Helping creative people achieve excellence

George Carol Welcome to Malta’s iGaming Excellence Awards 2017 – Malta’s largest and greatest iGaming awards programme!

The aim of this award event is to foster the participation and recognition of Malta’s most outstanding and highly exceptional iGaming business companies and entrepreneurs, whether affiliates, non-affiliates, landbased or online. We want to be prime movers with you to promote good governance ethics, sound values and best management practice and policies which distinguishes excellent iGaming business people from the ordinary and reward them for their positive contributions toward our country’s economic growth, improving our business community as well as acting as role models for tomorrow’s leaders. MBR Publications Ltd ( MBR) hopes to create awareness on the importance of rewarding iGaming entrepreneurial, innovative, creative culture, as well as individual and collective achievements at the highest level for their collateral benefits not just at the workplace, but also on a societal level. MBR recognises and celebrates the innovation, drive and commitment of a variety of business clusters, including key decision makers – the men and women that feed, clothe and grow the iGaming industry.

The awards are supported by well-known industry insiders, as well as iGaming clients from all tiers of the Gaming family in Malta, both online and land based. Listening carefully to the views of gaming customers and industry professionals, MBR is able to recognise and celebrate the biggest and best charity event of the year, at the same time recognising and celebrating outstanding companies and individuals with class.

MBR is an event management company with a highly creative, efficient and passionate team, who have pioneered the gala awards in Malta for the past 10 years. It has created some of the most glamorous, most successful and highly acclaimed business award programmes in Malta, including Malta’s Best Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Malta’s Best-inBusiness Awards, Malta International Boat & Yachting Awards, Malta’s Bar & Cocktail Awards and Malta’s iGaming Excellence Awards, making the company the most accomplished gala award organiser in Malta.

MBR is synonymous with high-powered corporate business networking events (conference, seminars, conventions) and publishes a hugely popular industry monthly print and digital magazine. The Malta Business Review is considered Malta’s premier business publication, with regular editorial features covering finance, business, law, real estate, iGaming, hospitality, technology, deals, commercial sector, aviation, maritime, transport and logistics, and much more! The publication is a business-to-business one used in a pro-active way by companies eager to find out what is happening in the industry and to follow up important sales, marketing and promotional leads. The Company also publishes The Accountant, MAINSAIL, and Property & Life Magazine, and is preparing to launch a completely new concept publication in the coming months, one of its main pilot projects this year. The company boasts of +180,000 database customers, complemented by digital versions on all its publications.

The judges are the experts who will evaluate all the nominees. They give their opinion to determine whether each company or individual can move forward to become a nominee. Various criteria are applied, from HR to CSR, from gameplay to art and design, from innovation to creativity, and so on. During the judging sessions, the judges not only select the final winners but also the awards categories of the edition. MBR has an exceptional line-up of expert judges who will be introduced shortly. All judges will be working hard before the event as well as during the interactive gala awards evening. The panel of high profile qualified experts from leading iGaming organisations, including international and foreign VIPs, will be reviewing and meeting each nominee and judging on a pre-set of evaluating and appraising criteria. A live Q&A shall be made to each nominee on the night, scoring no less than 20 points.

In addition to highlighting the best that the gaming industry has to offer, the Malta’s iGaming Excellence Awards also provide great entertainment with a starstudded line-up of host artists, dancers, comedians, magicians, technology and performances. Whether you are in the industry or a fan who loves games, MBR invites you to take a look at how you can be a part of the magic at Malta’s iGaming Excellence Awards 2017.

Becoming a MiGEA sponsor is an excellent opportunity to reach out to key decision-makers in the games industry. Be part of a unique event that recognises innovation and brings together all the key players in the mobile gaming industry! Discovering MiGEA’s great platform of sponsorship packages is the best way to discover the best talent, the latest trends, the hottest studios and elite companies in the industry, alongside leading journalists, thought leaders and industry experts in the judging process. Sponsoring MiGEA will help you to meet prospects for your business and introduce you to emerging talent from new and existing Gaming players.

