Eilers & Krejcik has launched its latest report into North American igaming statistics for October, which witnessed more solid performances from IGT, Gamecode and AGS slots in the US.
Each of the studio’s best-performing slot releases kept their positions in the top slots charts, while two new titles flew into several top games tables.
IGT reclaimed its leading position in the Canadian supplier charts, while further supplier shake-ups were witnessed as Games Global jumped ahead of Evolution to secure a place in the top three.
US round-up
IGT’s Cash Eruption slot continues to prove itself as a mainstay in the top slots by GGR charts, coming in first place for yet another month. The title regained some of the GGR share that it lost from August to September, as its portion of GGR rose from 2.7% to 2.88%.
Last month’s second place finisher in the GGR charts Live Dealer Roulette from Evolution fell to fourth place as its GGR share dropped from 1.57% to 1.18%, as Aristocrat’s Buffalo and Blackjack from IGT leaping over the title to finish in second and third place with 1.68% and 1.4%, respectively.
7s Fire Blitz from White Hat Studios stormed into the top five with a 1.16% GGR share after not appearing in the top 25 last month.
From the top games per GGR, 16 were slot titles, three were table games and six were live casino titles, with no video poker games making the top 25 for just the second time this year.
Unsurprisingly, Cash Eruption remained in pole position in the top games overall charts, while last month’s second place Triple Stones from Gamecode dropped into third place, replaced by IGT’s Blackjack title, which rose from fourth place in September.
AGS’ Capital Gains slot stepped up from sixth place to take fourth spot in October’s charts, while Live Dealer Lightning Roulette rounded out the top five, dropping from September’s third place.
Two new rankings made it into the top 10, as 7s Fire Blitz and Games Global’s Hyper Gold All In secured sixth and seventh place respectively.
This caused a slight shift for last month’s top 10 finishers, as Crazy Time from Evolution fell from fifth to eighth, Craps by Internal remained in ninth place and Evolution’s Live Dealer Baccarat dropped from eight to 10th place.
Turning onto the top slots charts, it was a stalwart month for the top three slots as Cash Eruption, Triple Stones and Capital Gains each kept their place at the top of the pile, in that order.
Meanwhile, the two new rankings that flew towards the top of the top games charts did the same for the slots table, as 7s Fire Blitz and Hyper Gold All In took fourth and fifth place.
For a second month in a row, 12 suppliers were represented in the top slots charts. Light & Wonder, Evolution, Aristocrat, Reel Play, Everi, Inspired and Greentube each had at least one slot appearing in the top 25.
A bunch of new rankings and shifting slots from September’s top 10 made up the top new game rankings, with Triple Stones leading the pack for another month.
Furthermore, 7s Fire Blitz and Hyper Gold All In secured second and third place, respectively, while 3x Ultra Diamond from AGS remained in fourth place. Super Boom Boom Boom from Gamecode rounded out the top five, climbing slightly from September’s sixth place.
Dark Waters Power Combo and 333 Fat Frogs Power Combo, each from Games Global, took sixth and seventh place, with the former dropping from last month’s second place finish and the latter remaining in the same position.
Cash Machine Jackpots by Everi dropped from fifth to eighth while new rankings Starlight Jackpots Athena Goddess of War from Greentube and Egglink Chicken Fox from L&W came in ninth and 10th.
As per usual, each game that appeared in the top 25 new games was a slot release.
Evolution led the supplier charts for consecutive months, securing the largest portion of GGR share with 18% (September: 17.9%). IGT and L&W also kept their positions in the supplier charts with 17.4% (September: 16.2%) and approximately 13.4% (September: 13.4%), respectively.
Meanwhile, Games Global lost percentage points in the supplier charts for consecutive months by dropping from 8.4% to 7.4%, while White Hat gained some traction by coming in with 5.6% (September: 5.2%).
Slots remained the dominant segment for total games tracked, with a total of 91.5%, ahead of table games which stood at 3.3%.
Instant win was next with 2.2%, just ahead of live casino’s 1.4%, video poker’s 0.9 per cent, lottery’s 0.3% and bingo/keno’s 0.3%.
Mobile recorded the highest percentage of theoretical win generated per vertical with 72%, followed by desktop at 27% and tablet at 1%.
The latest US Eilers-Fantini report examined data from Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut across 28 online casino sites, tracking 67,740 games to represent around 64% of the US market.
Canada figures
Eilers & Krejcik’s Canadian report continues to provide statistics on the nation’s online casino industry, covering nine online casino sites to track 17,557 games across five provinces.
Yet again, Cash Eruption kept its position atop Canada’s most-played games by GGR chart but with the exact same portion of GGR, 2.09%.
The slot gained a considerable portion of GGR share compared to the rest of the competition, more than doubling Evolution’s Live Dealer Roulette title which climbed from fourth to second place with 0.84%.
Last month’s second place finisher, Cleopatra by IGT, dropped into third place with a 0.82% GGR share, followed by its Big City 5s slot which gained 0.67%. Lucky Larry Lobstermania 2, also from IGT, came in fifth place with another 0.67% GGR share.
IGT leaped over L&W in the Canadian supplier charts to lead the pack, claiming a 17.1% GGR share (September: 15.87%) which pipped L&W’s 15.42%.
Games Global outperformed Evolution to knock the latter from third place to fourth, claiming the bronze medal position for itself with 12.62% (September: 11.99%). Evolution claimed 11.4%, dropping from last month’s 12.11%.
Pragmatic Play remained in fifth place by securing 10.27% of the GGR share, a slight drop from last month’s 10.81%.
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