Steffani Largard

Articles written by Steffani Largard

How operators should benchmark affiliate ROAS, CPA per FTD and RevShare without mixing partner payouts with true CAC

Two operators report 4x ROAS on affiliate traffic in the same week. One counts gross gaming revenue against last month’s invoice. The other uses 90-day net gaming revenue on a qualified-FTD cohort, net of clawbacks. Same label, different math. Without five definitions locked first, any headline benchmark is noise. Blask does not publish affiliate CPA […]

How to calculate true CAC in iGaming: build the numerator, track when it loads, diagnose high CAC

On a 1 000-FTD UK casino cohort, the performance dashboard shows £228 per qualified depositor — media plus affiliate CPA in the numerator only. Add welcome promo, payment fees, sponsorship share, and safer-gambling allocation on public UK ratios, and true CAC rises to about £454. LTV:CAC moves from 3.9:1 on headline CPA to 1.9:1 on […]

How to cross-sell between sports betting and casino: player value, timing and what the data shows

A sports-only player is often worth $400–$600 a year, but a cross-sold sports+casino player delivers $1,800–$2,500 — a 3–4x gap that defines cross-sell sports betting casino iGaming. When operators convert 20–25% of the sports base, that uplift is the highest-ROI revenue lever available without raising CAC. Most operators still leave the money on the table […]

How to calculate player LTV in iGaming: formula, benchmarks and what operators get wrong

Operators still treat player lifetime value as one average for the whole base. That average collapses under real account data. Forrest and McHale’s 2024 study of about 140 000 British gambling accounts found the top 20% of customers generated 89.2% of net revenue, while the bottom half contributed 0.51%. Blend those cohorts and media budgets […]

From FTD to active player: how to improve first deposit conversion in online casino

A first deposit is not an active player. Teams celebrate FTD, then watch the same accounts go quiet. OptiKPI’s casino benchmarks put typical registration-to-FTD in tier-1 markets at 15–35% (top quartile 35%+). This article shows how to improve first deposit conversion in online casino: what keeps a first-time depositor from becoming an active player, how […]

How to reduce CAC in sports betting: 6 tactics operators actually use in 2026

Customer acquisition cost in sports betting has reached $250–$750 per player and is still climbing. Prediction markets are bidding up the same sports keywords and media inventory that traditional sportsbooks rely on, while operators opening new regulated states and provinces face the same auction pressure from day one.  Cutting spend alone does not fix the […]

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