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Strategic and technical consulting for iGaming platforms — from regulatory licensing to production infrastructure.
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iGaming AuthorThe author helped build Europe's largest lottery group's digital infrastructure. Responsible for designing and launching more than 50 online casinos across 12+ regulated jurisdictions — including Curacao, MGA, UKGC, NJ DGE, Brazil, Ontario, Gibraltar, and Sweden.
Led infrastructure preparation for 3+ Super Bowl events handling billions in wagering volume — designing auto-scaling architectures that expand to absorb 10-50x traffic spikes during kickoff and halftime, then contract within hours to minimize cost. End-to-end security hardening with mTLS between all microservices, Cloudflare for DDoS mitigation and edge caching, Suricata IDS/IPS for real-time threat detection, and WAF rule tuning for credential stuffing surges that spike 400% during major events.
Pioneered developer velocity practices for containerized iGaming platforms — Python hot reload workflows with Kubernetes (Telepresence, Tilt, uvicorn), ephemeral debug containers for live incident resolution without redeployment, and sub-30-second hotfix decision frameworks used during Super Bowl and Champions League peak traffic. Migrated legacy monoliths (Java/.NET) to lightweight Go and Python microservices with Cloudflare Workers at the edge, cutting cloud costs by 40-60% while increasing deployment frequency from weekly to hundreds per day.
Author of The Backend of Luck — the most comprehensive technical reference for iGaming platform engineering: 1,027,000+ words, 2,983+ production scripts across 47 chapters. The book is the direct output of years of hands-on platform builds, regulatory submissions, and production incident postmortems.
Inner-loop iteration in 550ms. Ephemeral debug containers. Zero-downtime hotfixes during Super Bowl peak traffic. 10 scenarios validated on K3s v1.35.3. Read more
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Consulting Services
End-to-end expertise across the full iGaming stack — strategy, architecture, compliance, and operations.
Regulatory Market Entry
Licensing strategy for 12+ jurisdictions: Curacao LOK, MGA, UKGC, NJ DGE, Brazil, Ontario, Gibraltar, and Sweden. GLI/GSF compliance frameworks, technical submission preparation, and full regulatory due diligence.
Platform Architecture & Build
End-to-end iGaming platform design and delivery: microservices in Python and Go, Kubernetes orchestration, multi-tenant architecture, game provider integration, and RNG certification. From zero to first bet.
Security & Compliance Audit
PCI-DSS readiness, post-quantum cryptography assessment, mTLS architecture review, IDS/IPS with Suricata, SIEM with Wazuh and AWS. Full pen-test preparation for regulatory technical audits.
Infrastructure Design
On-premise and cloud infrastructure for regulated markets. Datacenter architecture for US, EU, APAC, LATAM, and Africa deployments. Cloud migration planning and blue-green Kubernetes cluster rotation.
Payments & Financial Operations
PIX, SEPA, and crypto gateway integration. Ledger architecture and reconciliation systems. FinOps strategy. Specialised in Brazilian PIX gateway implementation and multi-PSP routing for regulated markets.
Legacy Migration & Cost Reduction
Migration from legacy monoliths (Java/.NET/PHP) to modern, lightweight stacks — Go and Python microservices, Kubernetes, Cloudflare Workers, edge computing. Replace expensive enterprise middleware with open-source alternatives that are faster and cheaper to operate. Vendor lock-in elimination. Infrastructure right-sizing using FinOps disciplines. Typical results: 30–60% reduction in cloud spend, 5–10x faster deployments, and significantly lower operational complexity.
Brazil Market Specialist
Complete Brazil iGaming implementation: SPA/MF licensing, SIGAP technical integration, PIX closed-loop payments (Portaria 615/2024), .bet.br domain compliance, CPF/KYC biometric verification, and full LGPD data-protection posture. The book represents the most comprehensive technical reference for Brazil iGaming available — built from direct implementation experience in the regulated market.
Engineering the AcmeToCasino Platform
A production iGaming stack built on event-sourced microservices, edge compute, and hardware-backed security — tuned for Brazilian and MGA regulated markets.
Platform Architecture
Python and Go microservices with Kafka KRaft event streaming, CQRS read models, and domain-driven boundaries across PAM, wallet, betting, and settlement.
Compliance & Responsible Gaming
LGPD and MGA-aligned pipelines, KYC and AML workflows, self-exclusion registries, deposit limits, and SIGAP reporting wired into the transaction path.
RNG & Game Logic
Certified RNG, deterministic math models, seed management, and round auditability for casino, crash, and sportsbook products with GLI-compliant evidence trails.
Edge Computing
Cloudflare Workers at 300+ PoPs handle geo-routing, rate limiting, KV-backed feature flags, and static delivery — absorbing traffic before it reaches the origin.
Realtime Ops
Live ops dashboards stream health, bet throughput, and service topology from Prometheus, Loki, and Kafka — giving operators a single pane of glass.
Security & HSM
Yubico HSM-backed signing keys, Argon2id credentials, TDE at rest, mTLS between services, and Wazuh SIEM correlating audit, access, and fraud signals.
Storage & Persistence
PostgreSQL with Patroni HA plus Redis cluster for sessions and cache, MinIO/S3 for KYC documents and encrypted-at-rest backups with pgcrypto, and Wasabi cloud for long-term retention.