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Stake casino shelf: linked supply takes up to 49%

Stake Originals and Engine studios occupy close to half of Stake’s tracked Home shelf in Canada and India. Mexico carries fewer linked titles, but Stake still gives them eight of its first ten tracked positions. Stake now sources exclusive games through three systems: its Originals catalogue, independent publishers using Stake Engine, and SlotGPT, where players […]

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 […]

High-scoring matches made the World Cup player-friendly

Blask analysis shows FIFA World Cup 2026 was not profitable for bookmakers, especially in the early stages. A recently published Blask special World Cup report describes how the 2026 World Cup affected iGaming demand across different countries and various stages of the tournament. It also suggests that the extended format made the World Cup unprofitable […]

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 […]

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