Licensed casinos have to include kyc terms to comply with the license laws, this does not mean they will do KYC!
The KYC levels are defined if KYC is needed and under which circumstances.
When a country is blocked you can use a VPN for some casinos. Thinking about adding info if VPN is allowed for the casinos.
They will ask KYC regardless it's now, soon or in the future.
If the casino didn't stated using KYC is fine, you shouldn't directly use VPN before asking through their live support even though you have a good reason e.g. local ISP block the casino, travelling to a country where gambling is banned etc. However if you already ask through the live support, you need to expect they will ask you to complete KYC immediately.
Yes, if you ask live support, maybe you can be calmer because if you don't ask then in the end you will definitely be flagged when using a VPN. The case that often happens nowadays is when most people use VPN and in the end they ask for KYC, even though the site doesn't ask for KYC in the end. will do that if there is something suspicious and also something prohibited.
It should be like that and what you say is true, you should ask live support before doing anything to access a gambling account, because I often find KYC-free casinos but in the end they ask for KYC from users who are flagged and commit violations, I'm not the user who has a problem KYC and also just a small bettor who is always safe without KYC, I think if you want to be KYC free being a small bettor is the best way.