Slots Tracker: Three months in and no change at the top of the US slots rankings
SG Digital, Evolution, and IGT continue to dominate markets in New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
March Madness may have gripped the US sports betting market, but in the slots market it was business as usual, with no change in the top four EGR US Slots Tracker rankings.
SG Digital’s 88 Fortunes, the market leader across New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, retained its top spot, continuing its stay at the top of a group which also included Evolution’s Divine Fortune, IGT’s Cleopatra and its Wheel of Fortune Triple Extreme Spin slots.
It was another of IGT’s slots games, Fortune Coin, which made significant gains in March’s rankings, rising four places from ninth position to fifth, a move which could herald an assault on the top four.
Other non-movers included Evolution’s Bonanza slot, which retained sixth position, and IGT’s Cats slot, which kept its 11th place.
However, the biggest splash in March was made by Everi’s Cash Machine slot, which leapt 10 places from the bottom of the rankings, a jump mirrored in reverse by SG Digital’s 100xRa slot, which fell 10 positions from seventh to 17th.
March saw three slots re-enter the rankings, with SG Digital’s Mad Mad Monkey, Wild Streak’s Dragon Power, and SG Digital’s Chicken Fox 5x Skillstar returning to the rankings after a period of absence.
There were also three new entries in March – Inspired Gaming’s Space Invaders, Evolution’s Fa Fa Babies, and SG Digital’s Road to Riches Gold Pots all making their debuts in the top 20.
A total of 31 sites were scrutinized as part of the March tri-state sample, including 146 webpages and 1,125 games.
Games are ranked by their position throughout the month across all online casino sites in New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Only the ‘main’ page of the casinos is taken into account, and the top 20 most prominent positions on those pages.
The ranking is calculated as the total number of hours the game was in the top 20 positions throughout the month. Each casino page is tracked at least once every 24 hours. Table games such as roulette and blackjack are excluded from the rankings, as are live casino games.