What is Microservices Architecture?

Definition: Microservices architecture is a way of building software as a set of small, independent services. Each service handles one function and communicates with others through APIs or events.

Examples of services in an iGaming platform:

Player accounts (PAM) and wallet.
Bet engine and settlement.
Game integration and session handling.
Payments integration, notifications, reporting.

What it gives operators:

Updates can be released to one service at a time.
Busy services, such as the bet engine during live events, can be scaled separately.
A failure in one service has less impact on the rest of the platform.

Trade-offs: more components to monitor, the need for clear API contracts and more complex testing across services.

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What is Microservices Architecture?

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