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IGT's Cash Eruption holds the #1 Overall rank for a seventh consecutive month, while Games Global places four new slots into the segment this month — two of them in the NEW Slots Top 5 — led by Fire & Roses Gold Blitz Fortune Tower. Evolution remains #1 in Total GGR at 13.2% and #1 in % of Top Themes with 136 themes above 1x, while IGT climbs to #2 in GGR at 12.5% on the strength of its debuting Money Gong Emperor. Light & Wonder leads all suppliers in % of Top Slot Themes at 11.2% with 94 themes above 1x, and Aristocrat's Lightning Link High Stakes debuts at #3 in the NEW Slots segment. Other notable Top ranking NEW Slots this month include: #9 - 777 Hot Reels Megacharged - Octoplay #15 - Money Link Ultimate 8 - Light & Wonder #23 - Rakin Bacon Triple Oink San Shen Zhu - AGS #24 - 3 Apex Treasures - 1x2 Network Game performance data was captured from 35 casino sites across Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
The Big 3 lead every major cabinet segment this month, as Light & Wonder's Lightwave Solar debuts at #1 in Portrait Slant and IGT's Diamond RS 43 claims #1 in Mechanical Reel. Aristocrat tops five segments outright, holding all top 10 Premium Video Reel ranks. New content from AGS, Aruze, Ainsworth, and Zitro lifts cabinet performance, while Bluberi's Beacon Jumbo rises in Large Form Factor as the supplier releases titles from across its existing premium and core library onto the cabinet. Full segment leads, complete Premium Video Reel rankings, and Large Form Factor results are in this month's report.
Aristocrat's Fo Mo Mummy sweeps the top two NEW Core Video ranks, while LNW's Blazing Dragon – Shanghai leads NEW Premium Leased and Aristocrat's Spooky Link Grand – Go Ghost tops NEW WAP. Aristocrat carries that strength into the established ranks, holding the Top 3 in Overall Core with Spooky Link and the #1 parent game with Monopoly. Light & Wonder secures 35.6% of Top NEW Core games, and AGS lifts its Premium Leased indexing. The inaugural Sub Parent Game segment debuts with Aristocrat's Buffalo Stampede at #1. Emerging supplier Valicy makes a strong first appearance, with Falling Fruits – Apple landing #2 in NEW Class 2. Full NEW Core Video, Premium Leased, and WAP leaderboards, the first Sub Parent Game rankings, and Class 2 results are in this month's report.
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