Play Light & Wonder Slot Machines in New York

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Formerly known as Scientific Games Corporation before changing its name in 2022, Light & Wonder is a Las Vegas-based company of various gambling products and services. Among its offerings, the company’s gaming division produces slot machines, table games, shuffling machines and systems to help casinos manage their operations.

Much as Scientific Games was known for its SG Interactive online slots, Light & Wonder has become a significant player in the market. Meanwhile, with big subsidiaries including Bally Technologies, many more slots and developers fall under the Light & Wonder auspices.

Most popular Light & Wonder slots online

Light & Wonder’s subsidiaries power many favorite slots both online and in retail casinos. Here are just a few popular real money slot games from Light & Wonder.

88 Fortunes – Lucky Gong

A favorite spin (literally) on the popular Asian-themed 88 Fortunes game, Lucky Gong adds Golden Gongs that trigger a special free games bonus feature. On this great game from Bally, three or more scattered gongs win you 10 free games with alternate sets of reels.

Epic Fortunes

Starring the popular (and lucky) Fu Babies, Epic Fortunes provides a kind of “choose your own adventure” format by letting players decide between the Blast Chance or Power Peach features. Each offers different types of multipliers and other mechanics that add both entertainment and different ways to win.

James Bond – Casino Royale

Featuring five reels and 25 paylines, James Bond – Casino Royale from WMS Industries incorporates clips from the 2006 Bond film with other tie-ins, including chances for players to pick cards that unlock reel arrays and other features.

Psycho Cash Beast

One of the newer titles from Barcrest, Psycho Cash Beast features just three reels and five paylines but incorporates a fun and exciting Cash Climb Bonus that involves an additional board game. Players roll dice and move around a board and up the cash ladder to collect extra bonuses and credits.

Jinse Dao Dragon

Another favorite title from the Bally collection, Jinse Dao Dragon features the popular Expanding Reels Feature. This can add up to three rows to four of the reels. Glowing orbs turn up award credits and prizes. If you hit three Yin & Yang symbols, you get to spin the jackpot wheel that awards one of four progressive jackpots or 20 free games.

History of Light & Wonder gaming

Light & Wonder began in Australia as Autotote, a company making tote boards to display odds for horse betting at racetracks. That company began way back in the early 20th century, eventually opening offices in the US starting in the 1950s. The US division became Autotote Ltd. in 1978 as the company expanded to provide systems for lotteries and slot machines. A couple of transactions later, Autotote Ltd. acquired Scientific Games Holdings Corp. in 2000 and, a year later, changed its name to Scientific Games Corporation.

Over the next decade, the company continued to be a major player in pari-mutuel wagering until Sportech acquired its racing division in 2010. Scientific Games and its SG Interactive division continued to develop a variety of casino games and became known as a top online slot provider. The company sold off certain interests while acquiring other subsidiaries and, in 2022, changed its name to Light & Wonder.

Light & Wonder subsidiaries

Light & Wonder owns many subsidiaries with various connections to the casino and gaming industries, including multiple ones that develop and provide slots. Here’s a quick look at some of Light & Wonder’s notable subsidiaries.

Bally Technologies

Bally Technologies is a major gambling technology provider based in Nevada. The company was acquired by Scientific Gaming in 2014, although various iterations of Bally slots date back to the 1930s. With a long history of slot machine manufacturing, Bally is responsible for several favorite online slots titles today, including:

  • Quick Hit slots
  • Fu Dao Le
  • Dragon Spin

Barcrest

Founded in the UK in 1968, Barcrest started out focusing on three-reel slots known as fruit machines. The games were especially popular. Through acquisitions, the company grew into a leading slots provider before being bought by IGT in 1998, then acquired by Scientific Games in 2010. Popular Barcrest slots include:

  • Rainbow Riches slots
  • Ooh Aah Dracula
  • Beetlejuice Megaways

WMS Industries

Originally a pinball machine maker, WMS Industries later expanded to video and arcade games, video lottery terminals and slot machines. Scientific Games acquired WMS in 2013, first making it a subsidiary before later merging it into the company in 2016. Popular WMS slots include:

  • The Princess Bride
  • Bier Haus
  • The Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers

NYX Gaming Group Limited

In 2017, Scientific Games acquired NYX Gaming Group Limited, thereby helping position the company to become involved in sports betting once it became legal in the US the following year. The company provides hundreds of gaming platforms and software to casinos and sportsbooks. These include several popular slots such as:

  • Batman
  • Medusa
  • Gorilla Go Wild

The Global Draw

The Global Draw has been a top provider of gambling machines to betting shops in the UK since the 1990s. In 2006, the company became a subsidiary of Scientific Games. The company also offers various electronic casino games including the popular Global Draw Roulette.

