GeoLocs Adds Two Canadian Deployments With Miki and CasinoTime

Ventures Lab has brought GeoLocs into the technology stack for Miki, its casino and sportsbook brand in Ontario. GeoLocs checks whether a player is physically located inside the province before gambling access is allowed. Its system works through the browser, so Miki users do not need to download a separate geolocation application.

Ventures Lab Points to Market Experience

The company already works with regulated gaming businesses in Canada. Carlos Strazzer, CEO of Ventures Lab, said the company chose mkodo for its experience with compliant mobile gaming and its approach to working with operators.

The Miki agreement gives GeoLocs another customer in Ontario at a time when the supplier is also extending one of its earlier Canadian relationships.

CasinoTime Brings Ontario Setup to Alberta

CasinoTime began working with GeoLocs in Ontario in 2023. It will now use the same provider as the operator moves into Alberta. 

That makes Alberta the second Canadian province covered by the partnership. GeoLocs will again handle the location checks needed to determine whether players are accessing the platform from an approved jurisdiction. CasinoTime COO Jeffrey Holmes said familiarity with regulated gaming was important as the company entered another market.

The expansion also gives mkodo another Alberta deployment. The supplier says it has five years of experience working within the province’s gaming environment.

Canadian Expansion Creates Repeat Business for Suppliers

Canada’s provincial approach to gambling regulation creates a particular challenge for operators moving across the country. Entering another province can mean meeting a fresh set of local requirements while keeping the product familiar for existing players.

Geolocation is one piece that operators may prefer to keep unchanged. Once a provider is already integrated and has experience in the next jurisdiction, retaining it can reduce the amount of new technology work required for expansion.

One Client Can Open a Second Market

The two deals give GeoLocs two different routes to growth. Miki represents a new operator relationship in Ontario. CasinoTime shows how an existing contract can extend into another province.

Neither announcement changes the supplier landscape on its own. The repeat business is the more useful signal. As Canadian operators add provinces, vendors already embedded in their compliance stack have a chance to move with them. For geolocation providers, winning the first deployment may increasingly create an opening for the second.