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Anzu Appoints Former Activision Blizzard Executive Ruben Dehouck as a New Strategic Advisor

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The world’s leading in-game advertising platform Anzu.io today announced the appointment of Ruben Dehouck as a Strategic Advisor. Ruben has a long and successful track record in the video game industry, having spent more than ten years at Activision Blizzard in various globally operating roles. During his tenure there, Ruben led marketing operations for the industry-leading Call of Duty franchise, was in charge of commercial operations for the breakthrough kids video game franchise Skylanders, and owned strategic partnerships with key industry partners, including PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo.

Dehouck joins an impressive group of strategic advisors for Anzu, including David Sable, Takuya Banno, and Jamie Gutfreund. The vast experience that Dehouck brings will contribute to Anzu’s overall gaming strategy and strengthen the company’s position specifically within the AAA gaming segment. Asked about his perspective on the exciting future Anzu is creating, Dehouck said, “In-game advertising offers developers and publishers a compelling new revenue stream, but only if it’s done right. Anzu’s cutting-edge tech solution ensures non-intrusive, blended real-world advertising in video game ecosystems. It’s a solution that understands and respects gamers’ expectations. I’m excited to help drive in-game advertising to new heights and leverage the enormous appetite of leading global advertisers to build meaningful relationships with the ever-growing, 3 billion plus global video game audience.”

Anzu has already launched campaigns with global brands, including Vodafone and Samsung and game companies such as Ubisoft. And the in-game advertising company continues to focus on its commitment to bringing innovative changes to the ecosystem. Its partnership with CHEQ provides the first-ever ad verification solution for console gaming, while its partnership with Kantar’s project Moonshot enables brands to measure advertising campaign effectiveness accurately. Additionally, advertisers and game developers can feel confident when working with Anzu as it is the first company of its kind to earn an ISO 27001 Certification.

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Anzu, the winner of this year’s ESI Clutch Digital competition, has also attracted the attention of those in the esports arena. A few months ago, Anzu signed a partnership deal with Berlin-based esports venue developer VERITAS. More recently, the company expanded its exclusive partnership with Axis Games to bring the first-ever programmatic in-game ads to a live esports tournament.

As the company continues to carve out its path, Dehouck will be a key advisor. Anzu Co-founder and CEO Itamar Benedy said, “We are thrilled to have Ruben on board. He brings a wealth of experience, and his knowledge, which sits at the intersection of gaming, advertising, and strategic partnership development, will be invaluable to us as we move forward.”

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Champions League Drama & EPL Showdown — WinSpirit Launches Betting Series with 2,500 USD in Freebets

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March brings some of the most anticipated football clashes across Europe, including Champions League knockout battles, Premier League showdowns, and UEFA Nations League fixtures. To mark the occasion, WinSpirit has introduced a dedicated Weekly Tournament Series, giving bettors the opportunity to compete across four weeks and claim a share of the Freebet prize pool.

4 Weeks. 4 Tournaments. 2,500 USD in Freebets.

As the football calendar intensifies with Liverpool vs. PSG, Arsenal vs. Chelsea, and Germany vs. Italy, WinSpirit introduces a new Weekly Tournament Series designed to bring even more excitement to sports betting. Across four weeks, participants can compete in a points-based system, with the top 10 players in each tournament earning Freebets.

Tournament Schedule & Prize Pool

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  • March 7–11 – 500 USD in Freebets
  • March 14–18 – 500 USD in Freebets
  • March 21–25 – 500 USD in Freebets
  • March 28–April 1 – Grand Finale: 1,000 USD in Freebets

How to Join the Action

  • Place bets with min odds of 1.50
  • Earn 1 point for every qualifying bet (1 EUR = 1 point)
  • Climb the leaderboard and finish in the top 10 to win

The Weekly Tournament Series will be available on the WinSpirit platform according to the schedule. Stay tuned for more upcoming tournaments on the WinSpirit website.

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How to Drive Traffic Without Caps and Earn Without Limits? Betmen Affiliates x Marsa Team

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If you – as an affiliate marketer – can generate quality traffic, then you can easily secure offers with competitive CPA rates. However, these often come with limited daily caps – a well-known pain point in the market. Advertisers are afraid of running into high costs, are reluctant to share other GEOs with advertising networks, or simply don’t trust you.
The problem of limited caps becomes even more apparent when resources allow affiliates to drive traffic in large volumes, and due to constant caps, partners have to gather dozens of offers at once in order to earn.
In this article, Betmen Affiliates and Marsa Team explain how to go about building relationships in the iGaming market. We discuss how the two companies worked using a spend-based traffic payment model with no volume limitation, and why such conditions are a real growth opportunity for affiliate marketers.

