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 54th 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 226 survey participants collectively operate 755 casinos and ~33,700 retail outlets worldwide with ~638,600 total slot machines or equivalent electronic gaming devices. Our 195 U.S. & Canada participants operate 489 casinos, ~16,400 retail outlets, and ~487,700 slot machines, representing ~47% of the total installed base of gaming machines in U.S. & Canada. The avg casino surveyed in U.S. & Canada had ~1,000 slot machines installed while the avg international casino surveyed had ~300 slots.
