Zona de Azar USA – Meet the Winners of the SBC Awards North America 2024
USA.- May 21, 2024 www.zonadeazar.com FanDuel, Choctaw Casino & Resorts, Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) and Sportradar were among the biggest winners at the SBC Awards North America.
The fourth edition of the awards ceremony, held at the Hilton Hotel in Midtown, New York City, celebrated outstanding contributions to the North American sports betting and online gaming industry.
Meredith Maravokitz, YES Netwrok Yankees Clubhouse reporter, once again hosted the evening. Maravokitz presented 29 awards to notable operators, affiliates, payment providers and tribal nations, presenting the winners to an audience of 600 industry executives.
Rasmus Sojmark, Founder and CEO of SBC, said: “The SBC Awards North America serves as a key platform to celebrate, reflect and focus on the future of the North American market. It’s an opportunity to honor the incredible work of businesses and individuals over the last 12 months and I’d love to congratulate all of our esteemed winners.”
FanDuel had a successful night, receiving the prestigious Casino Operator of the Year award and securing the Sports Betting Operator of the Year title for the second time in a row.
In the Operator categories, OLG again won the Socially Responsible Operator of the Year award; the Hard Rock Bet received the Marketing and Sponsorship Campaign of the Year award; Rush Street Interactive has been named Social Gaming Operator of the Year.
In terms of the Affiliate category, Better Collective received the Sports Affiliate of the Year award, Betting Hero won the Casino Affiliate of the Year title, and Sports Grid was named Sports Media Company of the Year.
Sportradar topped the Provider category, achieving the Live Gaming and Betting Product and Sports Data Product awards for the second year running. Evolution and EPIC Global Solutions retained their prestigious titles of Casino Provider of the Year and Player Protection Service Provider of the Year, respectively.
The other winners of the night were the companies OpenBet (Sports Betting Provider of the Year), White Hat Gaming (Platform Provider of the Year), Genius Sports (Industry Innovation of the Year), NeoGames (Lottery Provider of the Year), Continent 8 Technologies (Marketing and Services Provider of the Year) and Optimove (Acquisition and Retention Partner).
In the Tribal categories, first introduced in the 2023 edition, Choctaw Casino & Resorts won the Tribal Gaming Operator of the Year and Employer of the Year awards, while the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Gaming Commission was named Tribal Regulator of the Year.
To celebrate individual industry achievements, the Leader of the Year award was presented to Mor Weizer, CEO of Playtech, and Catherine Meade, VP of Community, Sustainability and Social Responsibility at OLG. The Tribal Leader of the Year award was won by Janie Dillard, senior executive director of Choctaw Casino & Resorts.
The Rising Star category sheds light on the future of the industry. That night, Tipico received the Rising Star of the Year award. AGS was named Casino Rising Star, and Huddle Tech obtained the Sports Betting Rising Star award.
In the Payment and Compliance categories, Nuvei received the Payment Innovation of the Year award and Kinectify obtained the Compliance and Partnership Solution of the Year award.
“The fourth edition of the SBC Awards North America was a truly unforgettable night. I would like to thank our sponsors Entain, BetConstruct, Genius Sports and SUZOHAPP for making the night a huge success,” Sojmark added.
The awards ceremony concluded the final day of the SBC Summit North America, the leading sports betting and gaming event in North America, which was attended by five thousand industry professionals at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in New Jersey.
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