Pokerbank — Telegram bot + web chat · payments

Telegram bot and web chat that turn poker-room deposits and cash-outs into validated, receipt-backed requests operators close in one tap.

Role: Team lead and software architect

Client: Deposit and cash-out service for online poker players, Ukraine

Team: 3–4 developers

Period: 2023–2024

The service helps players top up and withdraw funds in several poker rooms, each with its own payment channels, rates and limits. Handling such requests in free-form chat means checking every amount, exchange rate, account login, card number and receipt by hand. The owner wanted a guided flow available around the clock in Telegram and on the web, with complete, validated requests landing in one operator queue.

One bot engine serves both Telegram and a Nuxt 3 web chat with email one-time-code login. The flow converts amounts at a fixed USD/UAH rate or a per-channel percentage fee, enforces min/max limits, validates card numbers and names, and requires a receipt photo or PDF, auto-converted to PNG. Each request stays active for 30 minutes and lands in a private operator channel with a ‘Processed’ toggle. A Laravel/Voyager dashboard covers clients, statistics, Excel export and broadcasts. I owned the architecture and the release process.

Deposit and cash-out flows per poker room and payment channel

Automatic USD/UAH conversion, per-channel fees and min/max limits

Receipt upload (photo or PDF, converted to PNG) on every request

Private operator channel with a one-tap ‘Processed’ toggle

Nuxt 3 web chat with email code login; Laravel/Voyager dashboard

193 commits by a team of 3–4 over eleven months; Telegram and web share one bot engine

PHP (BotMother), Telegram Bot API, Nuxt 3, Laravel, Voyager, MySQL, Docker, GitHub Actions