I can confirm that, witnessed it first-hand-ly that they require level 1 KYC for an [new] account to have their depositing address generated. I'll see if I can procure a supporting evidence, in form of screenshot, for this.
One would argue that it might be a good approach, to avoid any future inconvenience players usually experienced when they suddenly and randomly asked to perform KYC for withdrawal or doing other features, but I have to agree that the step should be player's decision instead of being forced to them right off the bat.
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I don’t think completing level 1 with mean much in curbing delays. The delays always start at level 3 and they aren’t going to stop asking for level 3 and 4.One would argue that it might be a good approach, to avoid any future inconvenience players usually experienced when they suddenly and randomly asked to perform KYC for withdrawal or doing other features, but I have to agree that the step should be player's decision instead of being forced to them right off the bat.
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I am not talking about the recent situations with Stake where players got their documents rejected, I am talking about the old and ever-circulating issue across casinos where they will ask players to perform basic KYC out of nowhere [though usually it's followed by a good reason] to get the player's account and/or withdrawal function unlocked.
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