IGT

Casino Games

IGT games are designed and optimized for web-based and mobile platforms through its PlayCasino brand. It holds 17 licenses, authorizing it to provide digital content, including slots, poker, blackjack, roulette, other card games, video poker, progressives, and bingo.

Video Slots

As of the end of the calendar year 2021, IGT had hundreds of games with plans to release 30+ new and ported slots (from land-based machines) per year. Some are branded titles, including Wheel of Fortune and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. However, unbranded titles make up the most significant part of IGT’s slots.

IGT slots include multi-level progressives, including Prosperity Link Cai Yun Heng Tong™ and Diamond Spins – Jungle Riches™.

Most popular IGT Gaming Slots

Deciding the best IGT slots can be difficult. However, never one to back down from a challenge, we’ve taken a stab at it to present our top 5 IGT slots.

Wolf Run

Wolf Run by IGT was released way back in 2012 with a theme based on wolves, nature, and native culture & spirituality. It is played on up to 40 paylines and comes with scatter-pays symbols, stacked wild, and free spins with a 2x multiplier. The maximum payout per winning line is 1,000 coins. The success of Wolf Run has led to the creation of the successor Wolf Run Megajackpots.

Cleopatra

The 20 paylines slot Cleopatra from IGT is another iconic slot released in 2012 and continues to engage players. It has a top payout of 10,000 coins and is designed with nostalgic artwork and sound effects. The features of this medium volatility slot include free spins with 3x multipliers and wilds. The success of the slots based on the lovely Egyptian queen led to the sequels Cleopatra II & III.

Siberian Storm

Siberian Storm is an even older slot than the previous ones, released in 2011. It also represents the only 720 ways to win the game on our list. Based on the majestic Siberian tiger, claw your way up to $1,000 per payline with scatter-pays symbols, a wild, and free spins. IGT also released Siberian Storm Dual Play and Siberian Storm Megajackpots.

Da Vinci Diamonds

Take a trip back to the glorious Renaissance  Period and bask in tumbling reels, free spins, a wild, and scatter pays. Inspired by the renowned Leonardo da Vinci, Da Vinci Diamonds is a 20 paylines slot with 25,000 coins max jackpot. It has a classic style with artwork that includes colored diamond symbols. Not surprisingly, the slot is succeeded by Da Vinci Diamonds Dual Play and Da Vinci Diamonds Masterworks.

Containing Cluedo

The murder/mystery-themed Cluedo is inspired by toymaker Hasbro’s classic board game with symbols of suspects and murder weapons. It comes full of features and special symbols, including free spins, a wild, but the ‘Room Bonus,’ and the ‘pinning Detective Bonus.’

Lotteries

Unlike most iGaming providers, IGT derives most of its revenue from its global lottery business. Its core focus is providing the technology, including networked terminals and systems. This includes instant tickets and draw games to roughly 80 international customers, including 36 US states. iLotteries represent a fast-growing segment of this vertical, which addresses website and mobile app systems.

IGT has been the exclusive licensee of the Italian Lotto game since 1998, which is set to expire in 2025. In November 2016, its exclusive license included new partners as part of a joint venture called Lottoitalia s.r.l. The joint venture comprises IGT Lottery S.p.A, Arianna 2001 (an entity partially owned by Novomatic Italia), and Italian Gaming Holding. IGT is also the exclusive licensee of Lotterie Nazionali S.r.l. along with Scientific Games Corporation and Arianna 2001. Since 2004, “Gratta e Vinci” has offered a scratch & win instant ticket lottery, set to expire in 2028.

For calendar/fiscal year 2021, US revenue tied to facilities lottery management agreements (LMAs) was most significant in Florida, New York, Michigan, California, and Texas. The company’s revenues from facilities management contracts (FMCs) were dominated by contributions from New Jersey and its Indiana joint venture.

Video Lottery Terminals (VLT)

IGT provides and services video lottery terminals to customers worldwide, typically regulated by lotteries. They also sell or enter into fee-based contracts with other licensed operators. These machines are generally networked.

Sports Betting

IGT offers a B2B sports betting solution to authorized operators in more than 20 US states as of December 31, 2021, through its PlaySports brand. The provider introduced two gaming machine cabinets in 2021: PeakBarTop™ and CrystalFlex™. These innovations allow players to make wagers, watch sports, play slots, video poker, and keno. IGT counts some of the largest sports betting providers among its clients:

• PointsBet
• FanDuel
• Resorts World
• Rhode Island Lottery
• Boyd Gaming Corporation

 

History of IGT Gaming

William “Si” Redd founded IGT in 1975 as A-1, changing the name to Sircoma in 1978, and finally International Game Technology in 1981. That same year, IGT went public on the NASDAQ, driven by the success of its video poker machine. It made its 1^st acquisition in 1984 of Electronic Data Technologies, which brought it a marketing tool that enabled it to track players by computer. It would facilitate the explosion of frequent player rewards.

