Games
SG Gaming’s catalogue is smaller than that of some casino games providers, with the review describing its approach as quality-focused. Its range contains close to 300 titles, mostly online slots, as well as a selection of table games.
Slot games
Over the past couple of decades, SG Gaming has created 265 slot titles. The range covers diverse themes and several slot types, including Classic Slots, modern video slots and progressive jackpot slots.
Rainbow Riches remains one of the provider’s best-known games. This 5-reel, 20 pay line slot pairs free spins with a picking bonus and has been a familiar choice at online casinos. Its visuals appear dated beside newer releases, but the mobile-friendly game began as a fruit machine before moving online.
Other notable games include Raging Rhino and Zeus: God of Thunder, both well-known online slots. SG Gaming also holds licences for slot themes based on Monopoly, Michael Jackson and Wonder Woman.
The slot range goes well beyond these examples, and many online casino players will have tried a game from this major provider. The review credits the titles’ playability, fairness and clear, carefully crafted graphics with helping to keep players engaged.
Progressive Jackpots
SG Gaming has released several progressive jackpot slots. These games are connected to a shared network, where contributions build a pooled jackpot as people play. A single winner can claim the combined prize, which the review says can sometimes reach many millions.
Dancing in Rio and Hot Shot Progressive are two examples from the provider. Released by WMS Gaming under the SG Gaming umbrella, Dancing in Rio is a 5-reel slot with 40 fixed pay lines. Its features include free spins, wilds and scatters, plus a chance to win a large progressive jackpot.
Hot Shot Progressive is a newer progressive title from Bally Technologies, another SG Gaming subsidiary. It combines a classic theme and polished interface with a mini-reel bonus game, where players can land large multipliers and the game’s jackpot.
Table Games
Slots are at the heart of SG Gaming’s output, though the company has also produced a variety of software-based casino table games over the years.
As well as Original Roulette, the provider offers several versions of the familiar table game: Key Bet Roulette, Monopoly Roulette Hot Properties and Monopoly Roulette Tycoon . Each version changes some of the rules.
The blackjack range is limited to Blazing 7’s Blackjack. Poker players have more options, including Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Let it Ride and Three Card Poker.
Advantages
- Extensive experience in the global gambling industry
- Works on mobile devices
- Games developed using HTML5
- Titles available in 26 different languages
- Won the Global Gaming Award for ‘Land-Based Gaming Innovation of the Year’ in 2016
- Established provider whose games are described as fair
Disadvantages
- No live dealer games in the catalogue covered by the review
- A relatively small catalogue compared with Microgaming or NetEnt
Conclusion
SG Gaming’s background encompasses the earlier work of Autotote and Scientific Games. Its history spans several areas of gambling: it developed instant lottery games and betting systems used at horse racing tracks around the world, and also manufactured pinball and fruit machines. That record stretches back more than a century.
The review suggests SG Gaming may not attract as much attention as NetEnt or Microgaming, and that its catalogue is not especially extensive. Its focus is on producing quality games designed to keep players interested over time. The review wonders what the company might bring over the next hundred years – if any of us are around.
