Online Casino Passports - Is this the answer to verification?

[cocopop3011]

I've just read something really rather interesting actually and I thought I'd share it with you to see what you guys think. 

 

What do you guys think of an online casino passport? Licensing authorities would issue players with this passport. You'd need to register and verify yourself just once with each licensing authority for all the jurisdictions you wanted to play in. Once you've passed the checks you'd get given a casino passport for that jurisdiction 

 

You would not be able to deposit at any casino without first having this passport. But then once you have it you'd be verified in all casinos in that jurisdiction and wouldn't need to go through the verification procedure when you make a withdrawal.

 

Also if you're a problem gambler you can have your entire passport self excluded!

 

Isn't it a very interesting idea?? I think in black and white it sounds great but I'm pretty sure we'd be presented with a whole other lot of problems if it was implemented. To start with, licensing authorities are usually very hard to communicate with, this is certainly something that would need to change. Whilst I like the idea I don't think it's something that we would ever see happen.

[Afi4wins]

I wonder who started this idea?

 

It's a very good idea at first glance, for us gamblers, adding the convenience of not having the need to verify each and every account that a player may have at any casino...making withdrawal time frames just a little faster.

 

BUT...there's always a big but...KIM always gets in the way...hahahaha...

 

...imagine the millions of records that Approving Authority has to create, safeguard and maintain!

 

...imagine the delight HACKERS will be having...with millions of customers available to be their victims!

 

...imagine the amount of new fraud cases appearing each and every day!

 

...imagine the headaches, the heartaches, the heart attacks the law would be having!

 

...imagine...imagine...imagine!!!

 

...imagine THE FRIGHT of knowing that someone else (hacker) may be having your Casino Passport!

 

...imagine your EMPTY E-WALLETS & CREDIT CARDS ACCOUNTS after hackers have cleaned them out completely!

 

 

For me, personally...I'll just keep on imagining MY WILDEST DREAMS with that beautiful someone! Hahaha.

[cocopop3011]

I wonder who started this idea?

 

It's a very good idea at first glance, for us gamblers, adding the convenience of not having the need to verify each and every account that a player may have at any casino...making withdrawal time frames just a little faster.

 

BUT...there's always a big but...KIM always gets in the way...hahahaha...

 

...imagine the millions of records that Approving Authority has to create, safeguard and maintain!

 

...imagine the delight HACKERS will be having...with millions of customers available to be their victims!

 

...imagine the amount of new fraud cases appearing each and every day!

 

...imagine the headaches, the heartaches, the heart attacks the law would be having!

 

...imagine...imagine...imagine!!!

 

...imagine THE FRIGHT of knowing that someone else (hacker) may be having your Casino Passport!

 

...imagine your EMPTY E-WALLETS & CREDIT CARDS ACCOUNTS after hackers have cleaned them out completely!

 

 

For me, personally...I'll just keep on imagining MY WILDEST DREAMS with that beautiful someone! Hahaha.

 

Yep agree! On paper the idea would be great but it would never actually work! But who knows maybe one day there will be an easier way....

[Coolivert]

There are already too much documents in this world, no need of creating new ones!

[Raptordinos]

Now, if you self-exclude from any casino maybe you will be excluded from all of them, like troubles many players have had with EverMatrix; or perhaps a single issue with just one casino may affect all your casino relationships. I think this is another try for controlling world citizens money flow.

[ValDes]

This is definitely not a new idea, I've heard about such 'rumors' years ago when the new Gambling Act was still in the preparation and discussion phase... 

 

My personal opinion is that we don't need anything revolutionary from any of the existing and so called 'trusted' licensing authorities, but some very simple steps to ensure players safety while playing online. The first to spring in mind is what Raptor mentioned at his post. I mean, come on, it's 2016 and there's still such a hassle requesting a self-exclusion from ANY online casino while this whole process could be so easily controlled and monitored by the regulatory bodies.

