IGT managed to widen the gap between itself and Light & Wonder in the US in July, according to the latest Online Game Performance Report from Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG).
Each month, EKG releases the report alongside Fantini Research. Gathering data directly from operators across 33 websites, the report provides an in-depth recap of US online casino and iGaming performance.
Below are some of the latest standout market figures, through to July 2023, presented in partnership with iGaming NEXT.
Top suppliers by GGR
Evolution remained the largest supplier included in the report in August, although its overall share of GGR dropped from 22.6% to 22.3%.
That reduction was driven by a 70 basis point drop in Evolution’s share of the slots vertical, where its share fell from 15.7% to 15%, alongside a drop in its share of video poker GGR from 4.5% to 3.9%.
Those reductions were partially offset by an increase in Evolution’s share of table games revenue from 22.5% to 24.7%.
Remaining in second place, IGT’s share of overall GGR increased month-over-month, from 18% in July’s report to 19% in August.
That improvement was driven by a significant uptick in IGT’s share of slots revenue, from 15.4% to 16.6%, which helped offset a reduction in the supplier’s share of table games revenue from 40.5% to 39.2%.
IGT remained the largest supplier of video poker games included in the report, accounting for 93.6% of all revenue recorded in that vertical.
In third place, Light & Wonder’s share of total GGR slipped from 16.3% to 14.9%, as its share of slots revenue fell from 19% to 17.4%, and its share of table games revenue fell from 13.1% to 12.2%.
Everi remained in fourth place, albeit with a decreased share of overall GGR of 9.1%, compared to 9.7% in the previous report.
Digital Gaming Corporation held on in fifth, significantly improving its share of overall GGR from 6.4% to 7.8%.
Operators’ proprietary ‘internal’ titles remained consistent with the prior month in sixth place, with 5.6% of overall GGR.
Other significant movers this month included Inspired, whose share of overall GGR fell from 2.2% in 11th place to 1.8% in 12th.
Bragg Gaming, while remaining in 16th place in the overall rankings, improved its share of GGR from 0.7% to 0.9%.
Top game titles by GGR
Looking to the top individual game titles by share of GGR, IGT’s Blackjack held out for another month in the top spot with close to 3% of the total GGR analysed.
The supplier’s Cash Eruptions slot also remained in second place, with close to 2% of overall GGR.
Evolution’s Live Dealer Roulette managed to reverse its fortune this month, as it leapt from seventh place to third with a GGR share of well over 1%.
That sent Light & Wonder’s 88 Fortunes, AGS’ Capital Gains, Everi’s Cash Machine and IGT’s Cleopatra down one ranking place each, as they occupied the leaderboard spots from fourth to seventh.
Evolution’s RNG-based Blackjack also fared well this month, rising from 10th place to eighth, thus sending IGT’s Fortune Coin and Reel Play’s Hypernova Megaways down one place each, to the ninth and 10th spots respectively.
Other significant movers this month included Evolution’s Lightning Roulette, which rose from 17th place to 14th.
Meanwhile, the live casino specialist’s Divine Fortune slot fell from 16th to 22nd, and its Live Baccarat offering fell out of the top 25 having ranked 18th last month.
New additions to this month’s top 25 included Digital Gaming Corporation’s Hyper Gold slot and IGT’s Da Vinci Diamonds.
Of the top 25 titles, Evolution held eight, IGT seven, Light & Wonder three, Digital Gaming Corporation, Everi and Reel Play each held two, while AGS secured one game on the leaderboard.
Suppliers by percentage of top performing titles
The above charts show trends in the percentages of top performing titles attributable to each of the largest suppliers in the market.
Here, Light & Wonder led the charge with 18.9% of the top performing titles in July, continuing on an overall positive trajectory since August 2022, when it accounted for 16.6% of the top games.
Still, it has seen a reduction in this percentage in recent months, down from 22.7% in May 2023.
Evolution came in second in this ranking, accounting for 17.1% of the top performing game titles in July.
That performance was better than in recent months, after the supplier accounted for a more modest 15.3% of the top performing titles in May.
Still, the latest figure is indicative of an overall downward trajectory on this metric for Evolution, which held 19.6% of the top performing games in the market in September 2022.
At IGT, the percentage of top performing titles was also up month-over-month from 11.0% in June to 12.1% in July.
