Are you comfortable with sharing KYC data with casinos?

[ovcijisir]

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Almost all gamblers don't feel comfortable sharing their KYC? You could not be more wrong. The data shows that most people gladly submit KYC without even thinking twice. They don't care at all about any potential consequences about any of this.
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I think that the most of these people are just ignorant (willingly or not) about the harm that they can suffer if their private information leaks.

If they knew the consequences I doubt that anyone would willingly give out their private information just like that.

Also they probably think that those are things that always happen to other persons, and not them personally. Until it happens to them or someone they can identify with they will just try to keep themselves in blissful ignorance.

[xbetz.io]

Personally I’m cautious with KYC. I understand that in some jurisdictions casinos are required to collect KYC data due to AML regulations. That part isn’t the main issue for me.

The real problem is how KYC is applied in practice, especially when it only appears at withdrawal, without clear limits, timelines, or communication. If KYC is required, it should be transparent from the start, with clear thresholds and expectations. Delayed withdrawals combined with sudden KYC requests is where trust usually breaks.

[ovcijisir]

Personally I’m cautious with KYC. I understand that in some jurisdictions casinos are required to collect KYC data due to AML regulations. That part isn’t the main issue for me.

The real problem is how KYC is applied in practice, especially when it only appears at withdrawal, without clear limits, timelines, or communication. If KYC is required, it should be transparent from the start, with clear thresholds and expectations. Delayed withdrawals combined with sudden KYC requests is where trust usually breaks.

Unfortunately information about KYC requirements is usually dug in somewhere in "Terms and Conditions". As it was said before the most transparent way to do business would be that KYC would be required from the start, during account creation or BEFORE making deposit.

Unfortunately that is not the case in vast majority of casinos I have been using, and to me it seemed that KYC was triggered randomly and exclusevly during withdrawal process.

[Synchronice]

Most of regulated casinos have clause in their Terms and conditions that they can block the account and ask for personal data if they find users activity suspicious or even for no reason at all.

I have always been careful about sharing my personal data with such services. Not only because they can misuse my data, but I don't have any control of who can access my personal data. Also I don't know who they share it with and finally some unhappy employee can collect that data and sell it on black market.

What are your experiences with sharing personal data and opinions about stricter and stricter regulations that require users to share personal data for every withdrawal?

I do not feel comfortable sharing with my data not only with casinos but with border control, with police, with anyone. It's not that I have to hide anything but I simply don't like when someone sees my private, sensitive information. The only moment I feel comfortable are with those people who make my passport and other documents but I don't know them and will never know.
When it comes to sharing my KYC data, I'm very careful. I try to use as less KYC related services as possible and when I use, I try to use the most trusted ones that didn't have or had a very few data breaches and take care of the security seriously. Also, there are services that don't ask you for KYC if you aren't very active users and don't need very high limits, so I stick with low activity and low limits.

[ultrloa]

Personally I’m cautious with KYC. I understand that in some jurisdictions casinos are required to collect KYC data due to AML regulations. That part isn’t the main issue for me.

The real problem is how KYC is applied in practice, especially when it only appears at withdrawal, without clear limits, timelines, or communication. If KYC is required, it should be transparent from the start, with clear thresholds and expectations. Delayed withdrawals combined with sudden KYC requests is where trust usually breaks.

Unfortunately information about KYC requirements is usually dug in somewhere in "Terms and Conditions". As it was said before the most transparent way to do business would be that KYC would be required from the start, during account creation or BEFORE making deposit.

Unfortunately that is not the case in vast majority of casinos I have been using, and to me it seemed that KYC was triggered randomly and exclusevly during withdrawal process.

Its frustrating to see those situations happening on some casinos since they hide this information to their costumers, that one made their casino shady and usually I don't gamble on the casino especially if they are not transparent on their KYC processes.

The most fairest approach is if they ask the KYC upfront and they do this during we try to register in their platform, I see this as transparent actions and casino usually do this are reputable ones. If are honest at first for sure they will not be questioned about this requirements since gamblers already know what they can expect to happen while trying to register and play on their casino.

[bubilas]

I used to wonder why so many gamblers dislike online casinos requiring identity verification. Lately, I've been coming across a lot of different casinos that looked very good and had very convenient deposit terms. But as soon as I was about to withdraw my winnings, these casinos would start acting up. I'd receive emails stating that my deposit couldn't be withdrawn, forcing me to contact support. Then I realized they were blocking me from withdrawing my winnings for some far-fetched reason, even though they claimed to be free from document verification.

