Zona de Azar UK – Pronet Gaming Was Distinguished in the”Sportsbook Platform Supplier” Category
UK.- July 8th 2021 www.zonadeazar.com EGR B2B Awards: Recognising the companies that power the egaming industry. The awards ceremony took place: day one virtually on June 6th, day two afternoon virtual June 7th and Evening in person July 7th at York Lawns, London, UK.
Pronet Gaming was distinguished in the Sportsbook Platform Supplier Category
2021 Winners
DAY 1 – VIRTUAL CEREMONY WINNERS
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CATEGORY
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WINNER
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JUDGES COMMENTS
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GROUP 1
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Affiliate software supplier
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Income Access | Very impressive across the board but love that the team at Income Access backed that up with numbers. |
| Bingo Supplier | Relax Gaming | A company that truly took advantage of the lockdown and focused further on improving their content. Hexabingo is a great product for the new and fast paced Bingo player. |
| Esports Betting Supplier | Unikrn | They have had continued strong development, best in class product. |
| Innovation in RNG casino software | Evolution Gaming | Evolution continue to lead the way in Casino gaming innovation. The football game is simple but fun, and the Craps dice throwing contraption reminds you of something from the Great Egg Race (in a good way). |
| Innovation in slot provision | NetEnt & Red Tiger (joint-entry) | Fantastic combination of expertise and experience and some hugely successful new launches in a very competitive market. |
| In-play betting software | Kambi | Excellent awards submission and had a lot of detail and also financials to back it up |
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GROUP 2
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Live streaming supplier
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Betradar | Compelling all round entry with great product breadth and depth. Not standing still and continues to innovate whilst investing in the core business. |
| Lottery supplier | NeoGames | Having been around for over 15 years NeoGames has spent its time wisely and is now expanding into both emerging and established markets. Its focus and eye is on the US and getting a stronghold there, we will see it as a really dominant player. |
| Skill games supplier | BetConstruct | Good selection of games with wide appeal – exciting market player. |
| Sports betting supplier | Kambi | The leading US B2B sportsbook with a range of tier 1 clients and strong revenue growth, which is impressive given the Covid-19 challenges. |
| Sports data supplier | EveryMatrix | A good submission, with clear reference to the key scoring criteria. A strong product and easy to understand their dominance in many areas. |
| Virtual sports supplier | Kiron Interactive | A great pitch from Kiron, and some superb games. Very impressive innovation and design around some of their motion capture and physics. |
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GROUP 3
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| Corporate services supplier | Gutsy Ninja | Well-constructed entry, clearly set out against the judging criteria. Have clearly responded to the market challenges of the last 12 months creatively and with agility. |
| Data and AI partner *New* | Vaix.ai | Excellent submission. This is a very relevant product to any operator and it addresses the most critical use cases all operators need to be focused on. |
| Innovation in payments solutions | MuchBetter | A great payment option for customers that very clearly works, having more than 300 integrations, their attitude to fees is also refreshing to see. |
| IT supplier | Sigma Software Group | A well described and evidenced submission with a variety of case studies from Game Development to dev-for-hire. Lots of flexibility in their services and top listed companies in their client base. |
| Mobile services supplier | mkodo | Gambling focused and [a] strong entry. Impressive migration to new a app and shows reliability that clients [are] giving more trust in expanding the service. |
| Recruiter of the year | Pentasia | A very impressive year for Pentasia. The impressive client referral score indicates customer satisfaction. Great job! |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Skill games supplier – Giocaonline
Sports betting supplier – Betradar
WINNERS DAY 2 – VIRTUAL
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CATEGORY
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WINNER
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JUDGES COMMENTS
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GROUP 1
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Aggregator platform
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Playtech | The market leader continues to innovate and add further dimensions to its already-comprehensive offering. |
| Innovation in mobile | Relax Gaming | Bingo Clubs is a really impressive product and highly innovative. Great job this year from Relax |
| Innovation in sports betting software | Betegy | Showed great commercial traction with good customer references |
| Live casino supplier | Evolution Gaming | Clear industry leader still. Full of glamour and innovation and continue to go from strength to strength. |
| Multi-channel supplier | Scientific Games | Focused on delivering a product with huge demand in 2020 and managed to do so for some of the biggest brands in the world. Clearly met the customers’ needs and manged to develop a product to please their customers. |
| Software rising star | Future anthem | An excellent submission from the team at Future Anthem. Data has the potential to completely change this industry and from the ever-topical RG to optimising Game Content and positioning/player treatment – very interested to watch this team grow and develop further. |
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GROUP 2
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| Acquisition and retention partner | Optimove | Great summery and great glossary, very clear and effective presentation. Strong product and have been strong a number of years across all aspects of CRM. |
| Best customer service | Sportradar | Hugely impressive statistics. Clearly signposts all the judging criteria and provides evidence to support their claims – Well Done |
| Marketing and PR supplier | Fresh Eight | Great year for Fresh Eight, good solutions and coverage. |
| Services rising star | Better Change | Brilliant creation of tools and features. Really impressive attention to detail |
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Multi-channel supplier – Playtech
Software rising star – Mindway AI
HEADLINE CATEGORIES WINNERS
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CATEGORY
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WINNER
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JUDGES COMMENTS
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Data centre and cloud systems provider *New*
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Continent 8 Technologies | Extremely solid business that understands operators infrastructure needs. |
| Compliance & KYC Supplier | IDnow | A very impressive entry and a good submission. They understand the potential of technology but also that human instinct is important is key to successful solutions. |
| Casino software supplier | Relax Gaming | Extremely impressive performance!! |
| Mobile gaming software supplier | NetEnt | Superb performance throughout the US market specifically. |
| Mobile supplier | Red Tiger | Red Tiger have been the guys to beat this year. Sale aside, their growth and innovation has allowed them to become mainstream on so many operators, so quickly. Excellent work by them. |
| Payments company | Worldpay from FIS | Worldpay are an established payments provider but with an eye to future innovation. Fantastic compliance standards too. |
| Poker supplier | Relax Gaming | Exceptional financial growth and product innovation |
| Sportsbook Platform Supplier | Kambi | Strong numbers and strong progress. Loved the power of the network. |
| White label partner | GAN | Solid entry from one of the most trusted brands in the regulated US market and beyond. [Their] US market share is very impressive and superbowl numbers show intent at product level |
| Slot supplier | 1X2 Network | Great games and high workload – a very good year for 1×2 |
| Full service platform of the year * NEW* | Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) | Great growth and success over the course of the year.
One of the best platforms in the industry which has now been configured for many regulated markets. |
Highly commended
Compliance & KYC supplier – HooYu
Sportsbook platform supplier – Pronet Gaming
White label partner – Aspire Global
Edited by: @MaiaDigital www.zonadeazar.com
