By Volodymyr Todurov, CEO at Frogo
In the high-speed world of iGaming, where user acquisition is a battleground and conversion rates are gospel, it’s tempting to focus solely on growth. Promotions are getting flashier. Acquisition budgets are ballooning. And risk? It’s still mostly being seen through yesterday’s lens.
But here’s the hard truth: the threats that cause the most damage don’t come through the front door – they’re hiding in the data shifts, in the behavior you’ve normalized and in the noise you haven’t yet tuned out.
Fraud Isn’t Flashy – It’s Familiar
We tend to imagine fraud as a Hollywood-level breach or a lone hacker pulling strings behind seven screens. The reality is far more casual. In iGaming, fraud walks in dressed like a loyal user. It stacks bonuses, mimics user journeys, even passes KYC procedures.
And more dangerously, it adapts faster than your rules can catch up.
iGaming platforms today are at a crossroads. On one path: growth, risking long-term trust and profitability. On the other: sustainable scaling, where fraud prevention is not a post-incident process but a built-in advantage.
The Unseen Threats We’re Facing
Let’s talk specifics – because the fraud we’re seeing today isn’t just old tricks in new skins.
Bonus abuse rings hide fraud strategies increasing bonus expected value within genuine gamestyle. To bypass 1st level checks they use device farms and IP/ISP rotation.
Sophisticated affiliate fraud, where your highest-revenue partners quietly feed traffic that drains value instead of building it.
Multi-accounting that slips past basic KYC and undermines your retention funnels.
Payment anomalies that aren’t flagged in time, because static thresholds can’t account for evolving behaviors.
Internal fraud, yes, still a thing – often the hardest to detect and the costliest to clean up.
These aren’t rare cases. They’re daily occurrences – camouflaged by volume, timing and the ever-increasing complexity of user behavior.
Real-Time Is No Longer a Luxury
At Frogo, we believe fraud management shouldn’t be about firefighting. It should be about foresight. That’s why we’ve built Frogo as a living, breathing platform – one that doesn’t just react but evolves.
Our latest release, which we are going to present this September at SBC Summit, Lisbon – a real-time smart alerting system – is about giving power back to the teams on the ground. When there’s a sudden shift in traffic sources, an unusual pattern in user journeys, or a spike in risk score across seemingly unrelated accounts, Frogo doesn’t wait. It pings your team directly inside the back office. No delays. No missed signals.
This isn’t just another notification feature. It’s about closing the gap between something that is wrong and we’re on it.
Why This Matters More Than Ever
As we race ahead SBC Summit, we should slow down just enough to ask the questions:
Is your fraud prevention team equipped to spot non-obvious threats?
Are your thresholds dynamic, or are they still static?
How fast is your feedback loop from detection to action?
And most importantly – are you truly protecting the user experience you’ve worked so hard to build?
The future of iGaming isn’t just faster. It’s smarter. And fraud management needs to be the same.
Let’s Talk at SBC
We’re heading to SBC Lisbon this September – and we’re not just coming to showcase Frogo’s latest innovations. We’re coming to listen.
At Frogo, we’ve built one of the most advanced anti-fraud platforms in the industry. But we know that every operator faces unique challenges and the best solutions come from understanding them deeply.
Join us at the stand # D183 | SBC Summit, Lisbon | September 16–18
Let’s talk: Bonus abuse, automation, false positives
But more importantly, let’s talk about building an industry where trust is the standard – not a gamble.
Come find us.
Let’s leap into safety together.
