Is it safe to do this? Sorry if this is a noob question but I am skeptical of sharing my information like this to Bovada. I mean what can they really do with your drivers license?
Sending your ID to a book
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WboytSBR High Roller
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tb1984SBR MVP
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#3You need to send in your ID and other documentations(that they require) for verification so that you can withdraw your money out later on.Comment -
John DoughSBR MVP
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#4It's SOP, industry standard.Comment -
scott235SBR Sharp
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#5No, it is not. And this is a very bad idea. I'm not saying there will not be any restrictions if you don't, but let's face it , these books want your money, and will work with you for a deposit. Talk to someone in mgmt, and tell them straight up you are not willing to send this info. Also DO NOT deposit with a CC. Many people have played and do play without doing this. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET ALL OF THIS CLEAR BEFORE YOU DEPOSIT. If the book states security issues, ask for an additional WD password for you and the book's protection.Comment -
Hareeba!BARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#6No, it is not. And this is a very bad idea. I'm not saying there will not be any restrictions if you don't, but let's face it , these books want your money, and will work with you for a deposit. Talk to someone in mgmt, and tell them straight up you are not willing to send this info. Also DO NOT deposit with a CC. Many people have played and do play without doing this. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET ALL OF THIS CLEAR BEFORE YOU DEPOSIT. If the book states security issues, ask for an additional WD password for you and the book's protection.
Certainly industry standard for all the best and safest books.
Which books/jurisdictions are you referring to?Comment -
scott235SBR Sharp
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#7Wboyt, Make sure that you email your concerns and then call the books you are interested in playing with. Almost all will be willing to work with you. Always remember that you are posting cash upfront, and talk to people in management only.Comment -
Hareeba!BARRELED IN @ SBR!
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Have you actually attempted to do that with any UK or Aussie books?Last edited by Hareeba!; 12-30-11, 04:54 PM.Comment -
SBR LouBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#9It's totally industry standard. Even the books who don't have KYC regulations up the dairy air want to minimize CC and identity fraud.
If you're sending cash only to a book with an eager sales agent and withdrawing the same way, maybe you don't have to show ID but it's just not realistic to expect you won't have to at some point.Comment -
WboytSBR High Roller
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#10The book I am referring to is Bovada.Comment -
michael777SBR MVP
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#12i have sent my documents around 100 times to books,never had a problem in 12 years of doing itComment -
5mike5SBR Aristocracy
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#13deposit via p2p and u never have to go through the BS verification crap
so much easier that wayComment -
pwmSBR Rookie
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#14So if u deposit via moneybookers, is there a need to verify ID or not?Comment -
Hareeba!BARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#15you certainly have to verify your ID with Moneybookers in the first place
then depending on the book and jurisdiction, ID verification requirements will differ
some will need nothing more, others such as in the UK and Australia still have to comply with local lawsComment -
pwmSBR Rookie
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#16Yeah I use moneybookers from AU and some books still want ID... eg deposited into sports interaction using moneybookers, still want passport, etc.Comment -
benandjerrySBR Wise Guy
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I've had to provide ID for other purposes at a couple of sites though, 5d for forgetting pw (who doesnt have a reset pw via email feature doh), and bank wires at some other sites, but really not for moneybookers yet, it should be said that I dont have an account at like every book there is, but I have been at quite a few sites over the years.Comment -
Hareeba!BARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#18Hareeba, you're maybe the poster who contribute with the best posts of knowledge on this forum and I always pay attention to what you have to say, and you may very well be right that UK books 'should' require ID verifications even when moneybookers is used as the funding method, but this has never happend to me. Not with UK sites (including both poker and sportsbetting sites), and not with any other, as far as I can remember, havent been with any AU ones though. I have verified my account with moneybookers of course, and I believe one key is always using the same moneybookers for both deposits and withdrawals (sometimes even the same email as you used to register the account at the book in question, pinny for example).
I've had to provide ID for other purposes at a couple of sites though, 5d for forgetting pw (who doesnt have a reset pw via email feature doh), and bank wires at some other sites, but really not for moneybookers yet, it should be said that I dont have an account at like every book there is, but I have been at quite a few sites over the years.
Just look at the several threads about Bet365 in particular and the difficulty people have had with them. Maybe others who haven't used Moneybookers to fund a new UK bookie account recently can advise what they found to be the case?
To be honest it is several years since I last opened an account with a UK bookie and maybe I didn't use Moneybookers initially with some of them but I'm pretty certain that they all required ID verification at the time.
AFTERTHOUGHT:
Perhaps the issue is that what I have long regarded as UK bookies are now regulated elsewhere?
e.g. Gibraltar, Malta etc. and they thus don't have the same KYC requirements I encountered when I opened accounts with them.
Which "UK books" were you referring to ben?Last edited by Hareeba!; 12-30-11, 07:19 PM.Comment -
ScooterSBR MVP
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#19I understand that there are regulations apparently for UK/Aussie books re: demanding ID for withdrawals (and hopefully this is all clearly stated when one joins).
But for books dealing with USA citizens -
If I deposit cash (not using a cc), and then want to withdraw to the same user name and address as I joined the book with , send in the request to the book via the same email address I used when I joined the book, and ask for payment to my name or to a bank account with my name, there is no legitimate reason for a book to request personal ID.
It's great that some people here freely provide such ID and have had no problems.
But many do have identity theft problems, and clearing it up can take years.It's resulted in ruined credit, even being falsely arrested.Last edited by Scooter; 12-30-11, 09:05 PM.Comment -
WboytSBR High Roller
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scott235SBR Sharp
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#22It's totally industry standard. Even the books who don't have KYC regulations up the dairy air want to minimize CC and identity fraud.
If you're sending cash only to a book with an eager sales agent and withdrawing the same way, maybe you don't have to show ID but it's just not realistic to expect you won't have to at some point.Comment -
benandjerrySBR Wise Guy
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#23hmmm , okay perhaps they have some exemption which permits the acceptance of Moneybookers as a proxy for doing it themselves? But I know that they do have strict KYC requirements to fulfil one way or another.
Just look at the several threads about Bet365 in particular and the difficulty people have had with them. Maybe others who haven't used Moneybookers to fund a new UK bookie account recently can advise what they found to be the case?
To be honest it is several years since I last opened an account with a UK bookie and maybe I didn't use Moneybookers initially with some of them but I'm pretty certain that they all required ID verification at the time.
AFTERTHOUGHT:
Perhaps the issue is that what I have long regarded as UK bookies are now regulated elsewhere?
e.g. Gibraltar, Malta etc. and they thus don't have the same KYC requirements I encountered when I opened accounts with them.
Which "UK books" were you referring to ben?
I know moneybookers are regulated by the FSA and were very strict about what docs they would accept and whatnot (receipts with name and addy on for instance is a no go). Multiple other sites that has required docs from me has been less strict (for other reasons than moneybookers), even though I'm guessing they might be under the same or similar regulations.
Ladbrokes, bet365, betfair, purple lounge, bwin comes to mind instantly, there are probably some more I cant think of as I rarely use them, and I'm not sure they'd be considered UK books, but def EU ones... As for where they have their license, I would guess most have them outside UK.Comment
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