The online gaming and iGaming industry faces a rapidly escalating threat landscape characterized by sophisticated fraud vectors that directly impact platform profitability, regulatory compliance, and brand trust. The principal challenges include Multi-accounting/fake accounts, where fraudsters exploit sign-up bonuses and platform mechanics through mass account creation; Bonus abuse/promo abuse using these fake accounts; Bot & automated gameplay that subverts fair play and manipulates odds; and high-impact cyberattacks like Account Takeover (ATO) leading to wallet theft. Traditional, static security measures like basic WAFs and standard MFA are proving insufficient against these high-velocity, evolving, and often AI-assisted attacks.

This paper presents CrossClassify's advanced approach to online gaming fraud prevention. Our solution shifts from reactive, rule-based checks to a real-time, adaptive AI-powered fraud prevention stack. The core technology combines high-fidelity Device Fingerprinting + device intelligence to block multi-accounting and geo-spoofing, and Behavioral Biometrics & continuous session monitoring to accurately distinguish between legitimate human players and sophisticated bots or colluding parties. By implementing real-time risk scoring at every critical user action (sign-up, login, bet/spin, withdrawal), CrossClassify ensures minimal friction for legitimate players while providing instant detection and enforcement against fraudulent activities. This approach delivers a crucial competitive advantage in maintaining a secure, compliant, and fair gaming environment.

The key takeaway is CrossClassify’s motto, “Real-Time Fraud Detection for Apps”, which is realized in the iGaming context by providing an AI-driven, continuous risk assessment that monitors player behavior and device identity from the moment of sign-up through to withdrawal. This ensures comprehensive protection against fraud types like collusion & chip-dumping and payment fraud/chargebacks. This technical white paper is essential reading for key stakeholders in the iGaming sector, including online gaming platform owners, operators of sports-betting/casino/lottery platforms, CTOs, security engineers, fraud & compliance teams (AML/KYC), product managers, and risk & operations managers, all of whom are losing time, money, and reputation due to inadequate protection against these pressing fraud and cybersecurity challenges.