Risk and fraud

Multi-accounting: one person, several accounts

Multi-accounting (duplicate accounts) is when one person runs several accounts at the same casino: to claim bonuses again or to get around limits or self-exclusion. It is almost always banned by the terms and shut down through checks.

Yevhen SychovOctober 2026

Why people open duplicates

  • Repeat bonuses: a welcome bonus and a no deposit bonus on every new account.
  • Getting around limits: bet and withdrawal limits apply to a single account.
  • Getting around self-exclusion: the most dangerous case, a direct risk to the licence and to the player.
  • Affiliate fraud: fake registrations to collect CPA payouts.

Warning signs

The same device or browser, a shared IP and address, identical payment details, similar names and dates of birth, the same behaviour: registration, bonus, withdrawal. Taken alone, none of these proves anything. Together they give a confident signal.

How to protect against it

  • A rule in the terms: one account and one bonus per person, household, address and device.
  • KYC before bonus winnings are withdrawn.
  • Checks at registration: device fingerprint and matches against self-excluded players.
  • Decisions based on a clause in the terms that the player has seen, not on suspicion.

Common mistakes

  • Catching duplicates only at withdrawal. The bonuses have already been paid out and the player is already angry. Checks at registration and first deposit cost less.
  • Treating one signal as proof. Students in the same halls of residence or colleagues in one office can share an IP. Decisions are made on the combination of signals.
  • No matching against self-excluded players. A new account from a self-excluded player is not bonus fraud: it is harm to a person and a risk to the licence.
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