Not Listed but Still Banned, Who’s at Fault?

[lovesmayfamilis]

I think it's unfair for a casino to allow access to its website and deposits, only to discover the violation later. It's as if there's a trap lurking there that benefits the casino itself. I think if this happens, the casino might allow a small withdrawal but might use this "circumvention" to avoid paying out large winnings.

[dimonstration]

the earlier the better we know these that, the casino will ban us if we violate their rules, they cant ban if we don't go against it, just as some other already contributed, also, if you see any other platform acting contrary to these, then we have to avoid such and give the necessary review about them, to prevent others from being their victim, while the use of vpn comes with the casino terms and condition, which everyone of us should try as much as possible to know what can raise a flag to our user account while using a particular gambling casino.

It’s true but the problem is some casino leave a vague part on their ToS that will need interpretation by user himself that frequently results to different assumptions.

This vague rules often use to exploit players when they are trying to withdraw their profits.

By means of vague terms I mean the same instance which the OP brought that casino leave the responsibility on checking their own country law while the casino doesn’t specifically mentioned the country as restricted.

[NewCryptocasinos]

Imagine you’re a gambler from a country where gambling is totally banned, offline and online. You look for an offshore casino, check the restricted countries list, and your country isn’t there. You sign up, deposit, gamble, maybe even win.

Then one day, the casino suddenly bans your account, saying gambling is illegal in your country.

So who’s really at fault here?

The gambler checked the rules and wasn’t listed as restricted. The casino allowed registration, deposits, and betting without any issue. If access was not allowed, why wasn’t the country blocked from the start?

On the other hand, casinos always say it’s the player’s responsibility to know local laws. Fair enough, but then what’s the point of publishing a restricted countries list if it can be ignored anytime?

Should the casino at least allow withdrawal of funds before closing the account, or is confiscation justified?

Interested to hear your thoughts about this scenario.

Who’s at fault? The casino. Period.

It’s 2026, IP blocking is a "one-click" setup. If they let you sign up, deposit, and play without a VPN, they are basically saying, "Your money is good here." Waiting until you win to suddenly care about "local laws" isn't a legal policy—it's a scam tactic.

However, if you bypass their security by using a VPN, its a different story,

[Findingnemo]

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Im sure these casino sights are reviewed over time and it is not all the countries with restrictions rhat are updated at once. Si depending when a particular countries status of eligibility is updated the information will not fully display.  Within that period the player can register because of inadequate information he got. So I'll say its a two ways thing.   Neither the casino or the player is to be blamed in this situation.

Yes, casino keep updating their terms along with the list of restricted countries from time to time, usually once in a few months so it is not a real time update that is why it is also the user's responsibility to make sure they are residing in a country where it is legal. And in certain cases some games will not be available while the remaining ones will be for the users to gamble.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Imagine you’re a gambler from a country where gambling is totally banned, offline and online. You look for an offshore casino, check the restricted countries list, and your country isn’t there. You sign up, deposit, gamble, maybe even win.

Then one day, the casino suddenly bans your account, saying gambling is illegal in your country.

So who’s really at fault here?

The gambler checked the rules and wasn’t listed as restricted. The casino allowed registration, deposits, and betting without any issue. If access was not allowed, why wasn’t the country blocked from the start?

On the other hand, casinos always say it’s the player’s responsibility to know local laws. Fair enough, but then what’s the point of publishing a restricted countries list if it can be ignored anytime?

Should the casino at least allow withdrawal of funds before closing the account, or is confiscation justified?

Interested to hear your thoughts about this scenario.

Well thing that is certain is that casinos will do anything to confiscate users funds who are found wanting, it will take a casino being run and managed by a very good and responsible persons to allow the user withdraw his or her funds after banning the users account on the account that he or she is gambling from a country or jurisdiction where gambling is not allowed or totally banned.

A gambler from a place where both online and offline gambling isn't allowed have some work to do before depositing to a casino, first thing is he needs to contact the casino's customer care service and explain to them that he is from a country where both online and offline gambling is not allowed, and that his country is not listed among the casino's list of banned countries, he can then ask the customer care whether its safe for him to deposit and gamble on that casino, if the customer care says yes, then he can proceeds to gambling on this casino, but the user must ensure to keep record of the chat with the customer support as evidence just incase in the future, the casinos turns around to ban his account for gambling from a country where gambling isn't allowed.

