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This month we break out Alberta and Ontario rankings for the first time and debut parent game rankings. Aristocrat rises to #1 in both Overall and Slot Indexing, up from #3 last month and from outside the top 10 a year ago. Games Global grows its share of Estimated Total GGR by 2% year-over-year and places three games in the Top 25 Overall. In the new parent game rankings, Pragmatic Play’s Big Bass family (#9) has the most unique games in the Top 25. Top-ranking NEW Slots this month include: #2 — Lightning Link Tiki Fire, Aristocrat #6 — Quick Hit Link 888, Light & Wonder #7 — Mainline Riches Hold And Win, Octoplay #9 — Cash Flip Medusa Gold, Games Global Game performance data was collected from 17 online casinos across five provinces, including six Ontario operators and six Alberta operators. This month’s report features the first standalone Alberta and Ontario rankings, the full parent game rankings, and the complete Top 25 Overall and NEW Slots lists.
This monthly report provides a digest of legislative and regulatory developments for the emerging market for regulated sports betting in the United States. New features this month include updates to our 50 state legislative outlook; quick takes on the latest sports betting policy developments in California, Alabama, and Wisconsin; and an analysis of proposed marketing rules in New York.
This report focuses on the social casino gaming market, which we define as free-to-play online Poker, Slots, Table Games and Bingo, on desktop and mobile devices. We have compiled data for the top grossing social casino games on Facebook, iOS, and Android for 3Q26 and provide our revenue estimate for each major title and publisher. Additionally, we highlight KPIs, recent trends, and market-sizing estimates for the global social casino gaming market.
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