Some needed features of an online casino.

[Alucard1]

Gambling is now really accesible nowadays, it starts with the tradition gambling wherein you are going to specific place to play personally or to gamble personally. It is now easily accessible because it already developed and we can now gamble online, there are so many websites online where we can gamble and the woeful fact is that people with any age can now gamble, if the website requires the idendtity then they can also use their parents ID or someone the know with valid ID.

Ive seen a qoute saying One has to know the risks and how to protect themselves,” she said. “[Gambling] does have alluring qualities that people have to be aware of this one says everything, there are a lot of gambler who have lost their lives becaus of addiction, addiction turns into depression this is not already a joke because it can really kill people. This is really destructive as it is now accessible 24/7 nowadays for only using phone or computer.

I am hoping that people who gamble can still prevent themselves from being addicted on it, there are still a lot of things that we can do to prevent addiction and those gambling websites or application can also help their customer by doing these things.

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.
2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.
3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

With these kind of features, they might actually help or lessen the addiction of a gambler.

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[Adbitco]

Gambling is now really accesible nowadays, it starts with the tradition gambling wherein you are going to specific place to play personally or to gamble personally. It is now easily accessible because it already developed and we can now gamble online, there are so many websites online where we can gamble and the woeful fact is that people with any age can now gamble, if the website requires the idendtity then they can also use their parents ID or someone the know with valid ID.

I think it's time some gambling sites began to look into email before approving kyc from their users. Just as Binance does to their users although I don't know if is applicable to all their users but then when passing kyc to trade p2p it was said of using email that bears the same with your documents and also with same name that is on the local bank account, otherwise their identity may not be verified.

Now what makes me brought this issues is about the children using their parents identity to verify them selves to have access to the gambling sites, if those gambling site are this mean to restrict under age gambler they are meant to go into detail of looking towards requirements in other to still limit under age gamblers.

Then facials verification is also something very important to track down those that are secretly stealing their parents id, if this is required I don't think any under age child could have the courage to meet their parents to help them pass kyc while the parents knows the implications involved.

[Oshosondy]

This should be discussed by the owners and workers of a gambling site, not a discussion for gamblers. I mean this discussion does not fit into gambling board.

if the website requires the idendtity then they can also use their parents ID or someone the know with valid ID.

Why using parent ID? That is wrong, especially if the parent do not know about it.

Then facials verification is also something very important to track down those that are secretly stealing their parents id, if this is required I don't think any under age child could have the courage to meet their parents to help them pass kyc while the parents knows the implications involved.

I think no parent will give his or her ID document to any of his or her children to use to verify on a gambling site. Most likely that the child use the ID document unknowingly to the parent.

But you are right, facial recognition can be helpful.

[swogerino]

Most well known casinos I think have a self exclusion ban which can be 1 day,1 week,1 month,1 year or forever and so when a gambler feels that things are running out of his control he can go and opt a self exclusion ban depending on his severity of addiction he can go and click on self exclusion forever.

The other ways mentioned here are a burden for most casinos as they would have to change their code in order to accommodate,time limits and things of this nature and that is why I think self exclusion is enough.For other ways there should be educative ads on TV,radios and other resources easily accessible to anyone so they can be useful to bring down the number of addicted persons.

[Hispo]

I know that you are mostly talking about features which are supposed to prevent gambling addiction or underage gambling, however, allow me to get a bit off topic and talk about a  feature which I would love online casinos to have for the VIP gamblers.

The big crypto casinos of internet should partner with some delivery service like Uber Eats, so they can send some drinks and food as a perk, to their most dedicated gamblers, about the same way brick and mortar casinos do. It would be an awesome evolution for online gambling in my opinion 

I bet it would attract new people towards that specific webpage, I think Stake could pull it off.

[danherbias07]

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.

Gambling sites are already doing this. KYC.

2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.

