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Have Your IDs Ready When Leaving for a Game Night<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Those who like to gamble may know the drill of presenting their identity documents when entering the casino. ID verification is an obligation casinos have to perform \u2013 and it’s their responsibility to inform their guests, making sure they have the right IDs when arriving at the casino. Because without having your ID verified – you cannot play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, a casino in Liechtenstein<\/a> published the following statement on its website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“From 10.10.2019, only identity cards or passports are valid for entry into our play area. We do not accept driving licenses, residence permits, confirmation of cross-border commuters, visas,<\/em> or other ID cards.
Citizens from the Principality of Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the European Union, and the European Economic Area can be granted access to the casino with their identity card or passport. For all other nationalities, the passport must be presented.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are similar governmental regulations in many other European countries. This one<\/a> is by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If an operator has not yet verified the name, address, and date of birth of any customer, they will need to have completed verification before allowing that customer to gamble. Operators will therefore need to prevent any unverified customer from gambling until they have gone through the verification process.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hungarian casinos – such as this one in Sopron<\/a> – apply very similar rules for those who wish to enter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hungarian guests need to present their national identity document or passport and their local address card (because, unlike other national IDs, the Hungarian card does not include the address \u2013 they have a separate card for that [the editor]).
In the case of guests from the EU, they need to present their travel document \u2013 which can be their national ID as well depending on the country they are from \u2013 while guests from outside of the EU have to carry their passports to the casino. In all cases, casinos register each guest\u2019s name, mother\u2019s name, place of birth, date of birth and face portrait, and the identification document number.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An online gambling service is not an exception either. Such organizations also have to perform a careful ID verification of each player before making any transaction. Pokerstars, for example, states<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As part of our license and legal requirements, we are obliged to obtain certain information from our customers to ensure that we have documented proof of their age, identity, and address. By providing your documents, you will have additional benefits as a player, such as faster processing of transfers, deposit limit increases, and withdrawals.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Banks and casinos deal with a lot of money \u2013 so AML is a top priority for both.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As we see, the casino sector also applies those compliances we got familiar with from the banking industry. That’s because the two environments have one thing in common: the transferring of large amounts of money between the organizations and their clients. This is why the Anti-Money Laundering and Customer Due Diligence processes are present at both organizations \u2013 and these procedures all require efficient verification of identity documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ID Verification: From Obligation to Enhancement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What do these obligations mean in practice? <\/p>\n\n\n\n