Multi-accounting in iGaming and how face checks end it

Why the usual signals fall short

• Email and phone cost almost nothing to create in bulk.
• IP addresses change with a VPN, a mobile network or a café.
• Device fingerprints reset with a new browser profile, an emulator or a second phone.

Each signal is useful, and each is cheap to change. A determined player changes all of them. What they can't change is their face.

Binding the account to a face

With a face check at registration, every new account is tied to one live person. Netrik compares the new face against the faces already registered with you, and a match is flagged as a duplicate before the account is ever funded. Because the check includes liveness, a borrowed photo or a video of someone else doesn't get through.

Later checks then confirm it's the same person, live. Use them at withdrawal, at a change of payout details, or when your risk rules flag an account. Each check takes about ten seconds in the browser.

What about households and shared devices?

This is where faces beat devices. Two people sharing a laptop or a home connection look identical to an IP or device check, and get blocked or let through together. With faces they are simply two different people, each with their own account.

Getting started

A face check fits into the same places you already run fraud rules, through one API call and a signed webhook. Read how it works for operators at facial KYC for iGaming, or go straight to the docs.