Today, Gambling Insider hosted the seventh edition of the Global Gaming Awards EMEA at London’s Hippodrome Casino.
The Global Gaming Awards are regarded as the most prestigious Awards in the gaming industry, due to the strict shortlisting and voting processes put in place.
“Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and a very well done to all those who were shortlisted,” said Mariya Savova, Event Manager of the Global Gaming Awards.
“As I said during the presentation, today was about collectively celebrating the success of all nominated companies.
This year’s Shortlist was very strong and I really wish we could give an award to every company on there, as it will be well-deserved,” she added.
Each company and individual was nominated for a specific reason, all of which you can find in the official Shortlist magazine (click here to read). We ensured that companies were only nominated once per category, meaning that if a company has multiple brands, only one of them could be shortlisted in a particular category.
The Shortlist was decided through extensive research by our team, consultation with independent industry experts and review of hundreds of self-nominations, submitted by companies.
The winners were chosen by 50 industry leaders, all with years of experience in the EMEA region, with KPMG in the Crown Dependencies independently adjudicating the voting process to ensure fairness and transparency. Some of the executives who participated in this year’s Judging Panel include: Sam Sadi, CEO of LiveScore Group; Karolina Pelc, CEO & Founder of BeyondPlay; Yared Gabretensaye, General Manager of Casino Cosmopol; Ebba Arnred, Co- Founder & CMO of Play’n GO.
Gambling Insider and the Global Gaming Awards would like to thank KPMG, all executives who joined the Judging Panel, The Hippodrome Casino for hosting the presentation ceremony, the event’s Lead Partner – BetConstruct and all category sponsors - Interblock Gaming, Digitain, EGT, Galaxsys, Bragg Gaming, SPRIBE, Imagine Live, Soft2Bet, WA.Technology, SOFTSWISS, Atlas-IAC and GR8 Tech.
Below you can find a full breakdown of this year’s Global Gaming Awards EMEA winners and runners-up.
Retail Operator of the Year, sponsored by Atlas-IAC
Winner: Paddy Power
Joint Runners-up: OPAP & ATG
Third: Hollywoodbets
Online Sports Betting Operator of the Year, sponsored by GR8 Tech
Winner: bet365
Runner-up: Betsson
Third: Kaizen Gaming
Sports Betting Supplier of the Year
Winner: Sportradar
Runner-up: Kambi
Third: BetConstruct
Casino of the Year, sponsored by SPRIBE
Winner: The Hippodrome Casino
Runner-up: Le Casino de Monte-Carlo
Third: Holland Casino Amsterdam Center
Casino Supplier of the Year, sponsored by Glaxsys
Winner: Light & Wonder
Runner-up: Aristocrat Gaming
Third: IGT
Online Casino of the Year, sponsored by Bragg Gaming
Winner: LeoVegas
Runner-up: Betsson
Third: Bitcasino
Online Casino Supplier of the Year, sponsored by Digitain
Winner: Pragmatic Play
Runner-up: Evolution
Third: Relax Gaming
Online Slot of the Year
Winner: Money Train 4 by Relax Gaming
Runner-up: Zeus v Hades – Gods of War by Pragmatic Play
Third: Gerard’s Gambit by Play’n GO
Affiliate Program of the Year, sponsored by SOFTSWISS
Winner: bet365 Partners
Runner-up: Betsson Group Affiliates
Third: PIN-UP Partners
Platform Provider of the Year
Winner: SOFTSWISS
Runner-up: Hub88
Third: EveryMatrix
Services Provider of the Year, sponsored by WA.Technology
Winner: Continent 8 Technologies
Runner-up: Sportradar
Third: Internet Vikings
Payment Solution of the Year, sponsored by Soft2Bet
Winner: Trustly
Runner-up: Paysafe
Third: OKTO
Product Launch of the Year, sponsored by Imagine Live
Winner: Treasure Island by Pragmatic Play
Runner-up: The greatest Catch Bonus Buy by Evoplay
Third: Wonder500 by Light & Wonder
Breakthrough Company of the Year
Winner: SPRIBE
Runner-up: BeyondPlay
Third: Games Global
Social Responsibility of the Year, sponsored by EGT
Winner: Betsson Group
Runner-up: Flutter Entertainment
Third: Mindway AI
Executive of the Year, sponsored by Interblock Gaming
Winner: Erwin van Lambaart, Casinos Austria
Runner-up: Carsten Koerl, Sportradar
Joint Third: Uri Poliavich, Soft2Bet & Jesper Søgaard, Better Collective
The Global Gaming Awards are heading to Manila in June for SiGMA Asia and to reward the best performers from the gaming industry across Asia-Pacific. Self-nominations for the APAC installment of the Awards are now open and you can submit yours on the event’s official website.We will of course also head to Las Vegas in October for our flagship Global Gaming Awards event on 7 October.