This will not be easy as it requires checking every user which means millions of gamblers to monitor. Then, even if a timer will be set, what if they will force it by putting higher amount of bets if they see the timer is gonna run out?
This type of feature should only be a one-sided rule. For the gambler to control themselves and have discipline on when they will stop.

3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

With these kind of features, they might actually help or lessen the addiction of a gambler.

Again, it's just the same as the details on number 2. They won't put gamble responsibly after their advertisements if the gambling sites themselves will be the ones controlling your playing time. It's on you. Be responsible. I'd suggest applying for the "Responsible Gambling" feature of one gambling site. Stake.com has that kind of option if you want to take a break.
https://stake.com/settings/responsible-gambling

[Ulven]

You've highlighted some potential features that gambling websites or applications could consider implementing to help prevent addiction among their customers. While these features may be helpful, it's important to note that preventing addiction is a complex issue and may require a multi-faceted approach.
Allow users to set financial limits on their gambling activities, such as deposit limits or maximum losses. These limits can help individuals stay within their budget and avoid excessive financial losses.
Providing players with notifications about how long they have been playing can serve as a helpful reminder of the time spent gambling. It can promote self-awareness and encourage players to reflect on their gambling habits, potentially preventing them from losing track of time and engaging in prolonged sessions!!
Develop educational materials and interactive tools that inform users about the risks associated with gambling, signs of addiction, and responsible gambling strategies. This can help increase awareness and promote informed decision-making!

[CarnagexD]

Gambling is now really accesible nowadays, it starts with the tradition gambling wherein you are going to specific place to play personally or to gamble personally. It is now easily accessible because it already developed and we can now gamble online, there are so many websites online where we can gamble and the woeful fact is that people with any age can now gamble, if the website requires the idendtity then they can also use their parents ID or someone the know with valid ID.

bigger problems require better solutions I guess? Well even before in traditional gambling places, we also used to borrow our friend's IDs or steal our parent's IDs hahahha. It just that nowadays it is more of technology and website based.

Ive seen a qoute saying One has to know the risks and how to protect themselves,” she said. “[Gambling] does have alluring qualities that people have to be aware of this one says everything, there are a lot of gambler who have lost their lives becaus of addiction, addiction turns into depression this is not already a joke because it can really kill people. This is really destructive as it is now accessible 24/7 nowadays for only using phone or computer.

depression is a very sensitive subject. but if you are someone who is suffering from it, I just want you to know that things will get fine. Whatever you're suffering on, that will shall pass.

I am hoping that people who gamble can still prevent themselves from being addicted on it, there are still a lot of things that we can do to prevent addiction and those gambling websites or application can also help their customer by doing these things.

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.
2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.
3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

With these kind of features, they might actually help or lessen the addiction of a gambler.

Irresponsible gambling will surely ruin your life. Indeed, having additional security and limitations of gambling websites to be as features would help the users manage themselves. But it still always depends on the user and the gambler. Just please gamble with care and don't ruin your life with betting be it online or traditional.

[n0ne]

All the features mentioned seems to be fair and it can help with the control and intimating users about the gambling activities. However along with the features there'll be options to enable and disable the feature. This once again makes the gambling activity to be much based on the user mind and not on the casino's choice.

Users were requested to prove their identity is good, but the competence in the gambling sites make it more feasible for gamblers. Every platform during the signup process gives a detailed briefing on terms and conditions. It is the users who understand it well and move forward, because the prime objectives found were about the risk and to gamble responsibly.

[Fesatmas]

I think more highlighted the use of parents' identity cards to access gambling, it is illegal, and this maslaah can also be associated with adults who use the identity of others, this is too easy to manipulate by gamblers in their original identity, maybe biometric Facial verification can be an additional option so that children who use their parents' identity cards and users who use other people's identity cards can be rejected while doing KYC.
This feature will be very helpful in my opinion.

[piebeyb]

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.
2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.
3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

With these kind of features, they might actually help or lessen the addiction of a gambler.

