Use case
AML screening for
Gaming and Gambling Industry
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Why screening matters for gaming and gambling industry
It is crucial for the gaming / igaming and gambling industry to conduct sanctions and PEP (Politically Exposed Persons) checks as part of their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance efforts. These checks help ensure that they are not providing services to individuals or entities that are under financial sanctions, trade restrictions or on other sanctions list.
Why these checks matter
PEP checks are conducted to identify individuals who hold positions of power and influence, such as government officials and politicians, as they may pose a higher risk of money laundering or corruption. By conducting these checks, the gaming / igaming and gambling industry can demonstrate their commitment to AML regulations, prevent illegal activities, and maintain the trust and confidence of their clients, regulators and other stakeholders.
What regulations require
AML regulations for the gaming industry vary depending on the jurisdiction, but they typically entail:
- Risk Assessment: Gaming / igaming and gambling companies should conduct a risk assessment to identify their areas of vulnerability to money laundering and other criminal activities.
- AML Policies and Procedures: Based on the results of the risk assessment, companies should develop and implement AML policies and procedures to identify, monitor, and report suspicious activities.
- Customer Due Diligence (CDD): Gaming / igaming and gambling companies should perform CDD on their customers, which includes verifying their identity, understanding their source of funds, and monitoring their transactions.
- Ongoing Monitoring: Companies should monitor customer transactions to identify any unusual or suspicious patterns of behavior.
- Training: Companies should provide training to their employees on AML regulations, including how to identify and report suspicious activities.
- Reporting: Companies should have systems in place to report suspicious activities to the relevant authorities.
- Independent Audit: Companies should conduct independent audits to ensure their AML policies and procedures are effective and up to date.
The challenge
The approach
The gaming / igaming and gambling industry is subject to AML compliance, and companies must implement effective AML controls, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, SAR filing, and record keeping, to prevent their services from being used for illegal activities.
While, PEP status by itself does not incriminate the customer, it does potentially classify the person as high-risk which requires additional investigation2. Gaming and gambling companies need to be vigilant and proactive in implementing measures to prevent money laundering and other criminal activities.
Why dilisense
Choose dilisense to support you with the PEP, sanction and criminal watchlist screening on a global scale. Besides the default set of sources, we have the ability to also add any publicly available list that you need for spotting and monitoring persons and companies of interest.
In a fully automated manner, gaming and gambling businesses can obtain data to assemble a client's risk profile based on the results of their screening efforts against government websites, sanctioned individuals and organizations, as well as banned, blacklisted and most wanted individuals and entities. Join us today!
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AML Screening API
Real-time REST API to screen against 10,000+ global sanctions, PEP and adverse media sources with sub-150ms response.
Ongoing Monitoring
Continuous re-screening of your customer base with instant alerts when sanctions or PEP status changes.
No developers? No problem.
Screen thousands of names against the full database directly from an Excel file — no API integration, no engineering time.
Pay per use
A screening API at a fraction of the usual market price
Integrate the REST API and pay per call — no seat licenses, no minimum contract. Start on the free tier and scale into volume pricing as your check volumes grow.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Gaming, igaming and gambling operators fall under anti-money-laundering rules in most jurisdictions, which typically require risk assessments, customer due diligence, ongoing monitoring and suspicious-activity reporting. The UK Gambling Commission, for example, expects casino customers to be screened against sanctions and PEP databases on an ongoing basis, not only at the first deposit — making systematic sanctions screening a core compliance obligation.
A gambling operator using dilisense screens players automatically at registration and again at payout. The REST AML screening API returns JSON responses and checks players against sanctions, PEP and criminal watchlists, with fuzzy-search filters to reduce false positives. Gambling operators without developers can screen entire player lists through an Excel batch tool instead, so no IT integration is required.
Gaming and gambling companies typically screen players against sanction lists, Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) data and criminal watchlists. dilisense aggregates international and domestic public sources — including government websites and lists of banned, blacklisted and most-wanted individuals and entities — updated every 60 minutes, and can add any additional publicly available watchlist that a gambling license or market requires.
dilisense uses pay-per-use pricing for gambling operators: the screening API charges per call with no monthly fee, and a monthly allowance of free API calls covers small volumes. Volume tiers lower the per-call price as player numbers grow. Compliance teams can start with the free sanctions and PEP search — unlimited and without registration — before automating checks via API or Excel batch screening.
References
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Related industries
- 1 https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/updated-money-laundering-regulations
- 2 https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/manual/the-prevention-of-money-laundering-and-combating-the-financing-of-terrorism/prevention-of-ml-and-combating-the-financing-of-terrorism-part-6-14-Politically-exposed-persons-(PEPs)