iGaming & betting
Bonus abuse, multi-accounting and geo-restriction evasion — the three problems every operator has.
What the problem actually is
Sign-up bonuses are a standing invitation to create many accounts. Bonus abusers run dozens of identities from one machine; arbitrage groups coordinate across accounts; and because licensing is strictly territorial, VPN use to evade a geo-block is both a fraud and a compliance failure. The regulatory consequence of serving a restricted jurisdiction is far worse than a lost deposit.
Signals that carry the weight here
Geo-evasion is the core risk. Unlike most sectors, a VPN here is not a privacy preference — it is frequently an attempt to defeat a licensing restriction.
Multi-accounting is definitionally many identities on one device. The fingerprint survives new emails, new cards and cleared cookies.
A burst of registrations sharing infrastructure inside a short window is the shape of a bonus-abuse ring.
Where to start
strictness=3 (paranoid) — Paranoid on registration and on withdrawal. Withdrawal is where abuse becomes a loss, and it is the point where extra verification is most defensible to a genuine customer.
A defensible starting point, not a guarantee. Strictness moves the verdict thresholds only; the risk score itself never changes, so you can re-tune without re-scoring anything.
The call
curl -X POST "https://www.layercall.com/v1/score/user" \
-H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"ip":"$IP","email":"$EMAIL","device_id":"$DEVICE_ID","strictness":3}'1,000 lookups a month free, no card. Get an API key.
Questions
Can you tell me the real country behind a VPN?
No, and no honest vendor can. A VPN's purpose is to make the exit location the only one visible. What we can tell you is that the connection is a commercial VPN exit, and which provider, where the operator publishes that — which is the fact your licensing rules actually need.