Aristocrat , Light & Wonder Top EKG Slot Awards
Aristocrat Gaming was once again named Best Overall Supplier of Slot Content in the EKG Slot Awards , but Light & Wonder scored the most individual awards this year By Frank Legato
Eilers & Krejcik Gaming held its sixth annual EKG Slot Awards ceremony last month at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas , and despite increasing competition in all categories , Aristocrat Gaming won its sixth consecutive nod as Best Overall Supplier of Slot Content .
Aristocrat has owned the overall supplier category , but did not dominate this year ’ s awards as much as in the past . For instance , Light & Wonder won two more individual awards this year than Aristocrat , scoring seven top nods to Aristocrat ’ s five .
Aristocrat , though , continues to dominate the overall slot market with another Best Overall Supplier award . “ We are honored to have been recognized at this year ’ s awards and it is something we do not take for granted ,” said Hector Fernandez , CEO of Aristocrat Gaming , in a press release the morning after the awards .
“ Around the world , our people are leading the charge to differentiate the gaming industry and these accolades are a testament to our talented staff members who are committed to delivering for our customers .”
In addition to the top award , Aristocrat won Top Performing New Core Video for its Fortune Trails game , Top Performing Game-EMEA for Mo ’ Mummy : Valley of the Riches , Most Innovative Land-Based Game for NFL Super Bowl Jackpots , and Top Performing Omnichannel Slot for Buffalo , from its Anaxi subsidiary .
Light & Wonder won in the Top Performing New Mechanical Reel Core Game for Blazing 777 Triple Double Jackpot Wild Nudge , Social Slots Game of
the Year for SciPlay ’ s Jackpot Party Casino , Top Performing New Video Cabinet for Cosmic , Top Performing New Cabinet-Premium , also for Cosmic , Top Performing Third Party IP Branded Game for Monsters : Frankenstein , Top Social Casino Operator for SciPlay , and Most Improved Supplier-Premium .
IGT scored three awards , with Mystery of the Lamp Enchanted Palace named Top Performing New Premium Game , Super Hot Roller Poker getting the nod for Top Performing New Video Poker / Keno Game , and Multihand Blackjack Poker and Pairs winning Top Performing New Online Table Game .
Elsewhere , AGS was named Most Improved Supplier-Core . Zitro won Top Performing Game-Latin America for Epic Kingdom . Interblock continued its dominance of the electronic table game category with its nod as Top Performing ETG Supplier . Bluberi won its second EKG Slot Award for Rocket Rumble , named Top Performing Game from an Emerging Supplier .
Evolution won two awards , as Best Overall Supplier of Online Content and Top Performing Online Live Casino Game for Live Dealer Lightning Roulette .
Finally , two new members were inducted into the EKG Slot Awards Hall of Fame . In the Game Development category , William ( Si ) Redd , founder of IGT and developer of the first successful video poker product , became the second posthumous inductee , following last year ’ s induction of Charles Fey . In the Slot Operations category , Thomas Mikulich , the legendary slot operations executive who currently heads the slot operations for Station Casinos , was inducted .
LAND-BASED AWARDS
Top Performing New Core Video Coin Trio : Fortune Trails , Aristocrat Gaming
Top Performing New Mechanical Reel Core Game Blazing 777 Triple Double Jackpot Wild Nudge , Light & Wonder
Top Performing New Premium Game Mystery of the Lamp Enchanted Palace , IGT
Top Performing New Video Cabinet – Core Cosmic , Light & Wonder
Top Performing New Cabinet – Premium Cosmic , Light & Wonder
Top Performing 3rd Party IP Branded Game Monsters : Frankenstein , Light & Wonder
Top North American Electronic Table Game ( ETG ) Supplier Interblock
Top Performing Video Poker / Keno Game Super Hot Roll Poker , IGT
Top Performing Game from an Emerging Supplier Rocket Rumble , Bluberi
Top Performing Game – EMEA Mo ’ Mummy : Valley of the Riches , Aristocrat Gaming
Top Performing Game – Latin America Epic Kingdom , Zitro
Most Innovative Land-Based Game NFL Super Bowl Jackpots , Aristocrat Gaming
Most Improved Supplier – Core AGS
Most Improved Supplier – Premium Light & Wonder
Best Overall Supplier of Slot Content Aristocrat Gaming
SOCIAL CASINO AWARDS
Social Slots Game of the Year Jackpot Party Casino , SciPlay ( Light & Wonder )
Top Social Casino Operator SciPlay ( Light & Wonder )
iGAMING AWARDS ( Real Money )
Top Performing New Online Slot Golf Blitz , Games Global / Fortune Factory
Top Performing New Online Table Game Multihand Blackjack Poker and Pairs , IGT
Top Performing Online Live Casino Game Live Dealer Lightning Roulette , Evolution
Most Innovative Online Game Shadow of the Panther Infinity , High 5 Games
Top Performing Omnichannel Slot Buffalo , Aristocrat / Anaxi
Best Overall Supplier of Online Content Evolution
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