He is the CTO at iGaming.com and at Casino.net.
The short version: he has spent 30 years in IT, and his focus now sits on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
| From: | Bulgaria |
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| Joined iGaming.com: | 2023 |
| Position at iGaming.com: | CTO |
| Joined Casino.net: | 2025 |
| Position at Casino.net: | CTO |
| E-mail: | plamen.spahiev@casino.net |
Plamen’s aim is to bring structure and clarity to the technical side of how the Casino.net team works, building processes that let the team ship reliably and confidently. Alongside that, he wants to strengthen the project’s information security and cybersecurity posture, so that everything the team publishes rests on a solid and trustworthy foundation.
When he works on a page, his guiding principle is simple: it should be accurate, secure, and genuinely useful to the reader, a principle he shares closely with the rest of the team he works with.
Years of hands-on experience combined with formal study have given him the tools to lead technical projects from concept to delivery. Part of that discipline protects the algorithm’s integrity as the site keeps growing. He focuses on clear processes, realistic planning, and keeping teams aligned on what matters.
This is his core area of focus, both professionally and academically. He works on protecting systems, data and users, and keeps his knowledge current as the threat landscape evolves.
He follows developments in AI closely and has studied the field academically, with published papers on the intersection of AI and cybersecurity. This helps him assess both the opportunities AI offers and the new risks it introduces.
gambling should be a form of entertainment, never a source of harm, which means players deserve transparency, honest information, and easy access to tools that help them stay in control. He has no tolerance for abuse, fraud, or practices that exploit vulnerable people, and he considers protecting users an integral part of doing this work properly, in line with the mission statement that closely guides that same standard.
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