U.K.- April 21, 2021 www.zonadeazar.com [1] The iGB Affiliate Awards 2020 brought the industry together to celebrate our innovations, successes and contributions. The iGB Affiliate Awards are the most respected awards in the industry with a focus on transparency.
We are proud to continually deliver transparent and inclusive awards and look forward to hosting a safe and successful event in Amsterdam in September 2021.
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
IGB Affiliate 2021 Awards Categories
The 2021 iGB Affiliate Awards will had 21 awards in total:
- Best Poker affiliate
- Best Casino affiliate
- Best Sports affiliate
- Best Bingo affiliate
- Best affiliate in an emerging vertical
- Best affiliate manager (ALL VERTICALS)
- Best affiliate program (ALL VERTICALS)
- Best tech; affiliate
- Best tech; affiliate program
- Best Agency
- Best Crypto affiliate
- Best Payments solution
- Best use of social media (ALL VERTICALS)
- Rising star (ALL VERTICALS)
- Innovation Award (ALL VERTICALS)
- Marketing campaign of the year (ALL VERTICALS)
- Game of the year – PUBLIC VOTE** – Vote here [2]
- Affiliate Employer of the year (ALL VERTICALS)
- Safer Gambling initiative of the year (ALL VERTICALS)
- Sustainability award (ALL VERTICALS)
- Affiliate Idol (decided by the Judges)**
**As well as changing our award categories for 2021, we have two new elements:
- Game of the year will be a public vote, based on 2020 top 10 games, we will have these available via all channels for you, the public, to vote on your winner. This year’s shortlist has been provided by iGaming Tracker [3], which tracks hundreds of casino sites worldwide every day. The 10 best-performing games have been ranked across 22 countries, the vast position of which are regulated, with weightings applied to their position on the main casino lobby page, the site and the country.
- Affiliate Idol will be nominated and decided by the judges, independent of a public nomination process.
For further details about the judging criteria for both please go to the criteria page.
Download a copy of the 2020 shortlist > [4]
A reminder about some of the changes that we made to the iGB Affiliate Awards process, which will continue in 2021:
- Criteria: The criteria will be at the forefront of both the nomination and judging process. The criteria will also focus on the last 12 months and not before – the awards will be about momentum and not size.
- The categories: There are 21 categories.
- Nominations and voting: The nominations process will remain similar to previous years, however, the voting (which was open to abuse) has been dropped from the process. We now have a nominations board that will use the information supplied as well as their own industry knowledge to create a shortlist of no more than 7 candidates.
- Judging: For judging the focus will be on the criteria, with points allocated to each item to drive accountability and transparency. There is an increased number of judges and have created a head judge for each category who is accountable for the final decision collated with the fellow judges. The judge’s decision will be final but the head judge will get involved if it’s a tie. The judges will also hold a Q&A with each shortlisted candidate, which will be recorded and made available for you to view. The judges will also create a document for each award that clearly defines why each winner won.
- Everyone needs a ticket: The iGB Affiliate Awards 2021 is a paid for event, you are able to book individual tickets and VIP Tables.
- VIP tables: If you want a little something extra, VIP tables will be available to book [5].
The iGB Affiliate Awards are hosted by iGB Affiliate; organisers of the iGB Affiliate event series and publishers of iGB Affiliate magazine.
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