IGT wins 16 awards in Casino Player Magazine's Best of Gaming Reader Poll

The awards will be featured in the August issue of the magazine. "IGT is thrilled that players continue to choose our games as their very favorite casino games year after year," said Eric Tom, IGT chief operating officer. "These awards are true testaments to IGT's continued success in creating games that players love to play."

IGT took top honors in four of the five categories and a total of 16 awards overall, the most of any manufacturer. In the "Favorite Reel Slot" category, Double Diamond, Wheel of Fortune, and Red, White & Blue took first through third respectively and Triple Diamond rounded out the top five. Two consistent player favorites took top honors in the "Favorite Progressive Slot" category with Wheel of Fortune in first and Megabucks in second and the recently released Wheel of Fortune Experience also received recognition.

"Favorite Bonus Round" top honors went to Wheel of Fortune with Cleopatra named as another favorite. In the"Favorite Video Slot" category, both Wheel of Fortune and IGT's Keno game were named among the winners.

Finally, readers selected all IGT games in the "Favorite Video Poker Game" category. The top honors went to the following games starting from first through fifth, Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, Double Double Bonus Poker, Bonus Poker and Double Bonus Poker.