The 13th SBC Awards ceremony was held on Thursday 1 October 2026 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, on the final day of SBC Summit. According to Yogonet and Casino News Daily, four companies each took two trophies: Kaizen Gaming, Pragmatic Play, Sportradar and BetConstruct AI. The results highlighted repeat winners across operator and supplier categories.
Two awards for four standout companies
Kaizen Gaming retained the large operator of the year award and the sportsbook operator prize, according to SBC. Pragmatic Play collected the large casino and slots developer title for a third consecutive year, alongside the live casino supplier award. Sportradar regained the live betting product category, which it had won in 2024, and also took the marketing and services provider prize. BetConstruct AI won the sportsbook supplier award and the land-based betting and gaming product prize.
Operator titles retained and new winners
Betsson Group defended its casino operator of the year title, while Novibet kept the innovation in casino and gaming entertainment award and 1xBet repeated as marketing campaign of the year winner. Coolbet won the medium operator category, and Vegas Legends took the small operator prize. In the developer classes, Pascal Gaming took the medium award and Gameburger Studios the small one. Soft2Bet took the innovation in casino entertainment category for the third year in a row, and SPRIBE’s Aviator won crash game of the year after also claiming that title in 2025.
Supplier, platform and payment awards
Digitain won the platform provider award, SOFTSWISS the aggregator prize, and Amusnet the multi-channel supplier category. White Hat Gaming won the white label supplier prize; Stats Perform took the sports data product award; Oddin.gg won esports supplier; and Playbook Fusion collected virtual sports supplier. Optimove was named industry innovation of the year, Kanggiten received innovation in mobile, and Xtremepush was acquisition and retention partner. In payments and compliance, Yaspa won payment solution of the year, OKTO Payments took payment innovation, Incode won fraud and compliance solution, and EPIC Global Solutions received the socially responsible initiative award.
Rising stars and leadership recognition
Interplay Tech won the rising star prize for casino, and Megapari took the sports betting rising star award. On the supplier side, Insightplay AI took the rising star award for sports betting innovation and software, while TaDa Gaming won the equivalent casino award. Alea won the supplier employer award, and Allwyn Hellas the operator employer award. Vladimir Dokov of EGT Digital and Alina Mihaela Popa of ICONIC21 were leaders of the year, and David Natroshvili received the Nico Jansen Vision to Reality Award.
Ceremony details and SBC comment
The awards covered 39 categories spanning company leadership, player protection, payments and product innovation, and were hosted by former Dutch footballer Edgar Davids and broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher. SBC founder and chief executive Rasmus Sojmark said the awards gave teams behind achievements a moment on stage, noting the work required to build a successful business or bring a new product to market, and congratulated winners and finalists. The ceremony concluded three days of networking, business discussions and education at SBC Summit 2026.