But how can casinos get money, if without gambling addicts isn't it that the more people who lose money the more casinos are rich and have money, so how can they add the features you want when it's their own source of income, after all they probably won't add anything that will stop gamblers from stopping playing, because what they want is for gamblers to continue playing spending all their money and assets.

I believe you may also know about this, we cannot save an addict without the intention of the addict himself to stop gambling, because the more we try to awaken and stop them, not necessarily they can stop being an addict.

[acroman08]

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.

this is a great idea for casinos that requires gamblers to fill up the KYC information upon registration, but I won't be surprised if a lot of gamblers will be against it.

2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.

would you mind elaborating on the highlighted part? does it mean that a gambler would temporarily not be able to use casino game/s until they pick whether it would be their last game for the game or not?

3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

an hourly notification that would pop up on the side of a screen( so it won't be annoying) would be great.

This should be discussed by the owners and workers of a gambling site, not a discussion for gamblers. I mean this discussion does not fit into gambling board.

actually, I think this a somewhat of a good discussion for gamblers to have, I mean it would be good to know what gamblers feel about the features OP suggested.

[Wexnident]

Do the casinos you play in still have their rules from the past? Not just a selfie, they even require people to put up a lot of other documents like bills as proof of identity afaik. It's not even for preventing addiction or anything (nor it can really), it's just the way the laws that they follow work. And honestly speaking, probably ANY type of rule or ToS in casinos that directly involve in stopping players would inevitably cause them a loss, and at the end of the day they're a business, so I highly doubt they'd do that. That's why self-exclusion exists, it's a great way to let users know that they "seem" to care, but they won't really force it onto them no, cause it's a direct loss on their part.

Maybe the time can be a useful one though. Not like someone who really wants to gamble would care tbf.

[Mauser]

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.
2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.
3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

With these kind of features, they might actually help or lessen the addiction of a gambler.

I noticed that some casinos already have notifications in place that show if I played for more than an hour. That's a good thing in my opinion because time can fly fast during a gambling session and we don't want to feel bad if the whole evening is gone. Would be nice if all casinos would adopt such a statem. As for setting a fixed time limit on our ourselves on how long we want to gamble, it's a bit difficult because we would be logged out in the middle of a session if our time is up. Let's say you are running a martingale strategy and have quite a few losses in a row, you need only one win to recover everything. But if you get forced to log out by the system you would be stuck with a big loss. Having a panic button is a good compromise, with it we can log ourselves out for 24 hours up to 1 month whenever we need. Also I would prefer to not send selfies to a casino, is it really needed?

[Cantsay]

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.

I don't how this is going to prevent a gambler from becoming addicted to gambling, the only thing that this can take care of is cheater which I'm sure KYC already have that under control an just as you said it's online an eliminating cheaters completely is almost impossible even if there proceed to taking selfies they could also easily use someone else's face.
We live in a computer world most things wwe believe not to be possible are becoming possible gradually.

2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.

This is not a new idea as so many users including myself are already using it.

3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

With these kind of features, they might actually help or lessen the addiction of a gambler.

This could also fit into no 2 as they are talking about the same thing which is time.

Another that should be added to the list is; setting a budget. Gamblers should not just dive into their account and start gambling without having a set amount for gambling if they do gambler without having an amount to limit they'll not only become addicted they'll also waste their money.

[Rruchi man]

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.

Gambling sites are already doing this. KYC.

OP is not saying that Casino's and gambling sites are not doing KYC, he is suggesting that they make the process more difficult for underage gamblers or other people to cheat. Selfie in addition to submission of Valid ID is not very common, although it can be scary having to submit a selfie before you gamble as a responsible gambler of age, it can actually solve the case for underage gamblers who use the identity of their parents and others that they have access to, to bet KYC and gamble.

I don't how this is going to prevent a gambler from becoming addicted to gambling,

That one does not really concern stopping gamblers from being addicted, it is more about reducing and stopping the number of underaged gamblers on their platform.

