Awards
Casino Guru shortlisted in 3 categories at iGB Affiliate Awards 2024
As the iGB Affiliate Awards 2024 loom, so has the list of shortlisted participants been revealed, with Casino Guru appearing across three categories, including Safer Gambling Initiative of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, and Best Casino Affiliate.
The iGB Affiliate Awards by Clarion Gaming are set to take place on February 8, 2024, at the Troxy in East London, and are celebrated as one of the most significant award events in the affiliate sector. This year’s edition has received a record number of 338 entries.
Casino Guru is well-positioned in all three categories, as the company is confident that it has been delivering an impressive performance across all three pillars of the gambling industry.
Casino Guru has made sure that its efforts in Safe and Responsible Gambling have not gone unnoticed, with the company showing a similar focus on innovative marketing as well as the promotion of partner brands.
Casino Guru’s participation in Safer Gambling Initiative of the Year is the result of the painstaking work of the company in establishing Gamtegrity, a unique and innovative platform. The platform is home to the Global Self-Exclusion System (GSES), the Casino Guru Academy, and the Casino Guru Awards, all dedicated to making gambling safer and more responsible.
Casino Guru’s marketing efforts have been similarly distinguished as the company has launched its TikTok channel. The TikTok channel has been geared towards young people and offers informative and eye-catching content designed to raise awareness about the potential risks of problem gambling.
Understanding the need to communicate with young people through social media platforms, Casino Guru has worked on a TikTok channel that allows to delivery of core Responsible Gambling messages to the target audience creatively and engagingly.
Not least, Casino Guru’s efforts to provide clear, honest, and transparent information about casino operators and brands has landed it on the shortlist for Best Casino Affiliate.
Casino Guru is confident in its chances to secure accolades this year, after the company already won the Safer Gambling Initiative of the Year in 2023.
The event itself is one of the most respected formats where affiliates come to highlight their potential, what they have achieved over the past months, and where their true priorities lie.
Affiliate Success
SOFTSWISS Affiliate Software Platform Wins at IGA 2025
SOFTSWISS, an international tech company with over 15 years of experience in iGaming, announces that Affilka by SOFTSWISS wins Affiliate Company of the Year at the International Gaming Awards 2025. The comprehensive software platform helps manage, track, and analyse affiliate performance in the most convenient way.
The event recognises leading industry experts, both online and land-based. This achievement came as a well-deserved gift for the platform’s 7th anniversary. The award reflects the platform’s dedication to optimising affiliate program management and elevating the operational efficiency of its clients. By helping operators optimise affiliate partnerships, Affilka by SOFTSWISS has established itself as a technology-driven leader in the iGaming realm.
Powering over 440 iGaming brands, the platform currently has more than 360,000 affiliate accounts and 85 million registered players. One of its most impactful updates is the Geo-Distributed Redirect feature. This innovation accelerates redirects up to five times, reduces bounce rates and increases conversions by up to 7%. By enabling players to access casino sites faster, the feature drives higher registrations and deposits.
Other notable platform functionalities include built-in payment processing, which helps streamline financial operations with trusted payment systems and bank transfers. The flexible commission constructor and near real-time reporting features enable operators to tailor their strategies according to constantly evolving business needs.
“We are honoured to receive recognition at such a prestigious level,” said Anastasia Borovaya, Head of Affilka by SOFTSWISS. “This award reflects our unwavering dedication to delivering the best affiliate management solutions in the industry. With over seven years of expertise, a highly professional team, and a passion for innovation, we’ve built a platform that ensures exceptional service and continuous product enhancements for our clients. We’re committed to maintaining this momentum and supporting the growth of our partners worldwide.”
Now, Affilka by SOFTSWISS is showcasing its latest features and achievements at iGB Affiliate in Barcelona. On 21–22 January, the team welcomes partners and clients at stand C10.
