Are you comfortable with sharing KYC data with casinos?

[Peanutswar]

The answer is no, that's why we are using a cryptocurrency because we dont want to expose ourselves, and also the convenience of the crypto casino in terms of transactions, but apparent some of the casino are seeking an advance KYC which is depends on you if you will use their services and platform but you need to comply or not. Players have the choice as always but we do prefer the casino does not require a mandatory KYC instead just a basic information for account creation and recovery. Base on my observation they will just seek a KYC if ever they will see something wrong about the players' activity in their casino.

[SquallLeonhart]

If you still think that your KYC at ANYWHERE in the world is safe, then you have never visited darknet before. A simple TOR download and checking the darknet would show you that almost every single KYC has been published there already, you can easily find it and purchase the list, it's a huge data, I think even just info+images were like 1+ tb big last time I saw it getting sold.

So you can be sure that, if you have already shared it with anywhere before, then you can easily share it after this because it's already out and no need to hide it anymore. Not even biggest safest places like Binance keeps it safe, because they use third parties to get rid of the legal troubles that may come from hacking, and those third places gets hacked easily.

[Satofan44]

Rest assured any online casino that doesn't not require kyc isnt legally registered, and I know registration doesn't mean much to alot of us gamblers but this is supposed to contribute to how much we rate a casino in terms of reputation, a casino that can one day decide to pack all the money belonging to their users and run away without any body being able to trace them, not even the government shouldnt be counted as reputable.

Wrong, and this is because you do not understand what privacy and anonymity actually mean in practical. Sure, when it comes to new entrants to the market then there is a much higher risk of getting scammed by a casino that is anonymous. However, it is not impossible for a legitimate operation to be built this way and without registration. Just because they do not have registration, that does not mean that they can't be traced. The longer they operate legitimately, the lower the likelihood that they will do any kind of scam. Every day that they operate on the clear web and facilitate transactions, they are leaving small amounts of data in regards to who they are. For all they know, they could have been already completely de-anonymized through a non-targeted operation by the NSA or some other entity.

Therefore, just because you read some stories about people exit scamming this way that does not mean that nobody ever gets caught. Educate yourself more on the concept of anonymity, it is not an on or off switch, and perfect anonymity does not exist.

If you still think that your KYC at ANYWHERE in the world is safe, then you have never visited darknet before. A simple TOR download and checking the darknet would show you that almost every single KYC has been published there already, you can easily find it and purchase the list, it's a huge data, I think even just info+images were like 1+ tb big last time I saw it getting sold.

That's somewhat of an exaggeration, there is no proof that confirms that all KYC or nearly all KYC has been leaked. A proper study would have to be conducted and all the data that is being sold would have to be analyzed and contrasted with the total KYC submissions. Nevertheless, it is a very large amount and it most often comes from online services such as casinos and exchanges.

[Localhostspeed]

Id like to add that usually they do not worry that users are underage, if he is playing over VPN, if he has legitimate personal documents up to the point where user wants to withdraw the funds. Then suddenly they become vigilant about minors gambling, VPN usage and personzl documents.

Like you said, documents can be faked and videos can be generated with AI and unfortunately innocent people who didnt read TOC and are worried about their privacy pay the toll and are forced to leave their funds in the casino.

I think virtually most casino knows when you gambling with VPN but wouldn't complain if you are using a non Kyc casino. However, if you are using a Kyc casino that has your identification, that means they know about your real location, they will lock that account one day or at most they will not allow the account make a withdrawal when is the time to withdraw your winning from the casino, just avoid VPN and use your regular locations when using a Kyc casino.

In my home country, I used casino that only ask for my number, they don't ask you for Kyc or extra verification, just your number to open an account and your bank account to withdraw money which I do use lightning mobile bank for withdrawals since they are fast and reliable. So far, I enjoyed this than anyone and I think it's one of the best casino I use but the down side, they don't accept crypto deposit, just the local currency for deposits and withdrawals.

