AML (anti-money laundering)
Anti-money laundering ("lutte contre le blanchiment"): the laws and checks that stop criminals from washing dirty money through a casino.
AML means anti-money laundering (lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent). It is all the laws, company policies and monitoring that keep a business from being used to clean illegal money. At a casino, that means ID checks, watching what goes in and out, flagging weird patterns and reporting anything suspicious to the authorities.
Why your cashout got held up
A lot of the stuff that annoys you at a casino comes straight from AML. They ask where your money comes from. They hold a big withdrawal. They want your cashout to go back the same way you deposited, say your Interac account. They make you bet a deposit before you can withdraw it.
With crypto
Some casinos scan incoming coins with blockchain analytics tools. If your coins went through a mixer or a sanctioned service, they can get frozen. Cashing out to an address the tool flags can cause problems too.
In Canada
Regulated operators here, plus crypto companies registered as money services businesses, have to report to FINTRAC (CANAFE in French). That includes large virtual currency transactions of 10 000 $ CAD or more.
Keep it clean
Only deposit from accounts and wallets in your own name, and keep proof of where your money came from.