Daniel Hayes

About the author

Marcus Feld is an iGaming licensing and operations analyst with more than eleven years inside the online casino industry. He started on the platform side as a product manager, shipping casino back-office and payment integrations, before moving into an advisory role helping operators enter new markets across the US, the EU, and offshore jurisdictions such as Curaçao and Anjouan.

Over the years he has guided operators through the decisions that quietly make or break a launch: white-label versus turnkey versus a custom build, choosing between a game aggregator and direct studio deals, assembling a payment stack that actually converts, and navigating a regulatory map that changes dramatically from one US state to the next.

Marcus writes for operators and founders — never for players. His focus is cutting through vendor marketing to surface the real costs, timelines and trade-offs behind each option. When he isn't reviewing platform contracts, he tracks regulatory shifts in emerging markets and road-tests the onboarding of new B2B suppliers himself.