do you think the KYC checks are mainly due to money laundering checks. I assume depositing/withdrawaing/betting smaller amounts wouldn't alert these money laundering checks?
What do you think?
If you deposit a large amount of money (we assume that $2000 is a very large amount of money to gamble on), it will make gambling sites suspicious. Besides that, your account is only a few days old but you have already deposited a large amount of money. It is normal for the gambling site to suddenly ask and ask you to complete KYC to find out where your funds are coming from.
If the deposit is a small amount, even if it comes from money laundering, I don't think it will be okay and probably won't be a concern for gambling sites because they want to know who the players are using big money in gambling.