[Joeboy]

The Casino is mainly to be blamed here....It wrongg for them to have shifted the blame to the gambler coz they were the ones that allowed the gambler to sign up and even deposit money and there had no problem with that..The gambler even took his time to check the list of the restricted countries and his country wasn't there, so he had to think everything was fine. I definitely would have thought the same way.. Casino are meant to act fair, and alwayz be clear and consistent with their rules, it wrong to allow someone to play and then punishing them later for it...

[JeffBrad12]

Both parties are at fault.

1. Player knows he took the risk by gambling at offshore casino, which have greater chance to be rigged.
2. Casino was also showing how they were a scam by not noticing the player to withdraw his money, but ban it.

To conclude player has mad crucial mistake to bet in the offshore casino. If he's loving his money, he would do that.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Some fraudulent casinos might also intentionally omit these countries because they want to exploit gamblers from these countries. These gamblers will not seek redress from any organisation since they are disobeying the law, so the casino can easily seize their wins and freeze their accounts. Therefore, it is better to avoid breaking any law in the course of gambling.

You are right, some fraudulent casino can be tricky, they do this on purpose so that once a customer is falls victim, they will immediately claim the person's money knowing that the person can not do anything to get back the money. Like you said, the best solution to prevent this problem is when a gambler prevent breaking either the casino rule or government policies of their country but if the person can beat the risk, then they can go on with it but when the person would know how bad their situation is, is if they won a huge amount like $40k and they are not able to withdraw it.

[KiaKia]

That's cheating, casinos shouldn't support any banned locations and if it comes unexpectedly they are to inform the gambler to withdraw his money before a date and that's final.

I don't like when online casino take advantage of similar situations just to sit on the customers fund, that's stealing and such casino shouldn't be trusted.

Normally the casino website shouldn't even be reachable for banned locations, there are many online casinos that I myself can't access because my location is blocked.

The casino is at fault..

[serjent05]

That's cheating, casinos shouldn't support any banned locations and if it comes unexpectedly they are to inform the gambler to withdraw his money before a date and that's final.

I don't like when online casino take advantage of similar situations just to sit on the customers fund, that's stealing and such casino shouldn't be trusted.

Normally the casino website shouldn't even be reachable for banned locations, there are many online casinos that I myself can't access because my location is blocked.

The casino is at fault..

It is true that casino should have notified the player the moment they knew the player is playing from a country that banned gambling.  Although it is not illegal to ban the accounts of players who are from a country that bans gambling, it is a shady behavior to just confiscate all the funds of the player.  At least they can just let the player withdraw the amount they deposited and just cancel the winnings.

Rather than blaming the casino alone, I think both party are at fault.  The person is from a country that banned gambling anyway, so he should not be engaging in any gambling platform.

[Eternad]

That's cheating, casinos shouldn't support any banned locations and if it comes unexpectedly they are to inform the gambler to withdraw his money before a date and that's final.

I don't like when online casino take advantage of similar situations just to sit on the customers fund, that's stealing and such casino shouldn't be trusted.

Normally the casino website shouldn't even be reachable for banned locations, there are many online casinos that I myself can't access because my location is blocked.

The casino is at fault..

It is true that casino should have notified the player the moment they knew the player is playing from a country that banned gambling.  Although it is not illegal to ban the accounts of players who are from a country that bans gambling, it is a shady behavior to just confiscate all the funds of the player.  At least they can just let the player withdraw the amount they deposited and just cancel the winnings.

Rather than blaming the casino alone, I think both party are at fault.  The person is from a country that banned gambling anyway, so he should not be engaging in any gambling platform.

This should be the standard but sadly some casino use this for their own advantage against player that doesn’t know their country law. Casino knew that players are playing on restricted country so they are using it as insurance in case that player won and withdrew to their casino with profit.

That’s why playing on reputable casino only is a must since they do have some considerations such as refunding deposits while other casino confiscate everything.

[Oluwa-btc]

Should the casino at least allow withdrawal of funds before closing the account, or is confiscation justified?

Interested to hear your thoughts about this scenario.

