iGaming Awards Calendar 2026

Coverage: Land-based and digital operators, supplier categories, games and products, sportsbook, casino services, innovation, and responsible business.

Selection: The organizer selects and explains the shortlist, a panel of senior industry executives votes, and KPMG US independently adjudicates the voting process. Adjudication verifies voting controls, not every commercial claim made about a nominee.

The final deadline was extended from June 11 to June 26.

Coverage: Affiliate, operator-program, supplier, content, campaign, network, and individual leadership categories.

Selection: A judging panel produces the shortlist, followed by a weighted combination of judge scores and an industry vote. Public voting is part of the method and should not be described as independent performance verification.

The live page showed April 8-June 26 at the August 12 check, while a dated organizer article says June 25. The live page has since removed submission dates, so this record retains June 26 as the later displayed closing date and preserves the conflict.

Coverage: Operator, operator-and-supplier, supplier, product, marketing, games, payments, compliance, data, platform, and responsible-business categories.

Selection: An organizer-appointed industry panel signs confidentiality terms, declares conflicts, abstains in affected categories, and is assigned categories by expertise. No independent vote adjudicator is named. Entry is free, shortlisted entrants are encouraged to buy at least one full-price ticket, and categories display sponsor labels; none of those commercial facts proves judging independence or nominee performance.

The published 2026 deadline was July 31; the opening date is unavailable.

Coverage: Affiliate, operator, service, general, and innovation categories across casino, sports betting, platforms, payments, compliance, marketing, safer gambling, employment, and AI.

Selection: Organizer-appointed external judges declare conflicts, score category criteria, and do not receive unrelated submissions. EGR does not score or vote. Deloitte verifies the submitted scores used to confirm winners and highly commended entries; that is score verification, not an endorsement of the entrants or an audit of their underlying claims. Named event sponsors are a separate commercial relationship.

Coverage: Nominations span B2B, B2C, products, companies, projects, and individuals. Eligibility varies by category and should be confirmed before entering.

Selection: Five nominees are shortlisted. Judges determine 70% of the outcome, and the public vote determines 30%. The shortlist and voting open October 19, and voting closes October 26.

The deadline was extended beyond the original March 27 date.

Coverage: Twenty-one categories across affiliates, individuals, programs and networks, suppliers, and categories open to all active affiliate-sector businesses.

Selection: External judges score most categories against published criteria and declare conflicts. Best Affiliate Manager and Game of the Year include public voting; Affiliate Idol is selected by an in-house panel.

Coverage: General supplier performance, software and product categories, service categories, and individual achievement.

Selection: Independent external judges declare conflicts, receive categories aligned with their expertise, and score each category's criteria. The platform calculates winners from submitted scores, and EGR does not vote. No separate vote adjudicator is named for this edition.

Coverage: Casino operators and suppliers, digital operators and casino suppliers, integrated resorts, casino and table-game products, digital sports betting suppliers, corporate responsibility, and executives.

Selection: The organizer selects and explains the shortlist, and a panel of senior industry executives votes for a winner and runner-up. One executive per company may judge, conflicts exclude a vote, and KPMG US checks the voting system and result calculation. That adjudication is not verification of nominee performance claims, and a category sponsor label is not judging evidence.

Coverage: Operator, operator-and-supplier, supplier, affiliate, game developer, and payments-and-compliance categories.

Selection: Organizer-appointed judges sign confidentiality agreements, declare conflicts, and are assigned categories based on experience. That process is an award decision, not an audit of every claim in an entry.

The entry deadline was Friday, December 5, 2025, before the February 2026 ceremony.

Coverage: Regional operator and affiliate performance, supplier services and software, marketing, employment, ESG, safer gambling, and individual achievement.

Selection: Organizer-appointed external judges declare conflicts and score category criteria. EGR does not vote. Deloitte is named as process adjudicator, but the adjudication scope does not turn entrant claims into audited performance facts.

The nomination window ran July 14-September 30, 2025, before the January 2026 ceremony.

Coverage: Sports betting, land-based casino, online casino, suppliers, games and products, affiliates, platforms, services, and breakthrough companies.

Selection: The organizer develops and explains the shortlist, then a panel of senior industry executives votes for a winner and runner-up. Judges are excluded where the organizer records a conflict, and KPMG adjudicates the voting controls and result calculation. That work does not verify the commercial claims behind a nomination, and a category sponsor label is not judging evidence.