LocoBets

Real location, following new events appearing on the API
Placing a bet
Fake location, added to demonstrate application when there are no scheduled events.
Main menu. Showing login button and user location search. Text entered here will be matched to the closest known venue.
Main menu following user login.

Inspiration

The William Hill App has all the sports, all the meetings and lots of different betting options, which generally is great. However when you're at an event and you decide to place a bet chances are you are going to be betting on that event.

What it does

Our location based betting aims to clear a path to the bets that you are most likely to choose, matching your phone's location to the venue. Allowing you to find the right bet as quickly as possible.

How we built it

We started with the William Hill API providing access to events and outcomes. We then augmented that data with a minimal amount of location information. A web based application feeds a users location to our backend web service, allowing us to return associated events and betting options.

Challenges we ran into

Building a database of sporting venues proved the most challenging component of our build. As this information wasn't readily available in an easily accessible form we chose to map a limited number of venues for demonstration purposes.