Power players, game changers: SiGMA Asia 2025 honours industry excellence

Katy Micallef
Written by Katy Micallef

In a dazzling night of recognition and philanthropy, the SiGMA Awards Asia 2025 lit up the Forbes Ballroom of the Conrad Hotel in Manila, honouring the regions most outstanding contributors to the global gaming industry. With 32 diverse categories spanning the full spectrum of gaming excellence, this prestigious event gathered leading figures, innovators, and changemakers from across Asia and beyond ahead of the SiGMA Asia conference and expo, which opens tomorrow.

A highlight included a special performance by the Jose Depiro Katabaan Orchestra – a youth orchestra from the Jose Depiro Formation Centre. The Centre is home to a multi sensory music hall, a project backed by the SiGMA Foundation and inaugurated in 2024.

The Jose Depiro Katabaan Orchestra performing during the SiGMA Asia Awards 2025.

A standout moment saw the presentation of the Outstanding Contribution to Gaming 2025 award, bestowed upon the (PAGCOR), whose thoughtful direction has significantly contributed to the future of gaming in the region. Meanwhile Spribe was awarded a well-deserved accolade for outstanding leadership. Recently featured in our Asia edition, you can catch their full story in SiGMA Magazine. Capping off the evening was a heartfelt charity auction in support of the SiGMA Foundation, reflecting the industry’s growing commitment to social impact alongside success.

Hosted by Olga Yaroshevsky and Max Tiu, the SiGMA Asia Awards were generously supported by BETCONSTRUCT, a leading technology and service provider for both online and land-based gaming sectors.

And the winners for the SiGMA Asia Awards 2025 are:

BEST AGGREGATOR 2025: Zenith

BEST E-SPORT PROVIDER 2025: BETBY

BEST SPORTSBOOK PROVIDER 2025: BETER

BEST VIRTUAL SPORTS PROVIDER 2025: Golden Race

BEST PLATFORM 2025: GamingSoft

BEST INNOVATIVE SPORTSBOOK FEATURE 2025: BetConstruct

BEST CRASH GAME PORTFOLIO 2025: InOut Games

BEST LIVE CASINO PROVIDER 2025: CreedRoomz

BEST SLOT GAME PROVIDER 2025: JILI

BEST MULTI-CHANNEL PROVIDER 2025: Pronet Gaming

BEST SLOT GAMES NEWCOMER 2025: Jumbo

BEST NEWCOMER IN LIVE CASINO 2025: Imagine Live

BEST UI/UX PLATFORM PROVIDER 2025: K36

BEST EMERGING PLATFORM PROVIDER 2025: K36

INDUSTRY RISING STAR 2025: DST Gaming

BEST MARKETING SOLUTION PROVIDER 2025: Laaffic

BEST CASINO FEATURE 2025: 바카라time

BEST CASINO OPERATOR 2025: BingoPlus

BEST SPORTSBOOK 2025: ArenaPlus

BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN 2025: Valentines Drop by WAZDAN

BEST AFFILIATE PROGRAM 2025: StayPartners

BEST GAME STUDIO 2025: Amusnet

BEST PAYMENT SOLUTION 2025: UU Wallet

BEST INTERACTIVE SPORTSBOOK EXPERIENCE 2025: SOFTSWISS

BREAKTHROUGH SPORTSBOOK OPERATOR 2025: Parimatch

BEST KYC SOLUTION 2025: SumSub

BEST LIQUIDITY PROVIDER 2025: Match Liquidity

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP 2025: SPRIBE

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO GAMING 2025: PAGCOR

LAND-BASED LEADERSHIP 2025: Hann Resorts

BEST LAND-BASED GAME FEATURE 2025: Zhao Cai Shuang Yu (EGT)

OUTSTANDING E-SPORTS OPERATOR 2025 – Parimatch