Poll Source of Wealth poll: How do the SOW requirements affect you? 2023

UK and EU only: How do the Source of Wealth (SOW) requirements affect you?

  • I don't like the intrusiveness and play at casinos that are NOT licensed by the UKGC or MGA

    Votes: 19 15.1%
  • I don't like the intrusiveness but still play the same at casinos that require SOW.

    Votes: 8 6.3%
  • I don't like the intrusiveness but still play at casinos that require SOW - but play less.

    Votes: 12 9.5%
  • If I am asked for SOW, I don't comply and move on to another casino.

    Votes: 57 45.2%
  • I don't mind. I play the same.

    Votes: 14 11.1%
  • I don't mind, and I play more now.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I've never been asked and I play at UKGC and/or EU facing casinos

    Votes: 16 12.7%

  • Total voters
    126
  • Poll closed .
Gambling online within UKGC-overseen jurisdictions may take the 'N' out of 'FUN' but at least they're regulated, in a Nineteen Eighty Four sort of way.

Crypto play at unregulated sites looks like a wolf in sheep's clothing, and I shan't imagine it's too many years before players face all the same suppressive tactics that they see now when playing 'local'.

Gamblers will seemingly do anything to get their kicks and flock en masse to dangerous waters, of course all the while oblivious to handing passport, bank card and highly intrusive bank statements and employment information to casinos that don't actually require it?

Have fun with that! And when the Crypto bubble bursts, what'd be the next fad? Off-planet gambling on the moon?

The fact that players mask their country via VPN, and casinos openly encourage this despite not accepting players from said jurisdiction ought to tell you the pitiful state casinos are in, never mind their insistence on anything resembling SoW not even applicable by their laws.

Truth be told, players are too apathetic to care about small details like that, as long as they get to spin their slots a second faster and think they're sticking two fingers up at the likes of the UKGC........even if these unregulated shell companies raise more red flags than a Kim Jong Un surprise birthday party!

Enjoy the Crypto craze while it lasts everyone.....because it's likely to become a worse version of what went before :cool:
 
Which ARE the reputable ones, if you don't mind me asking?
The ones listed as OK for USA players by CM (only some of which accept UK players), or those on my own websites (see link in my signature).

KK
 
Which ARE the reputable ones, if you don't mind me asking?
Unfortunately, the majority of the casinos that are not licensed by the UKGC and taking UK bets are the crooks hiding behind the Curacao master license 1668/JAZ. It is well documented that they use pirated software and target problem gamblers.

Good news is at least Curacao is removing the master licenses and requiring all currently licensed casinos from all four master license holders to reapply for a new and improved Curacao license in 2024.

I am pretty sure those rip off casinos will still be around, but we won't have Mater License 1668 to kick around anymore. lol
 
Got a SOW request from VBet this week, asking for my occupation, salary, discretionary income, how much I spend each month on casinos (as well as theirs). I replied:

This information is not something I am willing to disclose to a private company, sorry.
I appreciate you are bound by UKGC regulations and so the only course of action is to close my account since I will not comply with this request.

Kind regards


They can run on if they think I'm providing that information :)
 
I've cancelled my account at several casinos, even binned off £100 at one becuse my financial situation is complicated, it's not just a payslip, and trying to explain it to some CSR rube is too hard.
 
Or rather I haven't "cancelled" my account, I've just stopped using them. Tthe account is technically still there, just like cookies are technically inside a locked box, it's just no good for the cookie eater/gambler.
 
Lets say you win and want to cashout, then your hit with sow. Your not a criminal and dont launder money, No payslip to show bc you are not working. Your family give you lets say couple hundred punds. Does your family have to do the sow? Really dont understand this thing.
 
Lets say you win and want to cashout, then your hit with sow. Your not a criminal and dont launder money, No payslip to show bc you are not working. Your family give you lets say couple hundred punds. Does your family have to do the sow? Really dont understand this thing.
Depends on the casino. If all you have coming into your bank account is money from family, they might ask something about that.

The fucked up thing is that no one really knows in advance what they'll ask for as it seems like the wild west at times. Some casinos will ask for third party information and that's a mine field in itself. I would never send any third party information to any casino.
 
Every casino that has asked me for source of wealth is now a casino I don't use lol
Not even because I am against it but I get my money from poker and don't have any wage slips to show
I show my skrill with money going in and out, I mean what else can I do? Then they want to ask more questions and I usually just forget about them
 

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