DraftKings
Jackpocket Founder Peter Sullivan Steps Back After DraftKings integration
Jackpocket founder Peter Sullivan is stepping back from his day-to-day role as senior vice president of lottery at DraftKings following the company’s acquisition by the operator.
Sullivan, the co-founder of the lottery game and ticket supplier, set the company up in 2013 and ultimately led it toward a $750m takeover by DraftKings in 2024.
DraftKings completed its acquisition of Jackpocket in 2024 and has made note of its continued influence on its earnings since then.
After spending two years integrating Jackpocket’s operations into DraftKings, Sullivan, who is moving into an advisory role, said he wants to spend more time with his family and explore new opportunities.
“After 13 incredible years building Jackpocket and helping bring it together with DraftKings, I’ve decided that the time has come for me to step away from my day-to-day operating role,” he said.
“What started in 2013 as an idea to modernise how people participate in the lottery became a journey beyond anything I could have imagined.
“Along the way, we built an amazing team, navigated countless challenges, expanded across the country, helped create millions of lottery winners, and ultimately joined forces with DraftKings to accelerate our vision on an even larger scale.
“I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished and deeply grateful to the employees, partners, investors, regulators, retailers and customers who believed in us along the way. Most importantly, I’m thankful for the teammates who dedicated years of their lives to building something special together.”
Advisory role for Sullivan
“As I transition into an advisory capacity, I’m excited to watch the next chapter unfold. I remain extremely bullish on the future of Lottery at DraftKings and the opportunity for its continued growth,” Sullivan added.
“Personally, I’m looking forward to spending more time with my family, pursuing new ventures and exploring other opportunities. While I’m excited for what’s ahead, I’ll always be proud of what we built and the impact we’ve made.”
The post Jackpocket Founder Peter Sullivan Steps Back After DraftKings integration appeared first on Americas iGaming & Sports Betting News.
FIRST.bet has announced the appointment of Ian Bradley as its co-CEO. Bradley – most recently SVP at DraftKings, and a former colleague of Tom from SBTech – joins as a partner in the business alongside founder Tom Light, the two leading FIRST.bet together as the company enters its next phase of growth across LATAM, Europe and beyond.
Ian Bradley brings more than 20 years of sportsbook and trading heritage, beginning in spread betting and trading at Sporting Index and Sporting Solutions before joining SBTech – the sportsbook business whose technology became part of DraftKings through their 2020 merger. As SVP at DraftKings, he was a central figure in the company’s sportsbook success in the years that followed, with responsibility for all of its consumer sportsbook revenue.
FIRST.bet was itself founded by former SBTech leaders, making Ian Bradley’s appointment a return to the sportsbook roots where he built his career.
Bradley joins not simply as a senior executive but as a partner in the business alongside Tom Light, the two sharing ownership of FIRST.bet’s strategy and direction as co-CEOs. Having first worked together at SBTech, they combine Tom’s vision and product leadership as founder with Ian’s track record in scaling sportsbook businesses, jointly driving growth across product, technology and trading as the company expands across its core markets.
“Ian is one of the most respected leaders in our industry, and I worked alongside him at SBTech, so I’ve seen first-hand what he builds. I’ve wanted him alongside me at FIRST.bet for some time – that he’s only now free to join tells you how highly DraftKings valued him. Asking Ian to run the business with me as co-CEO is the clearest statement of intent we could make: FIRST.bet is building the platform serious operators choose, and together we’ll get there faster,” said Tom Light, Founder and co-CEO of FIRST.bet
“FIRST.bet has built something rare – a world-class team and genuinely Tier-1 technology, with the trading depth and product to back it. I wanted to work alongside a team like this and help build on the success they’ve already created. Running the company alongside Tom as co-CEO is exactly the challenge I wanted next, and the opportunity in B2B right now – across LATAM, Europe and beyond – is enormous,” said Ian Bradley, Co-CEO of FIRST.bet.
The post FIRST.bet Appoints Former DraftKings SVP Ian Bradley as Co-CEO appeared first on EE Gaming | Global iGaming & Tech Intelligence Hub.
