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From the start of the industrial revolution, the top companies the world have been brick and mortar companies in various industries from the mining industry to the real estate industry. However, this changed after the invention of the internet. Now among the largest companies in the world are internet companies which lead in inventory, revenue generated, and the number of employees. Internet companies are organizations that engage on business on the internet and may exclude information technology companies or the internet service providers.
Amazon, also known as Amazon.com is an e-commerce company. With over $107 billion in sales in 2015, Amazon is the largest online retail company in the world. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, currently its headquarters is in Seattle, Washington. Amazon has a global footprint with affiliate websites worldwide. This made it surpass Wal-Mart in market capitalization of $329.7 billion in 2015. Amazon boasts of being the biggest employer of all the internet companies and a workforce 268,908 people in 2015 and generated revenues of $70 billion.
Google is perhaps the most well-known of internet companies. Its main activity is internet search engine operation. However, it has interests in other fields such as in social media (Google Plus) and Cloud data storage (Google Drive). It is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA. Google was founded by two university students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin from Stanford University in 1996. The idea was a modification of existing search engines at the time which was initially known as PageRank. In its early stages, it was run from a friend’s garage. Google now has around 61,814 employees and annual revenue of $74.98 billion. It has market capitalization of $493.2 billion.
eBay is an ecommerce company which was founded in 1995 by a computer programmer named Pierre Omidyar. Located in San Jose, California, it has seen its revenue reach $8.59 billion and a labor force consisting of 34,600 people. eBay has its revenue streams diversified through numerous acquisitions in other fields. PayPal, an online money processing company is a notable example which constituted 44% of its revenue before it went public. Market capitalization of eBay in 2015 was $26.98 billion.
Facebook is the largest social media company in the world. With over one billion users, Facebook has seen its revenue reach $17.93 billion. Mark Zuckerberg founded it while a student at Harvard University. Located in Menlo Park, California Facebook has employed more than 12,641 people into its labor force. In 2012, Facebook had its IPO which made its value grow tremendously to reach a market capitalization of more than $25 billion. In 2014, Facebook acquired Whatsapp, a mobile message company for about $19 billion.
Alibaba is the biggest e-commerce company is Asia and has more than a billion users worldwide. Alibaba was founded by Jack Ma in 1999 and has its headquarters in Hangzhou, China. Alibaba has two major portals that run under it, Alibaba and Aliexpress. Alibaba is majorly for wholesale transactions while Aliexpress handles retail transactions. In 2015 Alibaba was valued at $202 billion with over $500 billion in sales. With over 26,000 employees, Alibaba has seen unprecedented sales in China including November, 2015 Singles Day when more than $17.7 billion in sales was realized.
Rank | Company | Industry | Revenue ($B) | Employees | Headquarters |
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1 | Amazon | E-commerce | $107 | 268,908 | Seattle, WA, USA |
2 | Search | $74.98 | 61,814 | Mountain View, California, USA | |
3 | Social | $17.93 | 12,691 | Menlo Park, CA, USA | |
4 | Tencent | Social | $15.84 | 25,517 | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
5 | Alibaba | E-commerce | $12.29 | 26,000 | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
6 | Baidu | Search | $10.56 | 41,467 | Beijing, China |
7 | Priceline Group | Travel | $9.22 | 9,000 | Norwalk, CT, USA |
8 | eBay | E-commerce | $8.59 | 34,600 | San Jose, CA, USA |
9 | Netflix | Entertainment | $6.77 | 3,500 | Los Gatos, CA, USA |
10 | Expedia,Inc. | Travel | $6.67 | 18,000 | Bellevue, Washington, USA |
11 | Rakuten | E-commerce | $6.3 | 12,981 | Tokyo, Japan |
12 | Salesforce.com | Cloud computing | $5.37 | 16,227 | San Francisco, CA, USA |
13 | Yahoo | Search Engine | $4.97 | 12,500 | Sunnyvale, CA, USA |
14 | ODIGEO | Travel | $4.9 | 1,700 | Barcelona, Spain |
15 | NetEase | Online Services | $3.63 | 12,919 | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
16 | Zalando | E-commerce | $3.28 | 10,000 | Berlin, Germany |
17 | Groupon | E-commerce | $3.1 | 10,000 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
18 | Social | $2.99 | 8,735 | Mountain View, CA, USA | |
19 | Social | $2.22 | 3,638 | San Francisco, CA, USA | |
20 | Naver Corporation | Search engine | $2.2 | 2,501 | Seoul, South Korea |
21 | Cimpress | Mass Customization | $1.78 | 8,000 | Venlo, Netherlands |
22 | TripAdvisor | Travel | $1.5 | 2,793 | Needham, Massachusetts,USA |
23 | flipkart | E-Commerce | $1.5 | 35,000 | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
24 | ASOS.com | E-Commerce | $1.40 | 7,500 | London, UK |
25 | Yandex | Search | $0.9 | 5,514 | Moscow, Russia |
I’m planning to include some reviews of various gambling machines here soon, so I thought I’d start with a look at some of the slot machine manufacturers and their products. There was a time, not long ago, when such a list would be short. But with the advent of internet casinos, the list of slot machine companies grows longer every day.
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Of course, depending on where you live, you might be searching for such information using a phrase like “fruit machine suppliers” or “gaming companies.” Such a list should (and does) include old slot machine brands like IGT (International Game Technologies) and internet casino software vendors like Microgaming and Playtech.
As I create more posts about related subjects, I’ll update this page with links to manufacturer-specific lists of games and reviews of their overall offerings.
