Use Case
DDoS Protection Built for
iGaming & Sportsbooks
Attackers know exactly when to hit you - minutes before kickoff, during peak betting windows, or right as a tournament goes live. Flowtriq detects attacks in under 1 second and auto-mitigates before a single bet is lost or a player drops.
The Problem
iGaming is the most extorted vertical for DDoS attacks
Attackers time their strikes for maximum leverage. A ransom demand lands in your inbox 30 minutes before a Premier League final, a Champions League semifinal, or a major UFC card. They know your revenue per minute during peak events, and they price their extortion accordingly. Pay up or go dark when it matters most.
For licensed operators, the consequences go beyond lost revenue. Regulatory bodies require uptime SLAs, incident reporting, and evidence that you took reasonable measures to prevent disruption. An outage during a licensed event can trigger compliance reviews, fines, or worse. Your licensing status is on the line every time your platform goes down.
Multi-vector attacks target everything simultaneously: your web frontend, your betting API, your payment processing, and your odds engine. Traditional perimeter-only defenses leave gaps. By the time your team identifies the attack vector and applies a manual fix, the match is over, the bets are lost, and your players have moved to a competitor.
20:55:12 Ransom email received: "Pay 5 BTC"
20:55:30 UDP flood begins: 8.4 Gbps
20:55:45 Betting API unresponsive
20:56:00 Kickoff. Platform offline.
20:58:00 Payment gateway timeout
21:03:00 NOC identifies attack vector
21:08:00 Manual scrubbing activated
21:08:00 Total downtime: 13 minutes
Revenue lost: $184,000
Players churned: 2,300
Regulatory incident filed: Yes
How Flowtriq Helps
Detect and mitigate before kickoff, not after halftime
The FTAgent runs on every node in your platform stack, reading kernel-level network statistics every second. When traffic crosses a dynamic threshold, the agent opens an incident, classifies the attack vector, and fires firewall rules within the same second. Your betting API stays up, your odds engine keeps calculating, and your players keep placing bets.
Flowtriq's 4-level auto-escalation chain handles attacks of any size. Kernel-level firewall rules (iptables/nftables) drop attack traffic instantly. If the volume exceeds local capacity, BGP FlowSpec filters at the network edge. For larger floods, RTBH black-holes the targeted prefix. Cloud scrubbing absorbs volumetric attacks upstream. Every level activates and withdraws automatically.
Every incident generates an audit-grade postmortem report with timestamps, attack classification, mitigation actions, and PCAP evidence. Hand it directly to your compliance team or regulator. No manual documentation, no scrambling after the fact.
20:55:31 PPS=312,000 BPS=8.4Gbps THRESHOLD
T+0.1s Incident opened · UDP Flood · 98%
T+0.2s Auto-mitigation · nftables rule applied
T+0.4s FlowSpec triggered · edge filtering active
T+0.5s Alerts fired · Slack · PagerDuty · SMS
T+0.7s PCAP capture · forensic evidence saved
20:55:32 PPS=14,800 BPS=435Mbps MITIGATED
21:00:00 Kickoff. Platform operational.
21:22:00 Attack subsides · rules withdrawn
Downtime: 0 seconds
Revenue lost: $0
Compliance report: auto-generated
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Key Features
Purpose-built for iGaming and sportsbook platforms
Event-time protection
Attackers target you during peak revenue windows. Flowtriq's always-on, 1-second detection granularity means there is no gap between when an attack starts and when mitigation fires. Your platform stays up during kickoff, halftime rushes, and final-whistle settlement windows when every second of downtime costs thousands.
Multi-layer auto-mitigation
Flowtriq's 4-level escalation chain activates automatically. Kernel-level firewall rules via iptables or nftables drop attack traffic instantly. BGP FlowSpec filters at the network edge. RTBH black-holes targeted prefixes. Cloud scrubbing absorbs volumetric floods upstream. Every level activates and withdraws without human intervention.
Real-time alerting & escalation
Route alerts to the right team at the right time. Slack for awareness, PagerDuty for on-call engineers, SMS for critical events, email for management and compliance. Custom escalation policies ensure your incident response team is engaged within seconds, not minutes.
