In the latest Eilers-Fantini report on online casino performance, IGT and Evolution have emerged as leading forces in the US games charts. The two studios battled for supremacy in categories including top games by GGR, top slots, new game rankings, and supplier charts, as detailed in Eilers & Krejcik’s November report. In the Canadian supplier charts, Games Global, Pragmatic Play, and Light & Wonder aimed to challenge the dominance of their US counterparts.
In the US, IGT's Cash Eruption slot maintained its position at the top of the Eilers-Fantini top slots by GGR charts, holding a 2.88% share, a rise from 2.7% observed from August to October. Aristocrat’s Buffalo moved up from third to second place, though its GGR share declined from 1.68% to 1.48%. Evolution's Live Dealer Lightning Roulette made a notable return to the top, claiming third place with a 1.46% GGR share, while IGT's Blackjack and Evolution’s Live Dealer Crazy Time rounded out the top five at fourth and fifth with shares of 1.39% and 1.37%, respectively.
Overall, the top games by GGR included 17 slot titles, three table games, and five live casino titles, marking only the third time this year that no video poker games made the top 25. Cash Eruption not only held strong in the top slots but also continued to lead in the overall charts, while Crazy Time jumped from eighth to second place, pushing IGT's Blackjack down to third. Evolution’s Live Dealer Crazy Time surged from twelfth to fourth, maintaining the presence of three Evolution games and two from IGT in the top five, with Crazy Time appearing twice.
IGT's Mystery of the Lamp Treasure Oasis entered the top 10 in seventh place as the only new title among the leaders. Last month's top finishers saw some changes, with Capital Gains from AGS dropping from fourth to eighth and Gamecode's Triple Stones falling from third to ninth.
IGT’s Cash Eruption also dominated the top slots charts for another month, while Mystery of the Lamp Treasure Oasis achieved a new second-place finish. Gamecode's Triple Stones fell to fourth, allowing Light & Wonder’s Doctor Reactive Mega Drop Low to rise up sixteen spots to round out the top five at fifth.
This month featured 12 suppliers in the top slots charts, with Light & Wonder, Evolution, Aristocrat, Reel Play, Everi, Inspired, and Games Global each securing at least one title in the top 25. New rankings for October were highlighted by 1×2 gaming's Porky Banks Hold and Win, which ranked third, surpassing Mystery of the Lamp Treasure Oasis. Playtech’s Breaking Bad Collect Em and Link entered fourth, followed by White Hat Studios’ Bankin More Bacon in fifth.
In another shake-up, 7s Fire Blitz from White Hat fell to sixth after a previous third-place finish, while new titles Lucky Bonanza Cash Spree and The Walking Dead Collect Em claimed seventh and eighth, respectively. Games Global's Immortal Romance 2 took ninth place, and White Hat Studios’ Lightning Gold climbed from nineteenth to complete the top ten.
As per usual, all top 25 new games were slot releases. Evolution led the supplier charts, capturing 18% of the GGR share, consistent with last month. IGT and Light & Wonder held steady with shares of 17% and approximately 13.4%, respectively. Games Global saw an uptick to 7.8%, recovering from a previous drop, while White Hat gained to 6.1%.
Slots maintained their position as the leading category, making up 91.4% of the tracked games, with table games at 3.3%. Instant win games accounted for 2.3%, followed by live casino at 1.4%, video poker at 0.9%, lottery at 0.4%, and bingo/keno at 0.2%. Mobile gaming achieved the highest win generation at 72%, with desktop at 27.1% and tablet at 0.8%.
The Eilers-Fantini report for the US analyzed data from Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut, covering 28 online casino sites and 67,740 games, representing around 64% of the US market. In Canada, Eilers & Krejcik’s report chronicled nine online casino sites and tracked 18,105 games across five provinces. In the Canadian market, IGT's Cash Eruption retained its leading position despite a slight decrease in GGR share to 2.03%.
IGT’s Cleopatra slot improved to second place with 0.91%, while Evolution’s Live Dealer Roulette fell to third with a 0.86% share. Light & Wonder's The Godfather slot took fourth with a 0.83% share, and Greentube's Wish Upon a Star placed fifth with a 0.75% share. IGT maintained a lead in the Canadian supplier charts with a 15.6% GGR share, down from 17.1%, ahead of Light & Wonder's 13.48%, also down from October. Games Global surpassed Evolution for third place, achieving a GGR share of 12.22%, while Evolution reported 11.51%. Pragmatic Play held fifth with a slight increase to 10.39%.
