The iGB Affiliate Awards are back at The Home of the iGaming Affiliate Community
Join us for a night of futuristic fantasy as the worlds of cyberpunk and fairytale come together to celebrate the achievements and innovations of the igaming affiliate community over the past 12 months.
The Nominations are now closed
FAQs
The iGB Affiliate Awards are back at The Home of the iGaming Affiliate Community
Join us for a night of futuristic fantasy as the worlds of cyberpunk and fairytale come together to celebrate the achievements and innovations of the igaming affiliate community over the past 12 months.
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What is the dress code?
- No trainers
- No jeans
- No sportswear such as shorts, joggers or vests
- No flip-flops
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How do I buy tickets?
The iGB Affiliate Awards is a pay-to-attend event. You will be able to book tickets via our registration platform for iGB Affiliate London or with your account manager.
Single seat ticket £465 +VAT
- Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks for three hours
- Sparkling reception
- Three-course meal
- Entertainment until 1am
VIP table £4,300+ VAT
- Table of 10 guests
- Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks for three hours
- Sparkling reception
- Three-course meal for 10 guests
- Entertainment until 1am
- Two bottles of spirits and mixers
- Listed as table sponsor on all awards branding
VIP+ table ticket £5,700+VAT
- Table of 12 guests
- Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks for three hours
- Sparkling reception
- Three-course meal for 12 guests
- Entertainment until 1am
- Four bottles of spirits and mixers
- Listed as table sponsor on all awards branding
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How do I enter?
First read through the criteria for each category by clicking on the ‘Learn more’ button. Once satisfied that you have fully understood the requirements, click the ‘Submit your entry’ button to proceed to the entry form. Please note that following the instructions will give you the best possible opportunity of making it onto the shortlist.
The judges and the criteria will focus on the last 12 months and not before, so please ensure your submission only covers the assessment period.
Please also note that nominations will be assessed based on quality and not quantity. Submitting multiple entries or doing so on behalf of the same company or person will not increase their chances of making it through to the shortlist. Submitting one comprehensive and detailed entry which fully addresses all the criteria and questions, backed up by relevant and compelling supporting documents, will achieve greater cut-through with the judges and increase your chances of progression.
A primary purpose of the iGB Affiliate Awards is to showcase fast-growing and disruptive businesses. Hence while the scale of nominee companies is taken into account by the judges when assessing the quality of submissions against the criteria, managing to successfully demonstrate and convey the growth, innovation and momentum of your business via your submission is likely to exert an equal if not greater influence on the judges’ final decision.
Full details of the 2024 judging process can be viewed under the Process tab accessible from the left-hand menu.
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Why enter?
The iGB Affiliate Awards is the UK’s premier recognition platform for businesses of all sizes in the online gaming affiliate industry. The benefits of entering extend far beyond simply picking up one of the prestigious trophies.
Here are some of the reasons why your organisation should take part:
- Offers a platform to differentiate your business and stand out from competitors
- Grants greater recognition for you and your organisation within the industry, perhaps leading to additional business as a result
- Encourages improved business relationships
- Affords superior marketing and PR opportunities
- Provides excellent motivation for your team
- Demonstrates to current and future staff that you’re a leading company, plus as an added bonus it will help you attract excellent and talented employees
- Publicises your personal credentials to your clients, existing employer and future employers
- Presents an ideal opportunity to measure your current performance, consider what has contributed to your success and to look at where you can go from there
- Gives you the motivation to sustain this performance in order to retain your title/beat your competitor to the award for the following year!
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Who can enter?
Anyone working in the igaming affiliate industry can submit nominations to the iGB Affiliate Awards. They can nominate themselves or their organisation, or they can nominate another individual or organisation.
Any applications received for a non-relevant category and all duplicate submissions will be void. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
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What are the awards categories for 2024?
