Global Gaming Awards EMEA 2026

Soft2Bet proudly displaying the Platform Provider of the Year award at the stand!

Congratulations to all our winners and nominees. Richly deserved and what a terrific night.

Betsson Group CEO Jesper Svensson closes out the awards by taking home Executive of the Year!

Interblock is a proud sponsor of the Executive of the Year category for the Global Gaming Awards EMEA 2026

Betsson Group takes home the Social Responsibility of the Year award!

Soft2Bet CCO Andrew Cochrane will be presenting the award for Social Responsibility of the Year

Fast Track has been named as the Services Supplier of the Year!

EGT will be presenting the award for Services Provider of the Year

BETBY joins the list of winners by taking home the award for Breakthrough Company of the Year

And Crash Game of the Year goes to Spribe for Aviator!

Gr8 Tech is a proud sponsor of the Crash Game of the Year award!

bet365 Partners has been honored with the Affiliate Program of the Year award

Soft2Bet takes home the honor for Platform Provider of the Year!

Aristocrat Gaming also takes home its second award of the evening after winning Product Launch of the Year for The Baron Upright

Simon Westbury will be presenting the Product Launch of the Year award

Pragmatic Play doubles up by winning Online Slot of the Year for its Gates of Hades title! Don't forget you can livestream the Global Gaming Awards EMEA 2026 here:

Global Gaming Awards - EMEA 2026

https://youtu.be/AfNxV100xw0

Pragmatic Play takes home the honor for 2026 Online Casino Supplier of the Year

BetMGM has won the Online Casino of the Year award!

Aristocrat Gaming has been named as the Casino Supplier of the Year following an incredible 2025

The 2026 EMEA Casino of the Year award goes to The Hippodrome Casino

Sportradar has been named as the 2026 EMEA Sports Betting Supplier of the Year!

bet365 has taken home the Sports Betting Operator of the Year award for 2026!

Making it onto the shortlist is significant achievement, the competition is very strong and every company and individual nominated should be extremely proud of everything they’ve achieved in the past 12 months.

Seats filling up. The awards are about to begin!

Seems like the place to be this evening!

The great and the good. The atmosphere is warming up nicely.

Awards soon. But first... a little jazz.

The stage is set for a historic night.

Special delivery for all shortlisted companies. We can wait to see you all on Monday in Barcelona! 😍

We are excited to unveil the full Shortlist across all 15 categories of the Global Gaming Awards Europe, Middle East & Africa 2026. It is available on this link first exclusively to Global Gaming Insider registered users, offering early access ahead of the official Shortlist magazine release on 23rd December. 👉https://globalgaminginsider.com/magazine/global-gaming-awards-emea-shortlist-2026

The 9th annual Global Gaming Awards Europe, Middle East & Africa are fast approaching, and excitement is growing ahead of the ceremony during ICE (World Gaming Week) in Barcelona in January. While the full Shortlist across all categories will be unveiled in a couple of weeks, today we are pleased to announce the nominees for one of the most competitive categories - Executive of the Year, sponsored by Interblock. Listed in no particular order, here is the 2026 Shortlist for Executive of the Year at the Global Gaming Awards Europe, Middle East & Africa. The reasons why each nominee has earned their place on this list will be unveiled in the official Shortlist magazine which will be published here on Global Gaming Insider in a couple of weeks. Vlad Kaltenieks, CEO, BoyleSports David Natroshvili, CEO & Founder, SPRIBE Jovana Popovic Canaki, CEO, iGP James Curwen, CEO, Yggdrasil Marina Ostrovtsova, CEO, BGaming Nadiya Attard, CCO, Elantil Ebbe Groes, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, EveryMatrix Jesper Svensson, CEO, Betsson Group Yoel Zuckerberg, Chief Product Officer, Soft2Bet Grainne Hurst, CEO, Betting & Gaming Council Vigen Badalyan, Co-Founder, SoftConstruct Sacha Dragic, Founder & CEO, Superbet Group Simon Thomas, Executive Chairman, The Hippodrome Casino Lara Falzon, CEO (B2B Brands), Yolo Group George Daskalakis, Co-Founder & CEO, Kaizen Gaming Axel Hefer, CEO, Tipico Robert Chvátal, Group CEO, Allwyn Helen Walton, CCO & Founder, G.Games Eva Berkova, COO, Betby Werner Becher, CEO, Kambi Stéphane Pallez, CEO and Chairwoman, FDJ United Anna Johnson, CEO, Svenska Spel Christopher Coyne, Co-Founder & CEO, 888AFRICA Robeson Reeves, CEO, Intralot Vardges Vardanyan, Founder, Digitain Group