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Slotsoo Awards 2025: Celebrating Excellence Across Casinos and Game Providers
Summer is here and it is time for Slotsoo’s signature celebration of the iGaming industry. The Slotsoo Casino Awards return for its third edition, continuing the tradition of highlighting operators who excel in delivering a top-tier player experience. This year also marks an exciting expansion with the inaugural Slotsoo Game Provider Awards, giving long-overdue recognition to the creators of great slots.
The New Game Provider Awards and the Winners
Game providers are sometimes overshadowed by casinos, but in reality, both are equally important to the online casino experience. That’s why Slotsoo is proud to shine a spotlight on the studios behind the reels. The winners of Slotsoo’s first provider-focused awards were announced on 24 July 2025, and the honors went to:
- The Machine MVP – Pragmatic Play
- Bonus Buyer – Bullshark Games
- Volatility Virtuoso – Wazdan
- Jackpot Jumbo – Mancala Gaming
- Symphony Spinner – Gamzix
- Reel Renegade – Nolimit City
- Promising Prodigy – Slammer Studios
Please visit the Slotsoo Game Provider Awards page for detailed descriptions of each trophy and the motivations behind the winners.
The Anatomy of Slotsoo’s Trophies: Where Fun Meets Serious Recognition
At Slotsoo, each trophy is whimsical by design but grounded in real player values, making the Slotsoo Awards both entertaining and insightful. Every category has a clear purpose, recognizing what truly matters in iGaming today.
At the core of each awards lineup is a main trophy: The Gambling GOAT honors the top-performing casino operator, while The Machine MVP celebrates the best overall game provider. Surrounding these main awards are a collection of supporting trophies, spotlighting specific areas of excellence, from fast withdrawals and fun bonuses to volatility and winning potential.
These award categories offer a chance for actors who crush it in a certain area to be recognized, even if they don’t dominate across the board. Just like other iGaming awards, Slotsoo includes a category for newcomers, encouraging fresh talent and pushing established names to keep innovating.
The timing of the awards is also a deliberate choice. Markus Björk, head writer at Slotsoo, explains the team’s reasoning:
“After a hectic Winter and Spring packed with iGaming events, June and July offer a rare chance for the industry to slow down and reflect on the year so far. Let’s enjoy the cucumber season and appreciate what’s been achieved. This is when you can harvest the rewards of your hard work before autumn arrives with new challenges and opportunities.”
The Winning Casino Operators 2025
The Slotsoo Casino Awards 2025 took place in June, and these were the seven winners:
- The Gambling GOAT – Betizy
- The Bonus Buff – Sugarino
- The Loyalty Lord – Wisho
- The Withdrawal Wizard – Vauhdikas
- The Gamification Guru – Arctic Casino
- The Payout Professor – Wolfy Casino
- The Noisy Newcomer – Lunar Spins
This was the third time Slotsoo held the casino awards for its English-language site targeting the EU market in general. During the same period, the dedicated awards for the Finnish market, Slotsoo Kasinogaala 2025, celebrated its second year. These awards consist of seven trophies equivalent to the English ones, plus an eighth trophy dedicated to the casino operator with the best slot streaming offering.
The Nordic country is undergoing big changes, with a new gambling legislation and a licensing system planned to be introduced by 1 January 2027. The future will tell how this will affect the structure and categories of the awards.
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Betsson Group has received a series of prestigious awards at the SBC Summit in Lisbon.
On 17 September, Betsson Group Affiliates was recognised at the Affiliate Leaders Awards 2025, securing the Silver Award for Affiliate Programme of the Year. This achievement reflects the dedication of Betsson’s affiliate team in delivering innovative, transparent, and value-driven partnerships across diverse markets.
The following evening, at the SBC Awards 2025, Betsson Group won Gold for Casino Operator of the Year and Silver for Operator of the Year. These awards recognise Betsson’s continued growth, its focus on customer experience and ability to combine innovation with responsibility in highly competitive markets.
Winning across both award ceremonies during the industry’s flagship week demonstrates Betsson Group’s strong position as a leading operator, consistently delivering sustainable value across its B2C brands and affiliate network.
Beyond the awards, Betsson Group contributed actively to the Summit programme, with senior leaders taking part in keynote panels, regulatory discussions, and market insights across Brazil, Italy and beyond. Its General Counsel, Corinne Valletta, and CEO, Jesper Svensson, alongside other senior Betssonites, shared their expertise with the industry, while Betsson Group Affiliates welcomed partners and guests at their vibrant stand.
