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Gaming · Fantasy Sports · AWS Managed Services

How Playing 11 stabilized peak-hour traffic for 50,000+ active fantasy cricket users

Playing 11 is a cricket fantasy league gaming app in India with 1 lakh+ installs, 50,000+ active users, and 6,000+ leagues played. The platform expected up to 10,000 concurrent users during peak periods, but its infrastructure was not designed to handle that level of traffic reliably. The application and database were running on the same server, which meant they could not be scaled independently or placed behind a load balancer. The infrastructure was also hosted in the Ohio region despite most users being in India, adding latency to the experience. Flentas assessed the existing environment and re-architected the infrastructure around independent scaling, load balancing, and lower latency, with AWS-certified experts supporting the transition and ongoing infrastructure management.

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Playing 111 Lakh+ installs50,000+ active users10K concurrent users at peak
At a Glance
10KConcurrent users supported at peak
6,000+Leagues played on the platform
Re-architectedApplication and database decoupled for scale
The Challenge

Infrastructure that couldn't scale or stay stable under load

Daily contests created periods of heavy concurrent traffic, putting pressure on an infrastructure setup that had limited room to scale.

Unstable at peak hours

Handling large numbers of concurrent users had become difficult for the existing application infrastructure.

Application and database coupled

The application and database shared a single server, preventing them from scaling independently and making load balancing impractical.

Latency from region mismatch

The infrastructure was hosted in Ohio while the majority of the user base was in India, creating additional latency for users.

The Approach

A needs-first re-architecture for scale and lower latency

Flentas began with a detailed assessment of the existing environment instead of immediately changing the infrastructure. The goal was to identify the constraints preventing the platform from scaling effectively.

  1. 01

    The team mapped the existing infrastructure end-to-end to understand its scalability and load-balancing limitations.

  2. 02

    The application and database architecture was then reworked so the two components could scale independently, removing the constraint created by running both on a single server.

  3. 03

    The environment was also rebuilt with the platform's largely India-based user base in mind, addressing the regional infrastructure setup to reduce latency.

  4. 04

    Throughout the transition, AWS-certified experts provided hands-on infrastructure support, helping the team implement the changes while keeping the platform operational.

Business Outcome

More stable infrastructure at peak load, with less operational complexity

The re-architecture gave Playing 11 an infrastructure foundation better suited to the traffic patterns of a fantasy gaming platform.

Improved scalability

The redesigned infrastructure could scale to handle high concurrent usage more effectively.

Better gaming experience

Addressing the infrastructure architecture and regional setup helped improve application responsiveness for the primarily India-based user base.

Greater infrastructure agility

Separating application and database workloads removed a major scaling constraint and made the environment easier to manage.

Improved database management

The re-architected setup provided better separation and management of the application and database workloads.

Ongoing expert support

AWS-certified specialists provided hands-on support throughout the transition and continued infrastructure management.

Technologies & Partners

Built on the AWS stack

AWS Managed ServicesLoad balancingDatabase re-architectureAWS-certified infrastructure support
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Where this fits

Gaming

In gaming, a launch can go viral overnight and a lagging server can lose a player for good. Flentas helps you build, scale, and run the backends behind multiplayer, live ops, and player data, so your game stays fast and stable from soft launch to global peak. From servers that buckle under a spike to an architecture that scales on demand across regions, we keep the experience smooth and your cloud bill under control. Fast. Stable. Ready to scale.

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