MDI Entertainment

After forging an alliance with MDI Entertainment in 1999, Scientific Games acquired the company in 2003. Headquartered in Atlanta, MDI Entertainment provides lottery games including many featuring favorite licensed properties such as James Bond 007, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, Star Trek and Betty Boop.

What sets Light & Wonder slot machines apart

Light & Wonder’s reputation in the world of slot machines and online slots is largely tied to that of its former namesake, Scientific Games. That said, with so many subsidiaries, the company is now associated with a huge catalog of slots created by different developers. Bally Technologies is foremost among those subsidiaries, but as noted above, there are many other popular slot companies on the Light & Wonder team.

You’ll find Light & Wonder slots stand out from the crowd thanks to a number of features, including:

  • Progressive jackpots
  • Cascading and expanding reels
  • Pop culture themes
  • Novel bonus games, free spins, modifiers
  • High-level graphics and animation

With so many different subsidiaries, Light & Wonder has a very wide footprint in the industry, with literally thousands of games available in dozens of jurisdictions.

Where to play Light & Wonder slots in NY

You can find Light & Wonder slot games at all of the retail casinos in New York. Bally, Barcrest, WMS slots and others are easy to find on the casino floors among the thousands of slots available in NY commercial and tribal casinos. Casinos with Light & Wonder slots include:

While New York has yet to introduce legal real money online gambling, it may do so very soon. When it does, you can expect the following operators to launch online casinos in the state, each of which already operates online sportsbooks in NY. In addition to NY online slot games, these sites are likely to also offer Light & Wonder blackjack, baccarat and online roulette in New York.

New Yorkers who don’t want to wait can play at these casinos online right now in nearby New Jersey where they are up and running (and legal). You can create an account at these NJ online casinos from New York, but you’ll need to travel to NJ to play the games.

Is there a Light & Wonder slots app?

While there is no Light & Wonder mobile app for slots, you’ll find many mobile versions of different Light & Wonder slots available in both the Apple Store for iOS devices and Google Play for Android devices. Many of the games are also included as part of the offerings in the online casinos listed above, with the games fully optimized for mobile.

Can you play Light & Wonder slots for free?

Yes, you’ll discover that wherever you find Light & Wonder games online, there are usually free or “demo” versions available that allow you to try out the games without risking any money. By playing free Light & Wonder online slots and checking out the different features first, you can decide whether you like the games enough to play Light & Wonder slots for real money.

Choose Light & Wonder gaming

The name Light & Wonder is relatively new, but the company’s reputation goes back a long way, bringing together the many achievements of the SG gaming brand as well as its many illustrious subsidiaries. Scientific Games slots have been well regarded for many years. Now, Light & Wonder carries that torch.

While slots are only part of the Light & Wonder story, knowing a particular slot has been developed under the auspices of Light & Wonder automatically confers the game an appealing status.

Light & Wonder slots FAQs

Scientific Games first announced its plan to rebrand as Light & Wonder in early 2022, with the change fully implemented later that year. The change coincided with the company selling off its sports betting and lottery businesses.

At the time, representatives described the change as part of the company’s overall vision to become a top “cross-platform” gaming company. According to CEO Barry Cottle, the new name “evokes the kind of feelings we want to capture in the work we do every day: excitement, inspiration, imagination and maybe even a little bit of magic.”

Literally thousands, when you count slot titles that have been produced by the primary company, Bally Technologies, Barcrest and all of the other L&W subsidiaries.

Light & Wonder games, both live and online, can be found in many different jurisdictions. Everywhere they appear, including in New York casinos, the properties and sites are licensed and regulated. Compliance with local rules and gambling laws is mandatory for those entities to retain their licenses. For that reason, all Light & Wonder games undergo checks and audits, all of which ensure players can trust in the integrity of the games.

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