Mate Academy co-founder Max Lysak was critical of gambling tech as an industry and urged IT professionals working in it to «tell themselves the truth.»
Mate Academy co-founder Max Lysak was critical of gambling tech as an industry and urged IT professionals working in it to «tell themselves the truth.»
«Gambling tech is a modern cancer,» he wrote on his LinkedIn page, recalling that at least 100,000 people in Ukraine have a gambling addiction, and 90% of them are lost to their families and society.
At the same time, according to Lysak, not everyone in the technology sector is concerned about this.
«I see people proudly working in gambling companies. They pay above market. They offer benefits… These salaries are funded by ruined lives… If you work there, at least start telling yourself the truth,» urged Max Lysak.
However, the co-founder of Mate Academy said that far from writing off those people who worked in gambling tech, he consciously decided to leave this sector.
«I wouldn’t mind hiring someone from a gambling business who has been there for less than a year or two and admits they made a mistake and wants to improve their karma,» he added in the comments.
He also assured that vacancies for Mate Academy graduates are filtered for this area.
«We clearly indicate what kind of vacancy it is, although the final decision is theirs, not ours,» noted Max Lysak.
As previously reported by dev.ua, Telegram allows online casinos to be advertised in Ukrainian TG channels, and for this it uses its sponsored messages function.
At the same time, the gambling business paid a record amount of taxes in the first quarter of 2025.
