Shalva Bukia, CPO at SPRIBE, the studio behind Aviator, takes us through the technology supporting more than 77 million players month taking flight in the world’s number one crash game

In 2026, a 150 millisecond lag isn’t just a technical glitch, it’s a lost player. Unlike traditional slots, where players spin in isolation, crash games like Aviator have a shared heartbeat. Miss a beat, and the player experience is as good as dead.

But there’s a problem here. Traditional casino backends are built for asynchronous play, not thousands of players simultaneously. Across all our operator partners, we see upwards of 400,000 bets per minute placed via Aviator.

Handling this unprecedented volume required a total rethink of server architecture which has seen us go from a cloud-first model to a unique hybrid-edge set-up that allows us to power the world’s number one crash game without a glitch, ever.

Architectural resilience:

In Aviator, if the plane crashes at 2.50x and the player’s “cash out” signal takes 300ms to reach the server, they might lose their bet while others win. For a game with 77 million MAUs, technical resilience is the difference between a global hit and a customer support nightmare.

To provide this resilience, we famously moved our entire infrastructure to AWS in a high-speed, four hour transition. This wasn’t just about moving servers, it was about shifting to an auto-scaling architecture.

The system is now engineered to process more than 400,000 bets per minute, with capacity to easily take on more.

During massive sporting events (like the World Cup), when players flood sportsbook apps at halftime, AWS automatically spins up hundreds of additional “compute instances” to handle the surge, then “destroys” them when traffic drops to save on operator costs.

This elastic scaling is why Aviator remains the most reliable ‘fill-in’ content during peak sports congestion, such as the 15-minute halftime window of a Premier League match.

You can’t be physics but you can get on the right side of it:

Data can’t travel faster than the speed of light. So this means that if an Aviator player in São Paulo has to send their “cash out” click to a server in London, that data must travel roughly 6,000 miles. That round trip can take 200ms, well above the “human perception” threshold.

This is why we use AWS Local Zones and Edge Locations in key growth markets like Brazil, India and South Africa. By placing the “game logic” servers physically closer to the player, we reduce the “ping” (latency) from 200ms+ down to sub-50ms.

This ensures that when the plane “flies away”, every player in that region sees it happen at the exact same millisecond, maintaining the integrity of the multiplayer experience.

Staying below the human perception threshold:

In iGaming, we define the human perception threshold at approximately 100ms as this is seen to be instantaneous and ensures players feel as though they are in control.

At 150-300ms, players notice a delay between clicking/tapping and the game responding, usually leading to “rage quitting” and, more importantly, a loss of trust in the game and the operator offering it.

Our set-up means zero server-side lag. When a player loses, they know it’s because they waited too long, not because the game was “slow”. This technical stability directly protects the operator’s brand reputation.

Lightweight by design for emerging markets:

In emerging markets, there’s a bandwidth barrier where high-fidelity 3D graphics are a liability. This is certainly the case in high-growth markets like Sub-Saharan Africa or rural India. This is why Aviator is super lightweight.

This means it consumes very little bandwidth, allowing it to perform seamlessly on the low-end Android devices and 3G networks that are prevalent in many of the markets mentioned above. This battery and data optimisation have been key to its success in these regions.

The glass box – why provable fair is a trust engine:

Traditional Random Number Generators are “black boxes” where players have to trust the operator’s word. In the crash game era, trust is a technical requirement, not a brand promise.

Aviator uses a cryptographic “combined seed” mechanic. The round result isn’t generated on the SPRIBE server alone, it’s a combination of the server seed and the seeds of the first three players to place a bet in that round.

Because the result is determined by player input, it is mathematically impossible for the house to manipulate the flight path mid-air.

For operators, this radically reduces “rigged game” complaints and customer support overhead. It turns every player into a potential auditor, building a level of transparency that traditional slots simply can’t match.

A ring of steel – security and compliance:

For operators, we also put a ring of steel around Aviator with anti-fraud and bot detection monitoring activity in real time to protect margins. We are also certified in 20+ jurisdictions and counting, with the technical heavy lifting of compliance already done for the operator.

Our uptime is legendary, sitting at 99.9% even during major sporting events when second screening peaks and we see insane volume on Aviator.

Scaling to 77 million MAUs isn’t just about big servers, it’s about smart architecture, transparency and accessible design.

And for operators looking to add a crash game to their lobbies, coming to SPRIBE means adding a battle-tested technical partner capable of confidently handling the next 100 million players and beyond.

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