PCAP forensics & compliance reports
Every incident includes a full packet capture starting from pre-attack traffic. Automated postmortem reports contain timestamps, attack vectors, mitigation actions, and evidence. Export as PDF for regulatory audits. Licensed operators can demonstrate to regulators that attacks were detected and mitigated with documented, repeatable processes.
Payment gateway protection
Deploy agents on your payment processing infrastructure to detect and mitigate attacks targeting deposit and withdrawal flows. When attackers try to disrupt transactions during peak betting periods, Flowtriq keeps your payment pipeline operational so players can fund accounts and cash out without interruption.
API endpoint monitoring
Your betting API, odds feed, and player account endpoints each run their own detection loop. Per-node monitoring means an attack on your public web layer does not mask a simultaneous probe against your API backend. Full visibility across every service in your stack from a single dashboard.
Multi-region monitoring
Monitor infrastructure across multiple datacenters and regions from one workspace. Group nodes by region, platform tier, or service type. Your European sportsbook, North American casino, and LATAM betting platform all report to the same dashboard with unified alerting and incident management.
Custom escalation policies
Define escalation rules based on attack severity, time of day, and node importance. A low-volume probe against a staging server gets a Slack notification. A volumetric flood targeting your production betting API during a live event pages your entire operations team and triggers cloud scrubbing automatically.
Traffic intelligence & analytics
See top talkers, protocol trends, and anomaly detection across all nodes. 95th percentile BPS measurement per node helps verify upstream transit invoices and plan capacity for upcoming events. CSV export for operations and compliance teams.
SIEM & security tool integration
Export structured attack telemetry in real time to Splunk HEC, Elasticsearch, Microsoft Sentinel, Syslog CEF, Wazuh, and MISP. Feed your existing security stack with every attack event Flowtriq detects. Suricata and Zeek export feeds with known attacker source IPs update every 15 minutes.
Getting Started
Full-stack protection deployed in minutes
Rolling out Flowtriq across your iGaming platform takes less time than a single manual incident response. Here is how it works from signup to full coverage.
Create your workspace
Sign up at flowtriq.com and create a workspace for your platform. Add your operations and security team members with admin access. The 7-day free trial starts immediately with no credit card required.
Install the FTAgent on every node
Deploy the agent across your entire stack: web servers, API gateways, payment processors, odds engines, and database nodes. The agent installs with pip install ftagent and runs as a lightweight systemd service with near-zero CPU overhead. Use Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform for fleet-wide rollout.
Configure alerting and escalation
Connect Flowtriq to your existing incident response workflow. Send alerts to Slack, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, email, SMS, or custom webhooks. Set up escalation policies so the right people get notified based on severity, time of day, and whether a live event is in progress.
Enable auto-mitigation
Define mitigation policies per node or globally. Choose which attack types trigger automatic firewall rules, configure the escalation chain (iptables, FlowSpec, RTBH, cloud scrubbing), and set how long rules persist after an attack ends. Start with conservative settings and tune as you observe real traffic patterns.
Monitor, optimize, and stay compliant
Within hours, Flowtriq learns your normal traffic baselines and sets dynamic thresholds automatically. Review the analytics dashboard to understand traffic patterns around events, tune thresholds for peak periods, and export compliance reports for your licensing authority.
By the Numbers
The impact on your iGaming operations
Before & After
How Flowtriq transforms your DDoS response
Without Flowtriq
- Attacks timed to live events cause maximum revenue loss
- Ransom demands arrive with no time to respond
- Manual investigation during peak traffic windows
- Payment processing disrupted during critical periods
- Regulatory incidents filed after every major outage
- Players churn to competitors who stayed online
- No forensic evidence for compliance audits
With Flowtriq
- Detection in under 1 second, regardless of event timing
- Ransom threats become irrelevant with auto-mitigation
- Automatic attack classification with confidence scores
- Payment pipelines protected with per-node mitigation
- Audit-grade incident reports generated automatically
- Zero downtime keeps players on your platform
- Full PCAP capture and compliance documentation
Pricing
Simple per-node pricing. No surprises.
