International Game Technology

{{for|the company acquired by Gtech|International Game Technology (1975–2015)}}

{{Infobox company

| name = International Game Technology PLC

| logo = IGTlogo.png

| image = IGTLasVegas Exterior01.jpg

| image_caption = IGT headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada.

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|IGT}}|Russell 2000 component}}

| key_people = Vincent L. Sadusky (CEO)
Marco Sala (chairman)

| industry = Gambling

| products = {{ubl|Slot machines|Lotteries|Gaming technology}}

| revenue = {{decrease}} {{US$|3.115 billion|link=yes}} (2020){{cite web|title= International Game Technology PLC 2020 Annual Report |url= https://s28.q4cdn.com/582179329/files/doc_financials/annual/2020/0001619762-21-000010.pdf |website= s28.q4cdn.com |access-date=25 November 2021|date=31 December 2020}}

| operating_income = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} US$-0.107 billion (2020)}}

| net_income = {{decrease}} US$-0.838 billion (2020)

| assets = {{decrease}} US$12.992 billion (2020)

| equity = {{decrease}} US$1.561 billion (2020)

| num_employees = 12,000 (2015){{cite report|title=Form 20-F: Annual Report|publisher=International Game Technology|date=29 April 2016|page=32|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1619762/000110465916116304/a16-7442_120f.htm#Item17_FinancialStatements_084432|via=EDGAR}}

| founded = {{ubl|{{Start date and age|1980}} as GTech|{{Start date and age|1990}} (as Lottomatica)}}

| location = London, England (HQ)

Las Vegas, Nevada (Operating offices)
Reno, Nevada (Production location)
Providence, Rhode Island (Operating offices)
Rome, Italy (Operating offices)

| owner = {{ubl|Apollo Global Management|De Agostini}}

| subsid = IGT Global Services Limited (IGT Global)
IGT Global Solutions Corporation (IGT Solutions){{cite web |url=https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/igt-to-continue-providing-kansas-state-lottery-with-infrastructure/|title=IGT to Continue Providing Kansas State Lottery with Infrastructurel|website=gmblingnews.com |access-date=2025-03-05}}

| website = {{URL|igt.com}}

}}

International Game Technology PLC (IGT), formerly Gtech S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A., is a multinational gambling company that produces slot machines and other gambling technology. The company is headquartered in London, with offices in Rome, Providence, Rhode Island, and Las Vegas. It is controlled, with a 42 percent stake, by De Agostini,{{cite press release|url=https://gruppodeagostini.it/en/media/press-releases/approval-financial-statements-31-december-2023-de-agostini-spa|title=Approval of the Financial Statements at 31 December 2023 of De Agostini S.p.A.|date=July 3, 2024|publisher=Gruppo De Agostini}} which had acquired a majority stake in Lottomatica in 2002.{{Cite news |last=Newswires |first=Dow Jones |date=2002-01-14 |title=Lottomatica Accepts Revised Bid From De Agostini for $1.04 Billion |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1010745900593179880 |access-date=2025-05-30 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}

The company began in Italy as Lottomatica. It acquired Gtech Corporation in 2006, with its long history of scandals,{{Cite web |title=THE NUMBERS CRUNCHERS YOU THINK IT'S HARD TO WIN THE LOTTERY? TRY COMPETING AGAINST THE WORLD'S LEADING LOTTERY VENDOR, GTECH, WHICH ALMOST NEVER LOSES A CONTRACT FIGHT. IT PLAYS HARD, ALL RIGHT, BUT DOES IT PLAY FAIR? - November 11, 1996 |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/11/11/218202/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=money.cnn.com}} and then changed its own name to Gtech in 2013. In 2015, the company acquired American gambling company International Game Technology and again adopted the acquired company's name as its own.

In 2025, the company is poised to spin-off its gaming division for a merger with Everi, with the new gaming entity to be majority-acquired by Apollo Global Management, while De Agostini Group retains a minority stake in the new company, which will also acquire the International Game Technology (IGT) name. Pending regulatory approvals; IGT's remaining lottery business will be spun-off into a new entity and renamed following the transaction, continuing to trade on the NYSE, under new call letters.

