Many Smiling About Georgia After Inaugural iGaming Event

The first Georgia iGaming Affiliate Conference was launched, to the fascination of the iGaming and affiliate industry.

Smile in Tbilisi

Smile-Expo put on the event in Tbilisi October 18th, dedicating the first Georgia iGaming Affiliate Conference to the specific nature of online and offline gambling business operations, Georgian gambling market prospects, and casino promotion using affiliate marketing.

Attendees

On-hand for networking and presentations were a full host of casino managers; affiliate network representatives; government officials; webmasters; arbitrage experts; SEO specialists; and gambling regulation and taxation professionals.

Niche Marketing

Key presentations included Digital Choo SEO Head Sviatoslav Slaboshpitskiy speaking on: The Art of War in SEO: How to Win the iGaming Niche. Svi emphasized the need to develop niche websites to while continuing to analyze response, and the rules for SEO building.

The Influencer Effect

Another great presentation was Zlodei Advertising Agency CEO Dmitriy Makarov and Zlodei CMO Gleb Sanzharevsky's collaborative presentation on ad placement on YouTube and Twitch, showing how promotion via influencers stands to increase conversion better than direct advertising, with user stories and popular memes providing the most advantage.

Snippet Placement

Then Serpact CEO Nikola Minkov went on to examine the application of Featured Snippets, saying that Google provides users with snippets in 40% of search queries. He identified advantages of snippets as organic traffic and enhanced click-through rate.

Regulation Report

Georgia Finance Ministry CFO Ketevan Bitskinashvili then intrigued audiences with special features of the Georgian gambling market regulation, and identified variables in licensing fees such as venue, target region, and number of installed gambling machines.

The Market

As far as the landscape, Ms. Ketevan explained how Georgia had already issued 214 gambling licenses, with 20 casinos currently operation in the jurisdiction, with 10 of them located in greater Batumi and suburbs; 6 in Tbilisi; and one each in Gudauri, Tskhaltubo, Kazbegi, and Sighnaghi.

Ad and Customer Acquisition

The highlights continued with Adjarbet's Giorgi Gvenetadze discussing online casino customer acquisition, disclosing insights such as the core feature of ad banners in Casino is the availability of luxury car images.

In Review..

The preceding snippet of the proceedings should serve as a strong indication of the dynamic content Smile-Expo packed into a one day extravaganza to launch Georgia iGaming.