Again though, that figure represents a continued downward trajectory for the supplier since last year, having accounted for as many as 15.1% of the top performing titles in October 2022.
Of the other suppliers listed, only Everi appears to be on a clear upward trajectory in the long term, as it achieved a share of 6.4% of the top performing games in July.
While that was down month-over-month compared to June’s 7.4%, it represents a significant improvement compared to August 2022, when it held just 4.1% of the top performing titles.
Proportion of the market included in the report
Eilers & Krejcik includes a vast quantity of data in its reports, covering some 64% of the US iGaming market and now tracking more than 47,000 separate game titles every month across 33 online casino sites.
The growth in the number of games tracked by the firm, as well as the number of online casinos available to US consumers – from just a handful in recent years to more than 40 today – demonstrate the growth of regulated online casino products across the US.
With legalised iGaming available in just a few states, however, the data included in this report shows the beginning of the vertical’s growth trajectory, which will be further driven by the introduction of new legislation and regulation across additional US states in the months and years to come.
For a month-on-month comparison, you can read the July Online Game Report write-up here.
If you are interested in learning more, subscribing, or participating in the Eilers-Fantini Online Game Performance Database, reach out to Rick Eckert at reckert@ekgamingllc.com.
Light & Wonder failed to overtake IGT as the second largest iGaming supplier in the US in June, according to the latest Online Game Performance Report from Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG).
Each month, EKG releases the report alongside Fantini Research. Gathering data directly from operators across 35 websites, the report provides an in-depth recap of US online casino and iGaming performance.
Below are some of the latest standout market figures, through to June 2023, presented in partnership with iGaming NEXT.
Top suppliers by GGR
The top three suppliers by GGR remained consistent with previous months as Evolution, IGT and Light & Wonder continued to occupy podium positions.
Compared to last month’s report, Evolution improved slightly as its share of GGR rose from 22.4% to 22.6%.
That rise was likely driven by an increase in the supplier’s share of table games revenue (from 20.9% to 22.5%) and video poker revenue (2.7% to 4.5%), despite a decline in its share of slot revenue from 16.1% to 15.7%.
Meanwhile, IGT managed to open the gap between itself and Light & Wonder this month as its share of overall GGR rose significantly from 16.9% to 18%.
That put a bit more distance between the supplier and its closest competitor Light & Wonder, after the companies held perilously close GGR shares of 16.9% and 16.7% respectively last month.
Light & Wonder’s share of overall GGR fell this month from 16.7% to 16.3%, however, helping widen that gap even further.
Still, the supplier formerly known as Scientific Games remained the largest single slots supplier included in the report, with 19% of all slots GGR, down from 19.9% last month.
Elsewhere, fourth-largest supplier Everi made impressive gains, as its overall share of GGR grew from 8.9% to 9.7%, as a result of an increase in its share of slots GGR from 11.1% to 12.1%.
Digital Gaming Corproation suffered in fifth place, as its share of overal GGR fell from 7.5% to 6.4%, while operators’ proprietary ‘internal’ game titles also lost market share, from representing 8.1% of overall GGR last month to just 5.6% this month.
AGS made significant gains as it moved from ninth place with 2.1% of overall GGR to seventh place with 2.9%.
Another notable mover was Inspired, which moved from 13th place with 1.6% of GGR to 11th, with 2.2%.
Top performing games by GGR
This month’s top games by GGR leaderboard saw a return to form for IGT’s Blackjack, as its share of overall GGR lept from 1.86% last month to 2.93%, keeping the game firmly in pole position.
More good news followed for IGT, as its Cash Eruption slot also managed to increase its market share from 1.54% to 1.97%, moving from fourth place to second as a result.
Light & Wonder’s 88 Fortunes held on in third, meanwhile, despite a slight drop in GGR share from 1.55% to 1.49%.
AGS’ Capital Gains lived up to its name, as it jumped all the way from 14th place with 0.83% of GGR to fourth place with 1.37%.
Everi’s Cash Machine also had a good month in fifth, as its share of overall GGR reached 1.35%, up from 1.26% in seventh place last month.
One of the month’s biggest losers was Evolution’s Live Dealer Roulette, which has historically occupied a podium position in the rankings of best performing individual games.
This month, it fell from grace as it moved from second place with 1.58% of overall GGR last month to seventh, with just 1.23%.
