Yes, it is. But we are okay if the KYC is limited for those who win for more than some amount because we know that some casinos apply limitations for withdrawal.
If someone passes the limit, he should verify his account by filling out the KYC to withdraw his money.
The KYC's purpose is to help the casino know if their members will not use the money from the illegal activity.
Before we want to use VPN, we can ask them to make sure if using VPN is allowed so we do not break any rules.
Some casinos will not have a problem using VPN as long as we do not break the other rules.
Unfortunately, that's one of the issues when withdrawing a huge amount, most casinos don't state any limit on when they'll carry out KYC unlike in exchanges where they show you the exact limits.
For the case of using VPN I think nearly all casinos don't recommend us to use it knowing it could easily break one of their terms and conditions. On the other hand not all casinos are strict when it comes to using VPN even if it's in their terms and conditions there are gamblers who get away with using VPN for several months or even longer.
Hopefully, the casino can state the limit on withdrawing the money on their TOS so we know how much we can withdraw not to break their rules.
I think the casino will allow people to withdraw their money less than $1,000 without verifying their account so that will not give us a problem in the future.
But somehow, the casino can change their rules anytime, making us careful when withdrawing the money.
If I am not mistaken, I already read that some casinos still allow us to use VPN, but we need to verify our account using our real IP and then we can use VPN without a problem, but I forgot the site's name.
Yes, we should not risk our account using a VPN if their terms say it is not recommended.
If there's a change of their TOS casinos will always send a notification through their newsletter provided that you are subscribed some casinos opted their members when they sign up, and always check their chat board and their announcement for changes of rules and TOS, your safety very much depends on how you follow the updated TOS, you can't give an alibi that I read when I sign up because TOS changes from time to time, so be sure to always be updated.