Casino asks for your photo holding your passport - will you be ok with that?

[SlotMonster]

Hi all,

I was thinking about how to speed up players verification process, or at least bring a bit more trust in "relationships" between casino and player at the very beginning.

So, I think if players would send photos holding their IDs (see the picture attached) - it would be much better than if they sent just copies of requested documents.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

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[KasinoKing]

Nope - I don't want to do that.
Personally I don't understand why casinos have to ask for ID at all in most circumstances.

If a player requests a withdrawal to the same method he deposited with it should not be necessary.
Only in cases where a player wins a very large amount, wants to withdraw by a different method, or the casino has sufficient grounds to suspect some type of fraud or underage play, should ID be requested.

Just IMPO.
KK

[Simmo!]

I got asked to do that once and wan't comfortable with it.

[KasinoKing]

I got asked to do that once and wan't comfortable with it.

Why??

[dazlazz]

Slotmonster,

Do you not do initial bank verification checks on card deposits???

Regards,

Daz

[H1_Roller]

If I was asked to do this before even making my initial/first deposit at a new casino, I might be ok with it.
The fact I can deposit endlessly without hassle yet get the barriers put up as soon as I try to withdraw is what annoys me.

[LaHutti]

Why??

hahahaha...
on a more serious note, with a little better photoshop skills...(or maybe just a little more time, to play with it, if you really want to pretend, that you're someone else), I find that absolutely worthless, and I wouldn't do it either.

[Casinomeister]

Not a prob for me.

[anniemac]

Wonder how many of those pics they would get?

[vinylweatherman]

It could be a pain if routine, since most cameras are not that easy to use when doing this as you can't see the picture you are taking. I was asked this, but found it not to be as simple as I thought, and despite many attempts at holding my camera at arm's length I found that I could not hold the camera still with one outstreched arm, nor could I know I had the right image in the field of view. The casino then told me it was OK and I no longer had to do this as they discovered I had been a loyal player for some time, so I aborted my attempts. It would be much easier with more expensive equipment, such as cameras that have two screens, one front and one back. Although I managed to get the picture, I could not read the address from my ID, surely the whole point of the exercise, so didn't even send the picture rather than have it rejected as "unclear".

The obvious solution is to get someone else to take it for you, but many players do NOT share their "guilty habit" with family, so would face a grilling as to why this unusual request was being made.

It is probably harder to "photoshop" such an image than a simple scanned document, and also allows the casino to compare the face of the player presenting the document with that on the document itself. This does not stop collusion, but WILL create problems if a stolen document is being used.

With proper analysis, a "photoshop" can be detected, no matter how good you think you are at it. I am sure some fraudsters have tackled this, but I am also sure casinos are reacting to this once they find out they have been duped.

If it is going to be routine, it MUST be made CLEAR to the player that doing this will considerably speed up the verification process, a carrot to encourage them to make the effort. Players who decline to do this could have limited facilities available to them, such as fewer "risky" deposit and withdrawal options, more checking and thus slower payment.