How It Works
One platform. Three perspectives.
What visitors experience. What venues see. What vendors get paid. All from a single deployment that Ludo brings to your venue.
Operating model
- 01
Visitor wallet
Cards, wristbands, or app wallets are issued at entry and topped up through kiosks or mobile.
- 02
Vendor sales
Pre-configured terminals and kiosks post live transactions across every outlet.
- 03
Venue operations
Dashboards show revenue, device health, and crowd pressure while the day is still live.
- 04
Settlement
Revenue splits and close-out reporting follow the payment rails without manual reconciliation.
- Visitor
- Wallet, maps, and self-service top-ups
- Vendor
- Terminals, sales, and split settlement
- Venue
- Live operations and reporting
Venue. Vendor. Visitor.
Three visible surfaces. One operating suite.
Venues need live dashboards. Vendors need fast terminals and clear payouts. Visitors need digital wallets and interactive maps.
Venue operations break when these views fragment. Ludo connects all three. One platform runs your visitor app, vendor terminals, self-serve kiosks, and venue dashboards.
Venue
Live dashboards, terminal health, and real-time crowd signals.
Vendor
Fast selling, clear totals, and reliable settlement.
Visitor
Digital wallets, interactive maps, and fast gate access.
Vendor dashboard
Settling live
Tap in. Pay fast. Get around.
Visitors collect a wristband or card at entry, manage their wallet at a self-service kiosk or from the app, and tap to pay at every outlet. Maps, schedules, and bookmarks travel with them.
- Card, wristband, or mobile app wallet issued at entry
- Self-service kiosks for fast wallet updates
- In-app balance, maps, and bookmarks
- Family wallets with linked spend controls
Ready for cards, wristbands, and app spend.
See everything. Act on it.
Live operations should make the next action obvious. Track revenue, device health, crowd pressure, and vendor settlement from one view while the venue is live.
Revenue by zone, vendor, and hour
See where spend is building while the day is still live.
Terminal health monitoring
Catch device issues before they turn into visitor complaints.
Crowd pressure signals
Redeploy staff to the gates, rides, or outlets that need them.
Settlement status
Track vendor totals and close-out readiness from one place.
Sell. See totals. Get paid.
Every vendor signs in to a pre-configured terminal and starts selling immediately. Revenue splits are applied per transaction. Settlement runs on each payment method’s standard cycle, typically T+2 business days for card.
- Pre-configured terminals, no setup needed
- Live dashboard with earnings and split percentage
- Automated revenue splits at point of sale
- Settlement on each method’s standard cycle, no manual reconciliation
Any form factor
Issue wristbands, cards, or digital wallets. Visitors choose how they want to carry their balance.
RFID Wristbands
Waterproof, durable, and perfect for multi-day festivals or water parks where carrying a wallet isn't practical.
Sustainable Cards
Wooden cards with embedded copper antennas. A premium, eco-friendly option that visitors keep as souvenirs.
The App Wallet
Visitors can top up instantly from their phone using Apple Pay, Google Pay, or any saved card. No queuing at kiosks required.
One Clover system. Built for every kind of venue operation.
Clover brings payments, software, hardware, and apps into one ecosystem. Ludo adds the event wallet, ticketing, and settlement layer on top, so the same equipment can serve the show, the bar, the cafe, and the retail counter after gates close.
Payments
Easy payments and refunds
Accept cards, wallets, and counter payments year-round, with Ludo handling event wallets, ticketing, vendor splits, and close-out.
Software
Sales, stock, and service
Clover keeps the permanent business running. Ludo lights up the seasonal layer when the crowd, vendors, and temporary sites arrive.
Hardware
Equipment fit for the job
Counter terminals, customer displays, scanners, printers, kitchen screens, and handhelds. The venue chooses the right device for each surface.
Apps
Tools stocked and ready
Ludo sits alongside the wider Clover app ecosystem, so the event layer does not block the tools the venue already uses.
We are a Clover App Marketplace listed app and a Clover reseller. Your Clover hardware is yours, your Clover account is yours, and Ludo is the cashless and ticketing layer that lights up at event time and steps back when the show is over.
Or run your own fleet
BYOD works.
Tap-to-pay on any compatible iPhone or Android device. Use what your team already carries when that suits the deployment. Use certified terminals when it does not. Same Ludo software, your hardware choice.
We bring everything
You don't need to provide networking, terminals, or kiosks. Ludo deploys the full stack.
Venue-grade wireless
High-density Wi-Fi 7 engineered for temporary, high-density environments, from Australian showgrounds to Hawaiian carnival sites including E.K. Fernandez Shows and Maui State Fair 2025. Optional private 5G is available for dedicated connectivity.
Pre-configured terminals
Zebra Android POS terminals arrive ready to sell. Vendors sign in and start accepting payments. No technical setup, no training manuals. 500+ deployed at a single event.
Self-service kiosks
Visitors update a card, wristband, or mobile app wallet without queuing at staffed counters. 89% self-service adoption across public kiosks and the visitor app at the Ekka. Kiosks accept cards, mobile wallets, and cash.
Cards, wristbands and mobile app wallet
Waterproof, durable, and available in sustainable materials. Taronga Zoo uses wooden cards with copper antennas. Your choice of form factor, your brand.
Online-first. Offline mode ready.
Live reporting, support workflows, and dashboards run online first. If connectivity drops, terminals keep validating locally and sync when the network returns, so payments continue and reconciliation still lands in one place.
Built on infrastructure venues already trust
Ludo runs on enterprise-grade hardware, proven payment rails, and cloud infrastructure designed for venue and event conditions.
Card acquiring, online payments, and payout rails for fast, reliable settlement.
Enterprise commerce infrastructure supporting large-scale merchant payment flows.
Cloud hosting, data services, and deployment infrastructure behind Ludo.
Rugged Android terminals for vendors, staff, scanning, and field operations.
Smart Android devices for kiosks, counters, and compact point-of-sale setups.
Card processing partner: Ludo runs as a Clover App Marketplace listing and reseller.
Gateway support for card, terminal, and in-app payment flows.
Venue mapping and visitor navigation support for complex sites.