The live casino specialist’s Blackjack title, however, managed to scrape back some market share as it moved up from 12th place with 0.97% of GGR to 10th, with 1.05%.
New additions to the top ranked games list included Light & Wonder’s Lightning Gorilla, which took 25th place with 0.5% of overall GGR, and Inspired’s Stacked Fire 7s, which appeared in 24th with 0.51%.
GGR trends by supplier
The above chart shows the development of market share over the past year at some of the largest suppliers in the US iGaming market.
The overall trend shows market leaders Evolution and IGT losing market share over time, while the next largest suppliers appear to be making steady gains.
Evolution has fallen from a high of 28.7% of GGR in December 2022, for example, to 22.6% in June 2023.
IGT, meanwhile, peaked at 24.5% of GGR in July 2022, before arriving at its 18% market share last month.
In contrast, Light & Wonder has been on a relatively steady upward trajectory across the same period, improving its market share from 13.5% in July last year to a peak of 16.9% in May 2023, before dipping slightly to 16.3% in June.
Everi has also made significant gains over the period, rising from a 6.4% low point in July 2022 to 9.7% in June 2023.
Besides Evolution and IGT, only operators’ internal games and High 5 Games found themselves in a worse position in June 2023 than in July 2022.
The GGR share attributable to internal games fell from 7.4% to 5.6% over the period, while High 5’s market share fell from 3.1% to 2.5%.
The other suppliers listed including Digital Gaming Corporatin, AGS and Reel Play, continue to make slow but steady progress towards higher market share.
Proportion of the market included in the report
Eilers & Krejcik includes a vast quantity of data in its reports, covering some 64% of the US iGaming market and now tracking more than 54,000 separate game titles every month across 35 online casino sites.
The growth in the number of games tracked by the firm, as well as the number of online casinos available to US consumers – from just a handful in recent years to more than 40 today – demonstrate the growth of regulated online casino products across the US.
With legalised iGaming available in just a few states, however, the data included in this report shows the beginning of the vertical’s growth trajectory, which will be further driven by the introduction of new legislation and regulation across additional US states in the months and years to come.
For a month-on-month comparison, you can read the June Online Game Report write-up here.
If you are interested in learning more, subscribing, or participating in the Eilers-Fantini Online Game Performance Database, reach out to Rick Eckert at reckert@ekgamingllc.com.
Each month, Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG) releases its US-focused Online Game Performance Report alongside Fantini Research.
Gathering data directly from operators across 30 websites, the report provides an in-depth recap of US online casino and iGaming performance.
Below are some of the latest standout market figures, through to April 2023, presented in partnership with iGaming NEXT.
GGR trends by supplier
A new addition to the report this month sees trends in the percentage of GGR attributable to individual suppliers tracked month-on-month.
Both Evolution and IGT have been seen to lose market share as an overall percentage of GGR since last year.
Evolution’s share climbed as high as 26.5% in November and December 2022, but now sits at 22.1%, the lowest figure recorded since May 2022.
IGT meanwhile once held as much as a 21% share, but now accounts for around 17.4% of the GGR tracked by the report.
Light & Wonder has been able to maintain its market share on a more consistent basis. The supplier’s total share has fluctuated between 14.8% and 17.2% over the tracked period, but currently sits at 16.2%.
EKG suggested the drop in share for Evolution and IGT could be explained by the growing amount of table game and video poker content being developed in-house by operators, with those verticals making up a greater proportion of the suppliers’ market share than for L&W.
Still, the ‘internal’ category of operators’ proprietary games has also seen a slight decline over the months, with a share of GGR once as high as 9.7% now sitting at 8.2%.
One company which is on a clear upward trajectory is Everi, whose share has grown from 5.4% to 9% in the latest report, its highest ever achieved level.
Digital Gaming Corporation also saw a record share in the data up until April, with the supplier taking around 7.5% of GGR.
Top games by GGR
After storming to the top spot in last month’s report with 2.13% of overall GGR, Digital Gaming Corporation’s Gold Blitz slot disappeared from the top game rankings as quickly as it arrived.
IGT’s Blackjack found itself firmly in the top spot once again, with 2.12% of all iGaming GGR, up from 1.85% last month.
