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Tombola scoops industry 'Oscars'

ONE of Europe’s leading online gaming companies is celebrating after winning a duo of awards in the gaming industry Oscars, which took place in London last night. The company also won the two highest industry awards in Italy earlier this week.

Phil Cronin, Chief Executive of tombola, was delighted to have again been nominated and crowned winners in Bingo Operator of the Year and most socially responsible operator categories, and said: “tombola has won 15 prestigious awards in the UK since the industry awards began including Bingo Operator of the Year and most socially responsible operator.” Now in its 13th year, the industry’s most distinguished awards ceremony took place on 26 October at Grosvenor House on London’s Park Lane. More than 800 e-gaming professionals attended the ceremony, which celebrates operational excellence and commercial success in the sector.

tombola currently employs nearly 400 people, of which 70 are based in Italy, Spain and Gibraltar. It has one of the northeast’s largest tech teams and unlike most other online gaming companies, tombola’s own designers and developers create all the games for its popular and successful website and apps, as well as for tombola Arcade.

The company also scooped the two biggest awards at a ceremony in Rome earlier this week, winning the prestigious Operator of the Year award and most Socially Responsible Operator for Italy.

tombola has now won more than a dozen industry awards in Italy, as well as Best Operator in Spain since launching on the continent only 4 years ago.

Mr Cronin added: “It was a huge achievement to finish top in Italy as well as we were up against all of the major Italian online operators. Winning our 4th consecutive Bingo Operator of the Year award in Italy is fantastic having only launched there 4 years ago! “tombola is now the largest and most successful bingo operator in the UK, Spain and Italy and we are currently looking at new international territories for expansion.”

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