It’s that time of the year again, slot enthusiasts! The 2024 Bigwinboard Awards are officially underway, and this year we’re doing things differently. Building on the success and excitement of last year’s awards, where Pragmatic Play‘s Zeus vs Hades was crowned Game of the Year and Pragmatic Play walked away with the Best Provider title, we’re turning up the engagement dial to make this year’s awards bigger and better.

For 2024, we’ve handed the reins of the nomination process to our YouTube community. It’s your voice, your votes, and your decisions that will shape the future winners. Here’s how we determined the nominations:

• Popularity-Based Selection: We analyzed our most visited slot reviews of 2024, ranking them from highest to lowest.
• Group Formation: Slots were divided into balanced groups of four, ensuring each group features a mix of highly viewed and lesser-viewed games. This approach levels the playing field, giving every game a fair shot at victory.
• Community Polls: Each group is put to the test in a YouTube poll, where the top two games move on to the next round.

Since YouTube polls cannot be technically closed, we’ll treat a poll as finalized after 24 hours. Once finalized, the polls will be removed, as they cannot be officially closed.

Cast your vote now and make your voice heard by heading to our YouTube Community Polls. Together, let’s celebrate the creativity, innovation, and excitement that define the online slot industry. Stay tuned as the rounds progress and the competition heats up. Who will take home the crown for Game of the Year and Best Provider? Let the games begin!

Please note: Providers are strictly prohibited from encouraging their community to vote by offering prizes, rewards, or incentives. Any such actions may result in disqualification.

ROUND 1 (Games)

The 12 groups of Online Slots battling it out in Round 1:

• Group 1 (Closed): Dog or Alive, Nitropolis 5, Muttley Crew, Dirty Dawgs [Winners: Nitropolis 5 (41%) and Dog or Alive (25%) Result (670 votes)]
• Group 2 (Closed): Pirots X, Day at the Races, Punk Rocker 2, Slurpy [Winners: Punk Rocker 2 (41%) and Day at the Races (39%) Result (764 votes)]
• Group 3 (Closed): Tropicool 3, Shaolin Panda, Fist of Destruction, Apocalypse [Winners: Fist of Destruction (51%) and Apocalypse (19%) Result (693 votes)]
• Group 4 (Closed): Fire in the Hole 2, Big Bass Vegas, Outsourced, Tarasque [Winners: Fire in the Hole 2 (49%) and Big Bass Vegas (28%) Result (1.1k votes)]
• Group 5 (Closed): Cygnus 4, Duel At Dawn, SixSixSix, Brute Force [Winners: Duel at Dawn (56%) and Brute Force (17%) Result (736 votes)]
• Group 6 (Closed): Le Pharaoh, Fishing Mission, Dreadworks, Wild Swarm 2 [Winners: Le Pharaoh (47%) and Big Bass Fishing Mission (32%) Result (1.1k votes)]
• Group 7 (Closed): Retro Sweets, Floats My Boat, Deadwood RIP, Donny Dough [Winners: Floats My Boat (41%) and Deadwood RIP (34%) Result (762 votes)]
• Group 8 (Closed): San Quentin 2, Gritty Kitty, Big Bass Halloween 2, 2 Wild 2 Die [Winners: San Quentin 2 (49%) and Big Bass Halloween 2 (37%) Result (1.1k votes)]
• Group 9 (Closed): Gates of Olympus 1000, Razor Ways, Tome of Insanity, Loner [Winners: Gates of Olympus 1000 (55%) and Loner (20%) Result (635 votes)]
• Group 10 (Closed): Sweet Bonanza 1000, Land of the Free, Danger High Voltage 2, Ancient Tumble [Winners: Sweet Bonanza 1000 (52%) and Land of the Free (29%) Result (675 votes)]
• Group 11 (Closed): Sugar Rush 1000, Kenneth Must Die, Wisdom of Athena 1000, D-Day [Winners: Sugar Rush 1000 (52%) and Kenneth Must Die (28%) Result (487 votes)]
  
• Group 12 (Closed): Pirots 3, Pirate Bonanza, Pine of Plinko 2, Brick Snake 2000 [Winners: Pirots 3 (40%) and Pirate Bonanza (25%) Result (493 votes)]

Total votes: 9215

ROUND 1 (Providers)

The 6 groups of Game Providers battling it out in Round 1:

• Group 1 (Closed): Pragmatic Play, Lucksome, Stakelogic, Thunderkick [winners: Pragmatic Play (79%) and Thunderkick (16%) Result (565 votes)]
• Group 2 (Closed): Push Gaming, Foxium, Play’n GO, NetEnt [winners: Push Gaming (62%) and Play’n GO (26%) Result (727 votes)]
• Group 3 (Closed): ELK Studios, Peter & Sons, Print Studios, Quickspin [winners: ELK Studios (50%) and Print Studios (33%) Result (498 votes)]
• Group 4 (Closed): Relax Gaming, Light & Wonder, Big Time Gaming, Slotmill [winners: Relax Gaming (67%) and Big Time Gaming (20%) Result (513 votes)]
• Group 5 (Closed): Nolimit City, Octoplay, AvatarUX, Yggdrasil [winners: Nolimit City (80%) and AvatarUX (12%) Result (723 votes)]
• Group 6 (Closed): Hacksaw Gaming, Red Tiger, 4ThePlayer, Blueprint Gaming [winners: Hacksaw Gaming (88%) and Red Tiger (7%) Result (560 votes)]

Total votes: 3586

ROUND 2 (Games)

In this round, the top 24 slots from round 1 have been divided into 4 tiers based on their performance. One slot from each tier has been randomly assigned to each group for round 2.

