Requests for Startups

What we want TankShark companies to build: the regulated infrastructure gaming, prediction markets and payments run on. Build one on Apparently and apply.

• Responsible gaming that players actually use

  Limits, cool-offs and early-risk signals built into the product rather than bolted on. Every operator needs them, and the provider is licensed too.

  • Responsible Gaming Tools Providerlicence required in 21 of 21 jurisdictions we track

• Geolocation that does not lose the player

  Prove where a player is without making them wait: the check every real-money session depends on, and a licensed activity in its own right.

  • Geolocation Compliance Providerlicence required in 21 of 21 jurisdictions we track

• Identity verification built for gaming

  Age, identity and self-exclusion checks in one pass, with the evidence an examiner asks for kept automatically.

  • Identity Verification Providerlicence required in 21 of 21 jurisdictions we track

• Payment rails banks will say yes to

  Deposits, payouts and cashless play for gaming merchants, with the compliance file a bank or processor needs before it onboards one.

  • Gaming Payment Processorlicence required in 21 of 21 jurisdictions we track
  • Cashless Wagering Solutions Providerlicence required in 21 of 21 jurisdictions we track

• Sports data and odds you can license

  Official data feeds, pricing and risk tools for sportsbooks: infrastructure every book buys, and a licensed activity where books are.

  • Sports Data Providerlicence required in 21 of 21 jurisdictions we track
  • Odds & Trading Services Providerlicence required in 21 of 21 jurisdictions we track

• Daily fantasy, done state by state

  A contest platform that knows where it is legal, where it is licensed and where it is not allowed at all, and changes with each state.

  • Daily Fantasy Sports Platform Operatorlicence required in 13 of 21 jurisdictions we track
  • DFS Technology Providerlicence required in 4 of 21 jurisdictions we track

• Game studios for regulated markets

  New casino and skill content certified for the markets it ships to, with the RNG and test-lab path planned from the first commit.

  • Game Content Developerlicence required in 20 of 21 jurisdictions we track
  • iGaming Content Providerlicence required in 16 of 21 jurisdictions we track
  • RNG Systems Providerlicence required in 19 of 21 jurisdictions we track

• Analytics regulators will accept

  Player, risk and revenue analytics for operators, built so the data handling holds up in a licensing review.

  • Gaming Analytics Providerlicence required in 20 of 21 jurisdictions we track

Counts come from the requirements on each activity’s page and change as they do. Not legal advice: your own law firm decides what applies to you.