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Originally Posted by banana4678
I have signed up / deposited on Stars & MGM.
I signed up on WSOP over the weekend. Uploaded requested DL. They are now asking for signed Social Security card along w/ utility bill w/ banking info. I get the latter, but the former has me scratching my head? Neither of the other two sites requested this. Anyone else been asked for their social?
I work in the online casino industry. I cannot vouch for why they are asking for docs. I do know that the casinos I work for (none have very robust poker products) never ask for social security cards though if we cannot verify your social security number, we may ask for a W-9 Form to verify it. Utility Bill is just to verify address.
As for baking info, we only ask for that if you want to withdraw or if you have a certain amount of lifetime deposits we would want to get a bank statement on file. One of the casinos I work with will ask people with very large deposits to show a bank statement to verify their source of wealth (i.e. making sure you make enough money to deposit in the large amounts you are depositing).
If they want this information right off the bat and you successfully opened your account (so they are not asking for your docs to get the account opened) whatever deposits you made - the amount or the methods or a lot of rejected deposits - may have triggered them to ask for docs. Maybe there's something strange about the device(s) you are using or the location of your gameplay. But that's not standard for the casinos I work for.
Of course they are free to ask for whatever they want - their Terms of Service state that they may ask for documents to verify identity and financial accounts.
You're free to ask them why they need them; they may tell you, they may not.
You're also free to tell them you do not want to provide certain documents.
Of course that means they are free to close your account.
Let us know how it goes!