I want to know how the community sees this.
My observation is, there are gamblers who are fine with casinos that do not have a license as long as they have a good reputation, but the sad part is that there are also many unlicensed casinos that end up scamming their users.
So for the community, since we normally respond on their ANN threads or even wear signatures of casinos trying to promote here. My question is, should we already consider a casino without a license as a scam from the start? or should we only treat it as a red flag and wait for actual proof before calling it a scam?
It's never a scam until proven so, but waiting to have a prove can mean trying to confirm that they actively scammed a group of people before you can distrust them and that alone comes with a lot of stress, anxiety and confusion, especially when you can't tell which casino is reliable to deal with. I think that's where the licensing authorities take up their responsibilities to verify these casinos so you one doesn't have to fall a victim.
That being said, the "no license= Automatic scam" is not really an idea I can buy into because like we've seen, Customer' data are not properly stored sometimes and the possibility of a data breach is high nowadays. Most people are privacy oriented and the Unlicensed casino works just fine for them.