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Affiliate Interviews: Adel from SweetBet.com

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We know that you like to read about fellow affiliates, so we are bringing you another inspirational story of gambling affiliates. For this interview we caught up with Adel , full-time affiliate webmaster of SweetBet.com: an online gambling directory which reviews and also lists some of the most reputable online poker, casino, bingo, sports betting and other gambling related websites.

Name: Adel 
Age: 48
Hometown: Canberra, Australia
Living in: Canberra, Australia
Favorite Food: Molokhia
Must Read Book: The Demonologist : The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren
Profession/Job title: Full-time affiliate webmaster

GAV: Hello Adel, first of all, tell us and our readers a little bit about yourself. How did your career start in the industry? What was the main idea of developing this great online gambling/casino directory?

Adel: I started off as a high school teacher, but the high stress and low pay of the job forced me to look for other ways to generate an income. I was really interested in making money online, so after researching many ways of making money online, I started promoting online dating sites. Eventually, I came across casino affiliate programs, and haven’t looked back since. Instead of listing as many online casinos as possible, Sweet Bet only reviews and lists the most reputable and best converting online gambling sites in the industry.

GAV: Since there are thousands and thousands of websites out there in your niche, where do you think Sweet Bet stands now?

Adel: Over the many years of operation, I’ve acquired a decent number of regular visitors that access the site on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Most of them are looking to play free games, read the news stories and find the latest casino promotional offers.

GAV: How do you see the online casino market/industry at this moment?

Adel: There are way too many online casinos out there, and so much competition. It’s an uphill struggle to rank in the search engines, acquire new signups, keep hackers at bay, keep the sponsors happy, identify and remove rogue casino affiliate programs and stay ahead of the pack.

GAV: How did you start and most of all what bumps did you have to overcome in the beginning?

Adel: I started off promoting dating affiliate programs, before setting up and managing my own dating sites. The money was OK, but I noticed that affiliates who were promoting online casinos were making much more money than me, so I started promoting online casinos. I initially went broke and closed everything down, until I received a cheque one day in the mail. That one cheque motivated me to give it another try, work harder and not give up. So here I am today, almost 20 years later.

GAV: We have analyzed Sweet Bet and found some great casino reviews. Are you writing it by yourself or do you have a team of people writing for you? How many reviews are there on your website? How about the gambling news section, tell us a bit more about it?

Adel: I wrote some of the reviews, but the majority were written by freelance writers that I contacted through online gambling forums. There are over 230 casino reviews, but most of them have been moved to the “No Longer Promoted“ section because the casino affiliate program closed down, turned rogue or did not convert. The gambling news section gives me a chance to keep the site updated with regular, fresh and interesting content, and a reason to announce something new to the site’s Twitter, Google+, Tumblr and Reddit audience.

GAV: How do you manage to keep the content fresh and relevant on your website, when a lot of fluffy and nonsense appear on the Internet non-stop?

Adel: I have a “to do“ list where I record tasks that must be completed on a regular basis. Then there are one-off tasks and projects that need to be completed. Regular tasks include things like making sure that the site information is up to date, writing news stories, and posting the latest online casino promotional offers. One-off tasks might be something like adding a free games section to a site or moving one of my sites to a new server.

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GAV: We are pretty sure that you receive messages from Affiliate Managers on a daily basis showcasing their best products. What are your thoughts on how a real Affiliate Manager-Affiliate relationship should be built?

Adel: I believe that trust is the most important factor in the Affiliate Manager-Affiliate relationship. If an unknown affiliate program contacted me and asked me to work with it, I will more than likely ignore its request because I’ve never heard of it before and I don’t see many affiliates promoting it. However, if a trusted affiliate manager asked me to promote it, then I would more than likely join the program and give it some exposure to see whether it converts or not.

GAV: How do you see the future of the online casino/gambling industry? For instance, will it become a truly global phenomenon?

Adel: As long as there are corrupt politicians favoring special interest groups, restrictive laws that impinge on people’s rights and freedom to spend their money on what they wish, and online censorship, the online gambling industry will never become a truly global phenomenon.

GAV: Tell us one change that you want to see in the casino affiliate ecosystem?!

Adel: I’d like to see more online casinos and affiliate programs offering Bitcoin as an additional form of payment. There are so many benefits of using Bitcoin.

GAV: Do you have any advise you would like to offer for the newbies who are looking to venture into this great industry!?

Adel: Be very careful when choosing which affiliate programs to join. Read the program’s terms and conditions, read posts on the forums about the program and always ask forum members what their experiences have been with the affiliate program in question. You don’t want to join a program, and spend a lot of time and money promoting it, only to find out that it’s rogue and will not be paying you.

