For me, I would rather like to spend more money on the installation of a very good anti-virus with multiple protection purposes than risk using a VPN with casinos. This is especially risky if they clearly state in their terms and conditions that they forbid it. Is that not looking for trouble? Using my local IP anywhere I go in the world puts my mind at rest, and with anti-virus, I am secured pretty fine, which was what I was looking for with a VPN.
I think the comparison is a bit flawed since the nature of those things is quite different. Not to mention everyone values their money and what things to buy differently. If you use Windows buying anti-virus software is a bit redundant since Windows Defender is quite effective, though discussing this further would probably derail the thread. But I agree that you should not use a VPN if the website states they don't allow it in the first place. I'm pretty sure this is probably my third or fourth time saying the same thing in this thread.
In general, clients of cryptocurrency casinos may have a huge number of reasons why they are forced to use a VPN. The reasons may, in a large number of cases, not even be that the person himself, the player, seeks to maintain his confidentiality. Often, many casino clients simply cannot access the casino website at all without using a VPN for reasons of a general political nature. At the same time, the player does not even have the goal of keeping his identity a secret. So it is worth taking into account the interests of such players. And it would be right for the casino not to be too strict about the use of VPN by players. As I understand it, most casinos do just that.
And in any case, a strict ban on the use of VPNs immediately and significantly reduces the number of casino players who decide to restrict entry to their site by prohibiting the use of VPNs.
You have a very good point and if I started stating the reasons why gamblers might need to use VPN, I might still be numbering 7 or so. Can we now say those gamblers with varied reasons why they use it are not for any good but to cheat the casinos? Definitely No. Each case has to be treated differently. What I see here is that most casinos are overbearing about this, the excesses are too much. Some are not even stating it in their terms and conditions but will enforce it nonetheless, these are not just fair.
What I realise is that they've seen it as a means to cheat their customers to make more money unquestioned, so they often use it whether it is done ignorantly by the customer or not, which is bad. This is also happening elsewhere and let me use Binance for an example, initially, if you use a VPN with them, you are free, but now, if you use it, your account could be banned immediately. Why is still so difficult for them if not for using the opportunity to confiscate people's money?
Till today with my traditional forex brokers, they do not care about the use of the VPN, do you know why? They have been in the business for so long and since it was well-planned and strictly regulated, they tread carefully. This is not the same with exchanges and casinos, this is why they are doing as they like. However, as it is now, their customers are just like voiceless people at their mercy, so it is better we avoid the use of VPN and stop claiming fairness with them which will never get us anywhere since they are the Boss, except for a few among them who just have integrity.
If we reason a little based on the postulates of the general psychology of a person and a gambler as well, of course, then it should be stated that any person has committed some kind of action in relation to other people or to various services, or even to the state as a whole, always wonders: In this case, should I introduce myself completely, or is it better to remain anonymous.
And you will be surprised to discover that in many cases a person will choose to remain anonymous. This desire of his may be caused by fear and modesty and a number of other individual reasons. And this behavior and personal choice is an integral part of individual freedom. Thus, if we talk about VPN in a broad sense, it turns out that this is simply the implementation on the Internet of such a basic human need to maintain anonymity and realize one’s own desire to introduce oneself to a person or not.
And the fact that the option of VPN communications with services is sometimes prohibited by a number of business structures, this, of course, can be considered a violation of human rights in their classical sense.