More than 1.2 million attempts were made in the state of Kentucky to place bets on sporting events since March 1, 2023, according to data from GeoComply, a geo-validation company specializing in fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions.
During the month that has included the 2023 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, as well as individual conference basketball tournaments, GeoComply reported blocking approximately 1.28 million attempts from within Kentucky to access/place a wager in a state that has legal sports betting.
“With another border state in Ohio enacting legal sports wagering in January 2023, the number of attempts by Kentuckians to make wagers on legal sportsbook platforms provided in the neighboring states has more than doubled, up from 532,000 attempts made in March of 2022,” said GeoComply’s John Pappas.