[YOSHIE]

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.

Selfie, maybe it's a good idea, but in my opinion selfie is not a solution to be able to prevent someone from quitting gambling or addiction.
Reason: addiction according to my understanding is one of the diseases that is ingrained in a person's soul for their gambling habit, even though selfies can have negative consequences for gambling users, but that doesn't stop them from overcoming addiction, it's the most serious disease in gambling.

2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.

If this is done by an online casino, the negative consequences for the casino are very fatal, users are uncomfortable betting, this will have a bad impact on online casinos, the addict will leave the casino and look for another casino, the end of the story closes and goes out of business without players.

3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

This is even worse, there is no sense of comfort gambling in the casino, fatal.


As far as I know people come to the world of gambling just to have fun in their bets, regardless of the addiction felt by users, they come to online casinos to bet as comfortably as possible, a casino that has 1000 limited bans, can make the casino die, the three ideas you mentioned to prevent addiction, in my opinion the negative impact on the casino itself, not on the user, what else is already a real addiction in gambling.

[robelneo]

I am hoping that people who gamble can still prevent themselves from being addicted on it, there are still a lot of things that we can do to prevent addiction and those gambling websites or application can also help their customer by doing these things.

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.
2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.
3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

With these kind of features, they might actually help or lessen the addiction of a gambler.

These are good suggestions for the sake of players, but will there be casinos that will be willing to implement these features, this could mean losing a big portion of their income, online casinos are not different from offline casinos they want you to stay as long as possible until you lose your bankroll.

The furthest they can do is to advise their players when signing up by recommending to read their TOS which the majority of gamblers will just ignore when it comes to the point about advice on responsible playing.
Casinos are profit-driven and players' urges cannot be stopped by a mere notification, they will only do so when they are completely satisfied or they lose everything.

[molsewid]

Gambling is now really accesible nowadays, it starts with the tradition gambling wherein you are going to specific place to play personally or to gamble personally. It is now easily accessible because it already developed and we can now gamble online, there are so many websites online where we can gamble and the woeful fact is that people with any age can now gamble, if the website requires the idendtity then they can also use their parents ID or someone the know with valid ID.

Ive seen a qoute saying One has to know the risks and how to protect themselves,” she said. “[Gambling] does have alluring qualities that people have to be aware of this one says everything, there are a lot of gambler who have lost their lives becaus of addiction, addiction turns into depression this is not already a joke because it can really kill people. This is really destructive as it is now accessible 24/7 nowadays for only using phone or computer.

I am hoping that people who gamble can still prevent themselves from being addicted on it, there are still a lot of things that we can do to prevent addiction and those gambling websites or application can also help their customer by doing these things.

1. They can use more secured ways to identify the real identity of their customer, the best thing to do here, aside from valid ID is they should add "take a selfie" on identity process.
2. They can also set a time limit of playing for a player, give notification if this would be their last game anymore for today.
3. Set a notification showing how long they've been playing.

With these kind of features, they might actually help or lessen the addiction of a gambler.

Among these things I think I can only agree to number 3 it is probable because people still don't like to do KYC until now, even though most of the online gambling site now implemented it still they are to hesitant for it what more for selfie. In my own perspective it cannot be done because of the privacy of each and every gambler and it will make them more uncomfortable. Limiting the time of the player can kill the momentum, though #3 can be easily ignored but it will helps.

[ralle14]

From what I know, some casinos already require a selfie when going through KYC, but I guess the other casinos aren't doing the same because having fewer requirements would encourage gamblers to play on their site.

Some form of time restriction seems unnecessary for casinos, but as swogerino already mentioned, most casinos have self-exclusion, which is the better alternative to what you're asking for.

Receiving notifications about your playtime would be a good idea, but I doubt casinos would add such a feature when they prefer their gamblers to play as long as possible. I remember some games have this feature, but i'll ignore them anyway.