I was thinking about this question over the weekend and I cannot seem to find legitimate reasons why people would want to play at casinos that do not require KYC verification.
1. KYC requirements reduce money laundering.
2. KYC requirements reduce under age gambling.
3. KYC requirements increase the possibility to hold people to account for their actions. (Exploiting casino systems)
4. KYC requirement reduce scamming
5. KYC requirements can be used to restore accounts after it has been hacked. (Using the documents that were used by the original owner)
6. KYC requirements adhere to government regulations and legitimize a casino.
7. KYC requirements can be used to reduce gambling addiction. (Identifying people that self-excluded or people trying to create new accounts)
8. KYC requirements can be used to enforce regional gambling restrictions.
Why would you want to avoid being identified, if you gamble legally and if you are not a criminal? Let's discuss the reasons why KYC are not advantageous for the gamblers and casinos?
Ps. I am playing Devil's advocate... if you did not notice it.
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1. No, with identity theft you can circumvent these measures.
2. No, with identity theft you can circumvent these measures.
3. No, with identity theft you can circumvent these measures.
4. No, with identity theft you can circumvent these measures.
5. No, with identity theft you can circumvent these measures.
6. No, with identity theft you can circumvent these measures.
7. No, with identity theft you can circumvent these measures.
8. No, with identity theft you can circumvent these measures.
The big problem is that these data collecting data krakens turn into honeypots and are the perfect targets for hackers. Inside jobs can be a threat, too. It is dangerous to provide data to less known gambling providers because their goal might not be to have you gamble as much as possible and lose as much as possible, but to get your data instead and sell it on the black market.
It is beyond me how you would counter gambling addiction with KYC when there are hundreds of operators that you can sign up an account with. The list for things that speak against KYC is so long that I doubt anybody has the time to put it all together here again.
But I think if you like to check out a quite comprehensive overview,
1miau has taken the time in 2020 to write down lots of problems regarding KYC. The thread is worth reading and drop some merit if you can for 1miau.