Topic: To what extent do you chase anonymity while gambling? - page 2. (Read 1443 times)

This is why as jemz mentioned above, as much as possible limit the casinos where you submit your KYC details.
In my opinion, select only the casinos and sportsbooks that you think you can play long term with them.
As we can't avoid submitting kyc these days because most of them are now getting their gambling license,
it is on our part how we choose a site that will be good for long term and know that they have relatively good reputation.
Much better if they have no existing complaints of any kind and has active support that you can find also in this forum.

I don't think I do even think about anonymity when I'm gambling, however, I've picked crypto casinos just by the simple aspect of being able to instantly recharge or withdraw my funds from the account at any given time. Besides, we do not need to rely on any 3rd party operator to go through with this operation. That's the beauty of cryptos, there's no middlemen and you are truthfully in charge of your funds and not dependant on not just some bank or financial institution.

That is why many casinos now made KYC as mandatory for playing in their casinos so there won't be lot of issues when comes up while withdrawal in case of our winning rewards. As mentioned due to AML policies the casinos are forced to implement mandatory KYC so the complete anonymity is not really there anymore.

But here is the reputation of a casino will help us to choose the right and the documents we submit will stay safe in their hands but its really important to read ToS instead of simply ticking the check box while registering on any new platform will resolve lot of confusions in the future.

It's somewhat important for me to the point that i'd prefer to play on casinos that don't require much during registration and sometimes it depends on the amount of money involved as I don't mind letting go a small amount if a casino decides to change their terms and conditions. If I suddenly win a big amount then i'll probably comply with their requirements but it's very rare for me to win a lot where they'll need KYC so that's the least of my concerns.

Actually, most casinos also prefers not to ask their gamblers with any KYC documents however they have no choice but to comply as their business will be compromise if they do follow with the regulations set by the government.

Still, some casinos are trying to tie their withdrawal option with KYC requirements which caused some of the gamblers having their funds locked from on the account. It's best to only provide your information to few casino that you trust to avoid future issue involving your identity.

LOL, and this is where you got it all wrong, casinos will likely not bother you about passing kyc verification if you only gamble minimal amount of money and never have to withdraw a huge sum from the casino.
Gambling with huge sums of money is where KYCing is very mandatory, this is because the casino will try to protect themselves from money Launders, so just have it at the back of your mind that you might not be required to pass kyc now that you gamble with small amount, but be ready to pass kyc verification as soon as your gambling portfolio increases.

In general, cryptocurrencies are anonymous in its transactions. The fact that you can send your coins under the blockchain may utilize its anonymity factor when using your cryptocurrencies. But in gambling, most online gambling websites have required KYC in order for the protection of both the gambling website and their users.

Generally, anonymity is essential in doing transactions but you have to surrender this privilege when you gamble. Online gambling websites have to follow on their respective local laws and this requires KYC in order to operate.

Personally, I do not mind anonymity in gambling since I only gamble a handful amount of resources. Maybe anonymity would matter if I were to use large sums of capital whenever I gamble.

We know that playing online on crypto casinos offers anonymity, but recently these platforms are choosing to be more regulated, because of that, the possibility of being asked for a KYC is much higher compared to the recent years.
Personally, I would choose being anonymous if I think I cannot trust the casino and/or the amount of fund that I can't withdraw is not worth of the KYC documents.

One of the most expensive and important that we have is the details or the information related to us because most of the accounts emails are connected to personal use so that's why it is too hard to provide your personal information just for the sake of your gambling satisfaction some of the gambling casino allowing having a level 1 verficationjust the email or the name of the player but if they commit a withdrawal with a large amount or issues with their account thats the time they seek some assistant for the KYC.

it is our obligation to provide KYC as almost 90% of crypto gambling sites now are asking for KYC either from the account creation or from depositing? but mostly upon withdrawal specially with big amount.
so lets bare with it and must learn accepting it.

KYC is needed no matter what we do or even how we hate it.

In our time now as the Licensing of gambling sites are just a Money making place and not to serve the interest and the safety of gamblers, I think this should not matter at all instead we must  choose a site that had been serving the forum of not the whole gambling industry with trust over the years.
so we will be having more safer gaming than  just a scam here and there like what mentioned by you.

