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Salaries, relocation and career paths in gambling. Straight talk: numbers, not fluff.

Data Engineer in iGaming
Professions · September 11, 2026 · 9 min

Data engineer in iGaming: why a casino needs its own data platform

Every spin is an event, and at peak there are tens of thousands per second. What a data engineer builds for CRM, anti-fraud and the regulator, the Kafka/Airflow/dbt stack, pay bands of €1.6–13K by level, and why they hire here without gambling experience.

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Head of Affiliates in iGaming
Professions · September 10, 2026 · 9 min

Head of Affiliates: how to grow from affiliate manager

An affiliate programme head is responsible not for a pool of partners but for the channel’s P&L: markets, payout models, fraud and the team. Ranges of €2.5–18K by region, a bonus structure based on NGR and three things that genuinely speed up the path to Head.

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AML officer in iGaming
Professions · September 9, 2026 · 10 min

AML Officer in iGaming: salaries and how to break in

The role no licence is issued without: how AML differs from KYC, who the MLRO is and why their name sits in the licence file, pay bands of €2.2–12K by level and region, ICA and ACAMS certifications, three ways in.

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Working in iGaming in Malta
Relocation · September 8, 2026 · 12 min

Working in iGaming in Malta: salaries, taxes, what is left over

348 jobs, pay bands by role for the island, progressive tax and the 15% HQP rate for senior staff, rent and cost of living in 2026, net pay compared with Limassol and Warsaw.

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Working in Yerevan in iGaming
Relocation · September 8, 2026 · 10 min

Working in Yerevan: Armenia's iGaming market

The region's only hub where the industry grew as product rather than back office: platform providers, pay bands from €700 to €6.2K, contractor taxes and the cost of living.

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SEO specialist in gambling
Professions · September 5, 2026 · 11 min

SEO in gambling: salaries and how to get into the niche

The most competitive search results on the internet: link budgets, PBN networks, multi-geo and filters. Pay bands from €1.9K to €10K, operator vs affiliate and how to move over from regular SEO.

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Best iGaming Job Sites 2026
Job search · September 3, 2026 · 12 min

The best iGaming job sites in 2026: a review of 12 platforms

Job boards, agencies, LinkedIn, Djinni, hh.ru and Telegram channels: a comparison table, the pros and cons of each, how to search effectively and what to watch out for.

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From support agent to team lead
Career · September 2, 2026 · 10 min

From support to team lead: career and salary

The agent → senior → shift lead → team lead → head of support path: timelines, requirements, KPIs (SLA, CSAT) and pay that grows 2–3×.

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Casino Bonus Manager
Professions · September 2, 2026 · 10 min

Casino bonus manager: the economics of bonuses

Who calculates bonus cost and its share of GGR: bonus design, wagering, fighting abuse and pay bands by level.

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Moving from IT into iGaming
Career · September 2, 2026 · 11 min

Moving from IT into iGaming: what to learn and what to skip

Backend, QA, data, DevOps: what carries over one-to-one and what you have to learn — RTP, wagering, high-risk payments and regulation. Pros, cons, the CV.

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LinkedIn for iGaming
Career · September 2, 2026 · 10 min

LinkedIn for iGaming: how to get offers coming to you

How industry recruiters actually search: boolean queries, keywords, headline and About, experience under NDA, Open to Work without your employer noticing.

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Slot game designer
Professions · September 2, 2026 · 10 min

Slot game designer: the job and the salary

Concept, mechanics, balancing with the mathematician, the studio pipeline up to release and pay bands of €1.4–11.5K by level.

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