BELIZE CITY & MALAYSIA —— DSTGAMING has been shortlisted in 4 categories at the European iGaming Excellence (EiGE) Awards 2026, run by HIPTHER: Innovator of the Year, iGaming Leader of the Year, Innovation in iGaming Technology, and Best iGaming Product. Sister studio DSTPLAY is shortlisted for Rising Star in iGaming and Best Game Developer.
The EiGE Awards recognise work across the European gaming and technology sector, with shortlisted entries decided by public vote. Voting for the 2026 edition closed on 31 August. Results follow.
It is the second consecutive year both brands have reached the shortlist. DSTGAMING appeared in the 2025 shortlist for Innovation in iGaming Technology, Best iGaming Product and Best iGaming Supplier. DSTPLAY, which launched at SiGMA Asia in June 2025, made the 2025 shortlist for Best Game Developer and Company Launch of the Year.
The technology categories point at work now aimed squarely at emerging markets. DSTGAMING is expanding into Latin America and Africa on a theorem it calls hyper-localization: translating an interface is not the same as building for the market behind it.
Most platforms in this sector were accustomed to the connectivity, devices and banking infrastructure of Tier-1 markets. By month 2 of an emerging-market launch, deposits stall because the payment method players trust is missing, or because the app takes 12 seconds to load on a mid-tier Android.
The build covers 4 areas. PIX and Boleto Bancário in Brazil, and Mobile Money services including M-Pesa, Airtel Money and MTN across East and West Africa, are first-class deposit options rather than fallbacks behind a card processor. The wallet settles in BRL, NGN, ZAR, KES and GHS with real-time FX. Every new market ships with its own compliance module, written for that jurisdiction rather than adapted to it. Lightweight Mode keeps the platform usable on a mid-tier Android on 3G, which is how more than 70% of sessions in these markets actually run.
William Tan, CEO of DSTGAMING said:
Marketing frames do not survive contact with an operator’s retention data. If we do not offer PIX, Brazilian deposit conversion underperforms, and no campaign fixes that. Hyper-localization is what you build if you want the market to be profitable.
DSTGAMING is not opening its own offices in Lagos or São Paulo. It supplies the platform to operators who already know the local player, regulator and payment ecosystem, while the operator keeps the brand and the player relationship.
DSTGAMING was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Belize. The company supplies white-label casino platforms, turnkey iGaming solutions, crypto casino platforms and a game aggregator API to operators worldwide
DSTPLAY is DSTGAMING’s in-house game development studio, launched at SiGMA Asia 2025 in Manila. It builds baccarat, poker, blackjack, slot and multiplayer fishing titles, with graphics, animation and sound produced in house and an RNG engine behind the portfolio.
