Last updated: October 16, 2026
These rules apply to the SlotsFan Players’ Choice Awards 2026 (the “Awards”). By registering or voting, you agree to them. The quick version is on the slotsfan.com/awards page; this page has the full details.
1. Who runs the Awards
The Awards are run by SlotsFan (slotsfan.com), operated by Affamatic Media Inc. (“SlotsFan”, “we”, “us”). The Awards are not sponsored, endorsed or run by YouTube, Google, or any casino, game maker or creator.
2. What the Awards are
The Awards are a fan vote that recognizes slot YouTubers, casinos and slot games. Voting is free and no purchase is necessary. Voters do not receive a prize for voting.
3. Who can vote
- You must be 21 or older.
- You must register with your real first and last name and an email address you own and can access, and confirm it by clicking the link in our confirmation email.
- Each person may cast one ballot. Registering more than one email address to vote more than once is not allowed.
4. Key dates
All times are Pacific Time (PT).
- Pre-registration: open now at slotsfan.com/awards and stays open until voting closes.
- Tier snapshot: October 31, 2026.
- Voting opens: Monday, November 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT.
- Voting closes: Monday, November 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM PT. Ballots submitted after this time are not counted.
- Live reveal: Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM PT / 9:00 PM ET on the SlotsFan YouTube channel.
5. How voting works
- Register at slotsfan.com/awards and confirm your email address.
- On November 2 at 12:00 PM PT, we email every confirmed registrant a personal ballot link from awards@slotsfan.com. If you register after voting opens, your ballot is emailed to you right away.
- Your ballot link is tied to your email address. Please don’t share or forward it.
- You may vote once. Pick your favorites and submit; once submitted, your ballot cannot be changed.
- You may skip any category you don’t have a pick for.
- If you unsubscribe from our Awards emails before voting opens, we won’t be able to send you a ballot.
6. Categories
There are 10 categories:
- Favorite YouTuber, by tier (6 categories): 0–10K, 10–25K, 25–50K, 50–100K, 100–500K and 500K+ subscribers. Each eligible channel is placed in one tier based on its YouTube subscriber count on October 31, 2026, as shown publicly on YouTube. Tiers do not change during voting.
- Favorite Slot Influencer: open to any eligible channel, of any size.
- Rookie of the Year: open to eligible channels whose YouTube channel was created in 2026, based on the joined date YouTube shows for the channel.
- Favorite Casino: land-based casino properties only.
- Favorite Slot Game: land-based slot machines only.
7. Nominees and write-in votes
- The YouTuber categories list the slot channels in our database for that category.
- If your pick isn’t listed, choose “Other” and type the exact YouTube channel name. Write-ins that match a listed channel are counted for that channel.
- A vote for a channel that isn’t eligible for that category (for example, a channel outside the tier, or a channel not created in 2026 for Rookie of the Year) may not be counted.
- Favorite Casino and Favorite Slot Game are typed answers. We group different spellings of the same casino or game together before counting. Answers we can’t identify, or that aren’t land-based, may not be counted.
8. Fair play
To keep the vote fair, the following are not allowed:
- Using bots, scripts or automated tools to register or vote.
- Using fake, disposable or other people’s email addresses to get extra ballots.
- Buying, selling or trading votes, or offering money, prizes, giveaways or other rewards in exchange for votes.
- Any other attempt to interfere with or manipulate the results.
Creators are welcome to ask their viewers to register and vote, but may not offer anything in return for votes.
We record the IP address and browser information submitted with each ballot to help detect abuse. We may remove votes, ballots or registrations, or disqualify a voter or nominee, if we believe these rules have been broken.
9. Counting and results
- In each category, the pick with the most valid votes after our review wins.
- If there is a tie for first place, we may name co-winners.
- Winners are announced during the live reveal on November 12, 2026. The top finishers in each category will be posted on slotsfan.com afterwards. We may not publish full vote counts.
- Our decisions on eligibility, counting and results are final.
10. Recognition for winners
Category winners receive a custom SlotsFan trophy. The trophy has no cash value and cannot be exchanged. There are no prizes for voters.
11. Your information
- We use the name and email address you register with to run the Awards, review votes and send you Awards emails: your confirmation, your ballot, voting reminders and results news. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email.
- We only send you other SlotsFan emails (the weekly newsletter, creator news, and exclusive casino offers and promotions) if you choose to get them: by ticking the optional box when you register, or by clicking “Sign me up” after you vote. If you do, we keep a record of when and how you agreed. You can unsubscribe at any time.
- We don’t publish your name, your email address or your individual ballot.
- The IP address and browser information recorded with ballots are used only to detect abuse and are deleted once the results are final.
- For more, see our Privacy Policy.
12. Changes to the Awards
We may change these rules, the dates, or the categories, or pause or cancel the Awards, if we need to (for example, because of technical problems or abuse). Any changes will be posted on this page.
13. Questions
Email us at awards@slotsfan.com.
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