And when I told them I'd write an angry review on the forum, they immediately released my money.

[Satofan44]

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Almost all gamblers don't feel comfortable sharing their KYC? You could not be more wrong. The data shows that most people gladly submit KYC without even thinking twice. They don't care at all about any potential consequences about any of this.
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I think that the most of these people are just ignorant (willingly or not) about the harm that they can suffer if their private information leaks.

Absolutely, although I would argue that the people that are willingly ignorant constitute a very small portion from the total group. Generally people with a fragile ego tend to resort to such options as an excuse, so that they can avoid admitting that they are stupid for being ignorant about important matters. Overall we are talking about things that are related to every human, there is no excuse not to know them. If someone does not value their own freedoms, that just confirms that they are not a good person. That is nothing to be proud of.

If they knew the consequences I doubt that anyone would willingly give out their private information just like that.

Well with that we come to the game of knowing and understanding. Many smokers claim that they know the negative effects from smoking, they have heard it many times but they still persist. What use is such "knowledge"? Translate it to something else. Here's an analogy: "I know that I should drive my car according to the way that the road goes, but instead I drove it into a wall on purpose". Sounds pretty sick does it not? If they truly understand the issue, they would be concerned about it. That is the summary of the knowledge vs. understanding topic. If a person is not concerned about it, they don't properly understand it. It is not possible to "not care about these things", because to not care implies a priority-ordering mechanism that incorrectly puts other things above these matters -- often very trivial and meaningless things of the material world. This is only possible from a lack of understanding.

Also they probably think that those are things that always happen to other persons, and not them personally. Until it happens to them or someone they can identify with they will just try to keep themselves in blissful ignorance.

See there you have a case understanding of flawed and dismissive thinking. People are how they are and they don't try to change themselves or anything else for the good. The correct thinking here would be something like, because it happens to others I will make sure that it does not happen to me. 

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Internet privacy or privacy in general is just joke in my country so it lead to a system that I need to provide my KYC for almost any purchase that is over $2,000, so it conditioned me to be lenient with whom I can share the KYC because my details are already available in every possible market for sale.

Same reason why I sometimes feel reluctant not to refuse KYC, not because KYC is required for everything here in my country but because even the organizations like banks that takes our information do not protect it very well to prevent scammers having access to it, although I'm still very careful when it comes to internet space because there are more dangerous people on the internet that can use someone's KYC information to commit a big evil and then the innocent person would be in trouble.

[Fiasem20]

The only option in regards to not sharing your personal data is by using an online casino that doesn’t require their customers KYC,but as for licensed casinos that are highly regulated it’s expected of their customers to provide their KYC.Due to the high rate of scam in no-KYC platforms I have been using platforms that require KYC,it’s not like there’s no scam on platforms that requires their customers KYC but it can’t be compared to that of the no-KYC platforms.To be on the safer side it’s advisable to always look out for the reputation of a casino before registering and depositing your money.

[alani123]

There certainly are a few casinos I would not trust with my data.

For instance my country has a licensing scheme and already a handful of licenses have been given out. And yet there are a few occasions where their marketing targets my locale in specific while they have no license.

What tells me then they their owner isn't a mafia boss and why should I trust him? In any case this is the type of casino I'm avoiding.

[Pi-network314159]

What are your experiences with sharing personal data and opinions about stricter and stricter regulations that require users to share personal data for every withdrawal?

I haven't had an expirience that prompt me to shear my KYC or personal documents for withdrawal, but However I have Sheared my documents for KYC approval in a an account I want to sign up. Although there was a casino I registered without KYC, but later I was asked to submit my KYC documents before withdrawal will be possible, I did and it was able to withdraw but that was all, I never encountered any challenges again with withdrawal. But if there are casino that regularly asked for personal Data on each withdrawal then I will advice people to stop it and look for the one that will allow each gambler to do it once and not each time of withdrawal.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Internet privacy or privacy in general is just joke in my country so it lead to a system that I need to provide my KYC for almost any purchase that is over $2,000, so it conditioned me to be lenient with whom I can share the KYC because my details are already available in every possible market for sale.

