{"id":119541,"date":"2025-11-16T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/releases\/releases-geral\/upad-launches-rakija-gate-the-first-balkan-anti-bot-protocol-during-the-most-attacked-concert-on-sale-in-regional-history\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:12:00","slug":"upad-launches-rakija-gate-the-first-balkan-anti-bot-protocol-during-the-most-attacked-concert-on-sale-in-regional-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/releases\/releases-geral\/upad-launches-rakija-gate-the-first-balkan-anti-bot-protocol-during-the-most-attacked-concert-on-sale-in-regional-history\/","title":{"rendered":"UPAD Launches Rakija Gate – The First Balkan Anti-Bot Protocol – During the Most Attacked Concert On-Sale in Regional History"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZAGREB, Croatia, Nov. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UPAD, the progressive, fintech-driven ticketing infrastructure startup, has deployed Rakija Pit<\/strong>, a culturally-coded anti-automation signal created to identify and quarantine bots during high-demand ticket launches.<\/p>\n

Rakija Gate was activated for the first time ever<\/strong> during the New Years Eve sale for the biggest young regional singer Aleksandra Prijovi<\/strong>, organised by Extra FM<\/strong>, drawing the highest complexities of bot traffic the region has ever recorded<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Within minutes, UPADs behaviour engine detected machine-generated purchase patterns far above normal thresholds. Instead of allowing automated sessions to compete with real fans, suspicious traffic was routed into a separate quarantine lane<\/strong> – an internal mechanism the engineering team calls the Rakija Pit. <\/strong>It’s where automated sessions can dance as long as they want – but they never reach checkout. Meanwhile, real fans keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

The name reflects a piece of shared Balkan humour:<\/p>\n

only real humans survive rakija – automated systems dont stand a chance.<\/em><\/p>\n

Its where automated sessions can dance as long as they want but they never reach checkout. Meanwhile, real fans keep moving forward.<\/p>\n

Behind the jokes sits a tech-forward layer of infrastructural logic more commonly found in modern fintech than in regional ticketing.<\/p>\n

While most platforms in the EU treat bot traffic as an inevitable nuisance, UPAD is positioning Rakija Pit as part of a new integrity layer<\/strong> for live-event access. As Balkan markets begin mirroring global demand waves, UPAD sees infrastructural fairness as essential.<\/p>\n

To set a new standard for transparency, UPAD will publish a public Event Digest<\/strong>, including anonymized metrics such as queue composition, purchase success rates, anomaly quarantines, and overall integrity scores.<\/p>\n

This is what artists, organisers, and fans deserve, said M.M. Not mystery. Not speculation. Actual numbers. Actual fairness. Actual presence.<\/p>\n

upad.hr<\/a><\/p>\n

About UPAD<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPAD is a fast-growing ticketing infrastructure company building the technological backbone for fair, transparent live experiences across the Balkans and beyond. UPAD combines modern seat architecture, behaviour-scoring, and presence-tracking layers to protect artists and fans from automated interference. With a visual language inspired by minimal systems design and a philosophy built around Be Present<\/em>, UPAD aims to elevate how live events are sold, measured, and experienced.<\/p>\n

More: upad.hr<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Press Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPAD d.o.o.
info@upad.hr
upad.hr<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/NewsRoom\/AttachmentNg\/9f1569d5-c7eb-41e6-829e-377230598c64<\/a><\/p>\n

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