Gamblers Connect Launches In House Platform and Refreshed Brand After Five Years

by Dimitri Dimitrov Published on June 29, 2026
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Key Takeaways
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Proprietary Technology Pivot — Gamblers Connect has replaced third-party templates with its first fully custom, in-house developed platform and complete brand refresh to secure total technical independence
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Verifiable Policy Transparency — The new architecture introduces a publicly accessible policy hub, featuring an Editorial Firewall and corporate guidelines, giving regulators and partners absolute transparency
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Standardized Testing Frameworks — The site deploys three distinct, open auditing methodologies: the Responsible Gambling Index, Proof of Play operator testing, and the iHub Five Gate Verification system

Gamblers Connect, the independent iGaming B2B media platform, has launched its first fully custom built platform alongside a complete brand refresh. The launch closes a five year arc that began in 2021 when the company was founded.

The new platform is the first iteration of the site built on technology designed and developed in house, replacing a previous setup that relied on bought templates and third party page builders. The redesign covers the full site architecture, the visual identity, the typography and colour systems and the navigation across the site’s editorial and directory verticals.

Editorial output continues across the formats Gamblers Connect has built up over the past five years: daily news, long form interviews, case studies, podcasts and original research, paired with structured directories spanning online casinos, sweepstakes casinos, demo slots, game providers, payment solutions and B2B companies.

Three published methodologies sit alongside the editorial work. The Responsible Gambling Index scores game providers across twelve responsible gambling criteria. Proof of Play runs hands on operator testing across every payment rail. The iHub Five Gate Verification system audits each company listed in the iHub directory across five verification gates. The methodology papers for all three are openly accessible on the platform.

Gjorgje Ristikj, Founder of Gamblers Connect:

“After five years on bought templates, the next stage meant building the platform ourselves. Editorial independence is more credible when the technology underneath it is not owned by someone else.”

Editorial governance on the new platform sits inside a public policy stack that includes the Editorial Firewall, Editorial Policies, Brand Asset Library, Responsible Gambling commitments and more. Each policy is openly published in the platform’s Policies hub so readers, partners and regulators can verify how the company actually operates rather than rely on claims about how it operates.

Gamblers Connect was founded in 2021 and is bootstrapped and independently owned. The company operates from a small team based in the Balkans, continuing the founder’s original editorial vision with no external investors. Industry recognition has built up across the past four years through editorial work and methodology output, with current recognition by SiGMA, iGB, SBC, AffPapa and other leading industry organisations that have featured, cited or partnered with the platform.

For more information visit https://gamblersconnect.com.

Dimitri Dimitrov

Dimitri is an iGaming expert with nearly a decade of experience and a knack for crafting content that speaks directly to the iGaming crowd. He understands affiliate marketing, player psychology, and search algorithms, which enables him to write engaging, data-driven articles.

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Gjorgje Ristikj, Founder of Gamblers Connect
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“After five years on bought templates, the next stage meant building the platform ourselves. Editorial independence is more credible when the technology underneath it is not owned by someone else.”
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