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gambling games developer

Gambling games developers create, develop and produce content for lottery, betting and similar gambling games for large audiences.

gambling games developer gambling games developers create, develop and produce content for lottery, betting and similar gambling games for large audiences. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.59 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include CryEngine, player logic, legal standards in gambling, games rules, digital game creation systems.

AI exposure
5.9/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £53,342 a year for Actuaries, economists and statisticians (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £41,906 to £74,372 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2433). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only gambling games developer, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹42,717 a month
Rural India
₹30,424 a month
All India
₹38,466 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

CryEngine player logic legal standards in gambling games rules digital game creation systems id Tech Unreal Engine Frostbite (digital game creation systems) Source (digital game creation systems) Unity (digital game creation systems)

Frequently asked questions

What does gambling games developer do?

Gambling games developers create, develop and produce content for lottery, betting and similar gambling games for large audiences.

What skills does gambling games developer need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include CryEngine, player logic, legal standards in gambling, games rules, digital game creation systems, id Tech. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace gambling games developer?

Our AI-durability model gives gambling games developer a score of 0.59 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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