does anyone actually test VPN compatibility before depositing or just hope for the best

Been burned twice now by not checking this first. deposited on a Curacao-licensed site with my VPN on, everything was fine for like two weeks then out of nowhere my account got flagged and they wanted ID verification to unlock it. whole point of playing crypto was to avoid that so yeah, lesson learned.

the places that seem least likely to give you grief are the ones running on Anjouan licenses or no license at all. BC.Game has been pretty chill in my experience - never had an issue connecting through various exit nodes. Stake on the other hand i've heard mixed things, some people are fine, others get the dreaded "your region is restricted" popup mid-session which is just annoying. there's a review here bc-game if you want to check what they say about restrictions.

honestly my approach now is just to test with a small amount first, like 0.005 BTC or so, make sure withdrawals work, then go in properly. also keeping the same VPN server consistent seems to help - switching between different IPs is probably what triggers the fraud flags more than anything.