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iGaming careers: Where Europe’s biggest employers hire in 2026

By jili tutorial · September 2, 2026

iGaming Careers: Where Europe’s Biggest Employers Hire in 2026

Group headcounts at Evolution, Playtech, and Betsson total 32,774, but iGaming careers are concentrated in a handful of hubs that no single annual report fully captures. The iGaming industry measures itself in billions—gross gaming revenue (GGR) and market size. Yet far less attention is paid to the people driving Europe’s online gambling economy. Organisations such as Evolution AB, Playtech plc, and Betsson AB are among the largest iGaming employers in Europe, each with workforces of several thousand. This article analyses the biggest iGaming employers in Europe, where jobs are based, and what the data means for anyone considering a career in iGaming.

Key Findings

Europe’s Biggest iGaming Employers by Headcount

The three companies below report their workforces on different bases, so the ranking is indicative rather than a perfectly like-for-like comparison. Evolution reports both employees and FTEs, Playtech reports 7,400 employees across its global operations, and Betsson provides both year-end and average employee figures. For anyone searching for iGaming jobs or careers, however, the headline figures only tell part of the story.

CompanyHeadcountFTEMain locationsReporting date
Evolution AB22,47516,243Riga, Tbilisi, Fort Mrieħel31 Dec 2025
Playtech plc7,400n/d20 countries31 Dec 2025
Betsson AB2,899n/dMalta (53%)31 Dec 2025

Evolution: 22,475 Employees Across 24 Studios

Evolution AB is the largest iGaming employer in this comparison, with a headcount of 22,475 as of 31 December 2025, up from 21,252 in 2024. However, the Stockholm-based organisation’s full-time equivalent (FTE) figure was only 16,243—a gap of 6,232 workers from its headcount. FTE measures the number of hours worked compared to a standard full-time schedule. Such a large gap between total headcount and FTE is unusual for a technology company, but it makes sense when you consider Evolution’s workforce: approximately 88% of its employees work as hosts and dealers on live casino tables, where shift-based staffing is fundamental to the business model. Most of those workers are based outside Sweden, with Evolution operating studios in Europe, Asia, South America, and North America. Within Europe alone, Evolution has studios in Riga, Tbilisi, and Fort Mrieħel.

Playtech: 7,400 Employees in 20 Countries

Playtech, headquartered in the Isle of Man, is the second-largest European iGaming employer in this comparison, with more than 7,400 employees across 20 countries at the end of 2025. Unlike Evolution, Playtech describes itself primarily as a B2B technology provider, supplying platforms, content, and services to gambling operators. As a result, it employs fewer shift-based staff. Yet like Evolution, its workforce is geographically dispersed. Playtech’s annual report and financial statements for 2025 identify Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, and Bulgaria as its main development and technical operations locations, while the group maintains offices and commercial operations across 20 countries. Playtech’s live casino operation comprised 17 studios and approximately 500 live studio tables during 2025. Its live operation is substantial, but the overall workforce covers a broader technology and services business than live casinos alone. Playtech’s employment footprint is therefore more representative of a multinational technology company than a single-location gambling operator, with technical work distributed among several European hubs.

Betsson: 2,899 Employees, Half of Them in Malta

Betsson, another gambling organisation based in Stockholm, reported 2,899 employees on 31 December 2025, marginally up from 2,660 at the end of 2024. The average workforce during the year was 2,822, of whom 1,484 were based in Malta—approximately 53% of the average workforce. This highlights a significant distinction between where Betsson is headquartered and where over half of its employees work. Beyond its Malta-based workforce, Betsson has offices in 20 countries and more than 70 nationalities represented across its employees.

Where the Jobs Are: Europe’s iGaming Employment Hubs

Malta

The Malta Gaming Authority’s (MGA) employment statistics show thousands of people working for MGA-licensed online gambling companies on the island, alongside a further workforce employed by gaming companies on activities outside the direct scope of MGA licensing. At the end of June 2025, the MGA recorded 9,771 FTE employees in Malta working directly on activities covered by MGA online gaming licences. Another 4,158 FTEs worked for MGA-licensed companies on activities not directly related to those licensed activities, producing an estimated 13,929 FTEs working in Malta. Betsson’s 1,484 employees based in Malta form only one part of this larger ecosystem. iGaming careers in Malta are plentiful, with 302 companies holding 311 MGA licences on the island. Malta’s large employment base makes it one of Europe’s most established destinations for careers in iGaming.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is among the most established European iGaming hubs, with the territory’s 2024 Employment Survey recording 3,781 jobs in gambling and betting activities in October 2023. iGaming careers in Gibraltar have historically been an important part of the territory’s economy. However, unlike other European iGaming hubs, the trajectory is less positive. By October 2024, that figure had fallen to 3,536, a drop of 6.5%. The 2025 Employment Survey shows a further fall of 2.2%, or 78 jobs, putting October 2025 at roughly 3,458. Both declines came before the UK’s Remote Gaming Duty increased from 21% to 40% in April 2026, which hit Gibraltar-licensed operators serving British customers. The contraction predates the tax change. The sector now employs approximately 3,400 people, two-thirds of them cross-border workers.

Riga and Tbilisi

Riga and Tbilisi are two of Evolution’s three primary hubs, alongside Fort Mrieħel in Malta. Tbilisi is the company’s largest studio, while Riga is where Evolution develops, tests, and launches many of its new games. The 2025 annual report shows just how large these operations are: Evolution had 4,813 employees in Georgia and 3,365 in Latvia at the end of the year, together accounting for more than 8,000 employees. This combined 8,175 employees in Georgia and Latvia dwarfs the average of 198 working in Evolution’s base country, Sweden. However, Evolution does not publicly disclose individual employee totals for Riga or Tbilisi in its 2025 annual report, so it is not possible to give a reliable city-by-city headcount comparison without estimating.

Tallinn

YOLO Group is an Estonian gambling organisation employing 600 workers in Tallinn. Harju County, the region of Estonia where Tallinn is situated, has 215,574 people with a higher-level qualification and comparably lower average wages than many Western European cities, making the capital an attractive base for iGaming organisations. However, Tallinn also illustrates the volatility of Estonia’s iGaming workforce. In September 2025, YOLO Group announced that it would cut 280 jobs in Estonia as it withdrew from unregulated markets. The restructuring continued into 2026: Bombay Group, the YOLO-owned operator of the Bombay Club casino, filed a redundancy plan in March that could affect up to 410 employees. Beyond YOLO Group, Games Global Estonia OÜ had 89 employees in Q2 2026, earning an average salary of €4,350 per month—a drop from 127 employees earning an average salary of €6,030 per month in Q3 2025.

What Headcount Figures Don’t Capture

Employee numbers offer a useful starting point, but they do not represent the entire labour footprint of Europe’s iGaming industry. For example, Betsson’s 232 full-time consultants are a clear case: they were primarily involved in product development but are not included in the company’s employee headcount. Outsourced studio, customer support, and other service workers can create another gap. A company can therefore have a substantial operational workforce supporting its products without those workers appearing in the group’s employee total. Meanwhile, large businesses such as bet365, Pragmatic Play, and Soft2Bet do not provide comparable group headcount data, so any ranking remains incomplete.

When considering iGaming careers, it’s important to look beyond the headline numbers—geographic hubs, company structures, and shifting regulatory landscapes all shape where the real opportunities lie.