PKR Snags International Gaming Award

PKR was chosen Online Poker Operator of the Year at the International Gaming Awards in London last week.

"It is a wonderful achievement for us to be named Online Poker Operator of the Year," said PKR CEO Malcolm Graham. "We are absolutely delighted to be honored by the International Gaming Awards in this way."

The award recognizes the online poker room that made the most headway in the real-money poker sector during 2009. Operators are judged according to originality, growth and scale, usability, payment processing and marketing. Special consideration is also given to the most innovative operators and those with a unique and or outstanding brand setting it aside from the competition.

PKR's unique blend of advanced 3D graphics, immersive game play and enhanced community focus through its new integrated social media platform helped it beat out nominees PokerStars, Full Tilt, PartyPoker, Betfair, Ladbrokes, Unibet, Sportingbet, Victor Chandler and 888.com.

The annual International Gaming Awards were hosted in London's Millennium Gloucester Hotel & Conference Centre Jan. 25. Nominations were made across a range of gaming categories with judges selected from leading industry professionals, journalists, analysts and representatives of the Awards' main sponsors.