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Written & reviewed byAnanya Iyer · Lead Digital Specialist

Every Chicken Road guide, casino review, and India legal page on this site is written, reviewed, or fact-checked by a named expert with relevant credentials. Meet the lead specialist behind our coverage.

Ananya Iyer

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Lead Digital Specialist

Ananya Iyer is a Mumbai-based digital strategist with seven years of experience covering India's online gaming and iGaming industry. She holds a B.A. in Digital Marketing & Communications from Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune, followed by an MBA in Marketing & Analytics from S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai.

She started her career in performance marketing for a Mumbai-based fintech, then moved into the iGaming and casino-affiliate space in 2020, leading content, SEO and player-acquisition programmes for India-facing operators. At TopChicken she sets the editorial direction for Chicken Road coverage — from RTP analysis and bonus value modelling to UPI-rail testing and APK safety verification — and personally reviews every casino we list.

Areas of Expertise

India iGaming market analysis & player-behaviour research
Bonus / wagering-requirement modelling and EV calculation
Crash & arcade casino game mechanics, RTP and provably-fair verification
UPI / PhonePe / GPay deposit-rail testing across India-facing operators
SEO, content strategy and editorial standards for regulated affiliate sites
State-by-state Indian gambling legal compliance & KYC frameworks

Editorial Approach

Ananya operates by a strict no-marketing-fluff rule: every casino review begins with real INR deposits and live withdrawal tests, every bonus claim is verified against the operator's full T&Cs, and every RTP figure is sourced to a public game-info sheet or an in-game lobby screenshot. Recommendations only carry forward to the homepage if a casino survives a 30-day testing window across UPI deposit speed, support response time, KYC turnaround and Chicken Road game weighting on the bonus.

Recent Reviews & Guides by Ananya

Credentials

B.A. Digital Marketing & Communications — Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune (2015–2018)
MBA, Marketing & Analytics — S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai (2018–2020)
7 years professional iGaming & affiliate experience (since 2019)

Editorial Standards

Read our full editorial policy. For corrections, contact editorial.