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February 12, 2024

More than 14,500 bets per second recorded ahead of Super Bowl

GeoComply has reported a 22.3% year-on-year increase in geolocation checks during Super Bowl LVIII weekend.

Last night (11 February), Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 to land their second consecutive Super Bowl. The game took place at Nevada’s Allegiant Stadium, with GeoComply carrying out checks on betting activity over the whole weekend.

Checks took place in US states where sports betting is legal, as well as the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico. This does not include Florida, where the Seminole tribe launched online betting with Hard Rock Bet in November last year.

GeoComply says the increase in geolocation checks is positive for legal betting in the US. It says the rise underscores a shift towards a regulated, taxed and safe betting environment.

Record pre-game activity

Other key data from GeoComply includes record pre-game activity. In the minutes before kick-off, 14.75 thousand transactions per second were reported, the highest on record and almo..

May 23, 2023

Underdog pens North America deal with GeoComply

Fantasy sports operator Underdog has selected fraud prevention solutions provider GeoComply as its geolocation supplier for North America.

Previously, Xpoint served as Underdog’s geolocation provider.

Under the terms of the deal, Underdog will access GeoComply’s Core suite and Solus product for its fantasy sports offering, as well as its planned sports betting operations.

GeoComply’s Core product is the supplier’s flagship geolocation service. Customers who have the licence to operate this product can also access the business’ range of fraud prevention tools to protect their operations from bonus abuse, identity theft and chargeback fraud.

The business’ Solus solution is a fantasy sports geolocation solution for web-based players. The system runs on HTML5 browsers, removing the need for players to download additional apps or plug-ins.

GeoComply praise deal

GeoComply vice-president of business development and licensing, Sam Basile, said the business was “thrilled” to be working wi..

February 13, 2023

GeoComply records 100 million online betting transactions for Super Bowl LVII

GeoComply has revealed it conducted a record 100 million geolocation checks for online sports betting during Super Bowl LVII weekend.

The game took place yesterday (12 February), with the Kansas City Chiefs fighting back to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 and become NFL champions for the second time in four years.

This year also marked the first time the Super Bowl took place in a state with legal online sports betting, with the Chiefs and Eagles having faced off at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Read the full story on iGB North America

January 17, 2023

World Series of Politics Episode 11: GeoComply’s Linsday Slader on Ohio

The special guests keep coming on the World Series of Politics, with GeoComply’s Linsday Slader joining Brendan Bussmann and Brandt Iden to discuss Ohio’s sports betting launch. Also under discussion are Brazil, Macau and the US legislative session.

The geolocation specialist’s managing director of gaming says Ohio’s sports betting launch was one of the biggest market openings in the US to date.

Over the New Year weekend alone, GeoComply recorded more than 11.3 million geolocation transactions, and Slader says around 1.2 million accounts were set up in the first week of activity.

This episode also marks the World Series of Politics’ debut on Spotify! You can also listen on Apple Podcasts, and directly from this page.

Ohio betting flies out the blocks

There’s also a wider range of betting options than ever before, with 1,000 kiosks rolled out across Ohio, and it’s going to be interesting to see how this works in tandem with a widespread mobile offering. If it keeps up its early ..

January 4, 2023

Ohio leads US with 11.3 million geolocation transactions over New Year’s weekend

Ohio was the busiest regulated market in the US over the New Year’s holiday weekend, with the state recording 11.3 million geolocation transactions across January 1 and 2, according to GeoComply.

Legal sports wagering launched in Ohio at midnight on January 1, with FanDuel, BetMGM DraftKings, Bet365, Tipico, Betr and Prophet among the brands that went live on opening day.

Across the first two days of Ohio’s regulated market, GeoComply recorded 11.3 million geolocation transactions from 783,863 unique accounts, in a state with a population of 11.8 million people.

Read the full story on iGB North America.

November 22, 2022

Industry slams NYT sports betting coverage

On Sunday, the New York Times (NYT) published an article on sports betting lobbying efforts, which has been criticised by industry trade groups and individuals as including “several mischaracterisations”.

Titled “Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous”, the article makes the argument that the gambling sector “got their way with lawmakers after showering them with donations, gifts and dubious arguments”.

This assertion has been criticised by a number of US-based trade organisations, who pointed to the already stringent regulatory environment and the industry-wide commitments to responsible gaming.

Criticised by trade bodies

In a statement published on LinkedIn, the American Gaming Association (AGA) said that the NYT had made “several mischaracterisations” in the article, and emphasised that there is a high standard for obtaining gaming licences in the US.

“As unapologetic advocates for our industry, the AGA engages with the New York Times and any..

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