{"id":1612,"date":"2016-11-08T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2016-11-08T17:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:01:25","slug":"sbc-awards-esports-operator-year-shortlist-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2016\/11\/sbc-awards-esports-operator-year-shortlist-announced","title":{"rendered":"The SBC Awards Esports Operator of the Year Shortlist announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Nestled amongst the 14 igaming <a href=\"http:\/\/sbcevents.co.uk\/sbc-awards-2016\/#categories\">SBC Awards is the Esports Operator of the Year<\/a>, and five companies were revealed to have made the shortlist yesterday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-715\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AlexInglotSportradar-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Inglot, Sportradar\" width=\"213\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AlexInglotSportradar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AlexInglotSportradar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/AlexInglotSportradar.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Inglot, Sportradar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Without further ado the shortlisted companies in contention to win\u00a0are <strong>Unikrn, Pinnacle, Vitalbet, Danske Spil <\/strong>and<strong> Sky Betting and Gaming.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood<\/strong> said of the news: &#8220;We are really excited to be on the shortlist for Esports Operator of the year with SBC!\u00a0All the hard work our team has put in\u00a0is paying off.\u00a0We have more licences incoming,\u00a0we will soon expand across Europe\u00a0and our betting products for skill and spectator are developing into something significant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">&#8220;The timing couldn&#8217;t be better\u00a0and we hope we win!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The award is being sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betradar.com\/\"><strong>Betradar<\/strong><\/a>, and<strong> Alex Inglot, Director of Communications at Sportradar<\/strong>, commented: &#8220;SBC have been quick to recognise the importance that esports has to today\u2019s betting landscape, creating this important industry award category. We are delighted to work with them to help recognise and reward those operators that have seized the opportunity quickly and strategically.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The awards will take place at Abramovich&#8217;s own favourite haunt, Under the Bridge, in Chelsea on December 7th. Tickets and more information on the event <a href=\"http:\/\/sbcevents.co.uk\/\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Esports Insider says: Regulated esports betting has had a huge year, and these five are some of\u00a0the big players within it. Undoubtedly the judges will have a tough time deciding the winner.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nestled amongst the 14 igaming SBC Awards is the Esports Operator of the Year, and five companies were revealed to have made the shortlist yesterday.\u00a0 Alex Inglot, Sportradar Without further ado the shortlisted companies in contention to win\u00a0are Unikrn, Pinnacle, Vitalbet, Danske Spil and Sky Betting and Gaming.\u00a0 Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood said of the &hellip; <a 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