December 21, 2019

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Surviving the Grand National

Surviving the Grand National

The Grand National always breaks records by every metric at Sky Betting & Gaming, one of the UK's largest online betting websites. Kevin Bowman offers a from-the-trenches perspective of how Sky Betting & Gaming planned for and ran the busiest day of the sports betting year and the lessons learned that will make next year even better.
Talk Title Surviving the Grand National
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Conference Velocity
Conf Tag Build resilient systems at scale
Location Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date November 7-9, 2016
URL Talk Page
Slides Talk Slides
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The Grand National always breaks records by every metric at Sky Betting and Gaming, one of the UK’s largest online betting websites. Sky Betting and Gaming has a complex technical platform involving in-house and third-party software serving a highly dynamic website. Kevin Bowman offers a from-the-trenches perspective of how Sky Betting & Gaming planned for the Grand National and ran the busiest day of the sports betting year and the lessons learned that will make next year even better. Covering technical details (keeping the website running when normal customer traffic would look like a DDoS attack to most companies) and how Sky Betting & Gaming organized responsibilities on the day itself, Kevin explains the various challenges Sky Betting & Gaming faced and how they were overcome on the way to the most successful Grand National yet.

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