L&W’s 88 Fortunes slot was able to marginally increase its share from 1.61% to 1.64%, but shot up to second place from fourth as a result of market share losses in other top-ranked titles.
Evolution’s Live Dealer Roulette’s share, for example, slipped from 1.98% in second place to 1.62% in third, while IGT’s Cash Eruption fell from 1.58% to 1.51%, although the slot did move up from fifth to fourth place.
IGT’s Cleopatra slot made significant gains, moving from eighth place with 1.28% of GGR to fifth with 1.43%, while Everi’s Cash Machine jumped from 10th to sixth as its share of GGR grew from 1.16% to 1.31%.
Changes in the latest rankings reflect a general trend towards top titles holding smaller proportions of overall GGR as time goes on, with spend being spread across a broader range of games.
The top 25 titles combined accounted for 24.8% of overall GGR, down from 27.14% in the previous report.
Of the 25 top spots, Evolution held 10, IGT held five, L&W had four, Everi and Reel Play each held two, with Digital Gaming Corporation and AGS each holding one.
GGR by supplier and game type
This chart helps to break down the product mix of the leading iGaming suppliers in the US.
In the slots category, Evolution’s overall market share took a hit, falling from 16.71% to 15.68% between last month’s report and this one.
Both L&W and IGT, meanwhile, managed to increase their share of slots GGR, from 18.94% to 19.02% and from 15.24% to 16.31%, respectively.
That meant IGT overtook Evolution to become the second biggest slots supplier in the report by GGR.
Everi also managed to gain share in fourth place, as its share of slots GGR grew from 10.68% to 11.39%. The proportion of slots revenue going to operators’ proprietary internal titles also grew from 5.18% to 5.91%.
Operators’ internal games also brought about the biggest change In the table games category, as their share of GGR grew from 29.49% to 34.23%.
That increase came at the expense of all four table games suppliers included in the report.
IGT’s share of the vertical slipped from 30.33% to 29.95%, Evolution’s fell from 22.83% to 19.22%, L&W’s dropped from 13.32% to 12.75%, while Gaming Realms’ share fell from 3.83% to 3.58%.
Proportion of the market included in the report
Eilers & Krejcik includes a vast quantity of data in its reports, covering some 59% of the US iGaming market and now tracking almost 44,000 separate game titles every month across 30 online casino sites.
The growth in the number of games tracked by the firm, as well as the number of online casinos available to US consumers – from just a handful in recent years to more than 40 today – demonstrate the growth of regulated online casino products across the US.
With legalised iGaming available in just a few states, however, the data included in this report shows the beginning of the vertical’s growth trajectory, which will be further driven by the introduction of new legislation and regulation across additional US states in the months and years to come.
For a month-on-month comparison, you can read the April Online Game Report write-up here.
If you are interested in learning more, subscribing, or participating in the Eilers-Fantini Online Game Performance Database, reach out to Rick Eckert at reckert@ekgamingllc.com.
Each month, Eilers & Krejcik Gaming releases its US-focused Online Game Performance Report alongside Fantini Research.
Gathering data directly from operators across 30 websites, the report provides an in-depth recap of US online casino and iGaming performance.
Below are some of the latest standout market figures, through to February 2023, presented in partnership with iGaming NEXT.
Top US iGaming suppliers by GGR
The biggest mover this month came in the form of the ‘Internal’ category of online games, referring to operators’ proprietary titles.
After increasing the number of games tracked in the category from 52 in February’s report to 453 this month, the category moved from being the 22nd largest ‘supplier’ on the list to fourth, behind industry stalwarts Evolution, IGT and Light & Wonder.
On the surface, the big three appeared to lose market share as a result, although their rankings remain consistent with previous months.
Evolution’s share of total GGR tracked in the report fell from 26.2% to 24.6%, as IGT’s fell from 20.8% to 17.9% and L&W’s fell from 18.7% to 17.2%.
Everi, which previously held fourth place with 7.2% of overall GGR, slipped into fifth despite increasing its share to 7.4%.
Digital Gaming Corporation suffered in the rankings, meanwhile, slipping from fifth place with 6.9% of GGR to sixth with 5.6%.
High 5 Games also took a hit as it fell from sixth place with 2.6% of GGR to ninth, with 2.2%.
