TOOLBOX: WIFI

Key Takeaways

    • This product allows the Sportsbetting Operator to create player areas in taverns and other public spaces
    • It only allows consumers to gamble online with the Sportsbetting Operator without needing data
    • The unit is also suitable for a backpack with a battery - creating mobile or event player areas
    • Every player area can have it’s individual return of investment tracked
    • The solution is highly cost effective, flexible and able to scale dramatically
    • This opportunity for providing local access to online gambling is under exploited

Demo

    • Seeing is believing
    • We can demonstrate the solution at the Sportsbetting Operator’s convenience
    • Our units are built to robust, the venue conditions can be challenging

Free WiFi

    • The system is composed of a single box which can be placed in a tavern or other suitable venue
    • The installation was redesigned so that the boxes just need to be placed and plugged into power – no telecommunication specialists are required for deployment
    • The system is self contained, meaning the router, access point, power supply, modem for 3G/4G and all other components are all pre-built and installed in a single box
    • The software and configuration of the systems are all completed and quality tested in the workshop
    • When placed in a location, the box powers up and registers itself on the central control system
    • A comprehensive registry is kept of equipment and location where it has been placed
    • After powering up, users will be able to see a SSID branded to the Sportsbetting Operator brand
    • When selecting this SSID, the user will be directly routed to the the Sportsbetting Operator landing page
    • The the Sportsbetting Operator landing page can be unique for every location, allowing revenue tracking per location
    • The users will be able to browse, register, login, place bets, make payments on the the Sportsbetting Operator website as per usual
    • Users cannot browse any other website or do anything with the data connection other than play on the Sportsbetting Operator
    • Data is perceived as expensive, in this way the Sportsbetting Operator subsidises the cost of data to allow players to make bets on their own mobile handsets
    • The true cost of data in actuality is affordable, consumers pay more on average than large companies do
    • Data consumption is low because once a user has visited the the Sportsbetting Operator website
    • The website is cached and much less data is needed to access the site in the future
    • The box can be configured to run off a domestic solar power setup if needed.

Advantages

    • Physical stores are expensive to set up and subject to a lot of regulation and inspection
    • There are no easy solutions if a physical store location is problematic or under performing
    • Online sites have convenience, scale and reach in their favour, but are hard to embed as a consumer habit
      
Our Solution
 
    • Combines physical locations in a way that is not forbidden by most regulators
    • Allows site specific promotions and activations for awareness
    • Allows site specific revenue tracking and return of investment
    • Provides detailed connection and data reports every day
    • Removes data cost and internet access as barriers to entry
    • Scales in small batches of 10 units to a network that could have many thousands of venues
    • allows easy change of venue – the equipment can without technical skill be moved and available in hours

Specifications

    • The equipment can be used both indoors and outdoors
    • The equipment has a connectivity cone at a diameter of 200 meters (or a radius of 100 meters)
    • The equipment allows 40 concurrent connections per kit
    • A venue can have multiple boxes if it is very large
    • The on-board SIM cards can, at the request of the client, be changed to any other data bearing mobile operator
    • The client can elect to contract the data directly from the mobile network operator
    • The equipment can operate on any 3G and 5G network in Africa
    • We readily work with solar panel providers and encourage clients to appoint their own vendors hereof

Support

    • Technical telephonic support Mon to Thurs 06h00 to 15h00 GMT and Friday 06h00 to 14h30 GMT
    • We monitor all points of failure, systems, performance and data and report site unavailability
    • Faulty units post call can be swapped out
    • Full warranty for 1 year on all components

Reports

    • We provide two reports, being DAILY and MONTHLY
    • The reports answer for each venue and each router the following
        ◦ Total Connections
        ◦ Unique Connections
        ◦ Data Usage Total
        ◦ Data Usage Average Per User
        ◦ Hourly Connections (peaks and lows, for DAILY report)
        ◦ Daily Connections (peaks and lows, for MONTHLY report)
    • The reports are provided timeously and can be submitted in various formats
    • The reports can tie up to a venue unique URL for revenue tracking

Data Costs

    • We treat these costs as separate to our project pricing
    • We propose a standard monthly budget of 50 Gb per venue
    • the Sportsbetting Operator can use its own provider for data & provide SIM
    • When setting up a venue, we require a simple speedtest to validate coverage
    • We provide more detailed data usage tracking the the mobile network operators and include it in the reports

Once Off Project Costs

    • Per venue box, meaning the equipment placed at a venue
    • Collect, assemble and test equipment hardware and firmware
    • Setup, configure and test management systems
    • Units will be collected at the workshop for deployment
    • Every unit gets a gets an unique URL from the Sportsbetting Operator (important for revenue tracking)
    • For minimum economy of scale, units are ordered in small batches of 10
    • the Sportsbetting Operator can wrap the boxes with branding before deployment to venues

Monthly Project Costs

    • Charged monthly per venue box, meaning the equipment placed at a venue
    • Support including management, proactive availability checks, swap outs, repairs to swapped out units (where possible), reports, training, management systems, data monitoring and site monitoring