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legendary
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This is the second part of the thread I previously created on the trading board, and I see some similarities that suggest it can be adapted to gambling, so I’m sharing it here. Do you think crypto trading regulations, similar to what Coinbase UK reportedly requires before allowing users to trade, should be adopted by online casinos? For instance before placing a bet users could be required to pass a knowledge assessment that includes questions such as:

  • Users must acknowledge prominent risk warnings stating they could lose all their money
  • Gamblers must declare themselves as "restricted gamblers" and confirm they won't invest more than 10% of their net assets in high-risk bets, requiring them to specify actual percentages of past and intended future bets.
  • A mandatory knowledge assessment quiz that users must pass to start betting, with questions covering topics like betting, betting hours, bet risks, and regulatory requirements.


I doubt that users will read risk warnings like they're not reading the term of use. People are excited to play gambling and continue to spend their money without reading any single terms, without learning the risks and managing the losses. On the other side, gambling platforms won't do efforts like this because they want money, they're made for the money (it's a business after all). Do you think gamblers, will be more concern to their users? Of course, they will prioritize the profit because this is gambling, money is the only concern for some platforms and will not think twice to consider their users. Only providing some good bonuses that serves as a bait only.
hero member
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The warnings will just be like 'if you don't risk money you can't win money' gamblers won't take warnings very seriously even the casinos says that they can lose money in gambling so it won't change anything.

There are many warnings online about gamblers and addiction, even addiction videos, since this is like 5 and 6 relationship, it always happens sooner or later, yet many online casinos keep showing up, it is not about the addiction alone, the thrill of becoming a gambler is always there so many will keep gambling.

As for the scared beginners, a warning can make them change their mind, but normally they should have known better because gambling is not guaranteed that you will win.
hero member
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This is the second part of the thread I previously created on the trading board, and I see some similarities that suggest it can be adapted to gambling, so I’m sharing it here. Do you think crypto trading regulations, similar to what Coinbase UK reportedly requires before allowing users to trade, should be adopted by online casinos? For instance before placing a bet users could be required to pass a knowledge assessment that includes questions such as:

  • Users must acknowledge prominent risk warnings stating they could lose all their money
  • Gamblers must declare themselves as "restricted gamblers" and confirm they won't invest more than 10% of their net assets in high-risk bets, requiring them to specify actual percentages of past and intended future bets.
  • A mandatory knowledge assessment quiz that users must pass to start betting, with questions covering topics like betting, betting hours, bet risks, and regulatory requirements.
As I've said in your trading discussion thread, I'll repeat again that such quizzes can easily be bypassed. The quiz will be the same for everyone and someone will publish quizzes with answers on their own blog and it will easily be searchable via Google.
By the way, I think that something should be done to increase awareness about the potential pros and cons. Many people have no idea what is RTP or house edge and that's a huge issue to my mind, they think that casino is a scam when they lose while the reality is that casino takes some commission and gives away some part of it to customers back, that's why we have RTPs on slots.
I'd only agree with mandatory quizzes if it is mandatory for every casino because if it's not mandatory for some, then these casinos will have a good advantage over others because people find quizzes very uncomfortable and might hesitate to register on a casino that asks you to bypass quiz, which can be very bad for the business and unfair. Btw I will always appreciate casino's attempt to explain things to their customers.
sr. member
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How many really do care?
All they do is tick the Box with answers that the platform would want and click on agree.
As for the last question
Is not necessary and wouldn't be profitable much for the casino.
If you loss they earn.
So I see no reason why they should such rule on their platform.
legendary
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I think the rules are good to be implemented on gambling instead of trading or having cryptocurrency in general.

If people only bet 10% of their total money, we can expect people who fall in addiction will be less likely to happen. Even if there are people who can risk more in gambling, my question is, do you really happy to lost a lot of your hard earned money?

So I don't find there's a point to allow more than 10% except they gambling for money.
sr. member
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        -      Of course, gambling is what we are going to do, so we ourselves should be prepared for the risk that we will face here, unless your goal as a gambler or player in a casino here in the crypto space is just for fun. But the majority of them gamble with knowing that they already expect that there is indeed a risk.

In short, gamblers are aware of the risk that they can face when they enter any casino here in the crypto business that we are actually doing. Many people gamble even though they
know that most of them actually lose at gambling.
legendary
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Should Online Casino Websites Require Risk Warnings, and Knowledge Assessment?
In my view, although gambling risk warnings are important I think the user's own judgment and knowledge of gambling risk management knows that, at the moment there are no online gambling sites that have made their main page with warnings like that and most likely they don't want to do it, because they know their goal is to attract visitors just to bet and have fun, regardless of the risks that occur on the field.

Gambling is different from trading in the crypto market, even though both sites prioritize money, gambling uses money to play, where everyone knows that the game has winners and losers, that is the initial concept, while in crypto trading the nature of what happens is buying, where before buying and before trading you have to be careful in choosing assets because they go up and down, that's why you need to have a risk warning.

