Slot Manufacturers

There are many slot manufacturers at the gaming market. But among the most popular are only successful. Years of prohibition did no influence their ability to make high quality products. No wonder that majority of the world’s largest slot manufacturers are based in state Nevada, very close to the world’s entertainment capital Las Vegas. Here are the top producers:

Great Inventor

One of the largest manufacturers in the world is International Game Technology, better known as IGT. It is a company that brought to the world such popular entertainments as Wheel of Fortune, Spin Poker and Austin Powers. Also it is a producer of the well-known Game King multi-game video line.

In 2005 they merged WagerWorks, and since then the IGT became an exclusive provider of the online versions of I Dream of Jeannie, Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right. Also the company produces TV and film franchises based video slots and reels. Among them are The Twilight Zone, Bewitched, Star Wars, Alien vs. Predator, Indiana Jones and many more.

There is an interesting fact about the WagerWorks – the USA based players are not allowed to play for real money on their software.

Pinball Revolutionary

The story of this company started back in 1943, when Harry Williams designed the “tilt” mechanism for the pinball machines. It totally changed the pinball game essence. That was a perfect start for WMS (Williams Manufacturing Company). Since then they became recognizable for Reel ‘Em In, Filthy Rich, Boom, Jackpot Party, Monopoly and many others.

Modern Fossil

Las Vegas based Bally Technologies started its way in 1932 as Bally Manufacturing Corporation. Raymond T. (Ray) Moloney was the father of the “Ballyhoo” game that brought much profit to the company. Other games, like “Goofy”, “Airway”, “Rocket” and “Bumper” made him a leader of the industry in the mid 30s. During the World War II Moloney transformed his gaming plant into the military one to help the army with the wartime materials, like bombsights, oxygen regulators, detonator fuses and so on.

The company had different lines of various products, but in 2000s they focused on the casino gaming business and rapidly became dominant at the developing slot account market.

Their key inventions are Money Honey (1964), Jackpot Riot (1993), Blazing 7s (1993) and Playboy (2002).

Japanese Conqueror

The Sigma Gaming was launched in Tokyo, Japan in the 1980s. Later, being a successful company, it moved to the USA and fought hard to get its piece of a pie. Soon they won their share of the market and became recognized for Treasure Tunnel, The Game of Life, Treasure Wheel, Easy Riches and Full of Sheep.

The players like Sigma slot machines because they are very comfortable to play for a long time. For example, a slant-top reel slot machine was designed about 20 years ago. Everything is located so neatly that the player does not need to do extra movements to continue playing. Also Sigma’s machines have embedded bill validators, and you do not have to wait for the change person.

Gambling Aristocrat

The largest slot machine manufacturer in Australia and second in the world that makes almost 90 pct of the games there is called Aristocrat Leisure Limited. They were the ground breakers in the field of bonus video slots with multi-paylines. Their famous features are roaming wilds, free spin-bonus play, repeat wins and hold and spin.

The Cash Express and Jackpot Carnival are the main profit deliverers to the company. Its Queen of the Nile, Dolphin Treasure, 50 Lions, Lady Luck, ReelPower are recognized at the market too. It is worth mentioning that they own 700 patents, designs are trademarks.