Gaming Laboratories gets top award

Gaming Laboratories International has been named Best Test Lab in the SAGSE Europe Awards 2020 and in the SAGSE USA Awards 2020.

Additionally, GLI’s vice president of global marketing and Global Gaming Women president Christie Eickelman was named to the list of the Top 5 Land-based Leaders.

Award winners were chosen via online popular vote, and according to the event organisers, more than 2,500 regulators, operators, executives and businesspeople participated in the selection of winners of the SAGSE 2020 rankings, a record number of participants.

Vice president of Monografie, Alan Burak, said: “The SAGSE Europe Awards 2020 and the SAGSE USA Awards 2020 recognise the companies that best faced the difficulties of a very difficult year, in the midst of a pandemic, and highlight the best representatives of the market.”

GLI CEO James Maida said: “We are grateful to our peers throughout the world who recognised GLI and who recognised Christie with these tremendous honours. The pandemic has been difficult for all of us in the gaming, lottery, and hospitality industries and together we reinvented our businesses overnight.

“Though 2020 was one of the most challenging times for our industry and the world, our global team of 1,200 advisers, testing personnel and security team members continue to work hard to serve the industry and our collective shifting needs.”

In addition to her role at GLI, Eickelman is president of Global Gaming Women and she has successfully led the organisation through the pandemic to an even better financial footing.

“We are so proud of each our team members and of their hard work and I’m thrilled the industry specifically recognised Christie. Her global impact on countless numbers of individuals and companies will be felt for years to come,” Maida said.