In January 1991, IGT went on to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), outperforming many other listed companies. The following year, IGT Europe was set up to service casinos on the European continent. The company continued to expand internationally, opening offices in Argentina and South Africa in 1994. It was 1996 when the branded Wheel of Fortune progressive slot was launched, proving to be a winner.

In 1998, it introduced another branded slot based on Elvis. The same year, IGT made two strategic acquisitions, purchasing Manchester, UK-based Barcrest Gaming for $70 million and Sodak Gaming Inc for $230m. The latter would become its Native American market distributor.

By 2001 IGT joined the S&P 500 list as it continued to consolidate the industry through acquisitions of Silicon Gaming and Anchor Gaming. The latter company doubled IGT’s gaming revenue. IGT wasn’t done, purchasing Acres Gaming in 2003 to acquire the technology behind the target company’s systems and bonus technology. The following year, IGT introduced Class II bingo games to the Native American market. It also established IGT Canada, which would target Canadian gaming and lottery markets.

2005 marked another company acquisition, this time of WagerWorks. It also marks the year that IGT revealed its 1^st multi-level progressive jackpot, Fort Knox. At the same time, the company continued to expand into international markets, including Mexico, Macau, and Russia. Group play and community bonus games were introduced in 2006 when IGT released Wheel of Fortune Special Edition. The same year, a multi-player version of roulette and baccarat was released, representing a first for the company.

At the beginning of 2008, IGT opened a Global Technology & Interoperability Center in Reno, Nevada. This was a research and testing facility for gaming manufacturers, clients, and third-party manufacturers. In the same year, IGT acquired Cyberview Technology, Inc.

2009 proved to be a busy year for IGT. It opened an R&D office in Beijing (IGT Technology Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd.) for R&D. The provider also released the branded slot title Sex and the City. Furthermore, its sbX Experience Management System was installed in Las Vegas casino Aria Resort & Casino. This management system would make its way into Italian, Finnish, and French locations the following year. Million-2-1 and WagerWorks merged into a single group headquartered in San Francisco.

In 2011 IGT acquired Stockholm, Sweden-based Entraction, which offered a poker network. The following year, IGT acquired a Facebook game company based in Seattle, Double Down. Later that same year, IGT sold Barcrest to Scientific Games for $54 million.

2014 was a significant year for Italy-based GTECH’s takeover of IGC to create IGT Plc., later completed in 2015.

The company continued to thrive with new lottery contracts and gaming machine shipments. It introduced 6 new cabinets in 2016. In 2017, IGT introduced industry-first 4G video slots. Its subsidiary (part of a consortium) was awarded a concession for the Italian lottery. IGT and its joint venture partners would also win a 9-year extension for an Italian scratch and win concession. In the second quarter of 2017, IGT sold Double Down Interactive LLC to a South for $825 million to a South Korea-headquartered company.

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned PASPA in 2018, IGT introduced a sports betting product to a casino outside of Nevada. It continued to innovate, releasing CrystalDual® 27 cabinets and its GameTouch™ 20 self-service lottery terminal. It entered into a strategic sports betting partnership with FanDuel and William Hill US. Showing no signs of slowing down, IGT was chosen to work with the Mississippi Lottery Corporation in 2019. Its sports betting operations spread to 11 US states. That same year, its joint venture was also awarded a 15-year license (Brazilian LOTEX).

The lottery business continued to grow in 2020, being rewarded contracts in Virginia, Nebraska, the Czech Republic, and Poland. The operator also released cabinets while signing strategic partnership deals with the NBA, Boyd Gaming, and FanDuel. By the end of the year, it had sports betting operations in 16 US states.

In December 2020, IGT sold its Italian B2C gaming businesses (sports betting, digital gaming, and gaming machine businesses) to Apollo’s Gamenet Group for $1.2 billion.

On February 25, 2022, IGT lottery S.p.A. agreed to sell its payment business to PostePay S.p.A. For $785 million. IGT continues to capture new lottery business in Connecticut, France, Germany, and Jamaica. It also extended a contract in Ohio. At last count, 3/10 US iLottery customers are signed up with IGT.