The awards will also introduce a number of new initiatives and categories to further the iGaming commercial, tactical and business causes. This year, besides having a jam-packed programme of high powered, high level entertainment, great food and dancers/performers, and musicians, the gala evening will end with a spectacular laser display and an after party to celebrate people who demonstrate integrity, respect and teaming. This event is all about people with energy, enthusiasm and who have the will and courage to lead and make our world a better place.

The gala event dinner is being held for the first time in an indoor light-set ambience, with a sumptuous four-course banquet, free flowing wine, liquor/champagne and also a bar provided courtesy of Corinthia Palace, San Anton. Malta’s iGaming elite and heavyweights can look forward to an entertaining evening with guest singer, musical production and entertainment by George Curmi (Il-Puse) and his quartet, providing the most relaxing of music, supplemented by fire eaters and fire jugglers. Our after party guest DJ will be popular DJ Pierre Cordina. An- nalise Dance Studio will also perform dynamic rhythmic dance specials of various musical hits.

Besides the current categories – overall Malta’s Best iGaming Company of the Year, Emerging Entrepreneur, Malta’s Best iGaming Woman Leader of the Year and Malta’s Best Employer Brand of the Year®, these awards will also honour the outstanding iGaming role models through the Malta’s Best Innovative iGaming Product of the Year Award. “This edition MBR is introducing new scoring criteria and live judging will make these awards unique and most transparent” said Martin Vella Malta’s Best Entrepreneur of the Year Awards® Organiser. Mr Vella added, “We are also introducing the Best iGaming B2B Excellence Award and the Chairman’s Value Award, Malta’s Best iGaming Ambassador of the Year Award, added onto the number of prestigious categories which exist. Over the years, we have been working directly and indirectly with iGaming companies coming from all walks of life and different category backgrounds, adapting our experiences, industry and commercial resources to assimilate our focus on the best iGaming minds, exceptional business leaders and best iGaming companies, recognising these as role models of our society.”

“iGaming companies and employees need this kind of recognition much more often than one tends to think. To have such a competent and well-versed adjudicating team look over your shoulders, probe your business plan, look at your balance sheet, question your sustainability and future strategies and to then give you the nod of approval is a source of great satisfaction,” commented Nikolai Livori, CEO, Yobetit, one of the event’s main sponsors.

“We want to help creative people achieve excellence and also a better working iGaming business community with best products, best practices and best ethics,” said Simona Pinterova, PR Manager, LVBET, which is also a main sponsor.

“These awards helped to elevate the reputation, credibility and also turnover of our company, besides being a validation of our team’s vision, hard work and determination to use our skills and resources to help improve the lives of others,” said Alan Brincat, Operations Director, Quasar Ltd, nominees in this event.

The objective for the competition remains unchanged, namely to celebrate the successful iGaming companies and outstanding individuals. At the same time, the contestants and their companies will receive more exposure, helping new entrepreneurs to realise their business dreams.

Promotion: The MiGEA audience consists for 45 per cent of land-based operators at C-level. Thirty-five per cent of the attendees are online companies, journalists and bloggers, and the remaining 20 per cent are service and technology providers to the mobile industry, (semi-) government agencies and others.

Malta’s iGaming Excellence Awards recognises the greatest titles, teams, and individuals from across the gaming industry. With its premiere gala awards, the show is set to become a must-see gala stop for hundreds of attendees. “We focus on generating positive experiences and building bridges for our customers. Despite what our detractors have been saying, we are making sure that this event will be the most successful and most memorable gala award event ever organised by MRB Publications Limited,” Mr Vella reiterated.

The Gaming Awards grand gala ceremony will take place at the Corinthia Palace, San Anton on Friday 5th May. For further information and nominee/sponsor packages, please contact: Margaret Brincat at: margaret@mbrpublications.net; margaret@mbrevents.com; or call 9940 6743