G0930
Captain Fathermucker, Satty Aficionado
Loyaler
Until the crypto is worth nothing
Many Investors already lost millions when the bitcoin value dropped half of its value 1 or 2 years ago...
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Macaroon
Rock Star
Silver Level
I, also, suspect it's a UK government thing - GG need to know that you have money in your bank account, and are not going to get into debt by borrowing beyond your means. Though how they can tell that won't happen is beyond me! On a different thread I queried the new poker stars 'Pay By Bank' notification because I doubt whether it will go through, because the UK banks will probably have something in place to stop payments to a gambling site. I'd be interested to see whether the OP manages to eventually deposit from the UK, except by PaySafe or paypal.
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turnupthebb
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Can you all imagine how much worse these type of deposit and withdraw problems to poker sites are going to get with CBDC?
Emily Trott
Legend
Loyaler
That seems very intrusive to me, and I don't blame you.
pentazepam
Legend
Platinum Level
Ridiculous. If online poker wasn't dead to me already - this would have killed it.
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turnupthebb
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Yeah its depressing. That's what I've been saying, our governments do not protect us, they only prey on us. They only care about protecting their own power and keeping control over us. They don't care one tiny bit if we suffer or are poor. But actually the best way to keep power and control is to keep us poor and uneducated. That's why they want to much control over finances, information etc.
This happens at the casinos as well that have poker rooms. I of course can't speak for all casinos in NA and EU but at least those that I've been to, they will require the same kind of documents that show where our money comes from if we go there and exchange for "a lot" of chips. And "a lot" is actually quite a small amount that they use their own personal judgement for. It could evenbe as little as $500 and that could be considered a lot for one person but not for another person.
All western countries are completely screwed. I just want to become successful enough with an income that I can leave this hell hole on earth with all these corrupt governments supressing and lying to us. If we want freedom we have to leave EU and NA.
That is after all what happened at black friday. So many american poker players relocated to countries outside western gov influence so they can play poker. This shit is never going to end as long as we live in EU and NA. We have to get out of here but it's easier said than done. And this shit is just going to get 100 times worse with CBDC.
Rost
Visionary
Platinum Level
Please tell me, have you passed the pokerstars verification? And was there a request from PokerStars for you to provide your bank statement?
Personally, I was verified on PokerStars, GG, 888, and unibet, and everywhere they asked me to provide a bank statement.
Sir Shove a Lot
Enthusiast
Silver Level
No difficulty with Stars. No request for a full bank statement. Supplied what they requested: passport, utility bill. I don't mind verifying but a full bank statement is a step too far.
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turnupthebb
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Coinpoker seems like a trap imho. They promote the site as being anon and not needing all that regulatory BS. But if you read the ToS they can do a surprise check at any time they want where they will ask for all these typical ID and proof of adress documents and if they're different from the info you have already given them when creating the account then they can close your account and steal all your money.
Very shady.
I think SwCPoker seems much better choice for a crypto poker site. But the problem is that there are so few players there. So I think it basically comes down to having to quit playing poker because governments have ruined it. I don't want to play on GGpoker where they have all that BS documents etc. Pokerstars is BS too. All other sites are also BS and low population. Governments have ruined poker for all western countries. The only choice is to leave NA and EU but we can't because our governments make us too poor to be able to leave. They own us and control us 100%.
C
Cooking
Legend
Platinum Level
GG poker ask for verification on the first cashout, but I didn't had any major problems on the verification. I only had to send a copy of my ID and a utility bill. I didn't had to send photo of myself with my ID, which was good, because I hate when they ask for this. Maybe they asked you bank statement because you used bank account/credit card to deposit/cashout.
MishkaZL
Legend
Platinum Level
I went through verification on various sites and everywhere provided a receipt for utility services as a document to confirm my address. And that was enough. And a passport, of course. I don't remember that I provided my bank statement anywhere.
Baoka
Rock Star
Platinum Level
Requiring a statement is too absurd
Gallarado777
Legend
Loyaler
I have POKEROK the same as GGPOKER. I emailed them and within 5 minutes they verified me and I calmly sent them the documents by email and they went smoothly, quickly and easily. I don't know if they asked for additional documents or something else they work very well, I can say that their support works well done