Elena Vasquez

Elena got into iGaming from QA at PokerStars Madrid back in 2014. She ran tournament integrity tests for two years — boring, exact work, the kind that taught her where edges sit in any kind of game design. When the slot vertical inside the same group started growing, she moved across.

She left in 2018 to freelance full-time. These days she focuses on bonus rounds — specifically the numbers around them. How often a given slot actually triggers a feature in 1,000 demo spins. What the median free-spin payout looks like vs. the headline maximum. Whether the "buy bonus" price is mathematically fair or an obvious tilt.

Reviewers usually treat free spins as a marketing feature. Elena treats them as the part of the slot where most of the math actually lives. A high-RTP slot can have a stingy base game and lavish bonus — Elena will tell you the split, with numbers.

Lives in Barcelona, originally from Sevilla. Cooks ambitiously and badly. Plays tennis on weekends with a group that's been showing up to the same court since 2017.