How Teams Typically Take on Offers and What Problems They Face
When an Affiliate Sales Manager agrees on an offer’s terms, rates and an offer’s technical aspects, the next step for partners is the test run. This usually involves 25-50 FTDs (first-time deposits). After the traffic is delivered, the advertiser checks the profitability over 1-2 weeks, analyzing player behavior, the percentage of bonuses that were used, and other metrics.
If the traffic quality is deemed suitable, the affiliate is given a small daily cap. The CPA rate, however, remains unchanged or increases slightly, resulting in little profit to the affiliate marketer in this collaboration.

We can see two issues with this partnership model:

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1. Limited scaling opportunities. Very often, the advertiser is not willing to provide a significant increase in the cap — for example, offering 70 daily FTDs instead of 50. Volumes such as these are insufficient for a large team of affiliate marketers. This means new offers must constantly be found leaving the affiliate team to, each time, have to adapt to a new product and new conditions. Circumstances such as these make it hard to predict profits.

2. Even a converting offer might not be profitable. Let’s say an affiliate team has a good deal whereby they provide high-quality traffic and bring in a positive – though not high – ROI of 30%. With a volume of 50 daily FTDs, income is indeed insignificant. With a CPA of $100, in a month, an affiliate team could earn:

This offer results in a profit of around $1,000 per day. Working with the advertiser under these conditions is pointless if the offer can’t be scaled. However, if volumes were increased tenfold with profits of $349,000, the situation would certainly be more appealing, right?

The Uncapped Model Used by Marsa Team and Betmen Affiliates
To transition to an uncapped model, partners had to achieve a certain level of traffic quality without increasing the cost of acquiring deposits to critical levels. Team leads from both sides communicated regularly to solve problems together: they worked on targeting by excluding smaller cities, adapted age groups, and adjusted creative approaches. The Marsa Team was open to suggestions, and the quality of traffic started to improve.

Quality traffic always leads to higher lead costs, so Betmen Affiliates suggested that the Marsa team switch to a spend-based payment model and drive traffic at any volume – a proposal which was much more interesting and profitable than working on a CPA basis.

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The spend-based model works like this: after selecting the GEO and setting the deposit price, partners receive a fixed percentage of the amount their advertising expenses for meeting their target. The quality of the traffic is evaluated as a percentage based on the 14-day Deposit OAS: for example, if you agreed on terms of 25% on the amount spent with a 70% 14-day Deposit OAS, you would earn $2,500 for every $10,000 spent on advertising.

The main difference with the spend-based model is that the same lead may cost $100 under a CPA model and twice as much when working on a spend-model. This means that the team sets its own cost per lead. The only condition is higher traffic quality: the advertiser will expect that these types of players will show better results than those acquired through CPA.

 

How to Get an Uncapped Offer and Other Traffic Conditions
We have two main recommendations:

  1. Build a relationship of trust with the advertiser. Approach requests to improve traffic quality not as a signal to terminate the offer but as an opportunity for long-term cooperation. The advertiser can always help with recommendations and advice — optimize campaigns together, and the partner will notice that you’re interested in mutual success.
  2. Test multiple approaches and analyze all available metrics. If you want to drive traffic using the spend-based model with no caps, you’ll need to find an approach that gives you the most cost-effective FTD acquisition price and provides the advertiser with the required quality.

It may take months before you and your partner come to a mutual understanding, but the numbers speak for themselves as it is well worth it!

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Where to Get an Uncapped Offer?
At Betmen Affiliates, we aim for long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation. All you need to do is bring in quality traffic, and in return, we’ll purchase all your traffic volume. Register on the Betmen Affiliates website to kickstart a productive, successful collaboration.

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Salsa Technology ready to engage with industry leaders at SAGSE Latam

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Salsa Technology is attending SAGSE Latam 2025, one of the most important gaming events in Latin America, taking place on March 19-20 at the Hilton Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Representing Salsa Technology at the event, CTO Diego Mourglia will connect with current and potential clients, providers, and key industry partners. He will also be available to discuss Formula-Bet, Salsa’s robust technology ecosystem, which includes Salsa Omni, a fully certified PAM that integrates seamlessly with Salsa Gator, an extensive proprietary gaming aggregator, as well as with top sportsbook providers and payment solutions.

“SAGSE Latam is a key event for the region, and I’m excited to once again meet with industry leaders in Buenos Aires,” said Diego Mourglia, CTO of Salsa Technology. “Salsa was born in Latin America and has an unmatched understanding of the market dynamics in Brazil, Argentina, and other markets across the region. Our technology is designed for the realities of the local industry, and our team is strategically located to provide expert support in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as in English, aligned with the region’s time zones and business needs.”

With a strong focus on Latin America, Salsa Technology continues to support operators looking to expand in regulated markets with fast, reliable, and compliant solutions tailored to the region’s needs.

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