The casino is at fault right from the start because the gambler needs to be notified about the casinos  do's and don't alongside knowing if that particular country is open to gambling, but the act of access it's seeming like an illegal acts from the casino itself of which there's more to it. So it's never the players fault but the casino I think they did that to lure and get the players been scammed intoto. If there's a case of the country been restricted I believe the player should be notified from that very instant but not letting them go through the process and have them lose it all.

[xbetz.io]

This is a grey area where both sides share responsibility but casinos carry more blame than they admit.

If a country isn’t listed as restricted and the casino allows registration, deposits and betting then retroactively banning the account feels unfair, especially if funds are confiscated. “Player responsibility” makes sense for local laws but restricted country lists exist for a reason. If those lists can be ignored at any time, they become meaningless. At minimum, withdrawals of deposited (and even won) funds should be allowed unless there is clear evidence of fraud or abuse. Otherwise it sets a dangerous precedent and erodes trust in offshore gambling altogether.

[bhadz]

This should be the standard but sadly some casino use this for their own advantage against player that doesn’t know their country law. Casino knew that players are playing on restricted country so they are using it as insurance in case that player won and withdrew to their casino with profit.

That's sort of assuring the players from a restricted player will deposit before they even knew that they're actually part of the restricted countries. I think that it's really unfair for those players that are from those banned countries. If ever from the time of registration and deposit, the country isn't banned yet, they should make it as an exception.

That’s why playing on reputable casino only is a must since they do have some considerations such as refunding deposits while other casino confiscate everything.

I agree, that's why it's important to choose where people should gamble. Those casinos that have proved them to be rightful and stand to their own rules and yet, very considerate.

[gunhell16]

Both parties are at fault.

1. Player knows he took the risk by gambling at offshore casino, which have greater chance to be rigged.
2. Casino was also showing how they were a scam by not noticing the player to withdraw his money, but ban it.

To conclude player has mad crucial mistake to bet in the offshore casino. If he's loving his money, he would do that.

I can agree with you on that, dude. If the player read the TOS (Terms of Service) restrictions and still insisted on creating an account using a VPN, they have nobody to blame but themselves if they run into problems.

However, if the casino was transparent about a region being restricted but still allowed the player to create an account and gamble anyway, they’re just taking advantage. They know they can freeze or ban that player’s account at any time. In that case, it makes the casino itself look like the scammer.

[Royal Cap]

I think both sides have some responsibility here. The player entered after reading the rules that's normal. If someone doesn't see their country on the list it's normal to assume that there is no problem, Again if the casino allows registration and deposits at the beginning, then suddenly calling it illegal later seems very unfair. My personal opinion is that the casino should at least allow withdrawals, It's easy to say that it's the player's responsibility to know the law but if the country is not clearly blocked, it doesn't seem fair to put the entire blame on the player.

[stompix]

Then one day, the casino suddenly bans your account, saying gambling is illegal in your country.
So who’s really at fault here?

The casino!
The casino is governed by the rules where it has a license for it, as long as the country isn't imposing and deliberately banning the casino you're playing legally.
There is no other take on this!
Weed is legal in some states, you can't deny a guy from another state to buy weed because in Colorado it's illegal but this guy who wants to buy is from Texas where it's illegal. Is law enforcement going to arrest him for what?

On the other hand, casinos always say it’s the player’s responsibility to know local laws.

Except that a casino is not governed by the local laws where it has no licenses.
This is like a seller at Amazon sending you a different film for tinted windows that you ordered because the ordered one would be illegal in your state....

[STT]

Access to your funds and access to the gambling and bets available are two separate issues, they should allow you to close out an account so far as I know or clear your name etc.   That would be normal process towards any average player who just wanted to use the games, consumers aren't required to be lawyers or experts on what industry protocol changes might be occurring that's not a normal expectation.

[OsaiEmma]

I think it's the casinos fault, yeah we know ignorance is not an excuse but if they allow all the processes and even deposit, why will the account be closed, they should at least give him back his initial deposit before closing the account, IMO, that's logical

[LUCKMCFLY]

The player who takes that kind of risk knows perfectly well that this is a very likely scenario, and if he went ahead despite everything that was owed to him, then he is responsible for that person, so it is the person's fault, if they were caught there is no other option but to accept it , it is the most intelligent thing to do, if he fights he knows that he will lose that fight.