Player Verify applies for Nevada licence
Tennessee-based company aims to provide player information collecting service for operators.
Player Verify has submitted an application to become a service provider to online poker operators in Nevada.
The Tennessee-based company, launched in 2010, offers a software product which collects player identifying information for egaming sites.
Under regulations enforced by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, online poker sites in Nevada will have 30 days after a player registers to collect information such as driver’s licence, passport and proof of address details in an encrypted format.
Player Verify managing member Mark Dalton said in a statement: “Nevada online poker sites know they have to follow KYC rules, and they do the best they can with the tools they have available. Now that our online poker service provider license is pending with the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Player Verify is ready to give Nevada I-gaming sites a better, safer option for player verification.”
The player information gathered by the company is then checked against a nationwide database of government and public information by an identity checker run by tru.ly, a Massachusetts-based ID verification P2P service.
Player Verify also has a database for problem gamblers who choose to self-exclude themselves online, as well as a database for fraud reporting, both of which can be monitored by online poker sites.
Last week, Monarch and South Point Poker became the first operators to be licensed to offer online poker in Nevada, while Golden Gaming became the 12th applicant for an operator licence in the Silver State earlier this month.