Slots Tracker: IGT and Pragmatic Play retain US and Canada top spots
Cash Eruption continues to lead the way in the US, while Pragmatic Play holds 14 of the leading 20 slots games in Canada
IGT’s Cash Eruption has maintained its lead in the EGR US Slots Tracker in February, with White Hat Gaming’s Almighty Buffalo Megaways holding on to second place.
Red Tiger’s Fa Fa Babies 2 displaced Shuffle Master’s 88 Fortunes for bronze, moving up 10 spots in the process.
Fellow Red Tiger title Cash Volt moved up nine places to secure a top 10 spot in eighth, having been 17th in January.
There were three double-digit movers during February, as a trio of games burst into the top 20.
Lightning Box’s Thundering Shenlong rose 26 places from 42nd to 16th, NetEnt’s Jumanji jumped 31 spots from 49th to 18th, and NetEnt’s Parthenon: Quest for Immortality came 20th after leaping 26 places.
Two titles fell five spots, the biggest drops of the month, with Shuffle Master’s Jin Ji Bao Xi Endless Treasure falling from seventh to 12th and ReelPlay’s Hypernova Megaways dropping from 14th to 19th.
Four games dropped out of the top 20 entirely in February: White Hat Gaming trio The Flintstones (15th in January), Cash Summit Jackpot Royale (16th), and Almighty Buffalo Lightning Gold (19th), as well as Konami’s Fortune Mint: Fu Xing Gao Zhao (20th).
EGR North America’s data partner eGaming Monitor (EGM) examined games across seven states: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Delaware, West Virginia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
A total of 4,325 games from 186 studios placed across 71 sites were scrutinized for February’s rankings.
Canada
Pragmatic Play’s grip on the Canadian Slots Tracker improved with a further game making the list for February.
Sweet Bonanza and Buffalo King Megaways kept their places in first and second, respectively, as Sugar Rush climbed four spots to take third place.
The studio accounted for eight of the top 10 slots last month, while two new Pragmatic Play titles were added to the top 20.
John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen moved from 21st to 15th, while Wild Wildebeest Wins was one of three new entries at 19th.
The other new entries were Games Global duo Age of Conquest: Diamonds and Dragons coming in at 11th, along with 3 Lucky Gators at 16th.
Quickspin’s Sakura Fortune Epic Bloom landed in eighth place after being ranked 33rd in January – a 25-spot climb – making it the biggest riser of the month.
Five titles fell out of the rankings in February: two for Games Global in Gold Blitz Ultimate (eighth) and Stellar Jewels Power Combo (ninth), two for Pragmatic Play with Wolf Gold (12th) and Wolf Gold Ultimate (19th), and IGT’s Fortune Coin (20th).
EGM looked at performances across five Canadian provinces: Ontario, Western Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick, and British Columbia.
A total of 5,322 titles were examined across 213 studios and 67 sites last month.
nb. All titles listed as Games Global may have appeared in previous rankings attached to other studios. The change reflects Games Global being classified as the umbrella studio for its subsidiaries.