Question: Is this normal

Is it normal for a sportsbook to ask for a picture of yourself holding your ID. I have sent my bank statement and drivers license to coolbet, they now want me to submit a photo of myself holding my picture ID.. Is this normal? Anyone else ever heard/come across this??

Thanks in advance.

Yes. The services I use have only ever asked for a picture of the ID itself but it has been years since and it would not be shocking if some sites wanted more verification, as someone could simply find (or steal) an ID. I've never heard of coolbet so I can't vouch for them specifically.

With a name like ''coolbet'' it already sounds a bit suspect but yeah being asked for a picture of you holding your ID is a belt and suspenders approach so to speak 

whilst we're on this subject one thing I hate is that if you've been a customer of a particular sportsbook for the best part of a decade and let's say you don't use your account for 6 months or more you have to go thru the whole rigmarole of verifying your identity with proof of address,ID etc and wait a couple of days for your account to become active again  

Are you trying to deposit with a credit card?  They get a lot of credit card fraud so they may want proof it is you using your card in case someone says the card was stolen and used for a deposit.

No I'm not using a credit card, just seems weird they want me holding a pic of my id and a photo of me..

Coolbet is fastly becoming one of Canada's top rated sportsbook...ive been using it for the past 6 months and have had a great.experience so far. 

About 15 years ago this was asked a lot. Haven’t heard of it recently. Must be that books specific policy.

If they asked for a picture of you dressed as Lil Bo Peep minus the skirt but with asssless Chaps that wouldn’t be normal 

you’re not a whorrry girl They swore They’d twirl at some formal

That’d be more porn and immoral than sorta just cordial

Perform their inquisition or get the heck outta Dodge

theres too many spots you can drop dollars at honestly God

unless you are really in love

let them go

if they come back to you they’re yours

please report on your performance in short just  retort.......

If they have betting kiosks they may want your facial recognition. Betting kiosks where you log on and use $$ from an online account have cameras to record the sessions.

WilliamHill has this in Nevada.

I had to do this as I was doing a withdraw transaction on BetNow

The real answer is offshores will make you go thru as many processes as possible to delay payment out. This gives you time to bet more of your money and lose it before a withdrawal occurs.