History

The company began as Consorzio Lottomatica, an Italian lottery operator.{{Cite web |last=Bansal |first=Mugdha |date=2024-10-03 |title=IGT |url=https://agicassociazione.it/en/igt-en/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=AGIC - Associazione Gioco e Intrattenimento in Concessione |language=en-GB}} De Agostini, a family-owned conglomerate in Italy, acquired a majority stake in Lottomatica in 2002.{{cite news|title=The Gtech Deal: The Acquirer|work=Providence Journal|date=January 11, 2006|author=David McPherson|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F152427E6F0D63668|via=NewsBank}}

In 2006, Lottomatica acquired Gtech Corporation, a Rhode Island-based lottery and gaming technology company, which it ran as a U.S. subsidiary, changing its name to Gtech S.p.A. in 2013.{{cite news|title=Lottomatica Changing Name to GTECH|work=Global Gaming Business|date=March 1, 2013|url=https://ggbmagazine.com/article/lottomatica-changing-name-to-gtech/|access-date=2025-04-13}}

IGT was listed as a creditor in 2014, when Atlantic City casino owner Trump Entertainment Resorts declared its fourth bankruptcy.{{Cite web |last=Rothberg |first=Daniel |date=2016-10-21 |title=Trump's ventures have long fueled business, controversy in Nevada |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/oct/21/trump-business-controversy-nevada/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Las Vegas Sun |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Associated PressAssociated |date=2014-12-28 |title=2014 timeline of Atlantic City's battered casinos |url=https://nj1015.com/2014-timeline-of-atlantic-citys-battered-casinos/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=New Jersey 101.5 |language=en}}

In April 2015,{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gtech-and-international-game-technology-complete-combination-and-form-the-worlds-leading-end-to-end-gaming-company-300062044.html|title=GTECH And International Game Technology Complete Combination And Form The World's Leading End-To-End Gaming Company|first=International Game Technology|last=PLC (IGT)|website=prnewswire.com}} Gtech acquired American company International Game Technology (1975–2015), the world's largest slot machine manufacturer, for $6.4 billion, including $4.7 billion in cash and $1.7 billion in assumed debt. The companies combined under a new holding company based in the United Kingdom, and the Gtech name was replaced International Game Technology.{{cite news|title=IGT sold in $6.4 billion deal with lottery giant GTECH|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|author=Howard Stutz|date=15 July 2014|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/igt-sold-64-billion-deal-lottery-giant-gtech|access-date=2014-07-16}}{{cite web |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gtech-p-announces-name-company-201200896.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306212336/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/gtech-p-announces-name-company-201200896.html |archive-date=6 March 2015 |title=GTECH S.p.A. Announces Name Of New Company As "IGT" - Yahoo Finance}}

The company was fined $500,000 by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Dodd-Frank Act in 2016, for having illegally fired an internal whistleblower after the employee reported financial statements irregularities to senior management.{{Cite web |last=ChrisS |title=RI's Gaming Vendor IGT Hit with $500K SEC Penalty for Punishing Whistleblower |url=https://www.golocalprov.com/business/international-game-technology-to-pay-half-a-million-dollar-penalty |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=GoLocalProv |language=en}}

In April 2017, IGT announced an agreement to sell its subsidiary Double Down Interactive LLC To DoubleU Games as a means to establish a partnership in the social casino market.{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/igt-announces-agreement-to-sell-double-down-interactive-llc-to-doubleu-games-as-part-of-new-strategic-partnership-in-social-casino-300440482.html|title=IGT Announces Agreement To Sell Double Down Interactive LLC To DoubleU Games As Part Of New Strategic Partnership In Social Casino|first=International Game Technology|last=PLC (IGT)|website=prnewswire.com}}[https://casinorix.com/news/igt-playdigital-games-available-in-skillonnet-casinos-ontario/ Ontario Players Get Access to IGT PlayDigital Games at SkillOnNet Powered Casinos]. CasinoRIX News. July 18, 2024.