With more than 30,000 delegates gathered in Lisbon, SBC Summit 2025 once again set the stage for networking, business development and recognition. Betsson Group has also supported the Legends Charity Game, which raised over €1,000,000 for good causes, through a contribution of €20,000.
These awards over the past days bring the Group’s wins for 2025 to 35, with more than three months still to go. It is remarkable to see so many different functions across Betsson Group being recognised for their hard work, innovation and industry excellence.
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Betsson Group continues to set the benchmark in the iGaming industry, securing an impressive fourteen nominations at the prestigious EGR Operator Awards 2025. Wildly recognised as one of the industry’s most respected ceremonies, these awards celebrate innovation, excellence and leadership. Among this year’s nominations is a well-deserved recognition for Ryan Schembri, Betsson Group’s Chief Product Officer, in the Individual Achievement Award category.
The EGR Operator Awards are judged by an independent panel of industry experts through a thorough process that ensures only the most innovative companies and outstanding individuals are recognised. Each category is carefully designed with its own criteria to reflect the fast-moving nature of the gaming industry and to highlight those truly delivering market-leading products and services.
The categories Betsson Group has been shortlisted for include:
• Casino Operator
• Employer of the Year
• Individual Achievement Award – Ryan Schembri, CPO at Betsson Group
• Operator of the Year
• Sports Betting Operator
• Best Customer Service
• Diversity and Inclusion Model
• ESG Strategy of the Year
• Affiliate Programme – Betsson Group Affiliates
• Football Betting Operator
• In-House Product
• Marketing Campaign
• Safer Gambling Operator
• Slots Operator
Over the years, Betsson Group has received numerous accolades at the EGR Operator Awards, including an outstanding eight-time win for Customer Services Operator of the Year. This track record reflects the company’s vision of deliver the very best customer experience in the industry.
The winners of the EGR Operator Awards 2025 will be announced at a ceremony in London on 22 October.
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Soft2Bet has won the Innovation in Casino Entertainment award at the SBC Awards 2025 for its MEGA (Motivational Engineering Gaming Application) solution, recognising the product’s impact on player experience.
Soft2Bet is continuously reshaping the industry through its cutting-edge technologies, bridging the gap between casino and casual gaming. Rather than relying on bonus-heavy acquisition, Soft2Bet unites rigorous compliance and AML policies with fast-moving product innovation and a start-up spirit, bringing leadership and talent together behind MEGA to deliver compliant growth and stronger retention.
iGaming Powered by Entertainment
In 2024, Soft2Bet was recognised for innovation across its platform, including its casino and sportsbook products. This year, Soft2Bet has demonstrated that gamification is entertainment, offering players meaningful progression, real choice and localised experiences. In challenging European markets, Soft2Bet’s brands act as a proof of concept with their successes, demonstrating higher retention, stronger engagement, and sustainable performance, achieved responsibly and without having to rely on excessive bonus offers.
One gamified system for market growth
Gamification in iGaming has evolved from a simple marketing add-on to a core design philosophy that shapes the entire player journey. The Innovation in Casino Entertainment Award recognises this industry-wide shift and sets a clearer standard for the sector. Soft2Bet’s MEGA gamification engine transforms this concept into a unified engagement layer across the casino, fully configurable by market and grounded in missions, seasonal events, and transparent rewards. The result is not only better entertainment and stronger loyalty among players, but also a sustainable model that aligns with local licensing requirements and supports long-term growth.
Rasmus Sojmark, CEO and Founder of SBC, commented: “Soft2Bet is a shining example of innovation in action, so massive congratulations on winning the Innovation in Casino Entertainment award. Their MEGA product is a true benchmark for innovation, and their role in leading the Gamification Academy, which we introduced this year at SBC Summit, shows that they are not only innovators but also knowledge leaders who willingly share their expertise with the entire industry. Their work continues to raise the standard for what entertainment can and should be, so big kudos to the team.”
Oksana Tsyhankova, CCO at Soft2Bet, said: “Soft2Bet team accepts the challenge of delivering the best customer experience and bringing new entertainment to the iGaming industry. We are proving it by aligning leaders and talent across product, compliance and B2B, and by applying strong design, localisation and brand-building expertise”.
Beyond its award-winning product innovations, Soft2Bet also supported the Legends Charity Game, helped to facilitate the Gamification Academy that managed to gather the full audience hall of operators, and judged the inaugural First Pitch competition to bring a fresh layer of interactivity to the event and create something greater, contributing to the industry.
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