New bet365 data reveals the online slots Canadians played most in September, with separate top 10 charts for Alberta and Ontario. (Image: MPSigns/Alamy)
Area Link Phoenix Firestorm was the online slot Canadians outside Alberta and Ontario played most in September, according to bet365's latest player data.
The figures come from bet365's monthly Gaming Insights and Performance report, which ranks more than 7,500 slot titles across roughly 20 regulated markets using a formula based on revenue, stakes, sessions and player engagement.
Table games and live dealer titles are not part of the count.
Outside Alberta and Ontario, Canadians play through bet365's international site, bet365 Canada, which operates in the country's grey market, so bet365 tracks that audience separately from its two regulated provinces.
Slots remain the most-tracked category across all three charts.
Alberta and Ontario, the only two provinces with regulated online casinos, each have their own chart, and both saw plenty of movement beneath their leaders in September.
Games Global titles fill much of the top of the rest-of-Canada chart, led by Area Link Phoenix Firestorm, which climbed one place to reclaim first from August's leader.
Its stablemate Amazing Link Zeus, from Games Global studio SpinPlay Games, jumped four places to second.
The standout mover was another SpinPlay Games title, Amazing Link Zeus Boost, which surged 35 places to third from 38th a month earlier.
Spin O'Reely Gold Blitz rose 14 places to fourth, and Pragmatic Play's Gates of Olympus Super Scatter slipped one place to fifth.
Area Link Bank Boss climbed one place to sixth, and Gold Blitz jumped 25 places to seventh.
Fishin' Pots of Gold was the only new entry in the top 10, landing at eighth, while Bigger Bass Splash and Eruption Blaze CASHINGO each climbed 14 places to round out the chart at ninth and 10th.
| Rank | Game | Previous Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Area Link Phoenix Firestorm | 2 | Up 1 |
| 2 | Amazing Link Zeus | 6 | Up 4 |
| 3 | Amazing Link Zeus Boost | 38 | Up 35 |
| 4 | Spin O'Reely Gold Blitz | 18 | Up 14 |
| 5 | Gates of Olympus Super Scatter | 4 | Down 1 |
| 6 | Area Link Bank Boss | 7 | Up 1 |
| 7 | Gold Blitz | 32 | Up 25 |
| 8 | Fishin' Pots of Gold | New Entry | New Entry |
| 9 | Bigger Bass Splash | 23 | Up 14 |
| 10 | Eruption Blaze CASHINGO | 24 | Up 14 |
Area Link Phoenix Firestorm has now held first place on Ontario's chart for four straight months.
Below it, the chart turned over fast: AGS's Capital Gains climbed 18 places to second, and Playtech's Leprechaun's Luck: Cash Collect jumped 46 places, from 49th to third.
Area Link Bank Boss rose six places to fourth, and bet365 High Flyer climbed one place to fifth.
Pragmatic Play's Gates of Olympus Super Scatter slipped two places to sixth, and Amazing Link Zeus rose seven places to seventh.
Cash Strike Hotstepper 2 entered the chart directly at eighth, and Sizzling 7s Fortune rose seven places to round out the top 10.
Blue Wizard fell the other way, dropping seven places from second to ninth.
| Rank | Game | Previous Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Area Link Phoenix Firestorm | 1 | No change |
| 2 | Capital Gains | 20 | Up 18 |
| 3 | Leprechaun's Luck: Cash Collect | 49 | Up 46 |
| 4 | Area Link Bank Boss | 10 | Up 6 |
| 5 | bet365 High Flyer | 6 | Up 1 |
| 6 | Gates of Olympus Super Scatter | 4 | Down 2 |
| 7 | Amazing Link Zeus | 14 | Up 7 |
| 8 | Cash Strike Hotstepper 2 | New Entry | New Entry |
| 9 | Blue Wizard | 2 | Down 7 |
| 10 | Sizzling 7s Fortune | 17 | Up 7 |
September marked the second full month of Alberta's regulated online casino market since it launched on July 13 with more than 20 licensed sites.
Amazing Link Zeus took over the top spot in Alberta, rising one place from second in August.
It pushed Fortune of Olympus, a Pragmatic Play title, down two places to third.
Play'n GO's Rise of Olympus 100 made the biggest jump of the month in the province, climbing 29 places to second.
Pragmatic Play's Sugar Rush Super Scatter rose five places to fourth, and Pride of the Serengeti climbed one place to fifth.
Gates of Olympus Super Scatter rose two places to sixth, and Area Link Dragon climbed 18 places to seventh.
Power Vault jumped 20 places to eighth, and Temple Tumble was a new entry at ninth.
bet365's own High Flyer held its 10th-place spot for a second straight month.
Alberta's field of licensed operators has since grown past 50, after the province's grace period for unlicensed sites ended in mid-October, so Zeus and the rest of the chart now face a far more crowded field of competitors.
| Rank | Game | Previous Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazing Link Zeus | 2 | Up 1 |
| 2 | Rise of Olympus 100 | 31 | Up 29 |
| 3 | Fortune of Olympus | 1 | Down 2 |
| 4 | Sugar Rush Super Scatter | 9 | Up 5 |
| 5 | Pride of the Serengeti | 6 | Up 1 |
| 6 | Gates of Olympus Super Scatter | 8 | Up 2 |
| 7 | Area Link Dragon | 25 | Up 18 |
| 8 | Power Vault | 28 | Up 20 |
| 9 | Temple Tumble | New Entry | New Entry |
| 10 | bet365 High Flyer | 10 | No change |
bet365 serves Canadian players through three separate access points, and the September numbers show why it tracks each one on its own.
Ontario players, in the country's longest-running regulated market, access bet365 Ontario.
Alberta bettors use bet365 Alberta, launched alongside the province's regulated market in July.
Everyone else in Canada reaches the operator through its international site, which operates in the grey market.
Shane Donnelly is an experienced journalist, writer, and editor who has been working in the online gambling ecosystem for seven years, and the media industry in general for well over a decade. Specializing in the Canadian market, Shane keeps a keen eye on industry trends, market movements, and innovations in gaming tech, always with player welfare at the forefront of his mind. When not staying on top of the latest iGaming developments, he can be found playing water polo with his local team, where he struggles to stay afloat.
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