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Aristocrat’s Reign Single debuts at #1 in Portrait Slant at 2.12x zone average, launching with six titles as its Spooky Link variants index above 2x. Aristocrat heads six of nine segments, with Marquis climbing to #1 in Premium Mechanical Reel. Light & Wonder’s Lightwave Solar holds #1 in Portrait Upright, IGT’s Diamond RS 43 leads Mechanical Reel, and AGS’s Spectra SI75+ and Bluberi’s Beacon Jumbo rank in the top five among new core cabinets. Konami’s Dimension 75c leads conversion themes, Everi’s Player Classic Premiere rises to #2 in Mechanical Reel, Incredible Technologies’ Prism Skybox holds #2 in Large Top Box, and Ainsworth’s A Star Raptor climbs to #10 in Portrait Upright on the strength of new Dragon Legacy and Train Heist themes. Among emerging suppliers, Sega Sammy’s Genesis Slant takes #1, Zitro’s Allure Glare jumps to #3 in Multi Screen Slant, and Gaming Arts’ Mod Ex 227 debuts atop Other Core-ETG. This month’s report covers rankings across all nine cabinet segments, including new core cabinets, Premium Mechanical Reel, and the full emerging supplier rankings.
AGS’s Blackjack Single Deck (5 sites) climbs to the #1 Overall rank this month, unseating Lightning Link High Stakes with the segment’s highest Theo Win Index at 59.70x. Aristocrat still lands two Lightning Link titles in the top three Slots ranks: Lightning Link High Stakes and the debuting Lightning Link Tiki Fire. Evolution leads all suppliers in share of Total GGR at 12.8%, while White Hat Studios, Light & Wonder, Aristocrat, and Inspired each gain share year-over-year, with White Hat posting the largest increase, from 8.6% to 10.9%. Light & Wonder leads Top Slot Themes with an 11.7% share and 100 themes performing above 1x, while Octoplay and White Hat Studios each place six games in the Top 25 NEW Slots. Top-ranking NEW Slots this month include: #3 — The Goonies Quest For Treasure 2 Jackpot Royale — White Hat Studios #4 — Freedom 250x Boost Hold And Win — Octoplay #7 — Quick Hit Link 888 — Light & Wonder #8 — Jewel Boom XXX — Atlantic Digital Game performance data is captured from 40 casino sites across Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. See this month’s report for the full Top 25 NEW Slots, year-over-year supplier GGR share, and Top Slot Themes by vendor.
Light & Wonder leads NEW Core content in October, taking 32.1% of top-performing NEW Core units on the strength of its Hot Hot Flaming Pots variants, and its Ultimate Fire Link Blazing Dragon – Shanghai ranks #1 among NEW Premium games. Fo Mo Mummy – Ms Mummy debuts at #1 among Top Indexing Core games, while Aristocrat’s Dragon Link – Golden Century leads Top Indexing Premium and Spooky Link – So Scary debuts at #1 in NEW Core Video. IGT’s Piggz Link ranks among the top NEW Core Video families, and Ainsworth’s Kaiju Cash – Krakatoa also makes the NEW Core Video list. The report also debuts a Medium-Sized Suppliers ranking, where AGS’s Lion Cash – Emperor Zhang takes #1 and Bluberi’s El Super Caliente lands at #4. See this month’s report for the full NEW Core, NEW Core Video, NEW Premium, Top Indexing and Medium-Sized Suppliers rankings.
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