DraftKings has renewed a multi-year agreement with GeoComply to continue providing real-time geolocation and compliance services, the companies said.
The extension comes after DraftKings’ Super App launch, a unified platform approach that lets customers access either sportsbook or sports predictions depending on their location. The press release positions the renewal as supporting scale, fraud controls, geolocation and compliance requirements tied to that rollout.
GeoComply said its geolocation signals are embedded into DraftKings’ internal risk workflows, including step-up authentication and automated decisioning. The vendor said it processes 2.5 billion checks a month across its platform.
Under the extended agreement, the companies said GeoComply will continue to support DraftKings with dedicated forward-deployed engineering support.
“The operators winning this next cycle are treating geolocation intelligence as critical trust infrastructure,” said Kip Levin, CEO of GeoComply. “DraftKings has done that for years. This extension reflects how seriously they take the architecture behind player trust—and it’s what lets them keep moving fast on everything else.”
The post DraftKings renews multi-year geolocation deal with GeoComply appeared first on EE Gaming | Global iGaming & Tech Intelligence Hub.
DraftKings and GeoComply have been working together for more than a decade, throughout some of the most technically demanding moments in modern gaming.
Today, we’re proud to announce that DraftKings has extended its multi-year agreement with GeoComply. Our collaboration, which dates back to the early days of Daily Fantasy Sports, goes beyond compliance, founded upon a shared track record under real pressure.
Part announcement, part celebration, read on to learn about the history we’ve walked and what we’re looking forward to next.
A different kind of proof
The extension comes on the heels of DraftKings’ Super App launch, a unified platform strategy, that allows customers to access either sportsbook or sports predictions depending on their location. Along with a high-calibre player experience, this demands higher scale, and a higher bar across fraud, geolocation, and compliance.
GeoComply has supported DraftKings through record traffic, major sporting events, and industry-wide disruptions. That track record forms the foundation of this collaboration.
What makes the signals different
This relationship has been built on a foundation that can’t be easily replicated: signal intelligence at scale. GeoComply processes 2.5 billion checks a month, generating a living picture of user behaviour, device integrity, and location authenticity that gets sharper with every transaction.
For DraftKings, those signals aren’t a standalone verification step bolted onto the side of their stack. They’re embedded directly into internal risk workflows, informing step-up authentication, powering automated decisioning, and enabling proactive threat detection before bad actors get a foothold.
That’s the difference between geolocation as a compliance checkbox and geolocation as trust infrastructure. DraftKings has been running the latter for years.
What comes next
Under the extended agreement, DraftKings and GeoComply will continue to deliver real-time geolocation and compliance services, supported by dedicated forward-deployed engineering support.
“The operators winning this next cycle are treating geolocation intelligence as critical trust infrastructure,” said Kip Levin, CEO of GeoComply. “DraftKings has done that for years. This extension reflects how seriously they take the architecture behind player trust—and it’s what lets them keep moving fast on everything else.”
The goal: stay ahead of what’s next, together.
The post DraftKings renews multi-year agreement with GeoComply appeared first on Americas iGaming & Sports Betting News.
-
Africa6 days agoBooming Games renews Hollywoodbets Durban July activation partnership
-
content-supply7 days ago
Million Games launches Skull King’s Treasure with partner studio Arcane Pixel
-
Africa6 days ago
SpringbokCasino ties July free spins to ‘Minions in the Wild’ campaign
-
Evoplay6 days ago
Evoplay launches Safari Coins slot with fixed jackpots and collector mechanic
-
GGPoker7 days ago
GGPoker opens satellites for WSOP Circuit CDMX México 2026
-
Baltics6 days ago
From Ronaldinho Roulette to Next-Generation Game Shows: How CreedRoomz is Expanding Live Casino Entertainment
-
game launches6 days ago
Habanero launches Happy Hatchlings slot with screen-wide Wild transforms
-
Arizona Department of Gaming6 days agoArizona Department of Gaming Concludes Legislative Session with Approved Agency Continuation and Enhanced Spending Authority for Problem Gambling
