Gaming Awards
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INSTANT PRODUCTS EXEC JEFF FAIN WINS 2024 POWERS AWARD
Scientific Games’ Instant Products Account Director Jeff Fain received a 2024 Powers Award from the North American State and Provincial Lotteries Association, honoring those in the lottery industry with the highest achievement, drive and integrity. Fain was nominated by the New Mexico Lottery.
Recognizing professionals who have made outstanding contributions to lotteries and the North American lottery industry, Powers Awards are named in honor of the late Edward J. Powers, the ‘Father of U.S. Lotteries’, and are regarded as one of the highest honors in the industry.
Fain joined Scientific Games in 2012, bringing his finance background and printed product experience to the world’s largest lottery games company. He has worked closely with several U.S. lotteries including the New Mexico Lottery to help responsibly grow their instant game portfolios.
“We’re extremely proud of Jeff’s work with our U.S. customers and appreciate the New Mexico Lottery for recognizing his contributions to the success of its instant game portfolio. He has approached his work with the Lottery as 100% collaborative and cultivated a fantastic customer relationship with its team,” said John Schulz, President, Americas and Global Instant Products for Scientific Games
The company’s business intelligence and insights have driven industry-leading lottery performance, including 18 of the Top 20 performing instant game lotteries in the world (La Fleur’s 2024 World Almanac, based on per capita sales).
Scientific Games provides retail and digital games, technology, analytics and services to 150 lotteries in 50 countries around the globe.
branded content
GR8_TECH’s Bet It Drives wins Best Marketing Campaign at SiGMA Europe Awards 2026
GR8_TECH’s Bet It Drives has won Best Marketing Campaign at the SiGMA Europe Awards 2026, adding another trophy to the brand’s recent awards run.
The company said the SiGMA Europe win follows a Bronze honor at the 18th Annual Shorty Awards in the Branded Podcast category and two Awards of Excellence at The 32nd Annual Communicator Awards in Series–Video Podcasts 2026 and Series–Branded – Series 2026.
GR8_TECH positioned Bet It Drives as a multi-channel content campaign distributed across YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, social channels, and media partnerships. The company said the campaign has surpassed 2 million YouTube views and generated nearly 300 media publications.
“The car format solved that—intimate yet unpredictable, built to strip away the corporate performance guests default to in studio settings,” the company said, describing the creative approach behind the series.
“Bet It Drives was created to prove that marketing in iGaming can be bold and interesting. Winning Best Marketing Campaign at the SiGMA Europe Awards shows that the industry values content that goes beyond visibility and creates honest conversations,” said Yevhen Krazhan, Bet It Drives host and GR8_TECH’s CSO.
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egrb2b awards
Endorphina runs LinkedIn giveaway for 10 tickets to EGRB2B Awards 2026
Tickets cover the EGRB2B Awards ceremony in London on June 3, with half chosen by comment quality and half via random draw.
Endorphina is running a LinkedIn-only giveaway offering 10 tickets to the EGRB2B Awards 2026 ceremony in London on June 3.
According to the company, participants can enter by tagging the company and/or a person they want “to see in the room” and explaining why.
Endorphina said five tickets will be awarded to the “strongest & most convincing LinkedIn comments,” while the remaining five will be selected via a random draw from all entries.
In its announcement, the supplier added: “Let’s put together the most legendary EGRB2B event table ever and bring together the best service providers in the iGaming industry.”
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affiliate marketing
ReferOn wins Affiliate System of the Year at AffPapa iGaming Awards 2026
The affiliate management platform takes the title in Madrid during the AffPapa Conference, following a SiGMA South America win earlier in 2026.
ReferOn has been named “Affiliate System of the Year” at the AffPapa iGaming Awards 2026 in Madrid, with the award announced during the AffPapa Conference.
The company said the win recognizes ReferOn’s growth and product development in affiliate management, including efforts to simplify multi-brand tracking and campaign reporting.
ReferOn pointed to recent product additions including its “Refie” visual UX layer and an automated crypto finance layer, which it said are designed to reduce manual administration and spreadsheet-driven workflows.
Alex Bukin, CEO at ReferOn, said: “This recognition belongs entirely to our team, whose passion drives our growth every single day. Our mission with ReferOn has always been disruptive: we don’t want to be another tool in the stack; we want to revolutionize how affiliate programs operate by making data transparent, accurate, and incredibly easy to manage. Winning this award confirms that giving teams their time back through better tracking is exactly what the market needs. With strong momentum behind us, our future expansion plans will continue to elevate the industry standard.”
The announcement follows ReferOn’s “Best Affiliate Software 2026” win at the SiGMA South America Awards. The company said its product roadmap for 2026 and beyond is focused on scale and platform updates, alongside expanding its global presence and strategic alliances.
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