Perhaps the betting industry has become a very lucrative business place for investors and the governments being aware of it is why they consciously fines the casino's with all the huge amounts of thousands and millions of $, £ and the rest for their illegal operations and the sites knowing how profitable the market is clears the fine just to remain active.
Gambling is a lucrative business even when it's not abused, but that doesn't mean some people won't use their dishonesty to feed their greed for more money. The same thing goes for government organizations that operate in the industry.
And with some of the casinos and gambling sites hiden some of its T&Cs, it is very unfair for users experiencing casino suddenly requests for KYC unjustly or allowing users make deposits and play fairly but when you win hugely, they reveals their hidden policy with some of them aiming to forfeit the players funds over bypassing with VPN or requesting KYC.
Any casino that is unreliable or conceals its terms and conditions is never worth using, let alone making a deposit on their website, as their goal is to strategically deceive their customers.
This similar game is what the governments also plays over the casinos who are operating without license in highly regulating areas, the government allows them dominates before placing charges on them.
Of course these are realities from experiences.
You have to act like a thief if you want to catch or beat him at his own game, and we can't blame them for that since the reasoning will allow them to profit more from the casino's unlawful habit.
Don't you think there is a Smart Play in the industry?
Every industry has smart play, so if you want to enter one, you should be well-informed because there will always be someone engaging in illegal activity for personal benefit.