Unlimited team seats included. Monitor 1 node or 1,000 nodes at the same price per node. No bandwidth fees, no overage charges, no contracts. Cancel anytime. Flow sources (sFlow/NetFlow/IPFIX from routers) available from $19/source/month with volume discounts. Contact us for 100+ node pricing.
Compatibility
Works with your existing stack
The FTAgent runs on any Linux server with kernel 3.10 or later. It supports all major distributions including Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, and Fedora. Whether you run bare-metal servers, cloud VMs, or containerized microservices, the agent works the same way.
For multi-tier iGaming architectures, deploy agents at every layer: load balancers, web frontends, API gateways, odds calculation engines, payment processors, and database clusters. Each node monitors independently, giving you per-service visibility without blind spots.
Flowtriq integrates with your existing tools. Export incident data via webhooks to your SIEM or ticketing system. Use the REST API to automate provisioning when spinning up new infrastructure for regional launches. Pull metrics into Grafana or your own monitoring stack via Prometheus export.
• Web frontends & CDN origins
• Betting API & odds engine
• Payment processing servers
• Player account & auth services
• Database clusters
Firewalls
• iptables / ip6tables
• nftables
• ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall)
Integrations
• Prometheus & Grafana
• Splunk, Elasticsearch, Sentinel
• Terraform provider & REST API
• Slack, PagerDuty, OpsGenie
FAQ
Common questions from iGaming operators
Can Flowtriq handle attacks timed to live events?
Yes. Detection runs continuously at 1-second granularity regardless of traffic volume. Whether it is 2 AM on a Tuesday or 30 seconds before Champions League kickoff with traffic at 10x normal levels, the agent reads kernel-level statistics every second. There is no warm-up period, no sampling mode, and no delay. Attacks are detected within the same second they cross your threshold.
Does it generate compliance-ready incident reports?
Yes. Every incident produces an automated postmortem report containing timestamps, attack classification with confidence scores, every mitigation action taken, traffic graphs, and downloadable PCAP evidence. These reports satisfy regulatory audit requirements for licensed operators and can be exported as PDF or accessed via API for integration with your compliance documentation workflow.
Can I protect both my web platform and API backends?
Yes. Deploy the FTAgent on every server in your stack: web frontends, API gateways, payment processing servers, database nodes, and odds engines. Each node runs its own independent detection loop, so an attack on your public-facing web layer is detected and mitigated independently from your API backends. You get full-stack visibility from a single dashboard.
How does pricing work for a large deployment?
Pricing is $9.99 per node per month, or $7.99 with annual billing. There are no bandwidth fees, overage charges, or per-user costs. For deployments of 100+ nodes, contact us for volume pricing. Flow sources for router and switch monitoring via sFlow, NetFlow, or IPFIX start at $19/source/month with additional volume discounts.
B2B Platform Vendors
White-label DDoS protection for your iGaming platform clients
If you provide B2B iGaming platform services, white-label Flowtriq and offer DDoS protection as a built-in feature of your platform. Your clients see your brand, your dashboard, and your support contact. Differentiate on reliability and win deals on SLA guarantees.
Internal use: Deploy the agent across your platform infrastructure at $9.99/node. Add router visibility with flow sources from $19/source. Your operations team monitors everything from one dashboard.
White-label: Rebrand the entire platform under your company name for a one-time $200 deposit (applied as billing credit). Custom domain, logo, colors, fonts, and login page. Per-node cost drops to $7.99/node/month. Bill your operator clients whatever you want.
Your clients log into protection.yourplatform.com, see your branding, and get DDoS visibility as part of your platform offering. No mention of Flowtriq anywhere.
Domain protection.yourplatform.com
Logo ✓ Custom uploaded
Colors ✓ Brand primary + accent
Login ✓ Custom heading + text
Branding ✓ All Flowtriq refs removed
Cost $7.99/node/month
Deposit $200 (applied as credit)
Seats Unlimited (no per-user fee)
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