Taken from the last time I posted it (http://casinoaffiliateprograms.com/bb/cap-awards.31214.html?&highlight=cap+awards)
This years nominations
As Dom mentioned we have had nominations open from April – Sept for anyone to nominate affiliates and programs who they think should deserve an award – This is the same as last year and was sent out to thousands of individuals through, email, newsletters, direct mail, magazines and much more so with regards to people who you feel should be on there either you didn’t nominate them or they wern’t nominated enough but unfortunately it will have to be next yearThe Process
As per the website under “About CAP Awards” the voting isn’t just votes it is also influenced by a panel of some key affiliates, vendors and operators which keeps the final decision balanced and hopefully stops incentivised voting etc. – This is a straight quote from the siteThe CAP Awards are decided by two voting bodies. The affiliate nominations come via members of http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com and http://www.pokeraffiliateprograms.com and share around 75% of the closing result. The independent judiciary panel is made up of 10 respected operators, affiliates and vendors. These individuals add vital industry insight and expertise as well as ensuring that the nominations are well-placed and the awards operate a clean and non-biased system.
I do want to finish with one thing – We will all never agree 100% because as I say we all approach the awards in different ways BUT when I started these last year my one promise to myself was that I would make sure who ever wins through the vote definitely wins no matter what I or others think – I am 100% honest with these and disagree sometimes with what people thing but the fact is that is what the majority thinks so they are The Winner and we really can’t argue with that!
Also as for who pays teh most wins – Have a look at who won last year and then look at the level of presence those people have in our mags, events, portals, etc and then work out teh balance – I am glad its not who pays the most otherwise on that basis I would be very poor :wink-wink