[leonair]

The answer is no, that's why we are using a cryptocurrency because we dont want to expose ourselves, and also the convenience of the crypto casino in terms of transactions, but apparent some of the casino are seeking an advance KYC which is depends on you if you will use their services and platform but you need to comply or not. Players have the choice as always but we do prefer the casino does not require a mandatory KYC instead just a basic information for account creation and recovery. Base on my observation they will just seek a KYC if ever they will see something wrong about the players' activity in their casino.

The point you mentioned is definitely a good point. Because since we like to gamble with crypto for financial freedom and privacy, doing KYC will not be much of an incentive. However, the sites that are in a good position in the market and are leading the market and that is to say, the sites that are known as trusted sites are making the KYC mandatory. So in that case, we are forced to do KYC to gamble on a good platform, who basically like to gamble regularly. And even if we don't like this, we have to do it.

[romero121]

No platforms similar to directbet have come into usage. In my view it is one of the platform that never request for KYC and works flawless. Nowadays each and every platform is centralized and require KYC to use the platform in a much wider way. The only thing that have termed to be better is the support provided from the platforms. At the beginning switching from directbet usage to KYC fulfilment seems to be a big thing and slowly got used to it.

[Dunamisx]

Going by what most of us wants in using a casino for gambling, it would be preferred if we have the opportunity of not being asked for kyc because not everyone will appreciate giving out their personal information at the cost of using a casino to gamble, we also have to consider the benefit of this as it helps prevent accounts from those who want to take over the account from us, such could be the hackers or anyone willing to gain access to our profile and take over our account from us by all means.

[Oluwa-btc]

I have a very negative attitude toward giving my personal data not just to casinos, but to any private organization, even a government database. They can always be sold, hacked, or used against you used to your disadvantage. And lately this issue has been bothering me a lot, because everywhere you turn, someone is trying to collect some kind of personal information from you. I try in every possible way to avoid giving out my data for as long as I can.

There can always be better ways to substitute this procedure.The fact that KYC verification is essential, your personal information/data is also relevant regardless of anything.The idea of data losses and theft should be adjusted in ways that's suitable to everyone.Remember to always use your personal informations on safe/legal platforms.

[LUCKMCFLY]

There can always be better ways to substitute this procedure.The fact that KYC verification is essential, your personal information/data is also relevant regardless of anything.The idea of data losses and theft should be adjusted in ways that's suitable to everyone.Remember to always use your personal informations on safe/legal platforms.

Currently, things are like this: KYC verification is required, something that, for me, is supremely unnecessary. Many claim that they don't want to lose their data or have it go elsewhere, but come on, we have our KYC in systems that are less secure What I don't like here is that every casino makes it seem like it's mandatory; there's no longer any right to privacy or anonymity.

[HONDACD125]

The answer is no, that's why we are using a cryptocurrency because we dont want to expose ourselves, and also the convenience of the crypto casino in terms of transactions, but apparent some of the casino are seeking an advance KYC which is depends on you if you will use their services and platform but you need to comply or not. Players have the choice as always but we do prefer the casino does not require a mandatory KYC instead just a basic information for account creation and recovery. Base on my observation they will just seek a KYC if ever they will see something wrong about the players' activity in their casino.

I think casino platforms will also ask for KYC if a gambler makes a large deposit or tries to make a large withdrawal apart from their activities within the casino like how they play, or how they make bets, etc. Anyhow, most people these days barely care, they don't have a problem verifying their identity in any platform, because if they had cared, centralized exchanges wouldn't have as many users as they have these days, because in centralized exchange platforms, the first thing you need to do is verify your identity and then you will be allowed to do anything.

So that is proof that people actually are comfortable doing KYC on exchange platforms these days, which is also why most of the casinos that have the highest users are KYC-based, which means that even if they don't ask for KYC right away, they at least have it mentioned in their terms and conditions and they will ask about it at one point in the future when you are either making a deposit, a withdrawal, or something else occurs.

[virasisog]

Nope, I don't really feel comfortable sharing my personal information or doing KYC verification, but if it is a something that needs to be done and the one who requires it is a trusted company then I am willing to comply with it.
Not just in casino or gambling but also in trading sites, there are plenty of gambling sites nowadays and some of them doesn't really requires a KYC verification so it is all up to us if we want to continue with it or look for a similar one that doesn't requires a KYC but still have a good reputation.

