• BGaming has completed its first online conference – TRUE WAYS – celebrating it as an expectation-beating success
• The event elicited honest opinions from industry stakeholders and focused on real-world case studies
• TRUE WAYS will most likely be returning for another edition with more details forthcoming

BGaming has celebrated the success of the recently concluded TRUE WAYS online conference, a digital iGaming meet-up which beat expectations and far exceeded the initial milestones set by the company. The event, which took place on June 4, 2025, between 3:00 and 6:00 PM CET, received over 1,500 registrations, with more than 400 external participants, 47% of whom were industry executives.

Building a new format for iGaming conferences

Live attendance for the online stream varied, but peaked between 150 and 200 viewers, the company said in a press statement, with BGaming happy with these preliminary results. TRUE WAYS is effectively BGaming’s first attempt to host such an event, and it has been hailed as a success.

From the start, the company wanted to create a digital format that offers real added value and focuses on case studies and honest conversations, inviting a diverse audience and crop of specialists to step up and impart their knowledge.

BGaming wanted to build a format in which industry collaboration is encouraged and honest opinions about the industry, both good and bad, can be heard. There were numerous interesting conversations going on in the three-hour online event, with BGaming CEO Marina Ostrovtsova celebrating TRUE WAYS as a success for the company.

"The event exceeded all expectations, and the feedback we have received has been extremely positive. As a company, we see great potential in further developing this initiative and collaborating with more voices from across the industry," Ostrovtsova said.

The event brought together prominent industry voices who discussed what is next for the iGaming frontier. Dmitry Belianin of the Belianin Group said that Africa was the next big market where companies ought to be focusing efforts to "go local to grow."

What is next for the TRUE WAYS format

In the meantime, Ataur Rosul Abeer of Slotegrator called into focus the importance of India, Bangladesh, and Vietnam, with BGaming’s CMO, Kate Puteiko, discussing the importance of systems for visibility and designing real-world use cases in order to stand out and accelerate one’s business.

The event saw more valuable contributors, including Ivan Bilash from SOFTSWISS, among many others.

"iGaming is in such an exciting place right now, and having a platform where industry experts can come and share their experience is going to benefit everyone. TRUE WAYS provides exactly that, and we are excited to see where this initiative will take us next," Ostrovtsova wrapped up.

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