Innovation of the Year Award Given to PurePlay Poker

Last Friday night in London, the eGaming Review Industry Awards presentation took place. PurePlay was given the award for the Innovation of the Year for excellence in meeting judges’ criteria for developing new methods of maximizing revenue and new revenue-generating models.

PurePlay is the largest United States play for cash online poker website.
The Innovation of the Year award recognizes PurePlay’s ability to comply with United States laws and still allow players to play for real cash and prizes with no risk of losing money. PurePlay has a base of 1.5 million players and a jackpot outlay of more than four million dollars. Players can earn prizes by playing for free or also as subscribers of the poker service.

This is the fourth year the awards have taken place and the judges who chose the winners are experienced in the gaming market. The editor of eGaming Review, Jake Pollard stated: “The fact that PurePlay won the eGaming Award for Innovation of the Year is a clear reminder of the talent and skill the online gaming industry has at its disposal. The company deserves credit for developing a business model that is risk-free from a legal point of view and maximizes poker’s potential in the U.S. All in all, PurePlay is a worthy winner of this award”.

PurePlay’s CEO, Jason Kellerman, stated: “The eGaming Review competition is the “Academy Awards” of the online gaming industry, and we are honored to bring home this year’s award for innovation. We have worked hard to open up competitive, risk free online poker to players everywhere by offering a method for players to compete for cash without the possibility of ever losing their own money.”