OLG Completes React Native App Migration with Bede Gaming
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has successfully migrated its iGaming mobile experience to a new React Native app developed by Bede Gaming — completing the transition without disruption to its existing user base of over one million monthly app users.
What Happened
The new OLG app, announced April 8, 2026, replaces the operator's previous mobile product with a React Native architecture that uses a single codebase across iOS and Android devices. The app integrates mkodo's GeoLocs product for geolocation compliance — a mandatory requirement under Ontario's iGaming regulatory framework, which requires operators to verify that players are physically located within provincial boundaries during play. The phased migration was completed without customer-facing disruption, according to both OLG and Bede. Key technical improvements include a data-efficient design model that reduces network load during peak periods, faster rendering, and lower operational overhead from the unified build.
Why It Matters
OLG is a major benchmark in regulated North American iGaming — it serves an entire province's online gambling activity, manages substantial concurrent user loads, and operates under the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) framework. A successful platform migration of this complexity demonstrates that Bede Gaming's stack is capable of handling government-scale iGaming operations. For Bede, securing OLG as a reference client in North America meaningfully supports its positioning as it competes with other enterprise iGaming platform providers. For mkodo, the deal reinforces its GeoLocs product as the geolocation layer of choice in the Canadian market.
Industry Context
Ontario's iGaming market has matured significantly since opening to private operators in April 2022. OLG's technology upgrade reflects a government operator investing in platform competitiveness at a moment when private licensed operators — BetMGM, PokerStars, DraftKings, and others — are competing directly for the same Ontario player base. A modern, fast, compliant mobile experience is now table stakes for any operator expecting to retain market share in the province.
Sofia Eriksson
Senior Reporter
Member of the iGaming Pulse editorial team. Covering industry news, analysis, and B2B developments across the global iGaming sector.
