likely don't like to do KYC because thats the main reason why they are using online money, so they cannot be trace.
Also many people don't have valid ids to do so.

[$crypto$]

It depends on us because now there are many gambling sites that apply KYC or not (anonymous) so I think most people don't want KYC because for me it is difficult and many crypto methods use it like that so KYC for gamblers doesn't need to be needed because not important except making credit card withdrawals etc.

There are a lot of gambling sites here, but what I often use to gamble is an anomaly site that is trusted enough to make deposits and withdrawals in a simple way for me, that's enough to gamble.