Add the identity checks your player journey needs. Start with SA ID Verification and Passive Liveness as Basic. Add Bank Account Verification, AML/PEP or selfie-to-Home-Affairs-photo Face Match only when the relevant payout, RMCP or identity-risk trigger requires it.
Choose only the checks you need
Use SA ID and one selfie for the Basic path. Keep document, bank, AML/PEP and Home Affairs photo checks as separate, risk-triggered steps.
Basic uses an SA ID and one Passive Liveness selfie. Document and official Home Affairs photo comparisons stay optional. Only the selected blocks run.
GRANDLINE
Player club
Player account
Welcome to the club
Complete player verification before using account-linked casino services.
Membership
Pending
Player status
Unverified
Verify your player account
Confirm your age and identity in a few quick steps.
Verification progress
What is happening now
Waiting for the player
The player stays inside GRANDLINE and starts verification when they are ready.
Selected checks
SA ID and age
Confirm the player’s ID details and 18+ status.
Passive Liveness
Check one selfie for live-presence signals without a movement challenge.
Decision returned
Send the result back to the GRANDLINE player journey.
Assurance depends on the player journey, risk trigger and your internal controls. It is not one fixed checklist for everyone.
Basic
Run the normal player path with a verified South African ID and one passive-liveness selfie.
Basic returns identity and Passive Liveness evidence. Add Home Affairs Face Match, AML/PEP or bank validation when the casino risk rule calls for them.
Step-ups
Run each additional check only when the payout, RMCP or identity-risk trigger requires it.
Record which trigger fired and keep the step-up result with the operator decision.
Keep verification close to the action that needs it.
Run SA ID Verification and Passive Liveness as the Basic registration path.
Add bank account verification before a payout when your operational controls require it.
Add AML/PEP or Home Affairs photo Face Match only when the documented risk rule calls for more evidence.
The Financial Intelligence Centre lists the gambling sector under item 9 of Schedule 1. A casino operator remains responsible for its risk-based controls, customer due diligence, records and reporting. VerifyNow provides verification results that can support that process.
The National Gambling Board states that legal casino gambling requires a provincially licensed operator and an adult player. It also distinguishes casino gambling from online betting. This page does not represent general online casino gambling as lawful in South Africa.
Use this path for licensed casino player registration, loyalty or cashless accounts, risk-triggered identity review and payout validation.
Casino operators are part of the gambling sector supervised under FICA. Casino and online-betting permissions remain distinct under South African gambling law.
If your organisation is an accountable institution, or your RMCP calls for a customer-book review, Batch AML lets you upload 10 to 1,000 people or entities and keep one consolidated result file. It is an optional workflow based on your duties and risk controls, not a requirement for every business in this industry.
Educational guidance only. Your accountable-institution status, RMCP, customer risk rating and lawful basis determine the final checks and records you must keep.
Basic is a consented SA ID Verification plus Passive Liveness from one selfie. The ID result confirms core identity fields and verified date of birth for the 18+ rule, while Passive Liveness checks the submitted capture without fetching a Home Affairs photograph.
Bank Account Verification is a payout or cashless-account step-up. AML/PEP runs when the RMCP or player-risk rule requires screening. Home Affairs photo Face Match runs only when a defined identity-risk event requires stronger binding between the selfie and the official identity record.
Use Passive Liveness in the Basic path. Add the supported Home Affairs photo and Face Match when the casino's documented risk rule requires stronger identity binding for the player. This keeps face matching focused on the accounts and events that need it.
The FIC lists the gambling sector under item 9 of Schedule 1. Licensed casino operators must apply the FIC Act duties relevant to their business, including risk-based customer due diligence, records and regulatory reporting. VerifyNow supplies verification results and evidence; the operator remains responsible for its programme and decisions.
This page covers player-registration and account workflows for licensed casino operations. The National Gambling Board distinguishes licensed casino gambling from licensed online betting and states that general online casino gambling in South Africa is prohibited except for online betting through licensed South African bookmakers.
Start with SA ID Verification and Passive Liveness. Add Bank Account Verification, AML/PEP or Home Affairs photo Face Match only when the documented trigger requires it.
