The 2026 edition of SBC Summit Americas is underway!
We’ll be bringing you the biggest stories live from the floor at Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, including plenty of updates from a packed conference agenda that dives into a range of topics hitting the headlines in North American and Latin American gaming.
The SBC team on site today includes:
- SBC Americas Editor Adam Candee
- SBC Americas Senior Business Journalist Justin Byers
- SBC Media Director Martyn Elliott
- SBC Media Manager Fernando Noodt
- SBC Media Researcher Ana Maria Menezes
- SBC Noticias Editor Lucia Gando
- SBC Noticias Business Journalist Pedro Occhiuzzi
- Affiliate Leaders Editor Jyoti Rambhai
Keep checking here through the next couple of days for the latest insights, the best quotes, and breaking news from SBC Summit Americas 2026.
10:56 a.m. — SBC Summit Americas hosts The Women’s Exchange
The morning of Day 1 included The Women’s Exchange, a meetup aimed at connecting women in gaming and facilitating meaningful conversations and valuable networking opportunities with peers from across the gaming and betting ecosystem in a welcoming and collaborative environment.
The initiative was made possible with the help of sponsors Global Gaming Women, PayNearMe, and Segev LLP.
As part of the new SBC Connections networking program, the Women’s Exchange is just one of several meetups hosted under The Exchange banner this year, designed to create space for honest and relevant conversations. Others across Wednesday and Thursday will include a Payments and Fintech Exchange, a Prediction Markets Exchange, a Tribal Gaming Exchange, and a Regulation Exchange.
10:25 a.m. — iGaming Daily previews what’s on tap for Wednesday
Ahead of the main conference program getting underway, SBC Americas’ Justin Byers and SBC Noticias Editor Lucia Gando joined host Fernando Noodt for a preview episode of SBC’s iGaming Daily podcast to break down some of the key topics and the biggest talking points set to be spotlighted on Wednesday.
On the day that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released its proposed rules for prediction markets regulation, event contracts will inevitably be at the forefront from a U.S. perspective. But there’s plenty more on offer, from the present and future of player protection to the role of technology and AI in gaming, and much more.
10:00 a.m. — Welcome to SBC Summit Americas!
The doors are officially open and SBC Summit Americas is open for business!
Attendees have already been making their way into the Broward County Convention Center for what promises to be a busy, productive two days filled with insightful panel sessions, interesting conversations, and valuable networking opportunities.
This year, we have nine content streams, delivered across five stages, plus a jam-packed roster of high-profile speakers from the U.S., Latin America, Canada and across the global industry.
Stay tuned for our rolling live blog, where our team on the ground will be keeping you in the loop on the breaking stories from across the next two days.
