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How 1win Scaled Player Acquisition Across Korea, Japan, and LatAm with Blockchain-Ads

1win
9,044
New Players
9.5M+
Impressions
$202
CPA per FTD
0.61%
Blended CTR
Campaign Type
Display and Native
industry
Crypto Casino
Duration
3 months
Total Ad Spend
$55,990
Key Markets
South Korea, Japan, Latin America
Primary KPI
Cost per First-Time Deposit (CPA)
Objective

First-Time Deposits (FTDs)

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About
1win

1win is a licensed crypto casino and sportsbook serving players across Asia and Latin America. The platform accepts cryptocurrency deposits and offers more than 10,000 games alongside sports betting markets. Its player base skews toward crypto-native users seeking licensed, high-bonus gaming experiences. 1win operates at scale, with over 100 million registered users globally across its affiliate and direct acquisition channels.

  • Target Audience: Crypto-active adults in regulated and emerging iGaming markets
  • Growth Stage: Hyper-growth

A note on attribution: 1win's paid acquisition runs through a network of specialist affiliate partners, with multiple 1win-aligned affiliates operating independent campaigns on Blockchain-Ads, each with its own creative, audience, and geo focus. This case study documents one of those affiliate-managed campaigns, presented as representative of the results Blockchain-Ads enables for 1win-aligned advertisers. Results across affiliate partners vary based on segment focus and creative discipline.

The Challenge

1win needed to acquire first-time depositors across three distinct markets through a single coordinated campaign structure that could move users from awareness to deposit. Four obstacles defined what that required: 

  • Market-specific creative requirements: Each geo required localised language, offer framing, and visual identity to convert.
  • Funnel depth: Moving users from first exposure to deposit required three sequential campaign layers, not a single-stage push.
  • Audience qualification: Reaching crypto-active users with verified deposit intent demanded inventory beyond general display networks.
  • Simultaneous multi-geo execution: Running independent campaigns across three markets in parallel required consistent optimisation without cross-geo budget bleed.

Why Blockchain-Ads

Standard display networks could not deliver the crypto-native audience 1win needed. General programmatic inventory reaches broad demographics, but the campaign required users already active with cryptocurrency, familiar with wallet deposits, and open to licensed iGaming. Blockchain-Ads offered the only network with verified on-chain audience segments and iGaming publisher access at scale across Korea, Japan, and LatAm simultaneously. Four capabilities made that possible:

  • Crypto-verified inventory: Campaigns reached users identified by on-chain wallet activity, not interest-based proxies.
  • iGaming publisher network: The platform provided access to crypto and iGaming sites across all three target markets.
  • Funnel-stage campaign architecture: Awareness, registration, and FTD objectives ran as distinct campaign layers with independent targeting and creative.
  • Multi-geo execution from one platform: Korea, Japan, and LatAm campaigns ran in parallel without requiring separate DSP relationships per market.

Campaign Results

  • New players: 9,044 acquired across all markets.
  • FTDs: 277 first-time depositors at a blended CPA of $202.
  • Impressions: 9.5M+ delivered across South Korea, Japan, and Latin America.
  • Blended CTR: 0.61% across all formats and geos.
  • Blended CPC: $0.94 across all active campaigns.

Campaign Strategy

Phase 1: Learning

The campaign opened with awareness across all three markets simultaneously. Display ran across crypto and iGaming inventory in Korea, Japan, and LatAm. Korea received a bonus-led creative featuring a +500% registration offer. Japan used a localised variant with a lucky cat visual and a 10,000+ games angle. LatAm tested a clean brand introduction format alongside a native placement. This phase established baseline reach and identified which geos and placements returned the strongest click engagement.

Phase 2: Consideration

Registration-focused campaigns replaced the awareness layer across all markets. Korea shifted to a bonus bundle creative featuring 800,000 KRW plus 70 free spins to sharpen the registration incentive. A VIP traffic segment was introduced to qualify high-value users separately. User acquisition campaigns targeted crypto-active segments with higher deposit probability. This phase delivered 9,044 new player registrations and surfaced Korea and Japan as the highest-intent cohorts for the FTD push.

Phase 3: Acquisition and Retargeting

FTD-optimised campaigns launched across Korea, Japan, and UAE with spend concentrated on the 10,000–100,000 KRW deposit-value segment. Korea ran two parallel FTD campaigns scaled from Phase 2 learning. The top-performing campaign used social proof creatives, 100 million users, a $1,500,000 recent jackpot, and 816 VIP high rollers, alongside a crypto bonus framing. LatAm shifted to a celebrity endorsement angle using Canelo Álvarez and a triple bonus offer, followed by a USDT urgency creative. This phase delivered 277 FTDs at a blended CPA of $202.

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