Dennis Publishing Gambling Division announced the shortlist for the 2006 UK Gambling Awards. Readers of InsideEdge, PokerPlayer and TOTAL Gambler have been voting for the past month on the seven reader voted categories, which include Poker TV Programme of the Year, Poker Player of the Year, Poker Site of the Year, Online Casino of the Year, Bookmaker of the Year, Sports Spread Betting Firm of the Year and Sports Betting Exchange Firm of the Year.
The nominees are:
Poker TV Programme of the Year
- Ladbrokes Poker Million (Sky Sports)
- Poker Stars’ EPT (Eurosport)
- Party Poker, Poker Den (Challenge)
- Poker Night Live (pokerzone)
- The VC Cup (Sky Sports)
- World Heads-Up Poker Championships (Challenge)
- The WPT (Challenge) WSOP 2005 (Challenge)
Poker Player of the Year
- Annie Duke (Ultimate Poker)
- Chris Ferguson (Full Tilt)
- Joe Hachem (Poker Stars)
- Phil Hellmuth (Ultimate Poker)
- Phil Ivey (Full Tilt)
- Mike Matusow (Full Tilt)
- Daniel Negreanu (Full Contact Poker)
- Men Nguyen
Poker Site of the Year
- Ladbrokes Poker
- Pacific Poker
- Paradise Poker
- Party Poker
- PokerRoom
- Poker Stars
- Ultimate Poker
- VC Poker
Online Casino of the Year
- 32Red
- 888.com
- Coral Casino
- Golden Palace
- Intercasino
- Littlewoods Casino
- VC Casino
- Virgin Casino
Bookmaker of the Year
- BetFred
- Blue Square
- Bet365
- Coral
- Ladbrokes
- Skybet
- William Hill
- VCBet
Sports Spread Betting Firm of the Year
- Cantor Sport
- Cantor Spreadfair
- IG Sport
- Sporting Index
- Spreadex
Sports Betting Exchange Firm of the Year
- Betdaq
- Betfair
- Betsson
- Cantor
- Spreadfair
- Mansion
- Parbet
The winners of the awards will be unveiled at The Banqueting House on Tuesday 24th January, along with the three panel voted categories – Gaming Software Provider of the Year, Sports Gambling Personality of the Year and The Dennis Gambling Best of 2005 Awards.
“Voting over the past few weeks has been really interesting and we now have a list of the best of what the industry has to offer, according to our readers. Shortlisted clients will be encouraged to drive votes for their category and we look forward to unveiling the winners on January 24th,” commented publisher Richard Downey.
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