GAV: Do you attend any iGaming/online casino conferences? If so, which one is your favorite and what is your most fun experience?

Adel: The last iGaming conference that I attended was many years ago in Sydney. It was great. I met a lot of people in the business, learned a few things, and had a great time. Back then I was single and carefree with no young children or school schedules to worry about.

GAV: What do you think the chances are for Eastern Europe to become a potential gaming hot spot in the near future? Where do you think the region must still improve upon?

Adel: I think that the opening of the Tigre de Cristal casino in Russia’s Primorsky region is the beginning of what could be a growing international gambling destination. However, to compete with gambling destinations such as Las Vegas and Macau, the region must offer its visitors more than Las Vegas and Macau offers them, and at much better prices.

GAV: Where would you like to travel in Eastern Europe?

Adel: I would definitely say Bulgaria. It’s such a beautiful country with picturesque landscapes, over 30 ancient castles, and so much culture and history.

GAV: Where you wouldn’t want to travel in Eastern Europe?

Adel: I’m not sure how safe I’d feel traveling to Ukraine amid all of this military buildup in the region, and the escalating tensions between countries in that part of the word.

GAV: How about a favorite celebrity, do you have one?

Adel: I don’t have a favorite celebrity, but I generally like celebrities that can make me laugh, like Jim Carrey, Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin & Ricky Gervais.

GAV: Tell us your opinion about the Gambling Affiliate Voice?

Adel: It’s a great website that is packed with interesting and useful information. I especially like the affiliate interviews, and reading about how everyone got started in this business.

 

Would you like to suggest some more questions or subjects for future interviews? Make sure to send your suggestions to: [email protected].

 

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ReferOn Shortlisted for Two EGR B2B Awards 2026 Following Record Platform Growth

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ReferOn Shortlisted for Two EGR B2B Awards 2026 Following Record Platform Growth

ReferOn, the data-driven affiliate management platform, has been shortlisted in two categories at the EGR B2B Awards 2026: “Affiliate Software Supplier” and “Full Service Platform of the Year (under 5 years)”.

These nominations reflect ReferOn’s rapid evolution from a fast-growing platform into a mature affiliate management solution trusted by operators seeking greater scalability, automation, and operational control.

Solving Affiliate Management Complexity at Scale

Over the past year, ReferOn has focused on solving one of the industry’s most persistent challenges: managing affiliate programmes efficiently at scale. By automating key affiliate management processes and transforming fragmented data into actionable insights, the platform enables operators to scale partner programs more efficiently while maintaining full visibility and control.

Turning Data Into Faster Decisions

As platform capabilities expand, Refie serves as an intelligent UX layer that makes complex data instantly understandable. By translating backend logic into intuitive visual guidance, it helps users move faster, make better decisions, and spend less time navigating reports.

By translating technical precision into intuitive visual feedback, Refie eliminates the need to dig through dense reports, guiding users toward real-time performance and faster decision-making. It moves beyond simple functionality; it’s about giving teams their time back by making complex data instantly readable.

Alex Bukin, CEO at ReferOn, commented: “These nominations reflect the momentum behind ReferOn’s evolution into an award-winning platform built for operators who refuse to compromise between sophistication and usability. We’re proud of how far we’ve come, but even more excited about the opportunities ahead.”

The winners will be announced at the EGR B2B Awards ceremony, taking place on June 3 at City Central, HAC, in London.

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TAG Media and Gamblitude Launch affie.ai

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TAG Media and Gamblitude Launch affie.ai

The AI-Powered Affiliate Manager Assistant Set to transform Affiliate Management in iGaming

TAG Media and Gamblitude have launched affie.ai, a guided decision-making engine built for iGaming affiliate managers. It combines TAG Media’s 150+ years of collective affiliate management experience with Gamblitude’s operator-grade data and analytics platform.

affie.ai will make its debut at SBC Summit Malta (28–30 April), where affie.ai’s Elaine Gardiner, Alana Weldon and Wojtek Sznapka will be demonstrating the platform to operators interested in becoming one of the first five launch partners.

The Problem affie.ai solves

Affiliate management sits at the centre of operator acquisition strategy. It demands financial judgement, negotiation skill, data literacy and market knowledge. Yet there is no industry-standard training, no widely accepted playbook and no safety net when a commercial decision goes wrong.

The data is there. What’s missing is consistent, effective interpretation. With time, an experienced affiliate manager may know what a declining CPA trend means in a specific market or when a revenue share deal needs renegotiating. A less experienced one may not – and that gap costs operators money, talent retention and competitive ground.