Rest assured any online casino that doesn't not require kyc isnt legally registered, and I know registration doesn't mean much to alot of us gamblers but this is supposed to contribute to how much we rate a casino in terms of reputation, a casino that can one day decide to pack all the money belonging to their users and run away without any body being able to trace them, not even the government shouldnt be counted as reputable.

And lets not forget that some casinos remain kyc free as long as you the gambler keep losing money to them, or keep a minimal amount in winnings, the moment luck smiles on you and you win a significant amount of money, story changes, you will discover that a casino that was supposed to be a non-kyc casino have automatically turned into a kyc casino 😂

Yes it is the risk of playing or gambling in a non-KYC casino, if you are aiming for a big win then play in a trusted casino site in order to secure your profit, but if you are aiming to just have fun and be contented with some profit (Not a life changing win that could potential hold the account), then play with those non-KYC casino.
Not everyone is comfortable submitting their personal information online, specially when we are aware that some are using fake information to scam or our information might leaked and be used for fraud.

[ovcijisir]

The answer is no, that's why we are using a cryptocurrency because we dont want to expose ourselves, ~

Unfortunately when big institutions started to buy crypto and when crypto ETFs started, that was the end of crypto as we knew it. After that year after year regulations get stricter and attacks on anonimity gets stronger. That is quite the opposite of ehat crypto was all abouy in beginning. The way it is headed now Bitcoin will serve as a store of value for big institutions. I really hope that Im wrong.
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[Eternad]

The answer is no, that's why we are using a cryptocurrency because we dont want to expose ourselves, ~

Unfortunately when big institutions started to buy crypto and when crypto ETFs started, that was the end of crypto as we knew it. After that year after year regulations get stricter and attacks on anonimity gets stronger. That is quite the opposite of ehat crypto was all abouy in beginning. The way it is headed now Bitcoin will serve as a store of value for big institutions. I really hope that Im wrong.
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It resulted to positive and negative ways. Positive on the side of valuation of crypto including its legality since before everything is on gray area in exchange to the anonymity that we are enjoying before when crypto is not yet valued as money by the government.

Embracing what’s legal is the only thing we can do and I believe casino is working to make their KYC procedure safe since their reputation is on the line too for taking our data.

[Wakate]

If you still think that your KYC at ANYWHERE in the world is safe, then you have never visited darknet before. A simple TOR download and checking the darknet would show you that almost every single KYC has been published there already, you can easily find it and purchase the list, it's a huge data, I think even just info+images were like 1+ tb big last time I saw it getting sold.

I think ignorance has been one of the reasons why many gamblers are very relaxed sharing their information with  every casinos they are using and it's very bad. I don't really support the idea of sharing KYC information with an online casinos because who knows what they will use the information and do when they are not more in operation.

[dunfida]

If you still think that your KYC at ANYWHERE in the world is safe, then you have never visited darknet before. A simple TOR download and checking the darknet would show you that almost every single KYC has been published there already, you can easily find it and purchase the list, it's a huge data, I think even just info+images were like 1+ tb big last time I saw it getting sold.

I think ignorance has been one of the reasons why many gamblers are very relaxed sharing their information with  every casinos they are using and it's very bad. I don't really support the idea of sharing KYC information with an online casinos because who knows what they will use the information and do when they are not more in operation.

Not unless if you are dealing with some reputable and credible casino on which you do have at least that kind of confidence when you are trying out to submit that KYC but of course there would be that still having that doubt or hesitance because we do know on how we do give importance when it comes to privacy but come to think that we've been that doing up things on submitting our information into those typical things in life specially on submitting details on which it is just that the same. The only thing that you do have in doubt is that when information comes or leak online then it could potentially be used in other means but of course it would be that depending on you. It will be that having the doubts on sharing information but if you are that eager on trying out to gamble and submitting those KYC then it will be that up to you but most of the time.

Most of the casinos online that we do have now are requiring some verification before you can make a withdrawal on which it do really sucks but since you do like to gamble and withdraw then you wont mind that much.

