The EILERS-FANTINI survey is designed to track slot machine and related technology purchasing trends on a quarterly basis and is the gaming industry’s largest slot survey in terms of total casinos and slot machines surveyed. This quarter’s report represents our 63rd proprietary slot survey and includes responses from key purchasing agents at a number of U.S. & Canadian Commercial and Tribal casinos, several Racino/VLT operators, as well as several international participants.
In total, our 250 survey participants collectively operate ~900 casinos and ~40,300 retail outlets worldwide with ~712,500 total slot machines or equivalent electronic gaming devices. Our 208 U.S. & Canada participants operate 610 casinos, ~26,300 retail outlets, and ~580,300 slot machines, representing ~54% of the total installed base of gaming machines in U.S. & Canada. The avg casino surveyed in U.S. & Canada had ~850 slot machines installed while the avg international casino surveyed had ~160 slots.