Even for experienced affiliate managers, having the requisite time and patience with convoluted systems and tools to spot gaps and opportunities, even ad hoc, is progressively rare, further limiting their ability to achieve sustainable growth within their affiliate programme.

By encoding proven affiliate management expertise directly into their daily workflow, affie.ai gives affiliate managers the ability to make decisions grounded in real programme data and industry best practice, positioning them for true proactivity with their affiliate partners.

What is affie.ai?

affie.ai is a guided decision-making engine, not a dashboard and not a tracking platform. It is trained on real affiliate programme performance data and built on the strategic frameworks TAG Media has applied across 50+ programme launches over the past decade.

On the data side, Gamblitude, founded by former STS chief technology officer Wojtek Sznapka and former STS chief sportsbook officer Piotr Cerlak, provides the analytical backbone: a cloud-native data layer purpose-built for iGaming operators.

The result is that affie.ai provides affiliate managers with specific, data-informed recommendations on deal structures, partner performance, programme optimisation and commercial risk insights, removing the time spent and consistency required in pulling reports, second-guessing spreadsheets to build progressive performance.

For operators, affie.ai delivers measurable reductions in programme management overheads, faster onboarding of new affiliate managers, institutional knowledge that stays in the business regardless of team changes and the agility to make rapid commercial decisions to positively impact the bottom line. affie.ai gives affiliate managers the power of proactivity.

Human Relationships, Sharper Decisions

Affiliate management is a relationship business. Trust between manager and affiliate drives long-term value – no tool replaces that.

affie.ai removes the noise around those relationships. Instead of debating whether a deal is commercially sound, the affiliate manager already has the answer and can focus on the conversation. affie.ai provides human-led decisions with AI-led precision, built on real data, not assumptions.

Elaine Gardiner, Co-Founder of affie.ai says: “After 17 years managing affiliate programmes for operators including Cherry Casino, Ninja Casino and Rizk, I know what good decision-making looks like in this role and I know how rarely it’s supported by the right tools. affie.ai takes the strategic thinking our team applies every day and makes it available on demand and at pace: specific to your programme, specific to your data and ready when the affiliate manager needs it.”

No Strings Attached Six-Week Trial – Five Places

affie.ai is offering five operators an exclusive six-week trial. No fees. No lengthy onboarding. Operators connect their affiliate programme data and their affiliate team uses the platform to obtain new insights on their own numbers, enabling faster commercial decisions on deals to build growth. To book a meeting, email [email protected] or visit www.affie.ai to register your interest in using affie.ai to build affiliate programme growth.

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ReferOn Shortlisted for “European Corporate Services Supplier” Category at EGR EUROPE Awards 2026

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ReferOn Shortlisted for “European Corporate Services Supplier” Category at EGR EUROPE Awards 2026

ReferOn, the next-gen affiliate management platform, has been named on the EGR Europe Awards 2026 shortlist in the “European Corporate Services Supplier” category, recognising the platform’s solutions that help real operators with their operations and growth.

Continuing 2025’s Momentum

The nomination reflects a busy 2025 for ReferOn, one that was highlighted by significant product updates, rapid growth, and an ascent to becoming one of the most recognised affiliate management platforms in the industry.

Going into the new year, the ReferOn team has ambitious plans to accelerate this positive momentum by scaling alongside its growing partner base with advancements to its product vision around clarity, transparency, and ease of use. The EGR Europe Awards 2026 marks a pivotal start to 2026, and an award win demonstrates that the platform’s direction truly resonates with operators and affiliate managers worldwide.

Refie’s Human Impact

Refie, the platform’s human layer, transcends a mere surface-level companion. It hops around dashboards and workflows, providing relevant assistance, such as fixing reward logic, identifying anomalies, and making suggestions to the user.

In 2026, ReferOn plans to enhance Refie’s functionality with advanced platform gamification, engaging users and transforming how affiliate managers interact with their day-to-day operations. These developments will pave the way for personalised, smart intelligence on the platform and set an industry standard for affiliate tech.

Alex Bukin, General Manager, commented on the nomination and plans for 2026, “ReferOn made great strides in the past year, with major product developments, key recruitments, and a rapidly growing partner base. With this growth, our expectations have risen, and we want to establish ourselves as a platform that accelerates affiliate tech across the board. Being nominated for the ‘European Corporate Services Supplier’ category solidifies our ambition and is a meaningful start to our new year. With Refie driving more innovation, we look forward to driving our goal of transparency, clarity, and customer-facing features even further.”

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