AGS, Greentube, White Hat Studios, Fantasma Games and Incredible Technologies, meanwhile, each managed to maintain or improve their share of overall GGR.
The introduction of more operators’ proprietary games in the report has likely aided in providing a more accurate snapshot of the supplier market.
Top game titles by GGR
While the percentage of GGR attributable to each title varies, the top four grossing games in US iGaming have remained in place from last month’s report to this.
IGT’s Blackjack continues to be the top grossing game title overall, though its share of overall GGR fell significantly from 2.63% to 2.15%.
Evolution’s Live Dealer Roulette, in second place, became a reasonable challenger for the top spot, having increased its share of GGR from 1.98% to 2.13%.
L&W’s 88 fortune’s slot continued in third position having increased its share of GGR from 1.61% to 1.76%, while IGT’s Cash Eruption saw a modest increase from 1.35% to 1.42% in fourth.
Evolution’s Live Dealer Blackjack took a hit, falling from fifth place with 1.33% of GGR to eighth with 1.12%.
Meanwhile L&W’s Jewel of the Dragon Red Phoenix slot, which made a surprise appearance as the sixth highest grossing game in February’s report with 1.22% of GGR, has since disappeared from the top 25 rankings, suggesting its share of GGR has since fallen under 0.57%.
New appearances in this month’s top 25 include Everi’s Double Jackpot Gems slot, in 22nd position with 0.63% of GGR share, and Evolution’s Infinite Blackjack, which enters the rankings in 21st place with 0.64% of GGR share.
Evolution’s First Person Craps also entered the rankings in seventh place, with 1.13% of market share, having not appeared in the February report’s top 25 grossing games.
Evolution boasted the most games of any single supplier in the top 25 rankings, with 11 of the titles. IGT and L&W each supplied four of the top grossing games, while Everi and Reel Play each supplied two.
AGS and Digital Gaming Corporation supplied one each of the remaining top 25.
GGR by supplier and game type
Breaking down GGR share by game type for each supplier shows how the introduction of more ‘Internal’ games into the report has changed the way the market looks.
The category accounts for 5.4% of all slot GGR, 11.5% of video poker GGR and an impressive 31.7% share of the table games category.
The introduction of this data has seen a significant reduction in the GGR share by game type for each of the market’s top three suppliers.
Evolution’s share of slot GGR fell from 22.4% in February’s report to 16.4%, while its share of table games fell from 34.2% to just 22%. The firm still accounts for all of the live casino revenue included in the report, however.
L&W’s share of the slots market improved from 20.5% to 20.8%, but its proportion of table game revenue fell from 13.3% to 12.7%, while its share of video poker GGR slipped from 3% to 2%.
IGT, meanwhile, also saw significant reductions in its market share. The firm’s proportion of slots GGR fell from 19.1% to 17%, while its table game share dropped from a huge 47.3% down to 30.4%.
Other significant movers included High 5 Games, which managed to increase its share of slot GGR from 2.1% to 2.9%, and Everi, whose share of the same category fell from 11.3% to 9.7%.
Ainsworth’s slot share tumbled from 2.1% to 1.3%, Konami slipped from 1.8% to 1.2%, and AGS from 3.4% to 2.9%.
Reel Play, meanwhile, significantly increased its share of slots GGR from 2.3% to 2.9%.
Proportion of the market included in the report
Eilers & Krejcik includes a vast quantity of data in its reports, covering some 59% of the US iGaming market and now tracking more than 42,000 separate game titles every month across 30 online casino sites.
The growth in the number of games tracked by the firm, as well as the number of online casinos available to US consumers – from just a handful in recent years to more than 40 today – demonstrate the growth of regulated online casino products across the US.
With legalised iGaming available in just a few states, however, the data included in this report shows the beginning of the vertical’s growth trajectory, which will be further driven by the introduction of new legislation and regulation across additional US states in the months and years to come.
For a month-on-month comparison, you can read the February Online Game Report write-up here.
If you are interested in learning more, subscribing, or participating in the Eilers-Fantini Online Game Performance Database, reach out to Rick Eckert at reckert@ekgamingllc.com.
Each month, Eilers & Krejcik Gaming releases its US-focused Online Game Performance Report alongside Fantini Research.
Gathering data directly from operators across 30 websites, the report provides an in-depth recap of US online casino and iGaming performance.
