Big data blocks gaming fraud

Ed Sarausad is the senior managing partner and chief technology officer for Seattle-based The Alacer Group.

The explosion of online games has resulted in the creation of a new industry: in-game currency, currently valued at $1 billion in the U.S. alone. But game developers, particularly startups that are rising and falling on a single game, are losing significant revenue as savvy social game players figure out how to “game” the system by stealing currency rather than buying it.