Gamesys Scoops Prestigious Award for Best Entertainment Website for Jackpotjoy.com

Online Gaming specialists Gamesys have confirmed their status as industry leaders by scooping the award for best entertainment website at the prestigious NMA awards, for their Instant-Win gaming site Jackpotjoy.com.

Beating major brands including Big Brother 5, Celebrity Big Brother, Club 18-30 and The Music Digital Jukebox, Gamesys were praised by judges for their success, effectiveness and for producing one of the best gambling sites in the UK.

The judging panel highlighted the companys ability to re-skin their site within 24 hours, describing the speed as phenomenal and also said they were particularly impressed with the bingo games and chat facilities offered, making the site stand out from the crowd.

The Awards were presented at a Gala Dinner at The Grosvenor House Hotel in Central London last week, in a ceremony hosted by TV comedian Julian Clary.

Since launching in July 2002, Gamesys Groups suite of gambling sites, including their own site, Jackpotjoy.com, have secured over 500,000 registrations, making them the largest online bingo site in the UK and sixth largest gambling site. The site offers free-to-play and pay-to-play online bingo, instant-win games, chatrooms, prizes, competitions, quizzes and raffles.

The site pays out over 20 million in prizes each month, with members spending an average of 18 minutes on the sites, compared to six minutes at 888.com or 3 minutes at The National Lottery site (according to Hitwise). Gamesys sold over 12 million bingo cards in June, taking over 77 million bets in total on the site.

One of the main factors behind the companys success has been the ability to reskin games within 24 hours for partners including Lycos, Tiscali and Wanadoo. Gamesys now manage over 80 white-label sites and can build and integrate a new site into a clients offering in one day.

Noel Hayden, Managing Director of Gamesys said he was immensely proud of his team:

“I’m delighted at the well-deserved recognition that the team behind Gamesys and Jackpotjoy.com have received, especially when we were up against such strong competition from some of the biggest entertainment brands in the UK. This award from New Media Age cements Gamesys position as the best developer of instant-win games in the UK, and also Jackpotjoy.coms position as the gaming and bingo site of choice for hundreds of thousands of players. Its no wonder so many major brands want to work with us to develop their own sites. Weve got some major plans for the next year, which will see us take Gamesys into new and exciting gaming territory. Watch this space!”

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For more details on Gamesys and Jackpotjoy.com, please contact Steve Bustin at Vada Media on 01273 606484 or steve@vadamedia.co.uk.

For more details on the New Media Age Effectiveness Awards 2005, please contact Rachel Clemmit on 020 7970 4772 or nma.awards@centaur.co.uk

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