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GeoComply appoints Sarafina Wolde as Global Markets lead 

SBC News GeoComply appoints Sarafina Wolde as Global Markets lead 

GeoComply has moved to strengthen its commercial and business development strategy by appointing Sarafina Wolde Gabriel as Senior Director of Global Markets.  The affiliate marketing figurehead confirmed via Linkedin that she had ended her 18-year tenure as an executive of Income Access, choosing to join the leadership team of the igaming fraud prevention and IP-security solutions provider. The appointment follows …

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GeoComply secures Blackstone and Atairos as as debut investors

SBC News GeoComply secures Blackstone and Atairos as as debut investors

Geolocation and compliance developer GeoComply has secured Blackstone Growth and Atairos as its first minority institutional investments to support its continued expansion. The new partnerships will focus on accumulating institutional capital into GeoComply, to support the company in maintaining growth in its core markets as well as develop its expansion in new verticals and sectors. Although the terms of the …

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GeoComply deepens social responsibility commitments with Conscious Gaming donation

SBC News GeoComply deepens social responsibility commitments with Conscious Gaming donation

Geolocation and compliance technology provider GeoComply has made a $200,000 donation to nonprofit group Conscious Gaming. The donation will be used by Conscious Gaming to further develop its PlayPause national self exclusion tool, which has already been adopted by Entain, BetMGM and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. “The interest and momentum for PlayPause from operators and regulators since the launch has …

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GeoComply’s Anna Sainsbury appointed to AGA board of directors

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GeoComply’s Chairman, Anna Sainsbury, has been appointed to the board of directors for the American Gaming Association (AGA)  as a bid to support “understanding of regulated gaming” in a post-PASPA America. The compliance grade geo-location technology supplier has become a board-level member of the AGA, the national trade group which represents the $261bn casino industry in the US. Sainsbury praised …

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Scientific Games expands OpenBet US compliance dynamics with GeoComply

SBC News Scientific Games expands OpenBet US compliance dynamics with GeoComply

Nasdaq-listed industry technology supplier Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has announced that it will utilise geo-location software GeoComply in anticipation of regulated sports betting being legalized in the United States. Preparing for the potential repeal of federal PASPA laws, SGC will install GeoComply’s solution within its OpenBet sportsbook platform network, which services the industry’s largest amount of operators. “Scientific Games has been …

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DraftKings steps up geo-location security checks with GeoComply

SBC News DraftKings steps up geo-location security checks with GeoComply

DFS operator DraftKings has announced that it has partnered with geo-location technology specialist GeoComply in order to better verify user eligibility for its products. The operator will integrate GeoComply’s Solus Geolocation system, which will provide security id, proxy scanning and fraud checks for DraftKings day to day operations. The integration of GeoComply services, comes as DFS industry operators face mounting …

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GeoComply launches “Solus” – Geo-location solutions service for the DFS industry

SBC News GeoComply launches "Solus" - Geo-location solutions service for the DFS industry

Compliance grade  geo-location provider, GeoComply USA, Inc. has  announced the launch of “Solus,” its new suite of services for the daily fantasy sports industry. Specially designed for the needs of this rapidly evolving sector, Solus provides cutting edge geolocation and anti-fraud solutions tailored for the particular operational and market needs of daily fantasy sports. “DFS is one of the fastest growing sectors …

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GeoComply fights for US Poker Player rights at RAWA hearing

SBC News GeoComply fights for US Poker Player rights at RAWA hearing

Geo-location services provider GeoComply continued its fight for American online poker players, with CEO Anna Sainsbury testifying at a presentation in Washington DC yesterday morning. The company was instrumental in the genesis of pooled poker liquidity across Nevada and Delaware, with its technology enabling both launches and GeoComply supplying both states’ iGaming markets GeoComply was represented by Sainsbury in a presentation entitled “How Does …

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iGaming North America hosts closed session for regulators & policy makers

SBC News iGaming North America hosts closed session for regulators & policy makers

A closed session for government regulators, lottery officials and public policy makers – “Balancing the Needs of Consumers, Governments and Licensed Operators in a Regulated Framework” – will be taking place at the iGaming North America conference on the 14th April 2015 at 9.30am.  The optimal goals of iGaming regulation are to protect consumers and generate valuable tax revenues and jobs. But …

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