A welcome from Interblock
Interblock is the Lead Partner of the Global Gaming Awards Americas 2026.
Welcome to the 2026 Global Gaming Awards Americas. Interblock is proud to serve as Lead Partner, and it's a pleasure to open this year's ceremony.
I've spent much of my first period as CEO on casino floors. The thing that stays with me is how fast the verdict comes in. A player walks up, or doesn't. They stay for the next round, or they leave. Every roadmap, every board deck, every supplier conversation eventually arrives at that one moment on the floor, and the moment is short.
Our industry doesn't always talk about it that way. We talk about footprint, margin, floor mix, unit economics. All of it necessary. None of it the thing the player actually experiences. My own view is that the operators and suppliers who do best over the next decade will be the ones who stay closest to that moment and let it shape everything upstream of it, what gets built, what gets funded, what gets floor space.
That's the standard I want Interblock measured against, and it's what I look for in the work recognized here.
Interblock appears on this year's shortlist as well. I'm proud of the teams behind that, and I'll say nothing further about it, other than that we're in good company.
And that's the part worth pausing on. The companies, products, properties and individuals in the pages that follow have earned their place. From this shortlist, the winners will be chosen by roughly a hundred senior people from across the industry, with the voting independently adjudicated.The results offer a reasonably honest picture of who has done the best work in the Americas this year andreading the list properly will tell you more about this market than most reports do.
To everyone shortlisted: congratulations. Getting a good idea through budget, build, regulatory approval and onto a live floor is genuinely hard, and each name here represents a team that managed it.
I'll be at the ceremony and across G2E all week, and I'd rather spend that time listening than talking. Please come and find me.
Kay Oswald, Chief Executive Officer, Interblock