Hi friends, I have some questions for you guys about online casinos
What will you do if you don't know that a online casino will ask you for KYC after winning over 8,000$ on the platform? And you now manage to process with the verification and they failed to pass you? Can you consider such a casino a scam?
Also, imagine you get attracted to an online casino because of the bonuses they offer and you open an account and make your first deposit then you didn't receive the promised bonus, is this an act of scam or not?
I am trying to solve such an issue for someone very close to me and that the complaint he gave, I have no answer than maybe the bonus was canceled already before he made the deposit or there was a minimum deposit requirement.
Any other reasons?
What people often willingly and conveniently overlook is that these very same casinos state these - usually quite near the top - of their terms of service. At this point I'd be more suspicious about a casino that does not require KYC, as most jurisdictions, even the notorious ones where you can buy a license, are now starting to require this setup. It also helps the casino/sportbook from being defrauded, because most of the biggest ones offer pretty large promotions and the only way they can do that is if they know each customer is genuine, if the same customer tries to get around the protections (trivially easy to do unless a verified identity is involved) then they stand to lose a lot of money.
And this is not new in the industry anymore ever since people saw the hole about multi-accounting. Without KYC, they could just literally abuse the freebies given by gambling sites and keep on doing it over and over again without being traced. I think that is also the reason why the massive e-mail account buying and hacking are not stopping, they are using it for this purpose for easy money.
This is the reason why I am not against the KYC requirements of gambling sites especially if they are reputable ones and we have many sites here in the forum that can prove they are trustworthy.
OP, regarding the bonuses, you might want to take a look at the terms and conditions first. There's a possibility that you didn't qualify for it. Also, check the date and time of the bonus, there are instances where it was shared in some articles/blogs without knowing it was an expired event/bonus.
If you qualified for any of it and still didn't receive it, contact their support first before making any assumptions. If they won't answer in like 3-5 days then that's when you suspect them of being a scam gambling site.