Nominees For Global Gaming Awards Announced
It’s official: the shortlist for this year’s Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas has been announced. This follows months of lengthy deliberations, with the self-nominations process as well as an eight-member recommendations panel having finally been completed. The recommendations process is a lengthy and detailed process and ultimately seeks to single out only those truly worthy of an award this prestige.The winners of this online casino and igaming award will officially be announced at a luncheon hosted at G2E at the Sands Expo Las Vegas, on 8 October 2018.
Celebrating Major Achievements
The Global Gaming Awards celebrates noteworthy achievements by companies in the industry, and this year’s ceremony will be the 5th of its kind. A total of twelve awards are up for grabs, with each award having a short-list of 12 nominations. Receiving an award at the world-class event is considered to be a great honour.
Operators and industry leaders all hope to make the cut, it this is deemed to a firm reflection on the major success of the company. Some of last year’s winners include Scientific Games, MGM Resorts, Bet 365, and Wynn Resorts.
Four New Categories For 2018
Quite exciting is the fact that this year’s awards ceremony will include four brand new awards categories. According to a reputable news source, these are: American Executive of the Year, Property of the Year, Pokie of the Year, and Product Innovation of the Year.
Now that the nominations have been made public, those who have been nominated must now submit a statement of motivation, which will then in turn be taken into consideration by the panel of judges.
The panel consists of over 65 judges, all of which will have a say in deciding who the winners of the prestigious awards will be, based on the nominations and the reports that have been received from the nominees. In order to ensure that the nominations process follows a fair and transparent path, independent auditors KPMG Isle of Man will oversee the voting process.
A nice touch to the proceedings is the fact that the names of the nominees in the various categories will be published in the Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas 2018 Shortlist magazine during the month of September. The magazine will be distributed during the G2E.
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