Below are some of the latest standout market figures, through to January 2022, presented in partnership with iGaming NEXT.
Top US iGaming suppliers by GGR
Evolution held onto the top spot as the biggest supplier by GGR, though its hold on the market slipped after its proportion of overall GGR fell from 30.7% to 26.2%.
IGT remained in second place, but its share of GGR fell from 21.6% in the previous report to 20.8%.
Meanwhile in third place, Light & Wonder managed to increase its market share from 17.4% to 18.7%.
The supplier also became the largest supplier of slots in the market, accounting for 22.3% of all slot revenue (previously 20.5%).
That saw Evolution lose the top spot in the slots category, as its share of GGR in the vertical fell significantly from 22.4% to just 17.2%, behind IGT’s 18.7% as well as Light & Wonder.
In fourth position, Everi’s share of GGR fell from 8.8% to 7.2%, while Digital Gaming Corporation in fifth made significant gains from 5.2% to 6.9%.
High 5 Games stormed into sixth with 2.6% of GGR, up from just 1.6% in the previous report.
AGS meanwhile did not fare so well, as it slipped from sixth place with 2.7% of GGR to ninth with 2.2%.
Other big movers include Inspired, which slipped from eighth place with 2.5% of GGR to 11th with 1.7%, Ainsworth, which slipped from 11th on 1.6% to 15th on 1.0%, and Greentube, which rocketed from 19th place to 10th with 2% of GGR.
Top game titles by GGR
Just as the overall supplier rankings saw some smaller businesses begin to increase their market share, the dominance of the top performing individual game titles also began to slip.
The best performing game in the market – IGT’s Blackjack – slipped slightly from bringing in 2.68% of GGR to 2.63%.
Evolution’s Live Dealer Roulette remained in second, though its share also slipped from 2.09% to 1.98%.
Light & Wonder’s 88 Fortunes, in third, fell from 2.01% of GGR to 1.61%, while the previous holder of fourth place – Everi’s Cash Machine slot – saw its share of GGR fall from 1.54% to 1.04%, slipping into 10th position as a result.
Meanwhile, IGT’s Cash Eruption improved its share of GGR from 1.26% to 1.35%, moving from eight palace to fourth as a result.
Light & Wonder’s Jewel of the Dragon Red Phoenix slot stormed into sixth place with 1.22% of GGR, having never previously appeared on the top 25 game rankings.
Other new additions to the top ranking games list include Light & Wonder’s Lightning Blaze and Cash Falls Pirate Trove, in 16th and 18th place, respectively, and Digital Gaming Corporation’s Mask of Amun in 17th.
Of all the top 25 game titles, Evolution held 10 of the top spots, Light & Wonder held six, IGT held four, Reel Play held two, and Everi, Digital Gaming Corporation and AGS held one each.
GGR by supplier and game type
The breakdown of each supplier by game type shows how each of the major suppliers in the market balances its business.
Evolution’s 17.2% share of the slots vertical is dwarfed by its 31.5% of GGR share in the table games category, while the live casino specialist accounts for all of the live casino GGR included in the report. Playtech data is not included.
IGT is by far the leading supplier in both the table games (48% of GGR) and video poker (94%) categories, while it also holds a strong 18.7% of slots revenue.
Everi (9.3%) and Digital Gaming Corporation (8.9%) also made their mark on the slots vertical, while Design Works Gaming secured 81.8% of GGR in the instant win category.
The graphic elucidates how just a handful of companies are able to account for the vast majority of revenue for each game type.
Proportion of the market included in the report
Eilers & Krejcik includes a vast quantity of data in its reports, covering some 59% of the US iGaming market and now tracking more than 40,000 separate game titles every month across 30 online casino sites.
The growth in the number of games tracked by the firm, as well as the number of online casinos available to US consumers – from just a handful in recent years to more than 40 today – demonstrates the growth of regulated online casino products across the US.
With legalised iGaming available in just a few states, however, the data included in this report shows the beginning of the vertical’s growth trajectory, which will be further driven by the introduction of new legislation and regulation across additional US states in the months and years to come.
For a month-on-month comparison, you can read the January Online Game Report write-up here.
If you are interested in learning more, subscribing, or participating in the Eilers-Fantini Online Game Performance Database, reach out to Rick Eckert at reckert@ekgamingllc.com.