Sky Bet shifts trading engine to AWS for improved scalability
Operator says new system has provided double the stakes and unique bets and will offer customers more markets
Sky Bet has shifted its back-end pricing platform onto the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud in a move to increase speed-to-market, scalability and lower costs.
By hosting its servers on AWS, the operator said it now receives double the stakes and unique bets thanks to a data stream used to power a new Sky Bet scoreboard.
The new system also incorporates Google’s Kubernetes software, which allows Sky Bet to develop and deploy updates and changes more quickly.
“The main benefit is we can scale a lot easier,” Sky Bet tribe software developer Leanne Jagger told EGR Intel. “One of the things we take into account on the design system is how we must scale this, as we want to draw up more markets and events.”
The trading platform has been in development since February and been trading events for the last month.
“Another of the advantages is not having to worry about the infrastructure, allowing us to spend more time focusing on solving the business obstacles,” Jagger said.
The operator also uses the AWS cloud as its strategic platform for hosting other major areas of the business.
In June it was revealed SB&G was investing £3m into its Leeds data centre to improve customers experience across all its products.
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