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Photo Essay: The SBC Summit Scene

A visual taste of the conference floor at the Broward County Convention Center

By Eric Raskin

Last updated: May 15, 2025

1 min

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In past years, the gambling industry’s finest gathered in Secaucus, New Jersey, around this time of year for the annual SBC Summit Americas conference. This year, the conference is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a move that can be seen as a positive development on three fronts:

  1. It’s been raining in Jersey all week, whereas the Florida weather has been a delight.
  2. This location offers ease of access from Latin America, a major element of this conference.
  3. The Broward County Convention Center is roomy AF, meaning it feels less crowded — and you get your steps in traversing the floor.

Here’s a sampling of the sights at the conference for those unable to attend.

A visually ugly photo to start, but an important one: the map of the room
sbc summit pano
A more creative photo: a 360 panorama from the center of the room
titan sbc summit
No shortage of bright lights and colors on the exhibition floor
sbc white hat beach
White Hat Gaming went with a beach theme (not real sand, just a carpet made to look like sand)
sbc wheel
What kind of gaming conference doesn’t have wheels and prizes?
sbc-sweeps-panel
One of the countless panels running throughout the day — this one about sweepstakes
sbc booze
A necessity at any industry conference: booze
sbc trev's bar
By early afternoon Wednesday, the bar was packed
sbc trev and friends
Whoever “Trev” is, he’s met a bunch of famous people
sbc chicken people
Yeah, we have no idea what’s happening here either
sbc batting cage
This conference came complete with a batting cage, hoop, and hockey net (not in use in this photo because, of course, all conference attendees were busy working)