There 2024 edition of the iGB Affiliate Awards has 20 categories:
Affiliate categories
Best Casino Affiliate
Best Sports Betting Affiliate
Best Bingo Affiliate
Best Poker Affiliate
Best Crypto Affiliate
Best Streaming Affiliate (ALL VERTICALS)
Marketing Campaign of the Year (ALL VERTICALS)
Affiliate Employer of the Year (ALL VERTICALS)
Safer Gambling Initiative of the Year (ALL VERTICALS)Individual categories
Best Affiliate Manager (ALL VERTICALS)
Affiliate Idol, aka Lifetime Achievement AwardProgramme/network categories
Best Affiliate Programme (ALL VERTICALS)
Best Affiliate Network (ALL VERTICALS)Service provider (SP) categories
Best Tech for Affiliates
Best Tech for Affiliate Programmes
Best Digital Agency
Game of the Year (PUBLIC VOTE)All companies (affiliates, programmes, networks and SPs)
Rising Star (ALL VERTICALS)
Best Newcomer (ALL VERTICALS)
Innovator of the Year (ALL VERTICALS) -
How are the awards judged?
Anyone working in the igaming affiliate industry can nominate themselves or their organisation, or they can nominate another individual or organisation.
Once submission forms are received, our judging panel will evaluate each nomination against the category criteria in order to select the shortlists and final winners.
The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2024 iGB Affiliate Awards is Wednesday 25 October 2023. Shortlists will be announced on 20 November 2023.
The judging process for the iGB Affiliate Awards is rigorous and thorough. Following a major review and overhaul in 2021, the process has been continually improved to ensure the highest possible standards of fairness and integrity in deciding the results.
Full details of the 2024 judging process can be viewed under the Process tab in the left-hand menu. Click the Judges tab to see the makeup of the judging panel.
Tickets
The iGB Affiliate Awards are back at The Home of the iGaming Affiliate Community
Join us for a night of futuristic fantasy as the worlds of cyberpunk and fairytale come together to celebrate the achievements and innovations of the igaming affiliate community over the past 12 months.
Basic
Single seat-
Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks for three hours
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Sparkling reception
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Three-course meal
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Entertainment until 1am
Standard
VIP Table-
Table of 10 guests
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Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks for three hours
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Sparkling reception
-
Three-course meal for 10 guests
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Entertainment until 1am
-
Two bottles of spirits and mixers
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Listed as table sponsor on all awards branding
Premium
VIP+ Table-
Table of 12 guests
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Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks for three hours
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Sparkling reception
-
Three-course meal for 12 guests
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Entertainment until 1am
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Four bottles of spirits and mixers
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Listed as table sponsor on all awards branding
The Judges
The iGB Affiliate Awards are back at The Home of the iGaming Affiliate Community
Join us for a night of futuristic fantasy as the worlds of cyberpunk and fairytale come together to celebrate the achievements and innovations of the igaming affiliate community over the past 12 months.
Simon Collins is currently investor and chairman for platform provider and casino content developer Jogo Global. He has a 25-year track record of launching and building valuable igaming brands. Simon was a co-founder of Foxy Bingo owner Cashcade Ltd prior to its sale to Bwin.party for £96m in July 2009, going on to become managing partner of Bwin.party-backed investment fund New Game Capital. He then launched mobile gaming startup Gaming Realms plc with his fellow Cashcade founders. Following the sale of its real-money subsidiary in 2019, he joined News UK as MD, betting & gaming, where he oversaw the development of brands including Dream Team, Sun Bingo and Sun Racing. He joined Jogo Global in July 2021.
Shona is the head of strategic events for Better Collective, a leading digital sports media group. Since joining she has created the Better Collective Bookmaker Awards, a series based on data to help consumers find the best bookie for them. She is also responsible for the group’s brand at events globally. With over 15 years of experience in the igaming sector, much of that focused on the affiliate market, Shona has been responsible for the creation and development of some of the industry’s biggest events, including iGB L!VE!, LAC, Sports Betting USA and ICE London.
Shahar is a globally recognised igaming expert, CRM strategist and frequent speaker at the industry’s leading events. Following a career as a senior executive with 888, Playtech and PokerStars, Shahar founded Hybrid Interaction, a boutique consulting agency which has undertaken more than 200 successful projects across all verticals and most jurisdictions. These include online migrations with brick-and-mortar casinos in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Georgia, UK and US and with gambling powerhouses such as Greentube, Hard Rock & PlayStar in NJ (US), GiG, Casino du Lac (Partouche), Logrand (Mexico), Holland Casino, Grand Casino Baden, Groupe Barrière, Entain (Bwin.Party/Sportingbet/Bet.pt), IGT, William Hill, BetConstruct and Win2day.