I know that a lot of sites in this space try to offer as complete a resource as possible, but please remember that I’m just one guy with a blog. I don’t have an army of freelance writers working for me, and even if I did, there are so many slot machine games from so many different providers that it would be almost impossible to keep up with them all.
But if I’ve left out your favorite slot machine manufacturer, let me know in the comments, and I’ll add it to the list.
And here’s the list of slot machine manufacturers:
Ainsworth Game Technology is one of the oldest companies on my list of slot machine manufacturers. They’ve been in business for 20+ years. Ainsworth is an Australian company, and if you know anything about gambling in Australia, you know how popular slots are there. They call them “pokies,” though, which is an abbreviation for “poker machines.”
And some of Ainsworth’s most recent game additions include:
Amatic Industries has been in business for over a quarter of a century now. Besides slot machines, they make video lottery terminals and video roulette games. They have a huge selection of slot machine brands in their stable, too, including some of the following:
Amaya Gaming is defunct now. It’s part of The Stars Group, the company which owns PokerStars. I include it here under its original name because I think some online users still look for games from Amaya Gaming. They offer lots of cute games, including:
Aristocrat Gaming Technology is another Australian “poker machine” vendor. They’e recently gotten their hands on some major intellectual property, too, and they offer games like:
Ash Gaming used to be a big deal, now they’re a part of Playtech. As part of that group, they have extensive licensed properties to create games about. Their most famous, though, is probably Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Bally Technologies is now a subsidiary of SG Gaming (Scientific Games). The company has been around forever. Not only do they make slot machines, but they used to be one of the biggest pinball machine companies in the world, too. Some of their most well-known brands include:
Barcrest Gaming–like Bally Technologies– is also now a subsidiary of SG Gaming (Scientific Games). If you’re a real slot machine aficionado, you might recognize the names of some of their games:
Betsoft Gaming specializes in online gambling games, especially mobile friendly slots and 3D games. Here are some of their titles:
Blueprint Gaming is based in the United Kingdom. Most of their fruit machines can be found on casino floors there or in Germany and Italy. Here’s a sample of their titles:
Cadillac Jack was a subsidiary of Amaya Gaming, which is now wholly owned by The Stars Group.
EGT Interactive specializes in video slots. You can find a lot of their games at various sports book sites that also offer casino games. They offer over 150 different games, including titles like:
Endemol Shine Gaming specializes in both online and brick and mortar gambling games. Some of their best-known properties belong to the licensed television game show genre. Some examples include:
Fremantle Media is one of the more unusual listings on this page, because they don’t exactly design or manufacture slot machine games. They own several large television brands, which they aggressively promote through multiple channels–including slot machines. If you’re playing one of these slots, Fremantle Media had a lot to do with it:
The Gamesys Group does slots and bingo games. Some of the better known brands in their stable include:
Heiwa Corporation is a publicly-traded Japanese corporation that specializes in pachinko and pachislo machine manufacture.
High 5 Games creates both internet-based and land-based slot machine games, some of which are popular. They use HTML 5 for their online slot machines. Their most famous games include:
IGT is far and away the largest slot machine company in the world. They’re everywhere. The most popular gambling machines in the casino are the product of International Game Technology. Just a few of their big names include:
Konami Gaming is the maker of the following slot machines:
Mazooma Interactive Games is a UK game company that specializes in online games. They’re now a subsidiary of Novomatic.
Microgaming was the first large online casino software provider. They’re best-known for the wide variety of their online progressive jackpots. Some of their most famous brands include:
I’ve written about Microgaming before, here.
NetEnt is another publicly-traded company that specializes in online games. They’re responsible for, among other things, the Jumanji slot machine game.
NewGin Co. Ltd. is another Japanese manufacturer of pachinko and pachislo machines.
NextGen Gaming serves both online and land-based casinos. They offer some really cool titles, including:
The name “Novomatic” always reminds me of the Steve Goodman song, Vegematic.
But that song has nothing to do with the company, though. Novomatic Gaming is probably the biggest European slot machine maker there is, in fact.
Some of their games you’ve probably heard of include:
Ortiz Gaming specializes in Class II and Class III slot machines, especially when it comes to bingo technology. And their games are OVERTLY bingo-based, too:
Playtech is another online game designer and creator, and, like Microgaming, they’re publicly traded. They also don’t allow their licensees to accept real money players from the United States. Some of their better known games include:
Realtime Gaming (RTG) is probably the biggest online casino game vendor that still serves U.S. audiences — at least the audiences that don’t live in states with legal, regulated online casinos. (There are 47 states like that.) As a result, you’ve probably never heard of most of their games unless you’re a devoted internet gambler.
My favorite of their games is It’s Good to Be Bad, but I’m old school.
Scientific Games is headquartered in Las Vegas. They own Bally now, and they own Shuffle Master. And they also own WMS Gaming. Their most well-known game is probably Monopoly slot machines.
Universal Entertainment Corporation is another pachinko and pachislo manufacturer.
VGT is one of the biggest names in the Oklahoma gambling market, and they specialize in bingo-based slot machine games.
WMS Gaming is now a subsidiary of Scientific Games. So see that entry above.
Apollo Games has a full profile on our site. Click the link for full details.
The brand names in the slot machine manufacturers category are many, but, of course, IGT (International Game Technology) towers above the rest like Walmart towers over other retail establishments. The list above gets longer when you account for the companies making online slot machine games, too.
If you have any comments about the games available from these corporations, I’d enjoy hearing them. I’m human and make mistakes, so if you leave a comment pointing one out, I’ll update this post with corrections (and probably even give you credit.)