Ivan Zharkov was born in 1980 in Moscow. Since childhood, he has been fascinated by geography and international relations, which led him to the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. After his studies, he covered global political and economic events for a federal publication, and in 2018 he became interested in online gambling, seeing it as the intersection of technology, law and culture.
Since 2019, Ivan has been working at Casinoz , analysing industry news, from regulatory changes in the EU to the strategies of Asian operators. His content focuses on how legislative and market shifts affect players.