First ever Totally Gaming Awards handed out

Neil Goulden
Neil Goulden
Neil Goulden accepts his award

ICE Totally Gaming kicked off the conference week with the first ever Totally Gaming Awards. London’s other gaming industry awards show of the night took place at 8 Northumberland in the heart of London’s West End with 16 awards being handed out across all verticals. 888 Holdings were the night’s big winners, picking up two awards – best online casino for 888.com and best online gaming product for 888poker. Meanwhile Betfair’s iPhone product took home the award for best mobile prodict with Jackpotjoy’s reputation growing with yet another bingo award. The full list of the winners goes as follows:

Online Casino – 888.com

Street Supplier – JCM Global

Lottery Product – Raff Ltd

Betting Product – Inspired Gaming Group

Land-based Casino – Casino Cosmopel Sundsvall

Manufacturer – Austrian Gaming Industries

The Media Award – Novomatic

Casino Operator – The Lido Club – Holland Casino Amsterdam

Mobile Gaming Product – Betfair for iPhone

Bingo Product – Jackpotjoy (Gamesys)

Marketing Campaign – Casino Austria

Online Gaming Product – 888poker

Outstanding Service to Remote Industry – Wes Himes, MD, Policy Action

Outstanding Service to Land-based Industry – Ron Goudsmit, Chair, European Casino Association and Jan Jones, Executive VP Communications and Government Relations, Caesars Entertainment

Lifetime Achievement Award – Neil Goulden, Chairman, Emeritus

Steve Rogers, Managing Director for Virtual Sports at Inspired, winner of betting product of the year, commented: “Our Virtual Sports is extremely popular with many operators all around the world and we’re delighted the judges of this award agree that the product is in a field of its own. Inspired is the leader in virtual sports betting because we’re committed to a continual development of new events suitable for deployment across all available delivery platforms.”

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