"And come next year, those players who reside in the EU will be getting a rude wake up call. After April 2016, casinos licensed and or operating in the EU will be required to ask where their players funds are coming from. So you, as a player, will be sending in not only your IDs and phone bills, but declaring what your occupation is and what is your source of income. Some players may not have an issue with this, but I have a feeling that many will. It's far too intrusive - many gamblers are protective about their identities. It's another example of a ridiculous nanny-state that we're in."
I wouldn't be so much worried about this (at least is my initial opinion)
European directives usually are treated as a joke by state members, and are only basic guidelines.
At the end I see each single casino requiring whatever they want being or not being necessary, depending on the casino, as it always have been, as it will always be
And I think there is a total lack of resources to control this, there is no European Gambling Authority.
I don't know...doesn't seem to be so much serious...I think if casinos doesn't attend to this rule, no one is going to kick them in their asses, and if players deny to provide certain documents or information, they will lose customers, so at the end I see all of this going nowhere....
Only my little opinion...