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Nowadays almost all casinos are licensed. It means that there is always a chance for you to be asked to complete KYC for some different reasons. Once we decided to play in a licensed casino, we should be ready for it. In my opinion the only way to avoid KYC is to play in non-licensed casinos but you should be smart enough to choose the most reputable one. Still, it is not a guarantee that non-licensed casino will never ask for KYC, but I think the chance is lower than licensed casinos.
Well you are right, all casinos for now are with the KYC License requirement and everything that has to do with being outside the legality, so that the casino does not risk possible closures, not now, but in the future It is very strange that currently they do not ask for KYC, if they do not, they will surely do it when they are at the time of withdrawing, so it is something that will be imminent, all casinos that have licenses will require that their clients have a past the KYC for important operations such as withdrawal, not for the deposit, but for the withdrawal, the strategy will always be the same, and I think that many of us when choosing a casino should do it very carefully and considering the good reputation of the site.
I don't think relying on a third party to get recommendation on which casino to chose is ideal you can get a response from an agent in a casino with no reputation at all. I will rather say you do your research get your own findings then you can make a thread to get more insight about the reputation of your found Casino
At least the third parties will be sorted the recommended sites rather than tried to use whole of sites by yourself. You need lots of money for that. That's why getting recommendation from the 3rd parties are also important things these days. It's caused by there are so many sites available these days. That means if you need to pick some that makes you interested with it. That's how suggestion is working .
Of course, as gamblers we don't usually follow recommendations. And the best thing is to test it out yourself and see how it goes. But there are a lot of experience gamblers around in the community who we value their judgement so I would say that it has weight on it.
And so far we have known a lot of casinos already, some have been in this industry for so long. And then there are new casinos in the last 2-3 years who is also making a name for themselves in this community and outside.
That could be an expensive to do in our part and just like what @WalkerIVIV said, it's much better to try the recommended sites first in this forum because it's already sorted to guide the beginners or even the regular gamblers who seek another platform to play with. We can't be trying the unknown sites because we are not someone who give remarks on the new casino for a living, we are gamblers.
This is the best advice of all, for me one of the things that can be opposed in context is that, because seeing it from a point of view that we explore casinos that are not within the forum, very few are legitimate and authentic, but they are mostly Fiat money that still do not support cryptocurrencies or anything similar.
This is something that can be taken into account, if we see that in the casinos and the sites that are recommended here in the forum and that have their own threads, it is the safest thing for me, even if it sounds a bit trite, what I know the most recommended are the most reputable and trustworthy casinos, because when it comes to casinos, money is put in and money cannot be lost.