IGT and Evolution flooded the top 10 slots charts in the US for Eilers-Fantini’s November report on North American online casino performance.
The two studios competed for top spots across top games by GGR charts, top slots, new game rankings and in the supplier charts within Eilers & Krejcik’s November report.
Meanwhile, Games Global, Pragmatic Play and Light & Wonder (L&W) competed with the US’ two top performers to aim for top spot in the Canadian supplier charts.
US round-up
For yet another month, IGT’s Cash Eruption slot has continued to remain at the top of Eilers-Fantini’s top slots by GGR charts. The title’s portion of GGR remained at 2.88%, after rising from 2.7 to the current figure between August and October.
Last month’s third-place finisher in the GGR charts, Buffalo from Aristocrat, rose from third to second, although its GGR share dropped from 1.68% to 1.48%.
Live Dealer Lightning Roulette from Evolution shot into the top three after not appearing in the top 10 last month, taking third with a 1.46% GGR share. Meanwhile, IGT’s Blackjack title and Evolution’s Live Dealer Crazy Time secured fourth and fifth place finishes with 1.39% and 1.37%, respectively.
From the top games per GGR, 17 were slot titles, three were table games and five were live casino titles, with no video poker games making the top 25 for just the third time this year.
Proving its dominance once again, Cash Eruption remained in pole position in the top games overall charts, while last month’s eighth-place finisher, Crazy Time from Evolution, hopped into second, replacing IGT’s Blackjack title which dropped to third.
While Evolution’s Live Dealer Lightning Roulette kept its fifth-place finish, the studio’s Live Dealer Crazy Time title flew into fourth after placing 12th last month.
As a result, the top five was made up of three Evolution games and two IGT titles – with the Crazy Time series appearing twice.
Only one new title made it into the top 10, as Mystery of the Lamp Treasure Oasis from IGT PlayDigital secured seventh.
These changes caused a slight shift for last month’s top five finishers, as Capital Gains from AGS fell from fourth to eighth and Gamecode’s Triple Stones dropped from third to ninth.
IGT also had another good month when it came to the top slots charts, as while Cash Eruption typically kept its first-place finish, the studio’s Mystery of the Lamp Treasure Oasis finished in second place as a new ranking.
This caused Gamecode’s Triple Stones title to fall from its second-place finish, with the title dropping past Capital Gains in third – the position it finished in October – to fourth.
Light & Wonder’s Doctor Reactive Mega Drop Low flew into fifth to round out the top five, climbing 16 places after finishing 21st in October.
For the second month in a row, 12 suppliers were represented in the top slots charts. Light & Wonder, Evolution, Aristocrat, Reel Play, Everi, Inspired and Games Global each had at least one slot appearing in the top 25.
A majority of new rankings and shifting slots from October’s top 10 made up the top new game rankings, with 1×2 gaming’s new ranking 3 Porky Banks Hold and Win pipping Mystery of the Lamp Treasure Oasis to the post.
This caused Gamecode’s Triple Stones to finally lose its position at the top of the pile, dropping into third as Playtech’s Breaking Bad Collect Em and Link took fourth as a new ranking.
Furthermore, Bankin More Bacon from White Hat Studios rounded out the top five as a new ranking.
7s Fire Blitz from White Hat took sixth after falling from September’s third place, while Lucky Bonanza Cash Spree, a new ranking from Games Global, placed seventh.
Two more new rankings, The Walking Dead Collect Em from Playtech and Games Global’s Immortal Romance 2, took eighth and ninth place respectively, while White Hat Studios’ Lightning Gold rounded out the top 10 by climbing from 19th place last month.
As per usual, each game that appeared in the top 25 new games was a slot release.
Evolution led the supplier charts for another month, securing the largest portion of GGR share with 18% (October: 18%). IGT and L&W also kept their positions in the supplier charts with 17% (October: 17.4%) and approximately 13.4% (October: 13.4%), respectively.
Meanwhile, Games Global regained some of the percentage points it lost last month when it dropped from 8.4% to 7.4%, rising back up to 7.8%, while White Hat gained some traction by coming in with 6.1% (October: 5.6%).
In terms of total games tracked, slots remained the dominant segment with a total of 91.4%, ahead of table games which stood at 3.3%.
Instant win was next with 2.3%, just ahead of live casino’s 1.4%, video poker’s 0.9%, lottery’s 0.4% and bingo/keno’s 0.2%.
Mobile recorded the highest percentage of theoretical win generated per vertical with 72%, followed by desktop at 27.1% and tablet at 0.8%.
The latest US Eilers-Fantini report examined data from Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut across 28 online casino sites and 67,740 games, representing 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 18,105 games across five provinces.
Yet again, IGT’s Cash Eruption kept its position atop Canada’s most-played games by GGR chart, but with a slight drop in GGR share to 2.03% (September: 2.09%).
For consecutive months, the slot gained a considerable portion of the GGR share compared to the rest of the competition, more than doubling IGT’s Cleopatra title, which climbed from third to second with a 0.91% GGR.
Last month’s second-place finisher, Live Dealer Roulette by Evolution, dropped into third with a 0.86% GGR share, followed by Light & Wonder’s The Godfather slot which had a 0.83% GGR share.
Wish Upon a Star from Greentube, came in fifth with a 0.75% GGR share.
Despite dropping considerably in GGR share, IGT remained ahead of L&W in the Canadian supplier charts, claiming a 15.6% GGR share (October: 17.1%) which pipped L&W’s 13.48% (October: 15.42%).
Games Global just beat Evolution to third, claiming 12.22% of GGR (October: 11.99%). Evolution’s GGR share stood at 11.51%, rising slightly from last month’s 11.4%.
Pragmatic Play remained in fifth with a 10.39% GGR share, a slight increase on last month’s 10.27%.
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