how do casinos recognise our computers.

[AlohaHawaii]

Hi,
I am just wondering how do online casinos recognise our computers, henceforth we cannot have more than one account on the same computer to claim bonuses.
Thanks

[brianzz]

Registry entries.... they're in so many places it's hard to get rid of them all.

[AlohaHawaii]

Registry entries.... they're in so many places it's hard to get rid of them all.

Thanks.
Someone told me that they identify our computers through the MAC address too. Is this true?
Thanks

[Cynthia777]

This reminds me of a thread someone had wondering how to hide their IP address...all I will say is "Why would you want to????"

[KasinoKing]

Q

This reminds me of a thread someone had wondering how to hide their IP address...all I will say is "Why would you want to????"

A

henceforth we cannot have more than one account on the same computer to claim bonuses.

If you are a potential bonus abuser - you are a confirmed idiot.

There are 100's of SUB's and dozens of monthlies on the net - you don't need to try to cheat. If I didn't have to work full-time I could gamble 18 hours a day, 7 days a week and still not get through all the monthly bonuses in a month.

If you just want to register a genuine account on a PC which someone else has used before, contact the casino(s) in question & get their approval in writing before going ahead.

KK

[kimss]

There are to many ways to determine the same machine, and even with seperate machines in your house you still have the same IP which will look very strange unless you are one of those wagering from an internet caffe.

Remember you infact install the casino on your machine - you give them permission to do checksums on your entire harddrive. As said - it's to easy for them to see it's the same machine.

[winbig]

This reminds me of a thread someone had wondering how to hide their IP address...all I will say is "Why would you want to????"

Agreed. Don't feed the trolls

[anniemac]

Actually guys, I have wondered the same question myself and I'm not looking to scam anybody. She could have just been curious. I'd like to know how they, not just casinos anybody, know who I am and where I am at.

[kimss]

Actually guys, I have wondered the same question myself and I'm not looking to scam anybody. She could have just been curious. I'd like to know how they, not just casinos anybody, know who I am and where I am at.

This is very easy. All movements you do on the internet must be accompanied by your IP, this is your caller ID if you like. If you didn't have an IP - the website or service you requested online would have no way of getting back to you. Like, you ask for www.aol.com - the webserver must send the webpage back to you, hence your IP solves it.

When you have that IP (which everyone has) you can look it up in a GEO IP database, maxmind is very know for their high quality database:
http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_ip

Then, there are several ways to fake your IP, you can even make it whatever you like. That is, if you want to master IP you need the knowledge of raw sockets, however remember that when creating a new IP there is no way of getting back to you, since you are sending the traffic in the wrong direction... This type of manipulation is used in attacks on the web, a different discussion.

For changing your IP you would need a proxyserver, that is another webserver/machine which lets you go through it to get what you like. You will then get the IP of the proxyserver. Most public proxyservers will not have the ports open you require for online gambling either, and if they do they are probably very slow aswell. You probably seen in the movies when they track a hacker, seeing the lines connecting the dots from country to country to trace the hacker. Each dot represents another proxyserver if you will, that is - you can chain servers so you get one large back and forth way for the data.

I think this would be more that enough input for your question.

[RobWin]

To answer the original question, they simply "Ping" your machine for IP or Mac Address.....