IGT Casino Games

International Game Technology has been active in the casino industry long before online casinos became commonplace . As early as the 1970s, Sarcoma, the forerunner of IGT, began delivering slot machines to casinos in Las Vegas. Nowadays, games from IGT are also available on a large number of different gaming sites on the internet, and the gaming portfolio includes the famous jackpot games MegaJackpots Monopoly, MegaJackpotsCluedo and MegaJackpots Cleopatra.

Ownership, licenses, and more

IGT's headquarters are located in Las Vegas, USA and the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company has its roots in the company Sircoma which was founded by the legendary Silas Si Redd in the mid 1970s. Sarcoma's products quickly became hugely popular among US casinos and the company was behind several major innovations, including the world's first video poker machine and the world's first growing jackpot fed by slot machines spread over a large area.

In the 2000s, IGT began to seriously focus its attention on the online gaming industry and in 2005 they acquired Wager Works. A few years later, the large poker network Entraction also became part of IGT, and IGT also acquired the Facebook casino DoubleDown. IGT are now really big in the online gaming industry, but that does not mean that they have let go of the gaming world outside the internet. On the contrary, about 50% of all slots in US casinos come from IGT.

When IGT operates in the online gaming industry, it is often through the subsidiary Wager Works. Wager Works has a gaming license from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. WagerWorks software has been tested and approved by Technical Systems Testing and is certified by Certified Fair Gaming.

Games & Software

All games from IGT are opened directly in the browser. There is no casino client to download and install. For the games to work properly, the Adove Flash plug-in is required. The range of games includes table games, slots, video poker, keno games, and more. It is worth mentioning that IGT, compared to most other game manufacturers, has a large collection of HiLo games. IGT has had a number of successful collaborations with other companies in the entertainment industry that have resulted in so called brand games. Among dedicated slot players, the slot machines Siberian Storm and Fire Opals from IGT are very popular because they have a high variance. It is quite difficult to win on these games, but you have a chance to win really big wins.

Growing jackpots

The most famous growing jackpot from IGT that can be won on the internet is the MegaJackpots jackpot. It starts at 1.5 million and is shared by MegaJackpots Cleopatra, MegaJackpotsCluedo and MegaJackpots Monopoly with Pass Go Bonus. The biggest win to date occurred in September 2013 when a MegaJackpots jackpot of just under 3.3 million fell out. Already in January of the following year, it was time again, when a player won just over 2.7 million. It is important to know, however, that you are not allowed to receive your entire MegaJackpots jackpot at once when you have won, instead it is paid out in parts over a period of 20 years.

Mobile Casino

IGT has been active in the mobile industry for a long time and in addition to regular mobile casino games also offers SMS games. In fact, it was possible to play games from IGT on mobile even before smartphones broke through, as there were small casino games from IGT that worked in ordinary old fashioned mobile phones. IGT currently has a mobile casino that works with both Andorid and iOS. The games are made in HTML5 and look good both on tablets and on the slightly smaller screens that are common in mobile phones. The mobile casino contains both table games, slot machines, video poker and lottery games.