Gaming
SG – The Gaming Giant
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Scientific Games, better known as SG, is a huge, well established multi-billion software developer in the industry of Online Gaming. Ask someone to name a company that is well-versed with the iGaming industry and the name Scientific Games or SG will surely pop up. With a reach extending to the continents of North America (including Canada), South America, Europe, and Asia, Scientific Games or SG is a sensation for the Casino Gamers in the Online /Casino Gaming Industry.
Scientific Games or SG was founded in 1968 and in the years to follow, it became a leading name amongst the list of providers of gaming solutions for licensed betting office, arcade, and bingo sectors in the UK. It is also very intriguing to know that it was they who launched the world’s very first secure lottery game and the very first secure instant lottery ticket. As it expanded its wings it acquired several companies under it like the Bally Technologies and WMS. Not only these, but it was also successful in bringing together under one roof, two of the gaming giants of the UK gaming industry- Barcrest and The Global Draw. With the combined expertise of both these companies, Scientific Games have continuously provided top-chart games, from the very inception of their collaboration.
There isn’t much that SG doesn’t do. From working with lottery systems, loyalty, and reward programs to developing video gaming systems, internet gaming, mobile gaming, and even social gaming, Scientific Games claim the title of the only “Full-Service Provider”, owing to its huge of range of services.
Scientific Games or SG, however, primarily deals with land-based casinos and physical betting outlets but the many companies under it back it up with the plethora of games produced. Namely, it has under it:-
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Barcrest
Established in 1968, it gradually became a well – known name in the industry of Arcade and Bingo.IN the decade which followed, it also became a leading force in the UK amusement sector and from there expanded to continental Europe. It was not much later that they entered the domain of interactive online gaming, delivering some of the most popular games lie the Rainbow Riches (2006). Soon, it began providing content for digital television, mobile gaming, and internet gaming. Finally, in 2011, it was acquired by Scientific Games (SG).
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Bally Technologies
Bally Tech also finds its root in the year 1968. It is a name which is quite synonymous with what is called a Premium Company. From its very inception till day, it deals with progressive jackpot slots, land-based slots, and online slots. Few of its reputed slots include – The Pawn Stars’ Slot, King of Pop, Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ from the Michael Jackson series of machines, Cash Wizard, Lady Robin Hood, and Tiger Treasures. It was acquired by SG in the year 2014.
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WMS Games
Founded in 1991 and based in Chicago, Illinois, WMS Gaming is a huge company catering to the manufacturing of slot machines, video lottery terminals, and software, so as to help the casinos manage their gaming operations efficiently and effectively. Not only this, but it also develops online and mobile games and it amongst all subsidiaries of SG, releases the maximum number of slots throughout the year. A few of its amazing games include The Bruce Lee Slot (honoring the great martial artist), Alice and the Mad Party, Amazon Queen, Cool Jewels, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Kronos, and Zeus. It became a part of Scientific Games Corporation in the year 2013.
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The Global Draw
Formed in the late nineties, Global Draw was the first-ever company to develop a Wide Area, Centrally Determined Gaming System. Owing to its list of spectacular achievements, it was quoted as the as fastest growing UK Private Company between the years 2003 to 2005. It became a subsidiary of Scientific Games (SG) in the year 2006.