Comment SBC Summit & G2E 2026


Te industry’s autumn calendar is about to hit full speed, with SBC Summit in Lisbon and G2E Las Vegas - and this issue offers a snapshot of what will be competing for attention across both show floors. In Las Vegas, the focus remains firmly on the casino floor, but what constitutes that floor continues to broaden. New cabinets, games and jackpots remain


fundamental, alongside technology designed to make casino operations more efficient and connect different parts of the player experience. Interblock’s move into omnichannel gaming is one example of those


boundaries shifting, while NOVOMATIC is taking an increasingly market- specific approach to North America. Merkur returns with a strengthened US proposition, while TCSJohnHuxley is bringing greater automation to chip and cash management. Elsewhere, Quixant is concentrating on reducing development complexity.


Te same search for differentiation is evident online. Relax Gaming’s JPX brings optional jackpot play across an operator’s existing portfolio, while


Golden Whale is applying real-time machine learning to decisions around retention, incentives and player value. Newcomer Maxxi Labs arrives at SBC Summit with six independent studios operating through a single integration. Across the companies featured in these pages, there is no shortage of new technology. But Lisbon and Las Vegas will ultimately


provide the more important test: how much of it solves a genuine operator problem, creates something meaningfully different for players, or makes the increasingly complex business of gaming simpler to manage? We’ll see you on the show floor.


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LEWIS PEK Managing Director


Lisbon and Las Vegas will ultimately provide the more important test: how much of the new technology on show solves a genuine operator problem, creates something meaningfully different for players, or makes the increasingly complex business of gaming simpler to manage?


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