Peter is the founder and CEO of sci:ent, a company focused on delivering technology to the igaming industry through its bespoke technology-at-source business model. He has been involved in the design and delivery of tech for the industry for almost 20 years, having worked with a number of industry leaders delivering innovative platforms and solutions during his career. He is also a passionate advocate for D&I within the industry (and in general).
Lee-Ann entered the affiliate marketing industry in the early 2000s when the internet was still new and mobile phones were BIG. She has managed many blue chip and startup affiliate programmes, helping them grow global reach across verticals from retail and ecommerce, payments and fintech, to esports and igaming. Lee-Ann also hosts the award-winning Affiliate Marketing Podcast, which charts regularly in the Top 100 Business News podcasts in the world. She runs a 12-week acceleration programme for affiliate managers (AMPP) and owns award-winning agency Affiverse providing outsourced affiliate programme management services. Inaugurated as a member of the prestigious forbes.com Agency Council (2020) Lee-Ann regularly features in publications such as The Drum, Hello Partner, MartechRecord, GPWA, iGB Affiliate and Forbes.com.
Kevin has spent the last 20 years in online gaming and runs data and advisory company egamingmonitor.com, which covers 50,000 casino games, 500 bingo rooms and 800 lottery draw products from 1,500 suppliers across 2,800 operators. He was previously CEO of online skill gaming company GAN plc and marketing director at Betfair, Sportingbet and Eurobet.
The Process
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The judging panel
iGB’s panel of external industry judges is selected for its expertise on both the igaming affiliate sector and in specialist areas pertaining to individual awards, such as safer gambling. All judges joining the panel are required to sign an NDA to keep all submitted information confidential and the winners’ names secret until the event has taken place. They are also obliged to declare any potential conflicts of interest prior to judging.
Allocation of categories
Judges are allocated categories aligned to their areas of industry experience and knowledge, and to avoid potential conflicts of interest. Judges’ access to submissions is restricted to their allocated categories.
Shortlisting
Shortlists are formed and awards presented only in categories where three or more judgeable submissions are received. A non-judgeable submission is one which includes incomplete/insufficient information for the judges to fully assess the submission against all the criteria for that category. The number shortlisted in each category is calculated on a sliding scale based on how many judgeable nominations are put forward to the judges.
How categories are judged
The judges read every judgeable submission alongside all supporting materials. They provide an overall score for each entry based on their assessment across all the criteria for that category, also taking into account any supporting documents. The judges also give a brief explanation of their rationale for providing this score. Once all the judges’ scores are submitted for all the entries in each category, an average of the scores is calculated for each entry with this converted to a score out of 10. If there is no clear winner from the first round (a minimum one-point margin between the top submission(s) and second-placed entry or entries is needed), the category goes to a second round of judging. A conference call is then held between the allocated judges to decide the winner. The judges may exercise their discretion to award a Highly Commended in these instances.
Feedback on entries
An explanation as to how the shortlist and winners were arrived at in each category can be provided on request. Judges’ comments will be anonymised and average scores given in these instances. Individual judges’ scores and comments will not be shared externally. Please address any questions or requests regarding the judging process to internal judging lead, Stephen Carter ([email protected]).
Register now to secure your place
To celebrate the industry’s brightest and best talent, we would like to offer you the opportunity to secure tables and seats at the only dedicated awards platform for the igaming affiliate community.
IGB Affiliate awards will connect and reward not only the trailblazers and pioneers who are shaping the sustainable future of our industry but also inspire the community to continue to build an industry we can all be truly proud of. Let’s make the IGB Affiliate Awards 2024 unforgettable together!
Mark your calendar for a key moment in the igaming affiliate industry.
To ensure you are comfortable, and enjoy the kickass party, we are offering the option to reserve tables and seats for yourself and your team.
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