If you want a platform that scales effortlessly, deploys faster than your competitors, and survives those glorious yet chaotic peak moments, the cloud is where you should invest.
Scaling without limits
Imagine a major football final, an unexpected jackpot rollover, or a new game going viral — and your platform suddenly has 10 times more players hitting the servers. A cloud-first provider treats this like a warm-up: autoscaling activates extra capacity in seconds, redistributes traffic, and edge delivery keeps latency low.
Automatic scaling and automated load balancing are essential cloud features that allow services to expand and contract in real time based on demand — no forklift upgrades, no guessing how many racks you’ll need next month.
Why does this matter financially? Because outages and poor performance are expensive. Recent industry analyses estimate the average cost of an unplanned IT outage at about US$14,000 per minute — a single prolonged incident can quickly turn into six- or seven-figure losses. For an iGaming operator, this isn’t just a spreadsheet issue: it means lost bets, missed acquisition windows, and players who never come back.
And scalability doesn’t just protect revenue — it protects relationships. Player retention in iGaming is extremely time-sensitive: studies show that players are far more likely to return (and be more valuable) if operators respond quickly when engagement drops, and same-day recovery is especially valuable. If an outage or slow game drives players away during peak moments, winning them back costs far more than keeping them engaged from the start.
In short: cloud-driven scalability transforms explosive traffic peaks — critical to revenue — from a business risk into an operational routine. For iGaming operators whose peaks are frequent and monetizable, this capability isn’t optional — it’s strategic.
Being cost-efficient with a cloud-first approach
If you’re still buying your own servers, you’re basically running a very expensive vending machine: heavy to stock, costly to keep cool, and requiring constant maintenance.
Adopting a cloud-first approach completely flips this model — instead of pouring your budget into hardware, you shift to a lean, pay-as-you-go system. That means you pay only for what you actually use, which is perfect for an iGaming business where demand can swing drastically from one day to the next.
A few numbers to back this up: cloud solutions typically offer a 30–40% lower total cost of ownership compared to traditional on-prem setups. According to a survey of IT professionals, 94% agreed that cloud computing drastically reduces upfront startup costs.
Why does this happen? Because with the cloud:
* No hardware purchases — You don’t need to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars on servers, networking equipment, and rack space.
* Minimal maintenance burden — Your cloud provider handles patches, updates, and hardware replacements. This frees your IT team to focus on things that actually grow the business.
* Lower staffing and energy costs — On-prem systems require not only people to manage them but also continuous power, cooling, and physical space. The cloud eliminates much of that cost.
And the financial benefits aren’t just theoretical. According to Mertech, 80% of companies report “significant cost benefits” after migrating to the cloud — driven by reduced IT operating expenses and the decline in physical assets needing maintenance.
Cloud-focused security: reinforced protection for iGaming operators
In the world of cloud computing, your security isn’t tied to the old idea of “apply patches and hope for the best.” Because major cloud providers manage the physical infrastructure, they implement security updates continuously — from hardening the hypervisor to network-level protections — automatically.
This means you’re far less exposed to known vulnerabilities than in a traditional datacenter, where patching typically falls on overworked operations teams.
According to Prowler’s 2025 Cloud Security Report, 44% of organizations say their cloud security monitoring and management are now highly or fully automated, freeing security teams from manual tasks.
Additionally, about 85% of companies use encryption to protect data in transit and at rest in cloud environments, according to Adivi. Combined with identity controls like multi-factor authentication (adopted by roughly 90% of organizations, from the same source), cloud storage becomes fundamentally harder to exploit than a legacy on-prem system that may lack these protections.
But cloud security isn’t only about restriction — it’s also about agility. Cloud-native architectures allow you to add advanced defense layers such as DDoS mitigation, runtime protection, and continuous posture management.
In fact, 78% of organizations now use Cloud Security Posture Management tools to monitor misconfigurations and enforce policies. These tools can prevent many common risks: for instance, Exabeam reports that 23% of cloud security incidents stem directly from misconfigurations.
Compliance — often a headache for iGaming operators — is also easier to manage in the cloud. More than 77% of cloud service providers hold at least one major certification, such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, or PCI-DSS. Meanwhile, organizations are increasingly automating compliance: according to DatastackHub, 45% are using compliance automation tools to continuously validate controls across their cloud infrastructure.
In summary, a cloud-focused security model provides a fast-evolving defense — one that can adapt, recover, and scale, not merely survive — against an increasingly accelerated threat landscape.
InPlaySoft: unlimited growth with a cloud-driven approach
At InPlaySoft, we use a cloud-first approach that gives iGaming operators the freedom to scale effortlessly — whether expanding into new markets, handling traffic peaks, or launching new features quickly. No bottlenecks, no limits, just pure elasticity.
Security is at the core of everything we do. With continuous monitoring, automated updates, and globally distributed systems, our partners enjoy enterprise-level protection without the typical burdens companies face. Your platform stays secure, stable, and always online.
And because the cloud not only performs better — it performs smarter — our approach is also cost-effective. You eliminate unnecessary hardware expenses and optimize operational efficiency from day one. With InPlaySoft, you’re not just in the cloud. You’re in control.
Source: InPlaySoft