The 6 groups of Online Slots battling it out in Round 2:

• Group 1 (Closed): Fire in the Hole 2, Nitropolis 5, Kenneth Must Die, Pirate Bonanza [Winners: Fire in the Hole 2 (57%) and Pirate Bonanza (16%) Result (715 votes)]
• Group 2 (Closed): Fist of Destruction, San Quentin 2, Big Bass Halloween 2, Brute Force [Winners: San Quentin 2 (63%) and Fist of Destruction (24%) Result (953 votes)]
• Group 3 (Closed): Sweet Bonanza 1000, Pirots 3, Day at the Races, Apocalypse [Winners: Sweet Bonanza 1000 (48%) and Pirots 3 (27%) Result (735 votes)]
• Group 4 (Closed): Sugar Rush 1000, Le Pharaoh, Land of the Free, Big Bass Vegas [Winners: Le Pharaoh (43%) and Sugar Rush 1000 (35%) Result (789 votes)]
• Group 5 (Closed): Duel At Dawn, Punk Rocker 2, Big Bass Fishing Mission, Dog or Alive [Winners: Duel At Dawn (63%) and Punk Rocker 2 (23%) Result (756 votes)]
• Group 6 (Closed): Gates of Olympus 1000, Floats My Boat, Deadwood RIP, Loner [Winners: Deadwood RIP (49%) and Gates of Olympus 1000 (36%) Result (673 votes)]

Total votes: 4621

ROUND 2 (Providers)

In this round, the top 12 providers from round 1 have been divided into 2 tiers based on their performance. One provider from each tier has been randomly assigned to each group for round 2. This time, only one provider from each group will make it to the final round.

• Group 1 (Closed): Nolimit City, Relax Gaming, AvatarUX, Print Studios [Winner: Nolimit City (83%) Result (848 votes)]
• Group 2 (Closed): Hacksaw Gaming, ELK Studios, Red Tiger, Play’n GO [Winner: Hacksaw Gaming (67%) Result (1k votes)]
• Group 3 (Closed): Pragmatic Play, Push Gaming, Big Time Gaming, Thunderkick [Winner: Pragmatic Play (68%) Result (514 votes)]

Total votes: 2352

ROUND 3 (Games)

In this round, the top 12 slots from round 2 have been divided into 2 tiers based on their performance. One slot from each tier has been randomly assigned to each group for round 3. This time, only one game from each group will make it to the final round.

• Group 1 (Closed): Fire in the Hole 2, Fist of Destruction, Sugar Rush 1000, Pirate Bonanza [Winner: Sugar Rush 1000 (59%) Result (1.2k votes)]
• Group 2 (Closed): Le Pharaoh, Gates of Olympus 1000, Deadwood RIP, Punk Rocker 2 [Winner: Le Pharaoh (40%) Result (609 votes)]
• Group 3 (Closed): San Quentin 2, Pirots 3, Sweet Bonanza 1000, Duel At Dawn [Winner: Sweet Bonanza 1000 (42%) Result (1.6k votes)]

Total votes: 3409

GAME OF THE YEAR FINALS (Cancelled)

The last 3 games go head-to-head in the final round.

Please take note: following suspicion of illegitimate voting, we’ve decided to use Strawpoll for the final round. Strawpoll uses an anti-bot script and also allows us to restrict voting per IP. For maximum transparency, you will still be able to see the live results after you’ve cast your vote.

Final 3 (Cancelled): Sugar Rush 1000, Le Pharaoh, Sweet Bonanza 1000 (Due to fraudulent mass bot voting detected on Strawpoll, and suspicion of illegitimate votes on Youtube as well, this round has been invalidated and will be held again to include all games from Round 3 this time in order to ensure a fair outcome)

GAME PROVIDER FINALS

The last 3 providers go head-to-head in the final round (voting is only open to members registered before December 21, 2024).

Final 3 (Started on December 21): Nolimit City, Hacksaw Gaming, Pragmatic Play [Winner: ?]

VOTE HERE

GAME OF THE YEAR FINALS (RERUN)

The top 2 games from each group in Round 3 will battle it off in the Game of the Year rerun (voting is only open to members registered before December 21, 2024).

Fire in the Hole 2, Sugar Rush 1000, Le Pharaoh, Deadwood RIP, San Quentin 2, Sweet Bonanza 1000 [Winner: ?]