In 2017 GTECH operated jackpots in 100 countries, while continuing to be "the subject of controversies stretching back decades."{{Cite web |title=Jackpot Tax Avoidance: how One Lottery Company Hides Its Billions |url=https://ccij.io/article/jackpot-tax-avoidance-how-one-lottery-company-hides-its-billions/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism |language=en-US}}

In February 2022, IGT announced their expansion into Washington state via a multi-year deal with the Kalispel tribe.{{cite web|date=18 February 2022|url= https://igamingbusiness.com/igt-expands-to-washington-state-with-kalispel-tribe-deal/|title=IGT expands in Washington state with Kalispel Tribe deal|access-date=22 April 2022}}

In March 2022, International Gaming Technology's subsidiary IGT Global Services announced their six-year partnership agreement with Singapore Pools Limited.{{cite journal|date=22 March 2022|url=https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/15672/igt-signs-six-year-contract-with-singapore-pools|title=IGT signs six-year contract with Singapore Pools|journal=Gambling Insider|access-date=1 April 2022}}

In April 2022, International Games Technology announced their deal to acquire igaming content provider iSoftBet for approximately €160 million.{{cite journal|url=https://europeangaming.eu/portal/latest-news/2022/04/13/112836/igt-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-isoftbet/|title=IGT Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire iSoftBet|journal=European Gaming|date=13 April 2022 |access-date=20 April 2022}}

In February 2024 the company announced it would spin-off its non-lotto businesses tax-free, and then immediately merge the new entity with Everi. Apollo Global Management subsequently announced its plan to purchase the newly formed entity. The remaining lotto business would assume a name different than IGT,{{cite news|title=Gaming giant IGT returning to Las Vegas in $6.2B merger with Everi|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=February 29, 2024|author=Richard N. Velotta|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/gaming-giant-igt-returning-to-las-vegas-in-6-2b-merger-with-everi-3009081/|access-date=2024-03-03}} with IGT changing its name, and continuing to trade on the NYSE under a new ticker symbol, and the merged gaming entity acquiring the International Gaming Technology (IGT) name. The newly expanded IGT will remain based in Las Vegas, to be led by IGT CEO Vince Sadusky, with a new CEO to be appointed to lead the former IGT entity.{{Cite news |last=Agarwal |first=Ananta |date=2024-02-29 |title=International Game Technology to split lottery business from gaming unit |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/international-game-technology-merge-two-units-with-everi-holdings-2024-02-29/ |access-date=2025-05-30|work=Reuters |language=en}}

The agreement was formalized that July 26, pending regulatory approvals.{{Cite web |title=Form DEF 14A Everi Holdings Inc. For: Apr 18 |url=https://www.streetinsider.com/SEC+Filings/Form+DEF+14A+Everi+Holdings+Inc.+For%3A+Apr+18/24658184.html |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=StreetInsider.com |language=en}} After Apollo stepped in to acquire the merging company, Sadusky was ousted.{{Cite web |last=Marquez |first=Jess |date=2025-02-25 |title=IGT posts slight declines in Q4, full-year results as it prepares for Everi merger |url=https://igamingbusiness.com/finance/igt-q4-full-year-results/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=iGB |language=en-GB}} and, in December 2024, it was announced that CEO Hector Fernandez would resign from Aristocrat Gaming to become CEO of the newly re-formed International Games Technology, following the gaming division merger with Everi.{{Cite web |title=Fernandez Resigns from Aristocrat to Head IGT/Everi |url=https://ggbmagazine.com/article/fernandez-resigns-from-aristocrat-to-head-igt-everi/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=GGB Magazine |language=en-US}} Sadusky will lead the remaining spun-off lottery operations business, under its new name. De Agostini is to retain a minority stake in the expanded company.{{Cite web |last=Macedo |first=Nicole |date=2024-07-26 |title=Apollo swoops in to acquire Everi and IGT gaming in $6.3bn deal |url=https://igamingbusiness.com/strategy/ma/igt-everi-apollo-acquisition/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=iGB |language=en-GB}}

Lawsuits, investigations and controvery

="Wheel-of-Fortune" slots class-action, 2025=

A class action lawsuit was filed in the Nevada U.S. District Court against IGT and several casino companies on November 21, 2024, alleging that IGT's Wheel of Fortune-themed slot machines are rigged, and that the company, along with complicit casino operators, defrauds participants.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-06 |title=Lawsuit alleges Wheel of Fortune slot game bonus wheel is rigged |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/lawsuit-alleges-wheel-of-fortune-slot-game-bonus-wheel-is-rigged-3223525/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |language=en-US}}

=Texas Lottery=

First as GTECH, and subsequently as IGT, the company has operated Texas Lottery since its launch in 1992. In 2012, the company's contract was estimated at about $100 million annually, making GTECH the fourth-largest vendor to the state of Texas.{{Cite web |last=Dexheimer |first=Eric |title=Gtech keeps hold on Texas State Lottery contract |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2012/09/01/gtech-keeps-hold-on-texas-state-lottery-contract/9790196007/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}

