Awards Nominees Unveiled

	We now have a list of the best of what the industry has to offer, according to our readers

Dennis Publishing Gambling Division today announces the shortlist for the 2006 UK Gambling Awards. Readers of InsideEdge, PokerPlayer and TOTAL Gambler have been voting for the past month on the seven reader voted categories and the results are as follows:

Poker TV Programme of the Year

• Ladbrokes Poker Million (Sky Sports)
• Poker Stars’ EPT (Eurosport)
• Party Poker, Poker Den (Challenge)
• Poker Night Live (pokerzone)
• The VC Cup (Sky Sports)
• World Heads-Up Poker Championships (Challenge)
• The WPT (Challenge) WSOP 2005 (Challenge)

Poker Player of the Year

• Annie Duke (Ultimate Poker)
• Chris Ferguson (Full Tilt)
• Joe Hachem (Poker Stars)
• Phil Hellmuth (Ultimate Poker)
• Phil Ivey (Full Tilt)
• Mike Matusow (Full Tilt)
• Daniel Negreanu (Full Contact Poker)
• Men Nguyen

Poker Site of the Year

• Ladbrokes Poker
• Pacific Poker
• Paradise Poker
• Party Poker
• PokerRoom
• Poker Stars
• Ultimate Poker
• VC Poker

Online Casino of the Year

• 32Red
• 888.com
• Coral Casino
• Golden Palace
• Intercasino
• Littlewoods Casino
• VC Casino
• Virgin Casino

Bookmaker of the Year

• BetFred
• Blue Square
• Bet365
• Coral
• Ladbrokes
• Skybet
• William Hill
• VCBet

Sports Spread Betting Firm of the Year

• Cantor Sport
• Cantor Spreadfair
• IG Sport
• Sporting Index
• Spreadex

Sports Betting Exchange Firm of the Year

• Betdaq
• Betfair
• Betsson
• Cantor
• Spreadfair
• Mansion
• Parbet

The winners of the awards will be unveiled at The Banqueting House on Tuesday 24th January, along with the three panel voted categories – Gaming Software Provider of the Year, Sports Gambling Personality of the Year and The Dennis Gambling Best of 2005 Awards.

“We are delighted to announce the shortlist for next year’s awards,” commented Richard Downey, publisher. “Voting over the past few weeks has been really interesting and we now have a list of the best of what the industry has to offer, according to our readers. Shortlisted clients will be encouraged to drive votes for their category and we look forward to unveiling the winners on January 24th.”

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For more information on voting, and sponsorship opportunities please contact Emily Ford, 020 7907 6349 / Emily_ford@dennis.co.uk. For event information and table sales please contact Claire Childs, 020 7907 6113 / Claire_childs@dennis.co.uk.