The 3rd Annual eGaming Award Winners

The third annual eGaming Awards was held Friday night. Betfair took top prize as the gambling industry took center stage at this award party and celebrated another great year.

For the first time, the Outstanding Contribution award was handed out and this very first recipient would be Mark Blandford.

EGaming Review said of Mark Blandford, "His knowledge of the industry, its workings, its personalities, and its potential is unrivalled. From a small online acorn to the gaming giant that it was before the US authorities intervened, he helped take Sportingbet to the very heights."

Scott Longley, editor of eGaming Review, added: "As with previous years, we think the quality of the candidates for the Awards on the short-lists points to the strength and depth of the industry as a whole."

Here are all the other award winners:

Sky Bet: Innovation of the year
Gala Coral: Online marketing campaign of the Year
Unibet :Offline marketing campaign of the Year
Chipleader: Affiliate Programme of the Year
Sporting Index: New channels and Mobile Operator of the Year
JackpotJoy: Bingo Operator of the Year
Racingworld Technology: Start-up Operator of the Year
Svenska Spel: Socially Responsible Operator of the Year
Sky Bet: Green Operator of the Year
Everest Poker: Hotshot Operator of the Year
888.com: Land-links Partnership of the Year
Sportingbet: European Sportsbook of the Year
888: Casino Operator of the Year
Everest Poker: Poker Operator of the Year
Mark Blandford: Outstanding Contribution to online gaming
Betfair: Operator of the Year