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International Game Technology News
IGT hires former MTV executive
21 Jan 2010
The slot machine giant named former MTV official Gideon Bierer as executive vice president of new media.
IGT boss has plenty on to-do list
28 Dec 2009
Patti Hart has been the CEO of International Game Technology for eight months after spending four years on the company's board of directors.
IGT banks on new gaming system at Aria
14 Dec 2009
IGT unveils its server-based gaming platform at ARIA Resort & Casino at CityCenter this Wednesday.
IGT profit falls 39%
23 Jul 2009
News brief: Slot machine maker International Game Technology posted a 39 percent drop in profit.
IGT lays off managers to cut costs
22 Jun 2009
International Game Technology has terminated the employment of some management level employees in a cost-cutting initiative.
Rating agencies: Gaming supplier will feel economy's pinch
15 Jun 2009
International Game Technology continues to be pressured by the U.S. recession as casinos buy fewer slot machines and consumers gamble less.
IGT hires former Microsoft exec
5 Jun 2009
The slot machine giant has hired Chris Satchell as its newly created chief technology officer.
IGT names new president, CEO
25 Mar 2009
The slot machine giant named current board member Patti Hart as its president and CEO.
Progressive Gaming files to liquidate
23 Mar 2009
Progressive Gaming sold most of its assets to International Game Technology in January and formally filed for bankruptcy liquidation this week.
IGT to lay off 200
29 Jan 2009
The slot machine maker has told employees that it will make a second round of staff reductions.
IGT reports decline in profit and earnings
23 Jan 2009
The slot giant's first quarter misses analyst estimates and saw profits decline 42 percent from a year ago.
IGT acquires Progressive Gaming assets
21 Jan 2009
The Reno-based slot maker announced that it acquired "substantially all of the assets" of the struggling casino systems supplier.
Recreational bettors staying away from Vegas
5 Jan 2009
INSIDE GAMING: The economy is forcing recreational bettors to say home, which reduces their spending and, subsequently, the casinos' winnings.
As target users get younger, slots get more hip
24 Nov 2008
Companies show off more slot breakthroughs to interest younger players while still appealing to their core audience of over-65 gamblers.
IGT's cost-cutting steps overshadow lower profits
31 Oct 2008
Slot machine giant's profits were cut in half but investors were interested in the company's cost-cutting measures.
In brief: Gaming
9 Oct 2008
Slot machine maker International Game Technology settled a pending lawsuit with a gaming equipment rival and then entered a business deal with the company.
Inside gaming column: Forty days, 40 nights and a cry of protest
6 Oct 2008
A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.
IGT wins; battle begins
12 Sep 2008
A federal judge has ruled in favor of International Game Technology in a patent infringement dispute with rival gambling equipment maker Bally Technologies.
Competitors, downturn dog slots leader
8 Sep 2008
Ailing IGT needs to do something ‘relatively drastic,’ analyst says.
Inside gaming: Signs of trouble from slot giant
8 Sep 2008
Twelve months ago, Wall Street analysts never imagined having concerns about International Game Technology.
International Game Technology exec exits; analyst imagines shake-ups
4 Sep 2008
The No. 2 executive at International Game Technology resigned Wednesday, leaving one Wall Street analyst speculating that more shake-ups are pending.
IGT, Progressive Gaming team up
15 Apr 2008
International Game Technology and Progressive Gaming International Corporation report a broad-based strategic alliance.
Court grants summary judgment to Bally Technologies
25 Mar 2008
The United States District Court for the District of Nevada granted
summary judgment motions in Bally Technologies' favor in a patent case against International Game Technology and Shuffle Master.
Analyst: Progressive a takeover target
21 Jan 2008
A Wall Street analyst has suggested that Progressive Gaming International should be bought out by slot machine giant International Game Technology.
IGT sees profit dip in first quarter
18 Jan 2008
Slot machine giant International Game Technology reported a 6 percent drop in its net income during the first quarter.
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