Following three days of intensive B2B matchmaking, technical panels, and strategic discussions at the Novotel Madrid Center, the international iGaming community gathered last night for the sector’s most anticipated celebration: the 5th annual 2026 AffPapa iGaming Awards, and with that, the esteemed winners.
Under the 2026 theme “The Test of Time,” the prestigious gala officially honored the resilient affiliates, operators, and B2B providers who have consistently raised the industry bar through sustained innovation, operational transparency, and verifiable value.
The landmark event brought together over 1,500 influential decision-makers to reflect on the defining moments shaping the global digital gaming landscape.
The complete, verified list of the 2026 winners of the AffPapa iGaming Awards who walked away with the physical trophies across all forty categories has been officially finalized below.
Operator Categories
- Branding of the Year: 1win — Celebrated for its dominant global digital presence and modern, wide-reaching promotional campaigns that continuously drive top-tier audience engagement.
- Marketing of the Year: Big Betty Partners — Honored for its execution of data-driven traffic strategies and high-performing player acquisition models across multiple regulated jurisdictions.
- Commission Offer of the Year: Celsius — Awarded for its highly competitive affiliate rewards structure, user-friendly interface, and lightning-fast transactional efficiency.
- Affiliate Program of the Year: Linebet Partners — Recognized for delivering flexible commission frameworks, multi-market coverage, and exceptional localized operational support.
- Crypto Casino of the Year: Jack.com — Acknowledged for pioneering a secure, blockchain-powered casino and sportsbook environment centered on absolute transactional transparency and anonymity.
- Casino Operator of the Year: MelBet — Claiming the top spot for its unmatched global reach, user-focused platform architecture, and extensive multi-market casino library.
- Sportsbook Operator of the Year: 22Bet — Crowned for its comprehensive coverage of global sporting events, highly competitive odds engines, and accessible user experience across regulated networks.
- Crypto Casino Brand of the Year: FortuneJack — Taking the trophy for its provably fair game matrix, pioneering crypto payment architecture, and consistent loyalty solutions.
- Bonus Offer of the Year: JoinAff — Highlighted for its high-converting multi-brand European portfolio, flexible hybrid deals, and real-time tracking mechanics.
- Rising Star Operator of the Year: TITANS — Honored for its aggressive market expansion, rapid portfolio development, and modern approach to localized sports betting.
- Affiliate Management of the Year: Makeberry — Secured for its sophisticated, performance-driven traffic optimization systems and data-led partnership scaling models.
- Multi-Brand Affiliate Program of the Year: 7StarsPartners — Commended for successfully managing an extensive roster of high-converting casino brands backed by advanced analytical tools.
- Affiliate Network of the Year: Nordic.Partners — Discovered as the premier network space uniting streamers, SEO specialists, and PPC professionals via automated, transparent workflows.
- Promo of the Year: FortuneJack — Earning a secondary marquee win for its highly creative, immersive promotional campaigns that continue to redefine crypto-gaming engagement.
- Conversion of the Year: WinAndYou Partners — Awarded for its premium, high-converting traffic funnels and localized marketing toolkits designed to maximize long-term player acquisition.
Affiliate Categories
- Rising Star Affiliate of the Year: SlotCatalog — The Malta-based data platform was honored for its invaluable market insights, slot performance telemetry, and exhaustive game feature indexing.
- Crypto Affiliate of the Year: AskGamblers — Awarded for its tireless player advocacy, industry-leading dispute resolution architecture, and commitment to market trust.
- Casino Affiliate of the Year: Casino Guru — Recognized for its elite player education frameworks, comprehensive complaint resolution center, and transparent responsible gambling advocacy.
- Bonus Comparison Affiliate of the Year: Nightrush — Celebrating its scalable, data-driven traffic solutions and high-converting localized content networks.
- Slots Review Affiliate of the Year: SlotsCalendar — Taking home the prize for its user-friendly game discovery tools, exhaustive demo compilation, and targeted operator exposure.
- Sportsbook Affiliate of the Year: Flashscore — The real-time sports data giant was crowned for its global audience reach, seamlessly bridging live statistical feeds with sportsbook discovery.
- Branding of the Year: SEOBROTHERS — Awarded for its exceptional brand positioning, building high-ranking organic web assets via deep technical SEO execution.
- Affiliate Media of the Year: Media 24 — Recognized for its distinct blend of editorial excellence, website design precision, and data-led traffic distribution.
- Quality Traffic of the Year: Traffic Lab — Honored for its strict in-house traffic validation processes, ensuring compliant, high-value player acquisition for regulated partners.
B2B Categories
- Marketing Campaign of the Year: Broadway Platform — Celebrated for its API-driven product campaign highlighting scalable casino, live dealer, and sportsbook suite integrations.
- Rising Star Provider of the Year: Betable — Awarded for its flexible, turnkey architecture engineered to systematically bypass restrictive legacy software bottlenecks.
- Platform Provider of the Year: 01.tech — Honored for its robust, global infrastructure providing massive scalability to expanding online bookmakers and casino networks.
- Slots Provider of the Year: Amusnet — Crowned for its massive distribution footprint spanning 2,000+ operator websites and an extensive portfolio of over 300 active slots.
- Game Provider of the Year: Spribe — Recognized for its sector-defining crash mechanics and customized customer services that continue to dominate alternative gaming verticals.
- Client Satisfaction of the Year: Notix.Games — Handed the trophy for its tailored bonus mechanics, unique in-house game combinations, and exemplary partner onboarding systems.
- Aggregator of the Year: Alea — Secured for its seamless, single-secure API engine providing lock-in-free access to over 17,000 games from 170+ software vendors.
- Crash Game Provider of the Year: 100HP — Celebrating its specialized, fast-loading instant game formats that generate exceptional user retention and higher operator ROI.
- Branding of the Year: Live Vegas — Honored for its advanced live casino technological solutions, driving measurable long-term player value for international tables.
- Affiliate System of the Year: ReferOn — Awarded for its transparent management interface, featuring customizable data dashboards and dynamic reward metrics.
- Affiliate Intelligence of the Year: NousViz — Acknowledged for its open-source data engine that unifies scattered marketing statistics into actionable, real-time AI analytics.
- Agency of the Year: Socialtrend — Claimed by the tech-driven creative agency for its performance-focused marketing campaigns and organic social media growth frameworks.
Exclusive Categories
- Best Employer of the Year: 01.tech — Securing an elite double victory for its progressive engineering culture, structural collaboration, and dedicated employee development frameworks.
- Woman Leader of the Year: Erica Anderson – Income Access — The VP of Marketing & Product at Income Access (Paysafe) was celebrated for her outstanding contribution to global affiliate market innovation.
- CEO of the Year: Ivan Kravchuk – Evoplay — The Evoplay Chief Executive was honored for his visionary corporate steering, expanding next-generation immersive gaming content worldwide.
- Affiliate Manager of the Year: Viktoria Kovach – 50 Partners — Awarded for her exemplary relationship-focused methodology and data-backed collaboration driving cross-border partner conversions.
