Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Aristocrat) is set to bring an impressive portfolio of gaming content, solutions and technologies that combine land-based and online gaming, for the premiere year of ICE in Barcelona later this month. Aristocrat Gaming and Aristocrat Interactive will deliver a modern experience that highlights the company’s commitment to innovation, connected experiences and player engagement for the EMEA market.

Aristocrat Gaming will display its latest lineup of top-performing games including Eilers & Krejcik’s most anticipated premium lease game, Phoenix Link, and core cabinet, The Baron Upright.

Featuring player-favourite mechanics, Phoenix Link is the next evolution of the international hit game, Dragon Link, with all-new themes, features, and bonuses on the Neptune Single and MarsX Portrait cabinets. Additionally, and fresh from its North American debut, The Baron Upright cabinet brings with it impressive new technology for the region alongside a portfolio of new iterations of player-favourite games like Ju Cai Jin Gui and more. Mo’ Mummy, Fortune Harmony, and Bao Bao Riches will also feature on The Baron Upright for the first time at the show.

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“We’re excited to showcase the latest line-up of content and hardware for the EMEA market. ICE is a fantastic opportunity for us to engage with our customers and display our comprehensive technological innovations and solutions to ensure they get the most out of their casino floor,” said Craig Toner, CEO of Aristocrat Gaming.

The strength of Aristocrat Gaming’s cabinet portfolio will be evident in the company’s booth which will be complete with show-stopping content and a diverse offering of form factors. New and innovative content for the MarsX Portrait will be on display, including Coin Trio Royal, Crazy Chickens, Bao Zhu Zhao Fu Wheel Blast, Whisker Wheels, Reign of Gold, Ultimate Fast Cash and more. The MarsX Dual Upright will feature player-favourite brands like Bao Zhu Zhao Fu Link and Diamond Age to round out the exhibit.

A wide portfolio of multi-games brings big action, including Aristocrat Gaming’s Winner’s World with over 30 games, Fortune’s Choice with eight game titles from the Asia region, and the first original game made for the EMEA and LATAM markets, Royal Collection.

Complementing the land-based content, Aristocrat Interactive will demonstrate its capabilities across online gaming, lottery and sports betting. With four of its key business units displaying content – Content & Aggregation, iGaming & Sports, iGaming White-Label, and iLottery – Aristocrat Interactive will bring to life the seamless player journey from land to online.

“The new frontier of connected experiences is here, and we are excited to showcase all that we have to offer at ICE for the first-time as Aristocrat Interactive. From the best-in-class content to innovative solutions and services, we’re excited to engage with our customers and share our new offerings now available to help them on their online journey,” said Moti Malul, CEO of Aristocrat Interactive.

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The Dutch Gaming Authority (KSA) launched a new awareness campaign to draw attention to the gambling stop. With the campaign “Pick up your life again, take a gambling stop,” KSA is aiming to increase attention to the risks of gambling and make the Cruks register more well-known.

Insights

The campaign is a follow-up to the pilot campaign from 2023. This pilot yielded many valuable insights, for example that more people are attracted to the word gambling stop. This name is therefore used in the new campaign.

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Positive effect

The campaign focuses primarily on young adults who (possibly) no longer have their gambling under control. That is one of the reasons why the campaign is largely running via social media instead of traditional (mass) media. The focus is on the positive effect that a gambling stop has on the life of a person with gambling problems. The powerful moments of young people who pick up their lives again can be seen in online videos, social ads and social posts (Google, YouTube, Meta and Snapchat).

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) announced record-breaking results from its fourth annual European Safer Gambling Week, held 18-24 November. The initiative – which included a social media campaign and events programme – demonstrated the broader European sector’s strengthening commitment to safer gambling through new levels of participation and expanded geographic reach.

The campaign saw record engagement with 195 partners actively participating – a 20% increase from 2023. Eight national gambling authorities participated, more than double the previous year, by either joining the social media campaign or speaking at the various events.

The campaign’s reach also expanded significantly to 26 countries – a 30% increase from 2023 – with partners in Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine joining for the first time, reflecting the growing pan-European dimension of the campaign. This was helped by social media graphics being made available in the local languages of 27 countries.

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The social media campaign reached 3.1 million users across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X platforms, generating 1169 social media posts – a 67% increase from the previous year.

A cornerstone of this year’s campaign was its comprehensive events programme, featuring 20 specialised events – an 11% increase from 2023. The events attracted record participation with 4500 registrations and 3000 attendees. Key discussions explored trends in AI, problem gambling prevalence reporting and innovations in safer gambling tools and messaging. The events featured 105 speakers, including senior representatives from gambling authorities in Belgium, Denmark, France and the UK.

The initiative builds on EGBA members’ year-round commitment to safer gambling, which in 2023 resulted in 67 million safety messages sent to their European customers. This dedicated week amplifies these ongoing efforts while encouraging greater collaboration between operators, regulators and harm prevention organisations.

“The success of this year’s edition reflects the sector’s deepening commitment to player protection. The significant increase in participation, especially from health organisations and regulatory authorities, demonstrates the common purpose and growing unity in our approach to safer gambling. Through this collaboration, we’ve reached a record number of Europeans with crucial safety messages during the campaign. Together, we’re making gambling safer and we already look forward to building on this success in next year’s edition,” said Maarten Haijer, Secretary General of EGBA.