On February 14, 2025, International Game Technology subsidiary IGT Solutions was named in a class-action lawsuit alleging that defendants had "manipulated the Texas Lottery system to ensure a fraudulent win in the April 22, 2023, Lotto Texas drawing", allowing a foreign criminal organization to claim a $57.7 million lottery prize.{{cite web |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/texas-lotto-executive-evidence-doubts-20191664.php |title=Texas Lottery executives say they didn’t know of a scheme to win a $95M jackpot. Evidence casts doubt|website=houstonchronicle.com |access-date=2025-03-05}} Members of the Texas Lottery Commission were later grilled by the Texas Senate Finance Committee, alleging their possible facilitation of money laundering amid a "long-running fraud scheme".{{cite web |url=https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/former-texas-lottery-director-fraud-manipulate-game-outcomes-misappropriate-funds/269-35ee9f0b-967a-40f0-b588-a1edcd126ec9 |title=New lawsuit accuses former Texas Lottery director of fraud, manipulating game outcomes and misappropriating lottery funds|website=www.kvue.com |access-date=2025-03-05}}

On February 27, 2025, campaign finance records revealed Texas Lottery Commission alleged contract violations by IGT Solutions Corporation, which is barred from political donations in Texas. According to Transparency USA, IGT has donated over $280,000 to several of the state's political caucuses since 2015, to directly and indirectly influence state policymakers; funding a 2017 inauguration event concert for then-Governor Rick Perry; and acting as a title sponsor for Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s February 2025 State of the State address. The Texas Lottery Commission determined that IGT’s contributions to state legislative caucuses are a violation of contractual language that forbids a party to "knowingly make a gift, loan or political contribution, either directly or indirectly, to any Texas State Officer or a member of the Texas State Legislature", and levied a $180,000 fine against the company. IGT disagreed with TLC’s interpretation of this contract provision and filed a request for declaratory relief, asking the court for clarity on the contractual language in question.{{Cite web |title=Texas Lottery Commission fines vendor $180,000 for political donations |url=https://www.ktsm.com/news/texas-politics/texas-lottery-commission-fines-vendor-180000-for-political-donations/|website=KTSM|access-date=2025-05-30}}{{Cite web |title=Austin American-Statesman Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/01/texas-lottery-commission-igt-fine-contractor-political-donations/82721631007/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Statesman}}

Abbott, whose staff has included current and former IGT lobbyists, directed the commission to ignore the legislature's 2024 instruction to ban lottery ticket resellers.{{cite web |url= https://texasscorecard.com/state/state-vendor-igt-violated-its-contract-with-the-texas-lottery-commission/|title=State Vendor IGT Violated Its Contract With the Texas Lottery Commission|website=texasscorecard.com |access-date=2025-03-05}} On February 28, the Texas Senate voted to ban all reseller services from participating in the purchase of lottery tickets.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-senate-bans-lottery-courier-services-controversy/|title=Texas Senate outlaws lottery courier services amid outrage at the Capitol|website=cbsnews.com |access-date=2025-03-05}}

==''Rigged: How the Lottery is Playing Texans'' 2025 documentary==

In March 2025, Texas Scorecard released a documentary film, Rigged: How the Lottery is Playing Texans, outlining corrupt practices by Texas Lottery alleging that it has operated fraudulently through IGT, and via couriers adopted as resellers,{{Cite web |title=Watch |url=https://texasscorecard.com/watch/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Texas Scorecard |language=en-US}} despite state law specifying that Texas Lottery must be "played in-person, with cash, at a brick-and-mortar location conducting regular business."{{Cite web |last=Greer |first=Daniel |date=2025-02-19 |title=Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Exposes Illicit Lottery Ticket Reseller After $83M Jackpot Win |url=https://texasscorecard.com/state/lt-gov-dan-patrick-exposes-illicit-lottery-ticket-reseller-after-83m-jackpot-win/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Texas Scorecard |language=en-US}}

Texas Scorecard asserts that "Texas Lottery has been plagued by scandal ever since its inception: corrupt vendors; illegal ticket sales; overseas payouts; rigged jackpots" (1:25) and that "the game is rigged" (1:50), citing examples. Texas Lottery Commission officials are revealed as complicit with its long-term sole operator International Game Technology (IGT), formerly GTECH.