Geolocation data suggests there is plenty of interest in sports betting in Vermont, but there is nowhere in the state to legally place a bet — yet.
The committee studying the potential of retail and online sports betting sites in Vermont heard Tuesday that there may be hundreds of residents that have been trying to make wagers.
Danny DiRienzo, senior director of government relations at GeoComply Solutions Inc., told the committee that the technology company had blocked more than 18,000 geolocation checks over the past 30 days by Vermonters trying to access legal sportsbooks elsewhere in the United States.
Vancouver-based GeoComply found those checks were done on approximately 3,200 unique usernames and that almost 67% of the checks were attempts to access online sports betting sites in neighboring New York, which launched mobile wagering in January.
