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Vlad Mihalache

Senior iGaming Editor, Publisher, and Crypto Casino Specialist

Experience

Vlad is a senior iGaming editor, publisher, and content strategist with over nine years in the industry. His work spans editorial leadership, content operations, crypto gambling analysis, and casino reviewing across multiple markets, including South Africa.

At CasinoPro.co.za, Vlad leads casino reviews and bonus analysis for South African players. The operators he covers hold Curacao, Malta, or Anjouan licences, and every review is calibrated for SA: deposits in the R100 to R500 range, withdrawals via Ozow or Instant EFT, FICA documentation that should clear inside 72 hours. 

Beyond CasinoPro, Vlad works with other iGaming publications and owns and runs a portfolio of media sites, including worstpractices.net, and Digitalpedia. Alongside the publishing work, he built ContentForge, an editorial automation platform used for iGaming content production on multiple markets.
 

Expertise

  • Editorial leadership and content operations. Oversees iGaming SEO and content production across multiple sites;
  • iGaming content strategy. 9 years building editorial systems, brief templates, QA frameworks, and SEO architecture for casino affiliate content across various markets;
  • Crypto casino specialist. 500+ Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, and altcoin platforms reviewed since 2018. Covers wallet compatibility, network fees in ZAR equivalent, provably-fair RNG verification, and stablecoin deposit routes;
  • Casino reviewing and bonus auditing. Reads T&Cs clause by clause before an offer gets scored;
  • Licence verification. Every operator's licence number gets cross-checked against the Curacao GCB, Malta Gaming Authority, and Anjouan public registries before a review goes live;
  • SA payment route coverage. Ozow, Instant EFT (PayFast, SiD), Capitec Pay, EasyEFT, and 1Voucher. Real deposit and withdrawal timing recorded per operator, not pulled from the casino's marketing copy;
  • FICA compliance flow. KYC tested at every operator he recommends. Standard for inclusion: SA ID, proof of address, and source of funds documents accepted within 72 hours;
  • Responsible gambling integration. Every CasinoPro review carries the National Responsible Gambling Programme helpline (0800 006 008). Self-exclusion, deposit limits, and reality-check timers tested operator by operator.

Education

Vlad holds a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest (2016-2019).

The certifications that have shaped how he works include:

The iGaming education that matters most, though, doesn't come with a certificate. 

Nine years of building editorial systems, auditing licence registries, and watching how operators behave when a withdrawal stalls. Pattern recognition is the actual qualification. Plus, he is a player himself, so he knows what’s new on the market at all times.