OLG adds IC360 tools to detect banned bettors

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has added the monitoring and banned bettor detection tools of Integrity Compliance 360 (IC360) to its PROLINE platform. The agreement covers online and retail sports betting services that use Kambi's multi-channel technology. IC360's ProhiBet and Bad Actor solutions, however, will be applied only to digital sports betting.

The agreement brings together three services. The first is a monitoring dashboard that combines global odds, anonymized betting activity and official data feeds on a single screen. The second is ProhiBet, which is used to prevent athletes, coaches, referees and league staff from placing banned bets. The third is Bad Actor, developed with Signify, which is designed to combat threats, fraud and harassment aimed at athletes.

OLG said the tools will allow it to detect and report suspicious betting patterns more quickly, enforce betting restrictions more effectively, and help sports organizations identify individuals who must be barred from betting on certain sports or markets. Greg Sindall, OLG's Senior Director of Digital Sports Products, said the monitoring and alert systems provide real-time feedback to both operators and players.

The report also refers to a measure OLG introduced in April. Under it, online players under 25 must set a daily, weekly or monthly deposit limit. The step was taken because research suggests young adults may be more vulnerable to gambling-related harm than other age groups.