From ICE 2026 to the World Cup: How Promofy Is Building the Engagement Infrastructure Operators Need
Wednesday 29 de April 2026 / 12:00
⏱ 4 min read
(Tbilisi, Georgia).- The World Cup is weeks away. For operators and digital brands, it represents one of the highest-traffic, highest-stakes windows of the year. Promofy, the Georgia-based AI gamification platform that just won Pitch ICE Barcelona 2026, is giving them the tools to make it count - and the conversion engine to ensure those visitors actually become players.
What Promofy Actually Is - AI-Driven Gamification at Its Core
Promofy is a real-time AI gamification platform built for sportsbooks, casinos, and digital brands. It lets operators create and launch interactive campaigns - predictions, quizzes, missions, leaderboards, loyalty programs, and more - in minutes, without developer involvement. Marketing teams own the execution. The platform handles the intelligence.
AI sits at the center of everything Promofy does. The platform's AI Suite acts as the operational brain behind every campaign: generating optimized promotions from simple inputs, building player segments automatically from behavioral data, and delivering real-time performance analysis that tells teams what's working before the moment is gone. The result is a system where engagement becomes smarter with every interaction rather than relying on manual guesswork.
Pitch ICE 2026: Industry Validation
At ICE Barcelona 2026, Promofy won the prestigious Pitch ICE competition - one of the industry's most competitive startup showcases. The win wasn't just a trophy. It was a signal from the market that AI-native gamification is where operator engagement is heading, and that Promofy is leading it.
Built in Georgia, Winning Globally
Founded in Tbilisi, Promofy has grown into a globally recognized platform in a short amount of time. The company has been named Best Startup of 2026, Launch of the Year 2025, and Top 10 Startup from Georgia 2024. These aren't just industry awards - they reflect a product that has consistently delivered measurable results for operators. During Euro 2024, for instance, Promofy helped generate over 50,000 new registrations, with a 43% conversion rate from free-to-play participants to real-money bettors and a 40% uplift in average bet.
The Full Stack: Sports F2P and Casino Gamification
Promofy covers both sides of the operator engagement challenge. On the sports side, the platform enables sportsbook operators to run free-to-play experiences - prediction games, pick'ems, jackpot games, and quizzes - that bring in new users, increase session time, and build a connection with sports audiences without requiring a real-money bet. These formats are proven acquisition and engagement tools, especially around major tournaments.
For casino operators, Promofy adds gamification layers on top of the existing player journey. Daily calendars, adventure maps, missions, tournaments, and reward systems introduce progression and competition that keep players coming back beyond the initial deposit. Together, these two capabilities give operators a single platform that covers the full engagement lifecycle - from first visit to long-term loyalty.
The World Cup Engagement Hub - And Why Timing Is Everything
Promofy has launched a dedicated World Cup Engagement Hub - a solution built to help companies turn the global excitement around the tournament into real business outcomes. While the platform's core serves sportsbooks and casino operators, the Hub extends beyond iGaming. Sports media platforms, consumer brands, fintech companies, and fan-focused digital ecosystems can all use it to activate audiences during the biggest football event in the world.
The Hub enables brands to run real-time campaigns tied to live matches: predictions, quizzes, challenges, leaderboards, and instant rewards, all within a fully branded environment. AI personalizes each user's experience and adapts dynamically as match events unfold. The setup takes minutes, not weeks.
That last point matters more than it might seem. During a global tournament, relevance has a very short shelf life. The brands that win the World Cup engagement race aren't necessarily the ones with the biggest budgets - they're the ones who react fastest. When a team scores, when a player gets sent off, when a match goes to extra time - those are the moments audiences want to interact. Promofy's no-code infrastructure means marketing teams can respond in real time, not after a sprint cycle.
Spark: Turning Anonymous Traffic Into Depositing Players
Alongside the World Cup Hub, Promofy has also launched Spark - a no-code acquisition engine designed to fix one of the most quietly damaging problems in iGaming: traffic that never converts.
Most operators spend heavily to bring visitors to their sites. Most of those visitors leave without registering. Spark sits as a conversion layer on top of any existing frontend - no rebuild, no dev queue - and reads visitor behavior in real time. At the right moment, it fires an interactive mini-game: a spin wheel for someone who just landed, a scratch card for a user hovering on the deposit page, a mystery box for someone about to leave. Each experience ends with a reward and a direct CTA. The funnel runs from the first page impression through to deposit, all in a single session.
Early results are notable: a 60% increase in lead capture, a 25% uplift in deposits, 20% more revenue per user, and a 25% drop in customer acquisition cost. Setup takes under five minutes. Marketing configures it entirely - no developers involved. Spark also connects into Promofy's full Gamification Suite for operators ready to move from acquisition into retention.
Find Out More
Companies looking to activate audiences during the World Cup or strengthen their player acquisition and retention strategy can explore Promofy's solutions and book a demo at promofy.ai.
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