Best Casino Group: Casino Rewards (I am more than aware they have more than their fair share of critics, but my own experiences with them these past 8 years has largely been - and continues to be - positive)
Best CM Accredited Casino: Jeez. Not exactly spoilt for choice here for a couple of reasons....
1. I have not opened a casino account for over 5 years
2. Some of my favourite former haunts (GUTS, Maria, Royal Panda) all pulled out of the UK market (yeah....thanks for that UKGC,
I am getting back to YOU later!).
So that basically leaves me with Bet365 or
32Red. OK then, 32Red gets it.
Best non-CM Accredited Casino: Gala Casino
F**KING MASSIVE Bag of Tiny Shrivelled Up And Useless DICKS award: UKGC! Go die in a fire, you bunch of mollycoddling killjoy w*nkers!!
Best Rep: Erm, do I just go with Jan by default? Jan has been a bit quieter this year I think, but I don't think anyone has really done enough to
make me change my mind.
Faceplant Award: Unibet. Yes that's right Unibet. Don't bother learning the lessons from what Trada did a couple of years ago, when they, about a month before the CM awards were due to be announced, decided to throw an almost certain Best Casino nod straight into the f*cking bin by moving platform to Aspire Global. Remind me where exactly Trada are now? Oh yeah...the CM cesspit. Exactly where they belong.
So then Unibet, what did you do to emulate Trada's faceplant? Oh yeah, you decided to relinquish your position as "the last bastion of max RTP in the UK" less than 2 months before this year's CM awards. Absolutely brilliant move, I say! Good bloody grief.....read the goddam room for crying out loud....
Best software provider: Almost by default (because they appear to be the only one who have yet to succumb to the temptation to offer reduced
RTP to the greedy casinos who have the auducity to plead poverty while ripping us off at an increasing rate) -
Big Time Gaming
Although, if I were to vote purely based on my slotting success stories this year, it is Microgaming (pre-2016) hands down.
Worst provider(s): Pragmatic Play (because of their dubious association with unscrupulous streamers) and Play N' Go (because of their obscenely low RTP models and having nine million slots that have the words Rich Wilde at the start of the title - seriously, just bore off already!).
Best slot of 2021: Gotta say I have a fondness for Money CART 2. Although if Jurassic Park REMASTERED was considered to be a "new" slot (I don't think it is to be fair), it would be my winner by a country mile. I absolutely ADORE that game.
Honourable mention to two games that I can't play, as I don't have an account at a casino that offers NLC slots: East Coast VS West Coast and xWays Hoarder xSplit.
I tried these in demo mode and if I were able to play these with real money, I absolutely would do. Very enjoyable.
CM Lifetime Member Achievement Award: There are quite a few people that I would happily see getting the nod this year.
It could be for any number of reasons.....a very active poster and contributor, a peacemaker, someone who offers an alternative point of view,
a sharp wit with a great sense of humour to help enhance the enjoyment of the forum for the membership.
Or even someone who is just flat out nice and lovely like literally all the time (yes mina, I am talking about you).
But I am going to go with one of the Paleo Meister (green lettered) folk - Nate
And as Bugs Bunny would say.....That's All Folks!
Best wishes to everyone on the forum in 2022. Happy New Year to all of you, wherever you are.
NEVER had an issue dealing with anyone over there. Totally gets my vote.