Same reason why I sometimes feel reluctant not to refuse KYC, not because KYC is required for everything here in my country but because even the organizations like banks that takes our information do not protect it very well to prevent scammers having access to it, although I'm still very careful when it comes to internet space because there are more dangerous people on the internet that can use someone's KYC information to commit a big evil and then the innocent person would be in trouble.

To be honest we can do nothing about that, we can be picky when it comes to who we share our KYC data but again no platform is safe from the data leaks, even in the recent days the casinos who uses third party to store the data got leaked that eventually left some private information including KYC details. Might need some kind of penalty in the regulation for the platforms that faces data breah then only they will take care of those such things better.

[SUPERSAIAN]

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Almost all gamblers don't feel comfortable sharing their KYC? You could not be more wrong. The data shows that most people gladly submit KYC without even thinking twice. They don't care at all about any potential consequences about any of this.
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I think that the most of these people are just ignorant (willingly or not) about the harm that they can suffer if their private information leaks.

If they knew the consequences I doubt that anyone would willingly give out their private information just like that.

Also they probably think that those are things that always happen to other persons, and not them personally. Until it happens to them or someone they can identify with they will just try to keep themselves in blissful ignorance.

People only realize how important personal information is after it happens to them. They don't understand it until it occurs to them. Stock exchanges, casinosalmost all of them require KYC, and if we want to register, we have to provide our personal information. Actually, many people care about this, but they don't really have much choice; they simply agree to provide this information for access.

[sana54210]

Honestly, my KYC has been hacked all around the world already, from my national government ID to every detail about where I live and many more, with some of the hackings in some of the websites I have been registered.

So at this point, it would be weird to not want to share my KYC, if anyone wants it, they can get it anyways, so why would I be worried about it anyways? I will not be worried about it at all and I will just share it because it's already out there at the hands of some people. If it wasn't, then I would not want to, but it's already out there, so I do not care.

[bettercrypto]

Most of regulated casinos have clause in their Terms and conditions that they can block the account and ask for personal data if they find users activity suspicious or even for no reason at all.

I have always been careful about sharing my personal data with such services. Not only because they can misuse my data, but I don't have any control of who can access my personal data. Also I don't know who they share it with and finally some unhappy employee can collect that data and sell it on black market.

What are your experiences with sharing personal data and opinions about stricter and stricter regulations that require users to share personal data for every withdrawal?

If we are the type to read the Terms of Service (TOS) of every casino, once we’ve understood their rules, the final decision still rests with us whether we continue gambling with them or not, right?

Meaning, whether the casino is new or old, the choice is ultimately ours. For me, it probably just depends on the casino's reputation. Consequently, I don't see any problem with submitting a KYC (Know Your Customer) as long as I feel they are trusted—so why not? But if we are doubtful and they demand a KYC, it's simple: don't provide it. It’s really that easy to do.

[goldkingcoiner]

Most of regulated casinos have clause in their Terms and conditions that they can block the account and ask for personal data if they find users activity suspicious or even for no reason at all.

I have always been careful about sharing my personal data with such services. Not only because they can misuse my data, but I don't have any control of who can access my personal data. Also I don't know who they share it with and finally some unhappy employee can collect that data and sell it on black market.

What are your experiences with sharing personal data and opinions about stricter and stricter regulations that require users to share personal data for every withdrawal?

I am not comfortable with giving my KYC (government issued paperwork) to third parties, no matter if they are a casino, exchange or any other kind of third party platform. The risk that they will lose my data is too large. But I guess we cannot avoid it sometimes.

[IjawMan]

I do not like to go for gambling sites that require KYC before but I am only using very little amount of money to gamble, which makes it not of a concern, this makes me later think if it is necessary. I am still using gambling sites that KYC is not compulsory, but if a gambling site make KYC compulsory, I do not mind to use it also if it is a very good gambling site. But that will be when almost all gambling sites require KYC, as long as I still have the choice to use gambling sites that require no KYC, I will prefer the no KYC gambling sites.

Do we have gambling sites that do not require KYC eventually? What we have are gamble sites that claim to be no KYC up on to when you register with the casino you can still play in the site for as long as they tarry but when you win or to make high withdrawal they can come out on you with KYC requirement as clause for successful withdrawal to be enabled.

I do not accept the marketing statements from casinos who claim to be no KYC when they are operating under a centralized licence is not possible.