Soft2Bet is delighted to announce that its flagship brand, Betinia, has received the “Innovation in Casino” award at the EGR Marketing & Innovation Awards 2025, recognising the brand’s outstanding use of gamification to elevate user engagement within online casino entertainment.
The award highlights how Soft2Bet’s brand Betinia, has successfully integrated its proprietary gamification engine, MEGA (Motivational Engineering Gaming Application), positioning it as a transformative force redefining the casino experience. In saturated and highly competitive markets, Betinia stands out by embedding MEGA as a core strategic framework, enhancing player motivation through personalised experience, progression-based mechanics, and engaging, content-rich interactions.
In 2024, Betinia achieved a high performance results and became the #1 app in local app stores, highlighting the effectiveness of Soft2Bet’s localisation, customization, and retention approaches. Moving beyond conventional bonuses, MEGA creates a player journey focused on achievement, narrative progression, and sustained engagement, leading to a 176% increase in player retention. By introducing virtual stadium-building, and collectable rewards, Betinia transformed gameplay into an engaging and continuously evolving digital adventure.
With more than 75% of users engaging through native apps, Betinia has showcased MEGA’s effectiveness in enhancing mobile retention while maintaining compliance in highly regulated markets, including Sweden and Denmark. The engine’s platform-agnostic architecture has further enabled smooth deployment across multiple jurisdictions, reinforcing Betinia’s reputation as one of the select few brands successfully delivering large-scale gamification in a compliant and sustainable way.
“We know how to create performing brands, and this win acts as a proof of concept for our B2B activities, as the whole industry acknowledges the full spectrum of our innovations in casino. All our brands demonstrate Soft2Bet’s commitment to excellence in customer experience, innovative design, and robust regulatory compliance,” stated Oksana Tsyhankova, Chief Marketing Officer at Soft2Bet.
Soft2Bet and its brands were shortlisted for 12 nominations, with Betinia securing five of these. By transforming traditional approaches to customer experience through the introduction of gamification, localisation, and customisation across all services, Soft2Bet is creating new standards for the industry to follow.
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