The verification process is a standard procedure for identifying a person, to which all gambling users have long been accustomed. In almost any licensed virtual casino, it is mandatory when withdrawing large winnings (usually from 1,000 US dollars). Verification does not cause any difficulties for European gamers. Most often, it happens quite quickly and does not cause any problems. For “ours”, everything is much more complicated…
Difficulties in passing identification in the RU zone
The situation is completely different in the territory of the former USSR, where gamers, from their point of view, are often subjected to real humiliation when passing identification. Many requirements of the administration, which are really stupid, do not allow verification, since it is not so easy to take a photo "standing on your head with your passport in front of your face in front of your house" (we exaggerate). As a result, the administration always has enough reasons not to accept confirmation of identity and with a clear conscience refuse to withdraw money.
To ensure that new gamers have no illusions, we will reveal a little secret: the players themselves are to blame for the tightening of verification requirements. To be precise, the so-called abusers, who previously created several accounts in order to receive additional bonuses. Naturally, such actions can be regarded as fraudulent, so to combat this phenomenon, online casino operators have tightened the identification process. Today, the requirements of the administration can be very diverse and depend on the imagination of the employees of a particular institution. For example:
- Selfie. This first started to appear in 2015-2016. The measure turned out to be ineffective, since any decent abuser always had a few selfies of friends in reserve, with whom he could easily negotiate.
- A more complicated option is a selfie against the background of a personal account of a virtual casino, and even with a piece of paper in your hand with something written on it. With superhuman dexterity, some try to do something similar, but usually the quality of the photo is not satisfactory. As a result, honest gamers and the casino itself suffer. The former, spitting on such difficulties, go to other clubs, and the casino does not count the profit.
- Photo with a fresh issue of the newspaper against the backdrop of the casino lobby with a utility bill in hand and other "tricks": All this is also present on some resources, so you need to be prepared for real bullying from the administration.
The requirement to confirm the address is generally shocking. Only in some CIS countries there is still a legacy of the collapsed USSR in the form of residence permit/registration. In fact, in almost all European countries the requirement to confirm the address is due to the tax collection system. That is, in this way the casino administration ensures normal relations with the relevant organizations. They should not care whether the player has paid taxes or not, since this concerns exclusively the player's relations with the tax authorities. The administration requires confirmation of the user's address only so that it always has an "excuse" in front of tax collectors: "Look, our business is legal." Why casino employees need to confirm the address of gamers from the RU zone is completely unclear. They are not connected in any way with the tax authorities of the CIS countries...
Generally speaking, if the gambling commission that issues the casino license requires players to indicate their country of residence, then a photo of their registration in their passport is quite sufficient. It is completely unclear why some establishments require paid utility bills, bank statements with the address, any document on the provision of services indicating the user's address, etc.
New "focus", which Russian-speaking gamers are beginning to encounter – This is proof of the legality of the income they use to play in casinos. For our people, this is completely unacceptable. Just imagine: how will a student prove the origin of the honestly earned 1,000 rubles that he received for unloading wagons for half the night? This is, of course, a joke, but we hope that you understand what we are talking about. By providing a statement of scholarship, the player generally risks being blocked, since in the context of the fight against gambling addiction, the casino administration may consider that he spends too much money on the game.
To sum up everything said above, it is worth reassuring you a little: not everything is so scary and the described situations do not always occur and not for everyone. It is quite possible that everything will go smoothly and quickly for you when passing verification. In any case, choose casinos that have adequate verification requirements. Information about the procedure can always be found from regular gamers of the site on forums dedicated to gambling. Good luck!