While gambling is a game, it is not a matter of buying assets, you are free to choose the games available on the online gambling website, where each game has its own assessment and knowledge from the user, So the risk warning is up to them whether they want to gamble or not, every user has an assessment in that game, I think so.
hero member
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This is the second part of the thread I previously created on the trading board, and I see some similarities that suggest it can be adapted to gambling, so I’m sharing it here. Do you think crypto trading regulations, similar to what Coinbase UK reportedly requires before allowing users to trade, should be adopted by online casinos? For instance before placing a bet users could be required to pass a knowledge assessment that includes questions such as:

  • Users must acknowledge prominent risk warnings stating they could lose all their money
  • Gamblers must declare themselves as "restricted gamblers" and confirm they won't invest more than 10% of their net assets in high-risk bets, requiring them to specify actual percentages of past and intended future bets.
  • A mandatory knowledge assessment quiz that users must pass to start betting, with questions covering topics like betting, betting hours, bet risks, and regulatory requirements.

Cmon, we are fighting against KYC, casino says that they KYC you "some time later to allow you to start gambling faster" and you suggest to pass knowledge assessment. It can`t work the same time together.
The same time i passed such tests, they are primitive enough, so i don`t sure that it can stop some gamblers, who decided to lose money.

But i like your idea, if it can stop somebody from losing - it would be good for everyone, except casino.
legendary
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In my opinion, people should not be positioned as unreasonable children. Online casino players are usually adults who can make decisions on their own.

What Coinbase UK is doing is, in my opinion, hypocrisy. Coinbase UK is a commission business, meaning that Coinbase UK makes money regardless of whether the exchange users make profits or losses. By introducing additional requirements for the exchange users, Coinbase UK does not impose them on itself. As a result, there is no equal partnership between Coinbase UK and the exchange users.

In addition, by accepting certain restrictions, online casino players minimize their chances of winning (the online casino does not impose any restrictions on itself). This, in my opinion, is unfair.

In general, the modern world is ruled by bureaucrats. There are more and more all kinds of restrictions, and less and less joy and freedom. I don’t like this very much.
hero member
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This is a good step, and should be taken by the gamblers seriously. If not, these irresponsible gamblers shouldn't be allowed to enter into gambling, because that will only bring a lot of risks and frustrations on the gamblers part. Gambling blindly should be stop, and both parties should exert efforts. While online casinos require risk warnings and knowledge assessment, gamblers should strictly comply on it to avoid gambling mishaps and consequences in the end.
Gamblers will thinks that is not necessary because gambling is different than trading. It is why they must realize that gambling must be responsible so they will not lose big money. They must know the risk of playing gambling which can cause them getting many problems without they realize. If they can comply their limitation and avoid gambling excessively, they don't need to pass a knowledge assessment that includes questions because they already know what they do and don't while gambling.
sr. member
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A detailed article about risks involved in gambling on a dedicated page is acceptable but assessing the individuals before bets seems to be overkill and it accomplishes nothing but make the platform less attractive. For example we are going to a restaurant then we need to know what we are allergic to and let them know while ordering instead you are suggesting everyone who enters into the restaurant must acknowledge what they are allergic to.
Constant knowledge assessment for gamblers that wants to gamble in a site is not necessary, so far there's no way of knowing if they're telling the truth. The best thing to do is have a detailed article about risks that is involved in gambling on a dedicated page as you suggested, gamblers can visit the page to evaluate their gambling habits. I doubt that gambling sites will on their own be giving constant reminders about the risks of gambling to their customers, unless if government regulations mandates it. It is basically the duty of the gamblers to constantly remind themselves about responsible gambling because it's their money, not the casinos or government money.
legendary
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I believe that one way or another, users will bypass any restrictions related to checking their risk management, responsible gaming, betting and trading competence and similar things. In addition, as was correctly noted above, regulators do not own our money and have no right to tell us what we should do with our money. As for responsible gaming, the casino should certainly warn users about the risks, but the truth is that few people read these warnings. Mostly, people are guided by their own experience.
hero member
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This is the second part of the thread I previously created on the trading board, and I see some similarities that suggest it can be adapted to gambling, so I’m sharing it here. Do you think crypto trading regulations, similar to what Coinbase UK reportedly requires before allowing users to trade, should be adopted by online casinos? For instance before placing a bet users could be required to pass a knowledge assessment that includes questions such as:

  • Users must acknowledge prominent risk warnings stating they could lose all their money
  • Gamblers must declare themselves as "restricted gamblers" and confirm they won't invest more than 10% of their net assets in high-risk bets, requiring them to specify actual percentages of past and intended future bets.
  • A mandatory knowledge assessment quiz that users must pass to start betting, with questions covering topics like betting, betting hours, bet risks, and regulatory requirements.
This could actually help a lot by forcing the gamblers to actually take responsibilities for losses and whatever comes with his gambling activities. It is easy to implement by casinos but the challenge is that not many gamblers will even pay attention to the details instead they will check the "yes" boxes to be able to place their bets without knowing the content of what they accept just like it is done with the lengthy TOS that most people do not read.

