The iGB Affiliate Awards 2018 took place Friday night following the London Affiliate Conference. The awards brought together the best of the best in the igaming affiliate industry to celebrate the last 12 months of success.

The theme for this year’s awards was “Tenacity”. The organizers we’re looking for those who have succeeded against the odds. They’re looking for those who have embraced hard work, been tenacious and determined day to day and who continually make a positive impact on the affiliate industry.

THE 2018 WINNERS ARE:

Best Poker Website: Poker News
Best Casino Website: Gambling.com Group
Best Sports Betting Website: Skores
Best Bingo Website: WhichBingo
Best Lottery Website: LotteryUSA.com
Best Financial Website: Lånapengar.com

Best Poker Affiliate Manager: Regina Kirpitsova – PokerStars Partners
Best Casino Affiliate Manager: Laura O’Brien – Mr Green
Best Sports Betting Affiliate Manager: Eoin Findlay – Mr Green
Best Lottery Affiliate Manager: Vivien Zsiga – Lottoland
Best Bingo Affiliate Manager: Patrick O Keeffe – Broadway Gaming
Best Financial Affiliate Manager: Liora Edelstein Hakak – eToro

Best Poker Affiliate Program: WPN Affiliates
Best Sports Betting Affiliate Program: bet365
Best Bingo Affiliate Program: Broadway Gaming
Best Lottery Affiliate Program: Lottoland Affiliates
Best Financial Affiliate Program: Plus500

Best Affiliate Program Newcomer: Twin Affiliates
Best Affiliate Newcomer: Casino Professor
Best Innovation: AskFans – Catena Media
Best Non-English Affiliate Program: LV BET Zakłady Bukmacherskie/ lvbet.pl
Best Non-English Affiliate Website: Skores
Best use of Social Media by an Affiliate: WantMyBet

The Gambling Affiliate Voice congratulates all the winners!

January 29, 2018 (London) – iGB Affiliate, the most respected information provider for the igaming affiliate market, has unveiled its line-up of speakers featuring a host of the industry’s leading names to address delegates attending the 2018 London Affiliate Conference.

The event, which takes place at the ExCeL, London from 7^th-10^th February, is expected to attract in excess of 5,000 delegates, 3,500 of which are affiliates, making it the biggest in its history.

Andor Palau, the Head of SEO at Peak Ace AG and a renowned expert for large scale international SEO, takes part in two talks, “Welcome to a new world: Crawling, indexing & ranking in the age of mobile-first!” and the “SEO Rockstar Panel.”

Hedgehog Security founder and CEO Peter Bassill will also address delegates in London in a discussion titled: “Top 5 ways firms were hacked in 2017.”

Other high-profile names such Helen Southgate, managing director at Acceleration Partners, senior SEO Manager Manuel Martinez from The Stars Group and Matt Beswick, co-founder of Aira will be speaking during the four-day event.

iGaming Business’ head of operations Shona ODonnell said: “We can’t wait to welcome these highly-esteemed speakers to London and we hope the delegates will enjoy hearing what they have to say.

“The lessons our delegates can learn from these industry experts will make a real difference and they can put it into practice as soon as they return from the conference.

“The event is getting bigger every year and the fact we’re able to entice this calibre of speaker is proof of our rapid growth.”

For more information about LAC, please visit: http://www.igbaffiliate.com/events/london-affiliate-conference

About iGB Affiliate

iGB Affiliate is the affiliate-facing brand of iGaming Business. It organises the three biggest affiliate events in the industry – LAC, AAC and BAC – as well as the Nordic Affiliate Conference. Its conferences provide the platform for affiliates to learn from the industry’s best during dedicated conference schedules, and meet affiliate managers from major and rising operators both on the exhibition floor and during well-attended networking events.

The affiliate conferences are the only place you can network with large volumes of affiliates at once. For operators, the conferences are vital to growing their affiliate networks. iGB Affiliate also provides the free iGB Affiliate magazine. With high quality content and strong digital and print followings, it continues to be the only dedicated magazine in the affiliate industry.

This will be the second year that the igaming affiliate industry takes over ExCeL and we can’t wait. Check out the top five reasons why LAC 2018 at the ExCeL is gonna be bigger, better and more badass than ever before!

5 – IT CROSSES OVER WITH ICE

There’s no denying that ICE is the biggest gambling event on the calendar. With over 30,000 delegates we’re sure there are one or two that you would like to meet. To help you meet them, the first expo day of LAC on Thursday 8th February will coincide with the final day of ICE. This means that more ICE attendees will come and visit LAC than ever before. 

That means there are even more chances for you to meet the right people during your trip to London this February.

4 – THE EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS JUST KEEP COMING

We just can’t stop them – we have had more requests for stands at LAC 2018 than we ever have before. We would love to say that this is down to us but it’s not. These guys want to meet you. The delegates. 

Every company who has enquired for a stand want to meet you. We hope that makes you feel good!

3 – THE BIGGEST AFFILIATE SHOW IN LONDON SHOULD BE AT THE BIGGEST EXPO CENTRE IN LONDON

ExCeL is scarily large and it was a scary move from Olympia to ExCeL last year. But damn did it pay off! The buzz around the show was electric – there is no igaming affiliate show that comes close. 

The best thing, there is so much room to grow at the ExCeL. This year, there will be more of you guys than ever before – pretty exciting right!

2 – WE’VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU TO PERFECT OUR CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

We like to be honest, we don’t know everything, and we love a little bit of help every now and then. That’s why we’ve always worked with you guys to help improve our shows. 

For the LAC 2018 conference line up we have reached out to as many of you as possible to make sure that our content is as relevant as possible. 

After all, we wouldn’t want to waste your time with rubbish content, would we?

1 – THE NETWORKING NEVER STOPS. NEVER. 

Networking and the London Affiliate Conference go hand in hand. 

Whether you’re attending one of our dedicated networking parties, are out on the expo floor or you’re having a final drink in the hotel bar you can always meet someone new.