Arthur Dota2son
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- Jul 28, 2026
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Hi! From time to time, I'll be sharing my experience here as I build my own casino startup. I'd love to hear your feedback and comments so I know what else to write about.
Let's get started!
When I first considered implementing my iGaming project, I mostly focused on platform fees, licensing, and games coverage. Hosting was an afterthought – turned out to be an expensive one.
By the month 5, our infrastructure bill had grown to $2-$3k per month. This was not because of any huge traffic we were having, but rather because the bill included lots of minor costs:
- additional production capacity
- staging servers
- backups
- monitoring
- storage and bandwidth
- integration environments for third-party services
- temporary increase in capacity during promotions (can describe in comments)
Each of them individually seemed harmless, but they added up.
Later we swtched to online casino software, and most of these expenses were incorporated into platform setup. Our own hosting costs were reduced to $700-$1,000 per month.
Besides saving like $1500/month, this allowed us to know what will be the scaling costs before doing it.
If you are thinking of iGaming turnkey solution vs white label vs building your casino from scratch, then I would suggest asking this question from providers:
"Please show me my infrastructure costs with 10000, and 100000 active users."
Not the cost of launching. Monthly bill. (Ahaha)
This is where the difference between iGaming software providers lies.
Anyone had such experience after going live?
Let's get started!
When I first considered implementing my iGaming project, I mostly focused on platform fees, licensing, and games coverage. Hosting was an afterthought – turned out to be an expensive one.
By the month 5, our infrastructure bill had grown to $2-$3k per month. This was not because of any huge traffic we were having, but rather because the bill included lots of minor costs:
- additional production capacity
- staging servers
- backups
- monitoring
- storage and bandwidth
- integration environments for third-party services
- temporary increase in capacity during promotions (can describe in comments)
Each of them individually seemed harmless, but they added up.
Later we swtched to online casino software, and most of these expenses were incorporated into platform setup. Our own hosting costs were reduced to $700-$1,000 per month.
Besides saving like $1500/month, this allowed us to know what will be the scaling costs before doing it.
If you are thinking of iGaming turnkey solution vs white label vs building your casino from scratch, then I would suggest asking this question from providers:
"Please show me my infrastructure costs with 10000, and 100000 active users."
Not the cost of launching. Monthly bill. (Ahaha)
This is where the difference between iGaming software providers lies.
Anyone had such experience after going live?
