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Question 2 months ago

Why does the app say I'm not in a legal state?

ok so i literally live in new jersey and have been betting on this app for months with no issues. today i open it up and it tells me sports betting isnt available in my location?? nothing changed, same phone same apartment. tried restarting like 5 times. anyone else dealing with this rn or am i losing my mind

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jersey_degen 2 months ago

happens more than you'd think tbh. usually its a GPS issue or your VPN is on without you realizing. check your location settings and make sure the app has permission to use precise location, not just approximate. also wifi can mess with geolocation sometimes so try switching to mobile data. i switched to My Bookie a while back and honestly their location detection seems way more reliable, had this issue constantly on other apps but not since i moved over. also make sure your phone's location services are actually on system-wide not just for the app

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slotsMcGee22 2 months ago

Yeah this happened to me last month too. Jersey as well. Turned out my wifi was routing through some weird server that made it look like I was out of state. Switching to LTE fixed it immediately. The location stuff these apps use is super finicky

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DataDrivenDan 6 weeks ago

For what it's worth, most betting apps use a combination of GPS, WiFi triangulation, and IP geolocation. If any one of those signals is off, it can trigger the out-of-state error. Some apps are more aggressive about it than others due to compliance requirements. The geofencing tech they use isn't perfect.

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newbie2betting 5 weeks ago

wait does this mean if im near the border of my state it might think im in a different one? like if i live close to PA could that be causing issues?

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throwaway_gamblr 5 weeks ago

yeah absolutely thats a thing. if ur within like a mile or two of a state border it can get confused sometimes. i live near the CT border and have to walk to the other side of my apartment sometimes lmao. sounds dumb but it works

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casinocurious_mike 4 weeks ago

does anyone know if using a work vpn causes this? like i work from home and my company requires us to have vpn running all day

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T3chBr0_2024 4 weeks ago

100% yes. work vpn will absolutely cause this. most corporate vpns route your traffic through servers that could be anywhere. you gotta disconnect from it before opening any betting apps or theyll think youre in like texas or whatever. just turn it off, open app, place bets, then reconnect

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randomredditor_51 3 weeks ago

Fwiw I've also seen this happen after phone updates. Something about iOS 17 broke location permissions for a bunch of apps and you had to go back in and re-enable everything manually. Worth checking if you updated recently.

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betsonbets_ 2 weeks ago

can confirm the gps/wifi thing. had exact same problem, was connected to my neighbors wifi by accident (we share the password lol) and his router was registered to a different address or something. switched back to my own network and boom worked instantly. these apps are really picky about location stuff