Ladbrokes Bingo have just topped the lot at the E Gaming Awards for 2008 as they were E Gaming award winners three times over at this annual event and they were most certainly the big winners on the night! Ladbrokes Bingo won an award for the best affiliate program of the year, UK sportsbook operator of the year and multi channel operator of the year. Party Gaming did not fair to bad either, as they picked up two E Gaming Awards this year, one of them was the prestigious “Operator of the Year” award and they also bagged the “Socially responsible operator of the year” award.

A total of 19 online operators including Ladbrokes Bingo were handed out E Gaming awards for the “best of the best” in different online gaming categories for 2008 and many more were shortlisted and recognised for this fact within the gaming industry. Owners of Foxy Bingo Cashcade also picked up an E Gaming award for “online marketing campaign of the year.

Take a look at the complete list of categories, entrants and E Gaming award winners for 2008.

Innovation of the year - Betfair – TaiKai, Betfair - Starting Price, Pure play, Million-2-1, Racingworld technology and Jackpot Factory * Winners – Pure Play.

Socially responsible operator of the year – 888.com, Betfair, Betsson, BSkyB and PartyGaming * Winners – Party Gaming.

Multi-channel operator of the year – Ladbrokes, Bwin, Barcrest/IGT UK and Challenge Jackpot * Winners – Ladbrokes.

Offline marketing campaign of the year – PKR, Cashcade, Bwin, 888.com and Betfair * Winners – Betfair.

Online marketing campaign of the year – Cashcade, Everest Gaming, PKR, Unibet and Jackpot Joy * Winners Cashcade / Foxy Bingo.

European sports betting operator of the year – Betsson, Bwin, Sportingbet, Unibet, Betclick and Betfair * Winners – Unibet.

Bingo operator of the year – Crown Bingo, 888 Ladies Bingo, PartyGaming/ITV, Jackpot Joy Bingo, Cashcade and St Minver * Winners – 888 Ladies Bingo.

Casino operator of the year - 888.com, Ladbrokes, Party Gaming and Betfair * Winners – 888.com.

Poker operator of the year – PKR, Party Gaming, Everest Gaming and 888.com* Winners – Everest Gaming.

Hotshot operator of the year – Betsson, Betclick, PKR and Everest * Winners – PKR.

Green operator of the year – 888.com, Betfair and BSkyB * Winners – Betfair.

Latin American operator of the year – BetCris, Sportingbet, Betboo, 888.com and Formoapuesta * Winners – Betcris.

Asian operator of the year – Asian Logic, Canbet and SBO * Winners – Asian Logic.

Land links partnership of the year – 888.com, Stanley Casino and Party gaming * Winners – 888.com.

UK sports betting operator of the year – Ladbrokes, Sportingbet and Betfair * Winners – Ladbrokes.

Mobile operator of the year – Probability, Million 2-1, Blue Square and Mobenga * Winners – Blue Square.

The E Gaming Awards are endorsed within their online gaming industry and they are much converted and sort after rewards by gaming operators and it looks like a fair few of them have stepped up to the mark this year!