Barcrest Executive Summary

Outside the boundaries of the UK, Barcrest (a Subsidiary of Scientific Games) may not be a household name. However, Barcrest had a rich history of providing arcade, fruit and bingo games and cabinets for use in pubs and betting parlors throughout the the UK. Through the years, the company had garnered a good reputation for reliability and innovation.

The Company
Barcrest was first introduced to the land-based gaming industry in 1968. They began by developing arcade games for amusement areas and soon began developing games of chance for the adult gambling markets. One of the company's real claims to fame was being one of the first game developers to introduce 5 reel slots. In 1998, International Game Technology (IGT) acquired the company due it large part to its games portfolio that could be easily adapted to an online casino environment. After the merger, the company's focus changed to adapting and developing games for the iGaming industry. In 2011, Scientific Games acquired Barcrest from IGT. Since that time, the company has ceased the manufacturing a development of gaming cabinets and had its iGaming development operations assimilated into Scientific Games' operations.

The Software
After completing the acquisitions of Barcrest and The Global Draw, Scientific Games introduced
The games can be accessed through sites casinos that offer downloaded software or the ability to play through one's web browser in instant play mode. While the list of mobile based games is restricted to three, they can be accessed through other mobile gaming platforms that are compatible with popular mobile operating systems like iOS and Android. For game reliability, the games have been developed to be filtered through any site's random number generator, which is embedded in the software to provide random and fair