Industry news source EGR Magazine crowned Gala Coral Interactive as “Operator of the Year” at the 2015 EGR Operator Awards.
Hosted at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London with a reported 600 industry professionals in attendance, Gala Coral took home the award night’s top honour. The operator would also be awarded prizes for ‘Best Bingo Operator’ and ‘Mobile Bingo Operator’.
bet365 successfully defended its title as EGR “Sports Betting Operator” of the year.
Other sports betting categories saw wins for William Hill who won best “In-Play Operator” and Sky Bet for “Mobile Sports Product”, “Mobile Operator” and “Horse Race Betting Operator”.
Copenhagen based bettingexpert (bettingexpert.com) won its first ever EGR award winning the “Affiliate of the Year” category, beating long term winner Oddschecker who managed to retain its “Sports Affiliate” title.
UK bingo site Tombola would be crowned ‘Socially Responsible Operator” of the year, beating European betting operator Unibet.
Full breakdown of 2015 EGR Operator Awards Winners
Award | Winner | Highly commended |
Bingo affiliate | WhichBingo | |
Poker operator | PokerStars | |
Horse race betting operator | Sky Bet | |
Affiliate programme | LeoVegas | |
Financial betting operator | Binary.com | |
Socially responsible operator | tombola | Unibet |
Mobile casino product | Casumo | |
Bingo operator | Gala Bingo | Jackpotjoy (Intertain) |
Customer services operator | tombola | |
In-house product | William Hill | Mecca Bingo |
Sports affiliate | Oddschecker | Bettingpro |
Slots operator | LeoVegas | Paddy Power |
In-play sports operator | William Hill | |
Affiliate of the year | Bettingexpert | Oddschecker |
Mobile bingo product | Gala Bingo | tombola |
Game of the year | Spinata Grande (NetEnt) | |
Mobile poker product | Sky Poker | |
Rising star | Lottoland | |
Mobile operator | Sky Betting & Gaming | mFortune |
Marketing campaign | Casumo | |
Alternative operator | Lottoland | |
Mobile sports product | Sky Bet | |
Casino operator | Paddy Power | |
Social operator | Product Madness | Akamon |
Sports betting operator | bet365 | Sky Bet |
Operator of the year | Gala Coral Interactive |