Identity checks
Cloudbet KYC: what clause 18.1.1 allows, and the sum it never names
Cloudbet keeps its identity-check rule in one clause, 18.1.1, which we read in an archived copy of its terms on 26 August 2026. It names four kinds of document and no amount. Below: the clause phrase by phrase, and the alternatives whose ID rules start later, two of them measured with our own money.
Cloudbet puts its whole identity-check rule into one clause, 18.1.1, and that clause runs to four phrases. We read it in an archived copy of Cloudbet's own terms on 26 August 2026. None of the four phrases carries an amount, in dollars, bitcoin or anything else, and that one gap shapes most of what a player can plan around.
Phrase one: which documents
The clause opens by saying reliable, independent identity documents may be required, and gives four examples: an ID card, a passport, a bank statement and a utility bill.
Two words do the work. “Independent” rules out anything you produced yourself. “Reliable” leaves the judgment with Cloudbet. The four items are offered as examples, so the list is open: a photo ID plus a proof of address is the likely pair, and the clause still lets Cloudbet ask for something else it considers reliable.
Phrase two: who can be asked
Cloudbet reserves the right to verify any customer it considers risky or suspicious.
The trigger is an assessment, not an event. No deposit size, withdrawal size or betting pattern is written into it. A bettor who places a few parlays a month and a casino player who cashes out a large slot win sit under the same sentence; what separates them is Cloudbet's own view of risk.
Phrase three: when
Updated documents may be requested at any time.
“At any time” covers the hour before a first withdrawal, the day after a large one, and quiet weeks with no transaction at all.
Phrase four: again, after you pass
The request can come even after a verification has already been completed.
Most summaries leave this phrase out, yet it is the one worth remembering. Under 18.1.1, a passed check is a moment rather than a permanent status. An account verified with a passport last year can still be asked for a fresh bank statement this year.
What the clause leaves out
Three things are absent, each for a different reason.
- An amount. Nothing like “withdrawals above X” appears. That is a fact about the document. It does not prove Cloudbet runs without an internal figure; it simply gives you none to plan around.
- A deadline. The clause sets no period for sending documents. Vave's clause 8.7, by contrast, allows 14 days and names account closure and confiscation of winnings as the penalty for missing it.
- A method. The wording is silent on whether checks run through an automated provider, an email exchange or a call.
Cloudbet was not tested with our money, so how often it asks in practice is outside what we can report. What we can show is the wording.
How far you get elsewhere before ID
This is where the sites like Cloudbet we cover differ in a way you can use.
Terms read 26 August to 8 September 2026; test dates in the rows. Our two tests first, then written thresholds, then rules with no figure.
| Site | When ID can be asked | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Vave (our advertiser) | At its discretion before a payout; 14 days to respond | Clause 8.7. Our test, 28 Aug 2026: no ID up to 5,000 USDT |
| TrustDice | No clause published | Our test, May 2026: no ID until withdrawals reached about 5,000 USDT in total |
| Bitcasino.io | Withdrawals above €2,500 | Clause 6.6 |
| Sportsbet.io | Above €2,500 | Clause 6.6 |
| Empire.io | Above 2,000 USDT | Clause 5.4 |
| Metaspins | At a threshold it does not name; 30 days to respond | Clauses 9.7 and 9.10 |
| Shuffle | Before the first withdrawal in any event | Clause 5.2 |
| Stake | Withdrawals require verification | Clause 4.8 |
| Cloudbet | Any time, and again after a passed check | Clause 18.1.1 |
A written threshold marks where a rule starts. It is not a promise that nothing comes earlier: Bitcasino.io's own clause 6.6 keeps the right to verify smaller withdrawals, and its clause 3.13 allows random account health checks with no trigger at all. Every written threshold we found is ranked on the no-KYC sportsbooks page, and the clauses sit side by side, quoted by number, on ID checks compared.
What our two tests showed
Only two sites on this page have held our own money.
Vave, 28 August 2026. We deposited, played and withdrew. No identity document was requested at any point up to 5,000 USDT. Vave is our advertiser and the only paid placement on this site.
TrustDice, May 2026. Each crypto withdrawal arrived in 10–15 minutes. The first ID request came once our withdrawals reached about 5,000 USDT in total. Then came a review, a Veriff link, a passport that passed on the fifth attempt, and a second request by email.
The TrustDice sequence is the useful warning here: a late check can still be a thorough one. Five passport uploads is what verification can look like when it finally arrives.
Habits that shorten a check
These change nothing about what a clause allows. They shrink the gap between a request and a payout.
- Keep a clear scan of your passport or ID card and a recent proof of address ready before your first deposit.
- Use the same name and address everywhere on the account. Mismatches give any operator an obvious reason to ask.
- Keep support emails and ticket numbers in one place. If a second request arrives, as it did in our TrustDice test, the history is ready.
- Read the ID clause before the welcome offer. Bitsler's terms, for example, allow checks on large deposits and before larger bonuses (clauses 4.3, 4.4 and 8.22).
- Answer requests quickly even when the rule sets no deadline. Where one is written it can be short: Rainbet's clause 20.1 allows 72 hours.
Clause 18.1.1 operates under Cloudbet's Curaçao certificate, OGL/2024/328/0599, held by Halcyon Super Holdings B.V.; the certificate is read in full on the Cloudbet licence page.
If a check under this clause is the reason you are moving on, follow a checklist for leaving Cloudbet.