Gaming

Fast and low-friction onboarding with Shufti’s know your player solution

Online gaming is booming, but so are fraud risks and regulatory pressures. Shufti helps gaming platforms verify players instantly, keep fraudsters out, and stay compliant, without disrupting the player experience. With lightning-fast onboarding and AI-driven checks, you can focus on engagement while Shufti handles trust for you.

0.78%

false acceptance rate in gaming

38%

Increase in conversion rate

47%

Percentage decrease in manual review

Top challenges of gaming industry

Global regulatory scrutiny around gaming and gambling mechanics, age restrictions, and digital payments forces companies to balance compliance with user experience. In a market projected to surpass $300 billion by 2035, the biggest challenge isn’t growth, it’s sustaining it responsibly.

Under-age risk at scale

28% of gamers are under 18 making strict IDV essential to stop minors from bypassing age restrictions and risking regulatory breaches. Your users must prove 18+ or 21+ before gameplay and at sensitive moments like deposits and withdrawals, without crushing conversion.

Payment Fraud & Account Takeover

iGaming fraud rose 64% YoY showing how chargebacks, stolen cards, and hacked accounts rapidly drain revenue and damage player trust. From sanctions to PEPs and adverse media, gaming operators must screen players and partners and keep results fresh over time.

Financial crime and affiliate risk

Fraud applicant rates exceed 6% in regions like South Korea forcing platforms to adopt robust KYC/AML to avoid fines and bans. Additionally, licenses mandate you restrict access by region so you have to verify and validate geolocations to get access.

Grow, expand and comply as a growing gaming business with Shufti

Gaming arenas are supposed to offer a frictionless and smooth experience to all new users. Complex KYC processes can make the process uncomfortable for the user and costly for the business. Achieve lowest false rejection rates and highest ROI with Shufti.

Instant and frictionless age Verification for every threshold

Gaming platforms can prevent minors from accessing restricted titles by verifying age in seconds. Shufti’s AI-powered checks combine speed with regulatory-grade accuracy.

AI-powered document & facial recognition confirms player age instantly.
A smooth waterfall approach ensures that only high risk individuals have to go through the whole process; others can be verified through quick behavioral biometrics.

Multi-Layered fraud prevention to stop bonus abuse and ATO fraud

Fraudsters exploit weak entry points, but Shufti creates barriers at every stage. With layered defenses, you reduce financial loss and keep accounts secure.

Detect fake IDs, stolen credentials, and account takeovers.
Reduce chargebacks and protect high-value in-game transactions.

Global KYC compliance fit for every jurisdiction and locality

Expanding across jurisdictions shouldn’t mean compliance headaches. Shufti centralizes global KYC with automated, real-time checks that evolve as regulations change.

AML screening across 240+ countries & territories.
Continuously updated compliance modules to match shifting laws.

Seamless player onboarding without compromising security

Players demand speed, while platforms need security. Shufti delivers both with mobile-first onboarding that blends into the gaming experience without slowing it down.

One-click identity checks with minimal friction possible.
Mobile-friendly flows optimized for modern gaming UX.

Real-time risk scoring with clear audit trails

Not every player carries equal risk. Shufti evaluates each profile instantly, enabling smarter approvals, quicker detection, and fewer false positives.

AI-driven fraud detection highlights suspicious behaviors.
Risk profiles guide decisions to approve, flag, or block.

How It Works

1. Player signs up

When a new player registers, Shufti performs phone, email and device risk intelligence before starting the KYC process. This ensures a smooth sign-up flow while keeping compliance and fraud prevention fully active.

2. Shufti captures ID & face

The player uploads their ID and completes a quick face scan, which Shufti processes in under 30 seconds using AI and biometric authentication.

3. AI verifies identity & age

Shufti validates documents and cross-checks facial data with 98.67% accuracy, ensuring players meet age requirements while confirming authenticity to prevent fake or stolen IDs.

4. AML & risk runs in background

Behind the scenes, Shufti screens players against sanctions, PEP, and watchlists, while applying risk scoring to flag suspicious activity—all without slowing the signup.

5. Player gets approved instantly

Once checks are cleared, players are approved and onboarded seamlessly, giving them immediate access to gameplay while the platform stays protected and compliant.

Shufti for AI first gamers

Precision screening that cuts noise

Our fuzzy, phonetic and contextual matching reduces AML false positives significantly, so your analysts focus on real risk. This is critical during large tournament spikes and bonus campaigns.

Geolocation & Device Fingerprinting

Flags unusual access patterns, blocks risky regions, and prevents multi-account abuse so only genuine users can access the benefits offered by your igaming platforms.

Privacy-first age and attribute proof

Return only what policy needs, like an “18+ OK” assertion, or verify address and phone without over-collecting PII. It keeps conversion high and satisfies data-minimization expectations.

Built for your entire team, API & no-code

For the builders, Shufti offers a powerful, flexible API

One unified API connects eIDV, biometrics, document checks and AML, letting engineers ship region-specific journeys fast and maintain one integration as markets evolve.

For the Strategists: The No-Code Journey Builder

Design age gates, risk rules and step-ups by product and jurisdiction, then adjust without releases. Launch targeted controls for promos, jackpots and new markets in minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you keep under-age users out without hurting sign-ups?

Start with privacy-first age estimation, then auto step-up to ID-backed verification with certified liveness for high assurance when policy or risk requires it. Journeys are orchestrated per market.

Can you detect VPNs and location spoofing for license compliance?

Yes. We enrich checks with IP reputation, device/browser fingerprinting and geolocation validation to surface risky sessions and block proxies, VPNs and TOR.

What protects us from deepfakes and presentation attacks?

Certified liveness and anti-injection defenses harden capture moments, including kiosk or driver flows. This helps stop fabricated identities before gameplay or payouts.

Do you support ongoing AML monitoring after onboarding?

Yes. Configure continuous re-screening so player and VIP risk statuses are kept current over time with auditable logs and alerts.

Can we verify partner affiliates quickly, with UBOs where required?

Use Enhanced KYB for cross-registry lookups across 240+ jurisdictions and hundreds of data sources, with optional UBO discovery and monitoring for higher-risk partners.

What do regulators expect around watchlist upkeep?

Recent enforcement actions in financial services show that failing to re-screen against updated sanctions and watchlists leads to penalties, reinforcing the need for continuous monitoring.

Increase player loyalty and retention for igaming

With 2.2 billion virtual players worldwide, the online gaming market continues on an upwards trajectory of exponential growth; the market is projected to reach 114.4 billion USD by 2028. However, this growth has been met with an array of challenges, find out more in our latest iGaming white paper.

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