Last week seemingly the entire iGaming industry descended upon London to exchange everything new at the ICE Totally Gaming. A day prior the IGA winners were announced and celebrated.
A long list of winners
The International Gaming Awards are a truly international award for everyone in the industry. Nominees and winners come from around the world and the list of the 2018 winners shows as much. It also reads as a who-is-who in the industry, because many names are very familiar indeed.
Let’s stick, for a moment, to those we’re fans of ourselves and who are most relevant to us:
- iGaming Software Supplier: Microgaming
- Innovator Operator: SlotsMillion
- Innovator Supplier: Yggdrasil
- Live Casino of the Year: Leo Vegas
- Lottery Product: IGT
- Mobile Operator: Cherry
- Mobile Product of the Year: SBTech
- Online Gaming Operator: William Hill
- Online Poker Operator: Kindred
- Payment Processing Company: AstroPay
- Slot Provider: Play’n GO
- Slots Operator: Videoslots
- Socially Responsible Online: Mr Green
- Sports Betting Operator: ComeOn
You’ll be familiar with most names on this list and we’re very pleased to see them winning in their respective categories. In some cases we’re not at all surprised, such as Yggdrasil Gaming winning the Innovator Supplier of the year. There is hardly a developer more deserving, if we’re being honest.
But it does surprise us to see LeoVegas as the Live Casino of the Year. Not something we would have expected, but certainly a pleasing surprise.
International winners
Let’s complete the list in other categories with the international winners we usually have little or nothing to do with:
- Casino/Australia/Asia Focused Technology Supplier: BBIN
- eSports Betting Software: Betradar
- Gaming Operator Americas: PokerStars NJ
- Gaming Operator Australia/Asia: Melco Resorts & Entertainment
- Gaming Operator Europe: Caesars EMEA
- Great Place to Work: Bethard
- Integrated Resort: Galaxy Entertainment
- Online Casino Operator: Mansion
- Socially Responsible Land Based: The Ritz Club
- Technology Provider: Betconstruct
- VIP Room: Caesars EMEA
Congratulations to all winners from us at CasinoShark! Keep up the excellent work.
The IGA is a very prestigious award and winners should absolutely be proud of their accomplishments. Furthermore, it gives us more confidence to recommend the operators and online casinos to our readers as well.