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Bonus abuse glossary and guides

This bonus abuse glossary and set of guides explains the terms casino and sportsbook teams meet, from gnoming to temp mail, and shows how to deal with the problems behind them at registration: Gmail aliases, disposable emails, VPNs, fake sign-ups and risky welcome offers.

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Glossary

Short definitions of the fraud terms used in iGaming, with the sign-up signals that expose each one.

Bonus abuse

Claiming a casino or sportsbook offer in a way its terms forbid, usually with extra accounts.

Gnoming

One person running betting accounts opened in other real people's names.

Multi-accounting

One player holding more than one account at the same casino or sportsbook.

Bonus hunting

Bonus hunting is legitimate offer shopping; bonus abuse breaks the terms. How to tell them apart.

Account farming

Creating accounts in bulk, often by script, to claim offers, resell or use later.

Promo abuse

Exploiting any promotion against its terms: referrals, reloads, free spins, free bets.

Temp mail

A throwaway inbox that needs no sign-up and disappears after minutes or hours.

Residential proxy

Traffic routed through someone's home connection so it looks like an ordinary household.

Guides

Longer, practical articles for operators and WordPress site owners.

How bonus abusers use the Gmail dot trick

Why one Gmail inbox can pose as hundreds of players, and how to normalise addresses at registration.

How websites detect disposable email addresses

Blocklists, mail-server matching and pattern checks, and why rotating temp-mail domains slip past lists.

Still getting fake sign-ups with CAPTCHA?

Why reCAPTCHA and Turnstile don't stop every fake account, and the sign-up signals that do.

When to require KYC at casino registration

Step-up KYC: ask for identity checks early only when the sign-up gives you a reason.

Can online casinos detect a VPN?

Yes, often: how operators spot VPN, Tor and datacenter sign-ups, where it fails, and what to do next.

How to bulk-delete fake WooCommerce customers

Find bot-made WooCommerce accounts with no orders, delete them safely, and stop new ones.

How to withhold the welcome bonus from risky players

Risk-based bonus delivery: open the account, hold back the offer, release it when the player checks out.

Put it into practice

Every guide ends with what InlineShield does about the problem it describes, and only claims what the product does today. To see the checks for yourself, try the free tools; to see them on every sign-up, read the features or the iGaming overview.

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