Subsidiaries
Wholly owned subsidiaries of Light & Wonder include The Global Draw,[36] Barcrest,[37] Bally Technologies,[38][39] WMS Industries,[40][41] MDI Entertainment, LLC, and NYX Gaming Group Limited.[42]
In 2006, the company acquired the lottery operations of the Swedish firm EssNet,[43] as well as The Global Draw which provides server-based gambling machines to betting shops in the UK.[36] Another UK-based gaming company Barcrest was acquired from IGT in 2010.[37] Barcrest is the owner of Deal Games and a producer of betting and gambling terminals.[44]
In October 2013, the company bought WMS Industries, the third largest manufacturer of slot machines, for $1.5 billion.[40][41] Scientific Games later acquired another slot machine maker, Bally Technologies, in November 2014, for $3.3 billion plus $1.8 billion in assumed debt.[45]
In 2016, the company acquired DEQ Systems, a Canadian table-game maker.[46] The mobile bingo app maker Spicerack Media Inc. was acquired in April 2017 to expand the Scientific Games social gaming division.[47] Scientific Games also announced the $631 million acquisition of NYX Gaming Group Limited in September 2017.[48] When NYX acquisition was completed, the company gained the sports-betting platform OpenBet which handles about 80% of all sports betting in the UK as of 2018.[49] In November 2021, SG acquired Authentic Gaming, a provider of live streaming casino games.[50][51]
In May 2022, after previously reaching an exclusive distribution agreement with the company in Europe and North America, Light and Wonder acquired Playzido.[52]
In February 2025, the company acquired Grover Gaming, a charitable gambling business, which operates in five states allowing charitable organizations to benefit from the sale of pull tabs. [53]
