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BetGames CTO Maciej Smolarek applies a commercially-grounded engineering lens to roadmap decisions, treating bespoke requests as market signal, not noise. His bias is toward evidence over fashion, compliance as a boundary for velocity, and personalisation as the next serious P&L lever in interactive gaming. In this CTO in Focus, Gaming Eminence speaks with Maciej about value filtration, integration discipline, and the organisational habits that keep teams shipping in regulate