You need funds if you want to start your own full-blown crypto casino site. If you do not have enough funds, but have the ability and knowledge to set up an online casino you can always do crowdfunding to support you with the finances you need. There is two way in getting crowdfunded, you can use kickstart platforms or create your own token and sell them as an initial offering and give the holder part of the profit. If you are successful then you might be able to get the fund you needed for a gambling site.
But getting crowdfunding is not as easy as imagined even though we have knowledge of developing casino projects and we have a good promotion strategy, it is very difficult for crowdfunding proposals to be verified on Kickstarter and releasing their own casino tokens will not be easy to get investors, casino altcoin projects are not very interested in investing.
Indeed it is hard, there is no easy way in getting funds so @OP should try his best to formulate a convincing roadmap to attract investors. Getting discouraged while not trying it will only make him miss one possible solution to the problem.
I know the feeling with new casinos will be that they may not have mandatory KYC, it's something all players will look for, but from what you've researched and what you've seen, do you think it's still easy? I say it from the point of view that whenever a casino without KYC is brought here in the forum, it is studied in depth, and something always comes up that doesn't add up, be it the issue of licenses or something similar, we all know that in order to have authenticity on a site licenses are needed, have you thought about how to deal with it? For me it is one of the essential things, but we all know that when acquiring licenses that give more authenticity and trust to the site, it will imply that you ask for KYC in the same way. I'm not sure, but if you look at freebitcoin they have their dice game, and it's been enough for that game to be one of the most famous sites ever since and they don't require KYC.
Indeed, a casino that does not require KYC requirements will be of interest to many gamblers, but actually it would be safer to use a casino that has KYC conditions because it is certain that we can be trusted and are definitely safe for us to use.
KYC itself is requested because the casino has been registered with the license they use and the importance of KYC is not only in the license but in the security of the casino itself so that there are no users who have problems such as money laundering or other things that can make the casino's reputation problematic because it is used. as a place for money laundering.
With KYC we can also avoid if one day there is a problem with the account that we have so that we can provide at least evidence of authenticity that the account is really ours if someone tries to hack and use our account.
It is always best to follow regulations. Giving in to the wants of some players and then get rekt by the regulatory board is a bad move, imo. It is best to start in a legit way if the owner wanted his casino free of regulatory issue.