[bakasabo]

I don't really support the idea of sharing KYC information with an online casinos because who knows what they will use the information and do when they are not more in operation.

Besides storing information what else can casino do with our passport and ID scans? Do you think they will on purpose or themselves contact your local tax authorities and provide all the information about your deposits and withdrawals? Do you think that one day person who is responsible for data bases and information will make a slot on dark market with archive of private documents? Or same person will try using your documents try to gain access to your accounts on other platforms?

[ovcijisir]

I don't really support the idea of sharing KYC information with an online casinos because who knows what they will use the information and do when they are not more in operation.

Besides storing information what else can casino do with our passport and ID scans? Do you think they will on purpose or themselves contact your local tax authorities and provide all the information about your deposits and withdrawals? Do you think that one day person who is responsible for data bases and information will make a slot on dark market with archive of private documents? Or same person will try using your documents try to gain access to your accounts on other platforms?

First, there is risk of data leakage. The casino can have best will to store the data safely, but every database can be hacked and subsequently sold on the black market.

To inform about consequences about personal information leak I suggest following article:
What happens when your identity is stolen -- real story || Avoid CEXs!

[Lida93]

If you still think that your KYC at ANYWHERE in the world is safe, then you have never visited darknet before. A simple TOR download and checking the darknet would show you that almost every single KYC has been published there already, you can easily find it and purchase the list, it's a huge data, I think even just info+images were like 1+ tb big last time I saw it getting sold.

I think ignorance has been one of the reasons why many gamblers are very relaxed sharing their information with  every casinos they are using and it's very bad. I don't really support the idea of sharing KYC information with an online casinos because who knows what they will use the information and do when they are not more in operation.

Not always ignorance anyway but it's what we can't really do away with even with our knowledge of it because almost every casino is a centralized one operating under a license that places them under regulation. And by the time a gambler began to want to use every casino that's advertised he would be having to pass a KYC either immediately on registration or sometime later when the casino would demand for it. If you don't want to have your information shared across different casinos you would have to stick with just one or two.

[ovcijisir]

The answer is no, that's why we are using a cryptocurrency because we dont want to expose ourselves, ~

Unfortunately when big institutions started to buy crypto and when crypto ETFs started, that was the end of crypto as we knew it. After that year after year regulations get stricter and attacks on anonimity gets stronger. That is quite the opposite of ehat crypto was all abouy in beginning. The way it is headed now Bitcoin will serve as a store of value for big institutions. I really hope that Im wrong.
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Embracing what’s legal is the only thing we can do and I believe casino is working to make their KYC procedure safe since their reputation is on the line too for taking our data.

First of all if something is legal it doesn't mean it is right. Second the thing is that casinos don't take any consequences if they screw things up, but the user can become target of malicious actors, or his data can even be used to conduct criminal activity if his data leaks.

Unfortunately I believe many underestimate the value of their private data and take carefree stance about this issue.

[bakasabo]

I don't really support the idea of sharing KYC information with an online casinos because who knows what they will use the information and do when they are not more in operation.

Besides storing information what else can casino do with our passport and ID scans? Do you think they will on purpose or themselves contact your local tax authorities and provide all the information about your deposits and withdrawals? Do you think that one day person who is responsible for data bases and information will make a slot on dark market with archive of private documents? Or same person will try using your documents try to gain access to your accounts on other platforms?

First, there is risk of data leakage. The casino can have best will to store the data safely, but every database can be hacked and subsequently sold on the black market.

To inform about consequences about personal information leak I suggest following article:
What happens when your identity is stolen -- real story || Avoid CEXs!

It is said also that "It didn't happen after using a centralized exchange". The idea of this story is to warn people from uploading documents everywhere. But casino isnt "everywhere". Imo they are more secured that other places where people upload their documents. First thing that came to my mind are travelling agencies or rentals (the one that are not branded; some local with old cars, which foreigners prefer due to low price). People freely give them to copy documents or send by email. Those places are unsecured and should be avoided. Casinos imo are more protected from hackers. Moreover, for hacker, money would be a priority to steal.