Please, if you are from a restricted country, I would suggest you don't play on the platform. Yes, you have successfully made some withdrawals before which is a good thing but imagine one day you undergo KYC verification check. It simply means you would fail KYC verification, which would complicate things because they already warned you and also listed the restricted country.

Yeah, I have stopped playing at Betpanda since I noticed it. But it isn’t about myself only. I believe there are more users at Betpanda who are playing from a restricted jurisdiction. Most of them are unaware of this as their country isn't listed in the restricted jurisdiction at all other casinos. As a result, they didn't bother to read the terms here at Betpanda. Where the downside of Betpanda is that there is no geo-blocking system available. They have only made a list of restricted countries without showing the warning about this restriction by following the IP addresses of the users.

The best possible thing to be done by betpanda is to inform the players who are affected with the update of the terms.
Making such an important update that affect players without notification at all is not a good practice as people may not read terms regularly.
Players may feel of being trapped if there is a change in the terms but there is no notification and no statement to the affected players.

Perhaps pop-up notifications like this would be very helpful for people to know whether they are geographically restricted or not.

Not all casinos implement pop-up notifications like this, but it could be a solution to the confusion experienced by some users.

You did the right thing by stopping playing. However, you will find that rule at almost all licensed casinos, not just at BetPanda.
The reason they don’t automatically restrict access for users from regions where gambling is illegal is probably because they can’t keep track of all of those jurisdictions, especially that local laws change frequently.
So, it’s more of a disclaimer to protect themselves, so they won’t be held responsible if you run into trouble with your local law enforcement.
As it says, it’s your own responsibility to ensure gambling is not illegal in your country.

The idea of geo-blocking is not bad. I actually hope they implement it one but also someone who just signs up on a platform without reading any terms of service can really blame the service one their account gets locked up for breach of terms of service.

For example, right before signing up, a member has to confirm that they know what the terms of service are talking about by checking the box "I agree with the Terms of service View Terms of Service"

With VPN, you hide your true IP address and it is not important that you configure the VPN to other countries or your country. If a casino is VPN friendly, they will not trigger KYC just because you switch your IP addresses from one nation to other nations with VPN. They know that you are using VPN for accessing their casino, but it's enough and they don't see it as a user's risky activity.

If there is a restricted area list, a user must register at least with country of residence, in order to register an account and use the casino. If KYC is not mandatory for registration, later I don't get reason why VPN can trigger KYC requirement by the casino. Only if you win big, your account will be under investigation and it can be time for dig deeper in your IP address and identity.

I have already stated that my country isn't listed on the restricted jurisdiction in 99% casinos. I have rarely found any casinos where my country is listed as a restricted country. Betpanda doesn't have a real gambling license. Costa Rica only provides data processing licenses. Still, a lot of casinos operate with this data processing license.

I haven't found my country in the restricted jurisdiction in any Curacao or Anjouan licensed casino. That's why I didn't bother to check the terms here. Betpanda should have added the geo-blocking system since they have some exceptions.

Unfortunately, this won't happen.

This part of the terms basically says it's up to the user to comply. Since every country has its own gaming regulator and licensing body. Each of them keeps their own list of approved casinos, and only those licensed operators should be legally accessible

Bilbao thwarted everything, and obviously my bet lost because of the draw result of Bilabao vs Girona, I don't want to bet now, and I agree with the choice for Aston Villa, even though the standings are very far below, hopefully this will be Aston Villa first win