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Board Gambling
Re: is KYC data on Gambling sites safe?
by
SamReomo
on 26/06/2023, 08:30:42 UTC
it's logical since no one would really try playing on a casino that request a KYC up front. 
This isn't accurate since many gamblers play at popular sites like Roobet, Stake etc who mandatorily enforce KYC since they trust those sites completely. Some gamblers provide fake KYC in these sites which is a risky approach.

Mandatory KYC(Any Level) sucks regardless of how popular the site is in my honest opinion.
I don't think that casinos or any platform ask their players or customers to complete KYC verification because they like to do it, but they do it because it is enforced by the regulatory bodies that issue licenses to these platforms, so they are basically compelled to make it mandatory for customers to complete KYC verification before they can access all the features of the platform including withdrawals which is the most important thing in my opinion.

So we shouldn't really blame the platforms for imposing KYC and making it mandatory, we know that a lot of gamblers leave a certain platform only because it requires KYC and I don't think any business would like that but they are compelled to comply with the AML rules.

Also gamblers choose those trusted casino like what you said above it because they need to have the assurance cause KYC is very informative cause they will ask some of our private information which pretty good if we choose a trusted one in order to avoid such mistakes and spread our identity in the wrong and scammer casino. For me as long as the casino is trusted enough then there's no doubt that I will give some of my Private information.

More on how you trust the site and nothing else, if you feel that casino already have established business and you are okay in providing KYC, meaning to say that you are willing to give your personal data, do your diligence to investigate and not just because you play and you experienced something or you heard that the site is quite good then you will give your personal information. Make sure that you are really done investigating and you are aware of the consequence after you submit your data.

That's true but these days gamblers don't care about anything and even if the site leaks their data they don't care about it. They are intentionally doing KYC on those sites because most people think that KYC is a necessity on the sites where you can earn money. The same case is with the users who have their accounts on crypto-sites, they are also doing their KYC because it has been feeded in their mind that KYC is necessary to get your money and earnings into your bank accounts. Even those sites that have been in industry for more than 2 years or more can sometimes misuse the KYC data. I have heard that KYC data is getting sold for solid rates on black markets, and if that's true then doing KYC on any website is unsafe, and if a user does that then they are willing accepting the fact that their data can be leaked or hacked and will be shared with many people.