Land-Based Supplier (Class III) of the Year 2025
We present to you the 2025 Shortlist for the Land-Based Supplier (Class III) of the Year award
Aristocrat Gaming - Aristocrat Gaming premium products continue to outperform the industry and win for its customers. The company is the industry’s top indexing supplier with premium leased & WAP at 2.9x house average over the 12-month period ending March 2025. Premium games account for 63% of all top performing premium leased & WAP units. Its core games account for 36% of the top core games, up from 35% last year, and have an average of 6 of Top 25 NEW Core titles over the 12-month period.
IGT - IGT supplies a dynamic portfolio of solutions designed to optimize the gaming floor. Over the past 12 months, it delivered high-performing games and cabinets, including Whitney Houston Slots, and extended the Wheel of Fortune slots brand into new categories. In addition, IGT continued to expand its omnichannel portfolio in Canada and build a solid footprint in Latin America. It also debuted IGT ADVANTAGE X, the latest iteration of its CMS technology, designed for on-premises and cloud-based deployments which includes modern advancements in systems architecture.
Light & Wonder - Light & Wonder’s gaming division experienced strong momentum in the last 12 months with Gaming revenue up 12%, driven by continued growth in gaming machine sales increasing 22% mostly on market share gains in North America and Australia. This, coupled with Gaming systems growth of 13%, and North American Gaming operations unit expansion driving 4% growth in Gaming Operations, has fueled the continued strong performance of Light & Wonder’s diverse portfolio of hit franchises.
NOVOMATIC Americas - NOVOMATIC Americas takes pride in its relentless innovation, product diversity, and customer-first execution. With standout titles like Piggy Prizes, Ultra Boost Tiger Storm and Cash Flood, breakthrough cabinets like the V.I.P. X Galaxy™ 2.65, and a deep commitment to both commercial and Tribal markets, NOVOMATIC delivers performance, reliability, and market-specific solutions that drive real results. A trusted partner and a powerhouse supplier, the company has been in Eilers’ top 3 emerging suppliers for the past 5 years.
Interblock - Interblock is recognized as the top supplier of electronic table games, trusted by leading operators across the Americas and beyond. With over three decades of R&D, its engineering, automation, and premium design deliver solutions that boost floor efficiency and enrich player engagement. Always innovating, Interblock’s latest advancements - like AMUSE, a category reshaping casino entertainment - reinforce its commitment to excellence and advancing the future of land-based gaming.
EGT - In the past 12 months EGT achieved significant milestones in the Americas region. The company made numerous large-scale installations of its gaming equipment, including installing 180 slot machines with Pasha Global in Suriname, 140 machines with BBT and 160 machines with Cirsa in Panama, as well as 80 slot cabinets across casino floors in Curaçao. EGT also accomplished the first WAP installation of its hugely popular Bell Link 1 with Atlantis in Sint Maarten.
Zitro - Over the past 12 months, Zitro expanded across North and South America with top-performing titles. Upon its debut in the United States, Zitro’s Fu Pots claimed the #1 spot in EKG’s Top Indexing New Games - Emerging Suppliers segment with Fu Frog following closely at number two. The company also extended its distribution in LatAm, by launching its Mega Lounge across various properties in Argentina, Peru and Paraguay. Zitro installed 1,256 new units in 1Q25, notably overtaking Light & Wonder and IGT, to become the third-largest provider in international markets outside the US and Canada, demonstrating its strong market penetration and operator trust across LatAm and other key territories.
Konami Gaming - In the past 12 months, Konami launched a wave of new products, including the innovative Bingo Frenzy Stampede™ and entirely new slot series such as What the Duck™, Double Envelopes™, Mighty Mayan Chief™, Firedrake™. It also brought several enhancements to its SYNKROS® system, including SYNK Vision biometric upgrades and the SYNKROS Drink System. Earlier this year, Konami was selected by BCLC to exclusively develop and deploy the next generation of its BC Gold wide area progressive across 27 casinos in British Columbia, delivering 245 new slot machines, custom software, and signage by spring 2027.
Bluberi - Backed by a rapidly expanding footprint across 25 US jurisdictions and 10 pending, Bluberi had a standout year of performance. Its Beacon Elite cabinet debuted with Devil’s Lock All In averaging 1.41x, before Honey Bomb delivered a breakout hit at 2.17x. Its new core titles, Timber Jack Going Wilder (1.88x), Jackpot Shot (1.35x), Dancing Pots (1.63x), and Raging Red (1.74x), continue to exceed floor expectations. In Ontario, Canada, Bluberi’s Class III portfolio started at 2.88x in July 2024 and has maintained solid performance at 1.54x, with only a -4.6% monthly rate of change.
Incredible Technologies - IT products represent the very best in innovation and entertainment. Last year, the supplier debuted its new state-of-the-art cabinet - Prism Skybox, shaking up the market as the only for-sale dual portrait cabinet available. It debuted on the heels of the Prism Element, which reached the top of the Upright Portrait Cabinet performance chart, holding top positions for over six months – including #1 in the industry. Game families like Stack Up Pays, Treasure Lock, and Lotus Link pushed the latest cabinet to #1. Prism VXP has also been trending upward with the latest release of top themes Ascending Fortunes and Temple Falls.