Another observation is that the only way this will be successful is if there is a general consensus by the casinos or some form of law mandating them to implement such provisions else some might not see the need as they believe it will deter customers from using their platform.
hero member
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Well, there's nothing wrong if they require risk warnings but as far as I know the gamblers who use those platforms already know that gambling is risky and one can lose a lot of money by doing it. If still after knowing all those things, they gamble then surely they'll answer all those questions and still gamble without caring much about those risk warnings.
I think that when they hear the word gambling, they should be able to think that this does have a big risk of losing their money when we put money in the casino, I'm sure they actually know and are aware of the risks in this gambling, it's just that there are still many people who ignore this because they only focus on what they want, namely victory. In addition, I think casinos don't need to warn their players about this risk, because people who have the right mindset can already be sure that gambling is something that has quite a big risk. In addition, it is likely that many people ignore the risk side of gambling, and in my opinion, the same thing applies when casinos warn their visitors about the risks, it is likely that they will not comply with it properly because they tend to prioritize their own thoughts.
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A detailed article about risks involved in gambling on a dedicated page is acceptable but assessing the individuals before bets seems to be overkill and it accomplishes nothing but make the platform less attractive. For example we are going to a restaurant then we need to know what we are allergic to and let them know while ordering instead you are suggesting everyone who enters into the restaurant must acknowledge what they are allergic to.
legendary
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This is going to be a problem for the gambling industry—the businesses, not the gamblers. If such things are applied, it can become troublesome to gamblers, so they will just seek another gambling platform that doesn't have these questions before they can bet.
Now, that means losing customers and losing profits for them. Other popular gambling sites already added the options of safe gambling, restrictions, gambling limits, and self-assessment but it's all up to the gambler. It's an option not a mandatory thing because if they apply that as a mandatory thing, the customers might not even finish the signing up process due to the heavy questions before they can start gambling.
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    A mandatory knowledge assessment quiz that users must pass to start betting, with questions covering topics like betting, betting hours, bet risks, and regulatory requirements.[/li]
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    The idea can be adopted but it shouldn't be mandatory. The purpose of every gambler coming to a new casino for the first time is to have a good experience depositing, gambling, and withdrawing their funds. Having to go through some series of questions for whatsoever reason may look too tiring for many gamblers they will rather leave the casino and move on to the next option.

    Like I said it should be of free will for the gamblers to pas through this quiz. For those who want to learn through the quiz let them click the option by themselves. Any feature to be added to a casino should be checked if it improves the user experience for the gambler. If it does not then it shouldn't be implemented in the casino. The headache of losing and the problems that some casinos give to their user is enough already.
    However, this should be mandatory for beginner gamblers. Gambling addiction can be so tempting, that's why in order to avoid that, we need to stick with these rules and apply them every time we decide to gamble. Otherwise, all these gambling casinos efforts to help us won't be beneficial for us, thus will result into an unhealthy gambling atmosphere that will eventually lead us into constant losses and future regrets.
    legendary
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    This is a good step, and should be taken by the gamblers seriously. If not, these irresponsible gamblers shouldn't be allowed to enter into gambling, because that will only bring a lot of risks and frustrations on the gamblers part. Gambling blindly should be stop, and both parties should exert efforts. While online casinos require risk warnings and knowledge assessment, gamblers should strictly comply on it to avoid gambling mishaps and consequences in the end.
    legendary
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    I don't think that there's a need for that. Most gamblers are aware of the risk and already have enough knowledge to gambling. And those requirements are going to make everyone feel bored about passing into such, instead of the casinos make more money, they'd see that these gamblers are already in process but then will suddenly quit because of not liking these long boring processes. AFAIK, most casinos have their reminders about being addicted and only to gamble with what we can afford to lose.

    Hmm but I think it will only be a problem for gamblers who have an aggressive approach to gambling from the start, meaning there is no other way but to gamble with a minimal approach and that's good which means the rules implemented by this casino really work well, and for those who feel bored and become lazy to gamble because they feel sick of the rules I think they must be gamblers who have an excessive approach. So the rules are not to make gamblers force themselves to stop but to make them gamble with a good and correct approach that leads to risk management so that it does not have a bad impact on their finances in life. So with these rules it can reduce the population of aggressive or irresponsible gamblers, but I doubt a little that casinos can implement rules that can reduce the percentage of their business profits.  Grin
    hero member
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    I don't think that there's a need for that. Most gamblers are aware of the risk and already have enough knowledge to gambling. And those requirements are going to make everyone feel bored about passing into such, instead of the casinos make more money, they'd see that these gamblers are already in process but then will suddenly quit because of not liking these long boring processes. AFAIK, most casinos have their reminders about being addicted and only to gamble with what we can afford to lose.
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