Awards
ReferOn Wins SiGMA Awards and Highlights a Stellar End to 2024
ReferOn, the state-of-the-art affiliate management system, received the prestigious SiGMA Europe Award during the conference from November 12 to 14. The multi-day event saw over 27,000 delegates attend, with exhibitors like ReferOn able to interact with valuable B2B traffic and develop their professional networks.
Alexia Gauci, B2B Sales Manager, and David Harris, B2B Affiliate Team Manager, represented ReferOn at the event. They discussed the company’s tools and solutions with visitors and outlined its plans to develop its educational content with initiatives like the ReferOn Insights Seminars, which aim to support operators and affiliates in navigating the platform and increasing its effectiveness. The ReferOn team also highlighted the importance of an ever-changing market, with new features launched in the coming months and beyond.
Additionally, Alexia and David met with MicroGame’s CCO, Diego Mendez, to celebrate their recent landmark partnership. The collaboration will see ReferOn make significant strides to become Italy’s leading affiliate management system as MicroGame’s extensive portfolio of brands will implement the company’s solutions.
ReferOn team won the “Best Partner for Customer Acquisition & Retention 2024” category at the esteemed SiGMA Awards 2024 event. The company was presented with this award due to its commitment to improving the affiliate engagement process and its efforts to provide the best tools to address current operator and affiliate challenges.
Alexia Gauci commented, “The team is thrilled to receive this reputable award from a distinguished organisation like SiGMA. It’s an important milestone for us as we continue to develop our products and services to help operators and affiliates succeed. We have a lot of plans for 2025.”
Awards
Casino Guru takes the top distinction in SBC Awards 2024
Casino Guru has won the SBC Awards 2024 in the “Casino Affiliate of the Year” category, which was contested by 12 shortlists and, which was ultimately won by the company.
Casino Guru is the biggest database of online casinos and online casino bonuses with up-to-date information on thousands of online casinos on the internet, providing human-reviewed insight into individual casinos and devising a complex Safety Index to help assess brands and help players make an informed choice.
The database has grown rapidly, with Casino Guru upholding its “Casino Affiliate of the Year” status by consistently updating its repository with accurate, human-verified data. The accolade was awarded based on key performance indicators, including a more than 100% increase in organic traffic and a noticeable expansion in referring domains over the observed period.
Casino Guru’s Head of Sustainable & Safer Gambling Šimon Vincze, had this to add: “Winning a major award for best casino affiliate is an excellent achievement for us because, as a private company, we do not disclose every commercial detail in the nomination. Instead, we focus on unique achievements and use publicly available information, which puts us at a disadvantage against publicly listed companies. Despite such strong competition, we still managed to convince the judges this year.”
Casino Guru has so far processed more than 6,930 casinos and it currently is the world’s largest gambling casino forum, proving an invaluable source of information for players of all backgrounds. The Casino Guru Forum now numbers 200,000 users and has generated 53,000 posts in the 12 months leading up to the company’s submission for SBC Awards 2024.
In the observed period, the brand has similarly handled 13,514 disputes, compared to 10,708 from the previous period and recovered $10,121,109 in player funds. Casino Guru established 310 new partnerships over the same period.
The accolade comes after Casino Guru added 1,201 new casino brands in the period leading up to the company’s submission alone, with 3,750 casinos reviewed over the extended period, the result of a dedicated joint effort by the company’s team of experts.
The company has used big data, consumer feedback, and a fastidious in-house team of analysts to ensure that it remains at the very forefront of the sector, winning it the important SBC Awards accolade in the “Casino Affiliate of the Year,” and further consolidate its status as an indispensable industry source for matching players with the best casino websites.
This is hardly the first distinction won by Casino Guru this year, or the first time Casino Guru’s efforts have been rewarded at an industry summit.
Casino Guru similarly secured the Vixio Global Regulatory Awards distinction in the “Outstanding Contribution to Safer Gambling” category, demonstrating that as an affiliate company, Casino Guru remains multi-faceted, and fully committed to bringing the safest and most reliable information to its players.
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