PokerStars and Unibet walked away with some of the top honors at the recent 8th International Gaming Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London.

It’s a little far fetched to say that 2014 was annus horribilis for PokerStars. After all, they were subject to the most exciting and interesting iGaming takeover in recent times. But they lost some customer love; of that there is no doubt. This is what makes winning awards so much sweeter.

The 8th International Gaming Awards were held at the Savoy Hotel in London. There was music, dance, champagne and trumpets. The fanfare blew for PokerStars as they picked up the award for Online Poker Operator of the Year. It was the third successive year that the largest online poker room in the world had picked up the award.

‘We are Poker’

I guess you are.

The only other two previous winners of this award have been partypoker (2012) and PKR (2010 & 2011).

PokerStars also had its manicured nails in various other pearl soaked oysters. Rational Group picked up the award for Socially Responsible Operator of the Year Online, and two casinos that contain PokerStars branded poker rooms also won top awards: The City of Dreams in Manila won the Casino/Integrated Resort of the Year award, and The Hippodrome won the Casino Operator of the Year Europe award.