iGaming Hosting
Hosting for casino, betting and gaming websites
Gambling websites put unusual demands on a host: traffic that spikes around big matches, live dealer video that cannot buffer, payment data that has to stay locked down, attackers who time their floods for the busiest evening of the year, and regulators who care where the servers sit. This series looks at each of those problems from a hosting point of view, from a simple casino review blog to a licensed real-money platform.
Hosting for iGaming Sites: What Casino and Betting Platforms Need
Online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks are some of the most demanding websites to host. They handle money, personal data and live events, they are watched by regulators, and they attract attackers. Even a site that only writes about gambling has its own needs. This guide…
Read MoreDDoS Protection for Betting Platforms
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack floods a website with so much traffic that real users cannot get through. For most sites it is an occasional nuisance. For betting platforms it is a business risk, because an attacker can choose the moment that hurts most: the hour…
Read MoreLive Casino Streaming: Uptime and Latency
Live dealer games are a large part of online casinos: real croupiers dealing blackjack, spinning roulette wheels and running game shows from a studio, streamed to players who bet from their phones. Behind the scenes, live casino is a demanding hosting problem, because the video, the…
Read MoreHosting a Casino Review Site: A Practical Guide
Casino review and comparison sites are among the most common gambling websites on the internet. They do not take bets themselves: they explain games, compare operators, test bonuses and answer players’ questions. From a hosting point of view, that makes them content sites, but with a…
Read MorePayment Security for Online Casinos: SSL, PCI DSS and Hosting
Online casinos move money in both directions, deposits and withdrawals, many times a day. That makes payment security one of the most important parts of their hosting setup, and one of the most regulated. Every page of a gambling site should load over HTTPS with a…
Read MoreLicensing and Data Jurisdiction: Where Should a Gambling Site Be Hosted?
For most websites, the location of the server is a question of speed: put it close to your visitors. For licensed gambling operators it is also a legal question. Where the gaming servers sit, where player data is stored and who can access it are often…
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