Technical issues "continued to plague" GambetDC over its first weekend of operation as DC's "online entry into the legal sports gambling market," according to Matt Bonesteel of the WASHINGTON POST. A number of people have reported that the site's geolocation service has been "unable to properly pinpoint their locations within the DC borders." GeoComply, the company providing geolocation, issued a tweet showing the areas in the city where sports gambling is "prohibited: federal property and the areas surrounding the city's stadiums, whose owners plan to unveil their own sports gambling operations." But GeoComply also noted that people '"in close proximity' to those areas also might not be allowed to bet." DC Lottery Dir of Marketing & Communications Nicole Jordan said GambetDC's geolocating technology is "working as intended." Jordan: "It's not really a problem. The geosensing technology is programmed to be really strict at launch." Jordan said DC faces some of the "most complicated location-based restrictions." She added that geolocation "will improve for people who live near the city's borders as the system continues to be used" (WASHINGTON POST, 6/2).