 

Anyways, whatever they decide to do, sincerely hope they will try to benefit from modern technologies and make the life of the ordinary online gambler a lot easier. 

[cocopop3011]

This is definitely not a new idea, I've heard about such 'rumors' years ago when the new Gambling Act was still in the preparation and discussion phase... 

 

My personal opinion is that we don't need anything revolutionary from any of the existing and so called 'trusted' licensing authorities, but some very simple steps to ensure players safety while playing online. The first to spring in mind is what Raptor mentioned at his post. I mean, come on, it's 2016 and there's still such a hassle requesting a self-exclusion from ANY online casino while this whole process could be so easily controlled and monitored by the regulatory bodies.

 

Anyways, whatever they decide to do, sincerely hope they will try to benefit from modern technologies and make the life of the ordinary online gambler a lot easier. 

 

Do you think we'll see any changes to the verification procedure over the next few years?

[ValDes]

Do you think we'll see any changes to the verification procedure over the next few years?

 

To be honest... nope. At least not until the common KYC procedure starts as soon as you click the "Join/Register" button and ends before you are allowed to make your first deposit at any online casino.

[Princessamidala]

I think it would be hard to get all of the casinos to agree to the idea, too. And it would only work if they all agreed to accept the casino passport. I think it's a tempting idea to cut down on sign-up time, document approval time, cash-out time, etc, and the amount of user fraud activity that occurs to take advantage of sign-up bonuses.

However, I don't think it's a good idea for all of the safety concerns and user right issues mentioned already. Basically, more regulations more problems

[cocopop3011]

I think it would be hard to get all of the casinos to agree to the idea, too. And it would only work if they all agreed to accept the casino passport. I think it's a tempting idea to cut down on sign-up time, document approval time, cash-out time, etc, and the amount of user fraud activity that occurs to take advantage of sign-up bonuses.

However, I don't think it's a good idea for all of the safety concerns and user right issues mentioned already. Basically, more regulations more problems

 

It's certainly not the answer to all of our verification nightmares but I do hope in the future this process will be made easier for us all.

[ValDes]

I think it would be hard to get all of the casinos to agree to the idea, too. And it would only work if they all agreed to accept the casino passport. I think it's a tempting idea to cut down on sign-up time, document approval time, cash-out time, etc, and the amount of user fraud activity that occurs to take advantage of sign-up bonuses.

However, I don't think it's a good idea for all of the safety concerns and user right issues mentioned already. Basically, more regulations more problems

 

That's why I was commenting on the licensing authorities, cause this idea could only see life if it becomes part of the licensing agreement between the regulatory body and its licensees.

[quinckr]

It would eliminate the shady players and casinos, but there would have to be too many entities involved in creating this passport. It would also create confusion for players who are not informed. Would it also be valid in land bases casino, or strictly for online use? So many things to clarify, it would have to have its own support team just to answer basic questions for players. Yes, it can be a great thing if implemented correctly, but I don't think it will happen

[cocopop3011]

It would eliminate the shady players and casinos, but there would have to be too many entities involved in creating this passport. It would also create confusion for players who are not informed. Would it also be valid in land bases casino, or strictly for online use? So many things to clarify, it would have to have its own support team just to answer basic questions for players. Yes, it can be a great thing if implemented correctly, but I don't think it will happen

 

I agree! Whilst the idea could potentially eradicate some of our verification nightmares it could also open the door for a million other problems!

[Hellridah]

I agree with the concept of the idea in that it reduces "clutter" and would in theory make verification more simplistic in nature though 

for the industry to adopt such an idea indeed there would need to be a Universal Agreement by the regulatory bodies and the online

industry as a whole this alone would be a major hurdle. 

Currently in place with many Casino's as I have noted there are Simplistic Verification processes in place which are straight forward 

and then of course there are establishments which make verification "difficult" :  in Terms of Occam's Razor I see the theory as sound 

but like many new theories there are of course pros and cons and the reality of "Anomalies".