1xbit had a license in Curacao. This shows that a license doesn't mean a thing. Now that the parent company claimed bankruptcy, they don't have a license.

Also posted here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5381143.140

Almost every casino here has a gaming license in Curacao or data processing license in Costa Rica. These licenses don't mean anything since anyone here without a criminal record can get a license in Curacao for under $20k USD within 6 weeks and less in Costa Rica.

The only reason the casinos ask for KYC is a way of not paying. In Curacao all the casinos work under a sub-license under one of the four master licenses. In the UK and US, licensing is strict. It's not that way for bitcoin casinos.

In my case, it is too late for me to worry.  I am from the Philippines and the voter database had been leaked already[1], so possibly all the voters' information in my country had been sold to different entities.  So it doesn't matter anymore if the site I am registered with will have a data leak, but of course it is always good for the gambling platform to ensure the safety of its clients/customers' data.



Legal Casinos will protect the data that you are protecting.  KYC is implemented to follow government regulations, so somehow we know this kind of data gathering by a legit company is protected by the data privacy law.  

Legal Casino will never reveal its player information to anyone unless asked by the court.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Elections_data_breach

Having lots of money is something a person doesnt really get easily scared on something of something as long they arent involving on illegal things then they wouldnt really care if they would submit

those identification or personal details.Yes, we do really value our anonymity but there are instances which it cant really be avoided since majority of platforms today are regulated or licensed

which means that on whatever terms and regulations been applied t hen it would be simply be passed up into its users and they would really be strictly following it.

I am always concerned about Anonymity in any casino I visit, although there might be warning stating "don't worry, your private information will not be shared with any third party". I prefer full anonymity when gambling.

I believe bigger players already submitted their KYC to the platform so they can be more safe but of course they will not tell it to the public because of that security issue. Same with me, I don’t have much to hide but because of belief of the society that gambling is bad, I also decided to stay anonymous since I know KYC are secured with the site but to the people around you, for sure they will spread it once they know that you are into gambling.

I don't feel like protecting your personal life in the Internet is "hiding". There are things I'd be willing to show, like my face, or my ID, but not as a detailed scan, rather a video conference or with all the details besides my name hidden. What I wouldn't show is my address. I don't want to share such things with someone that I don't know and don't trust, even people who I send my money to.

It's the same relation that you have with someone in a store or a restaurant. You pay them and if needed can flash your ID, but you don't tell them where you live and don't hand them your ID so they can make a copy.

I am the same as you, since I am not gambling a huge amount of money I have never needed to verify myself at any casino, however it would be incredibly shortsighted if I did not saw there were many people that had to identify themselves as they were high rollers and casinos had to satisfy the need of the governments to know where those funds come from, so casinos are trapped too as they do not want to lose their license but they also do not want to lose their clients over something like this.

What happens is that this is already like a trend, each time the laws regarding this type of thing are very strict, sometimes and mostly KYC is requested so that the casino can continue operating without any problems with the casino. law, they prefer to cover their backs well first, customers know that at any moment it will come again due to their good reputation and trust, so I partly blame the casinos, I know that there is a lot of danger in terms of the information that it can be filtered to hands that are not so good, but that is a risk that must be assumed by anyone who wants to play in a crypt casino, I know and understand that I should be totally anonymous by the fact of using Crypto, but things no longer they are like that

The important thing about all this is, as has already been commented on in other threads, if there is a favorite platform under which we always use, there is no apparent problem in leaving our KYC, it is something that does not have any problem, like stake.com, SB, among others, because we know very well that our data will be very well guarded and there will be no problems when there is a hack, because for these platforms the main thing is security and that their clients and players are always happy, then in the security they have is very great, and this is what gives peace of mind to all the people who always frequent the casino.


Well, I don't know, but previously people who played in casinos were considered lazy, and as people who weren't worth talking about, I only remember when I heard many talk about players, who saw them as vicious, in In these times, if a person is a casino player or something like that, he is almost considered one of the most noble people of all, because that means that he has enough money to put him in a casino, this means that they have so much money that he doesn't know what to spend it on, something like that is how at least most of the people who live around me see it, and if you're single, wow they can grab you quickly!