CS/23CASE STUDY

Predictive AI
for Marketing & LTV Optimization

A platform operator built a high-performance Data Science and Machine Learning infrastructure to predict player lifetime value (LTV). By analyzing first-time deposit data alongside historical behavior, the project delivered ML models that accurately forecast long-term profitability — and reallocated marketing spend toward the highest-LTV cohorts.

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At a Glance
Capabilities
Advanced Analytics Stack (Snowflake + AWS + Azure)
Automated ML Pipelines (Databricks)
LTV & Cohort Forecasting Models
Real-Time Power BI Dashboards
Technologies
DatabricksSnowflakeML PipelinesCohort AnalysisPower BIAWSAzure
Delivery Model
Cross-functional team · Data Engineering + Data Science + BI
[01]Business Context

A platform operator held back by guesswork in marketing spend

A platform operator required deep visibility into player behavior to optimize their acquisition costs. To achieve this, the initiative focused on building a high-performance Data Science and Machine Learning infrastructure designed to drive marketing intelligence. By carefully analyzing first-time deposit (FTD) data alongside historical behavior, the project aimed to develop models that could accurately estimate customer payback and LTV.

Key Context
Massive behavioral datasets across transactional and engagement data
Need to identify high-value player cohorts early in their lifecycle
Marketing spend allocated without precise LTV signals
Reactive analytics instead of proactive, model-driven decisions
[02]Client Needs

What prompted the project

To maximize marketing effectiveness, the client needed deep visibility into player behavior and automated systems to identify the highest-LTV cohorts.

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Deep Visibility into Player Behavior

Comprehensive insights into player behavior to optimize acquisition costs — not just surface-level engagement metrics.

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Automated High-Value Cohort Identification

Automated systems capable of identifying exactly which player cohorts would provide the highest long-term value to the business.

[03]The Challenges

Why an expert partner was required

The project faced several significant data and operational hurdles — particularly around data volume, model accuracy, and operationalizing ML.

Pre-Project ChallengeData Volume
Vast Transactional Datasets
The team had to process and clean vast amounts of raw transactional and behavioral data pulled from diverse sources.
Inconsistent Schemas
Data lived in different systems with different structures and definitions.
Impact
No foundation to build ML on without a unified, cleaned data layer first.
Pre-Project ChallengeModel Accuracy
Shifting Market Conditions
It was difficult to develop predictive algorithms that could remain accurate despite constantly changing market conditions or shifting player trends.
Drift in Player Behavior
A model trained on last year's data is wrong about this year's players.
Impact
Marketing decisions based on stale predictions would actively hurt ROI.
Pre-Project ChallengeOperationalization
Static Reports Were Not Enough
The organization needed to successfully transition from relying on static reports to utilizing automated ML pipelines that update in real-time.
Models in Notebooks, Not in Production
A model that lives in a data scientist's notebook doesn't drive marketing decisions.
Impact
Without production-grade ML, the insights never reach the campaign managers who need them.
[04]Solutions Provided

What We As Web delivered

We As Web delivered a comprehensive analytics and machine learning solution — built for the data volumes of a major platform operator.

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Advanced Analytics Stack

A powerful data warehouse architecture leveraging Snowflake, AWS, and Azure — ready for ML workloads at scale.

Built a powerful data warehouse architecture leveraging Snowflake, AWS, and Azure.
The combined stack handles the volumes and gives the team the elasticity to scale as data grows.
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ML Pipeline Automation

Databricks for automated deployment and scheduling of the predictive models — production-grade ML, not notebook experiments.

Utilized Databricks to create automated deployment and scheduling processes for the predictive models.
Models retrain themselves on fresh data, so accuracy doesn't decay as the market shifts.
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LTV Modeling

Advanced cohort analysis tools based on FTD data to accurately forecast long-term profitability.

Developed advanced cohort analysis tools based on FTD (first-time deposit) data.
Accurately forecasts long-term profitability per cohort — the signal marketing has been missing.
[05]Results Achieved

Marketing reallocated by signal, not by gut

The implementation of the predictive AI infrastructure yielded highly impactful business results — and a data culture shift.

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Higher marketing ROI via LTV-driven allocation

Marketing teams were empowered to reallocate their budgets toward high-LTV cohorts with high precision.

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Real-time BI culture

The organization successfully replaced guesswork with interactive Power BI dashboards that offer real-time visibility into overall business performance.

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Scalable intelligence that improves over time

The new infrastructure supports continuous learning, automatically improving as more player data is ingested over time.

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Proactive campaign adjustments

Enabled proactive marketing adjustments that significantly increased ROI on player acquisition campaigns.

[06]Technology & Team

High-performance analytics, ready for marketing-scale

A modern data + ML stack — Snowflake for the warehouse, Databricks for ML, Power BI for visibility, and a multi-cloud foundation (AWS + Azure) for resilience.

Technology Stack
Databricks (ML Pipelines)Snowflake (Data Warehouse)AWS (Cloud Infrastructure)Azure (Cloud Infrastructure)ML PipelinesCohort AnalysisPower BI (BI Dashboards)
Team Composition
Data EngineersData ScientistsBusiness Intelligence Specialists
[07]Conclusion

When marketing spend should follow signal, not instinct

A platform operator allocating marketing spend without precise LTV signals is leaving ROI on the table every campaign cycle. By building a high-performance Data Science and Machine Learning infrastructure on Snowflake, AWS, Azure, and Databricks, with LTV and cohort forecasting models feeding Power BI dashboards, we gave this client a marketing intelligence capability that reallocates spend toward the highest-LTV cohorts — and retrains itself as the market shifts.

The result is significantly higher marketing ROI, a real-time data-driven culture, and an infrastructure that improves with every byte of new player data. For any platform operator held back by guesswork in acquisition spend, this is what predictive AI looks like in production — at marketing scale.