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The slot machines on cruise ships

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Cruise casinos run the same games you'd find in Las Vegas: Aristocrat's link games, Light & Wonder's Huff N' Puff and Dancing Drums, IGT's Wheel of Fortune and plenty of video poker. Here's how the most popular ones play, and where players have spotted them at sea.

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Most spotted on cruise ships

Dragon Link Aristocrat Gaming
18
Huff N' Puff Light & Wonder
7
Lightning Link Aristocrat Gaming
7
Devil's Lock Bluberi Gaming
6
Spooky Link Aristocrat Gaming
6
Ultimate Fire Link Light & Wonder
6
Dancing Drums Light & Wonder
5
Buffalo Aristocrat Gaming
4
Buffalo Gold Aristocrat Gaming
4
Phoenix Link Aristocrat Gaming
4

Count of dated, sourced reports (mostly player videos) we found for each game, October 2026. See every sighting by cruise line.

What you'll find on board

  • Mostly the same games as land casinosShips buy or lease machines from the same makers, so the hits on US floors show up at sea within a year or two.
  • Hold & Spin link games dominateDragon Link, Lightning Link, Phoenix Link and their rivals take a big share of most cruise floors.
  • Payback isn't publishedShips sail outside state gaming regulators, so the operator sets the return and doesn't post it. Video poker is the exception: the pay table tells you the return.

How each type of slot works

The makers

Who builds the games on cruise ship floors.

20 games

Light & Wonder

Light & Wonder is the company formerly called Scientific Games.

See their games →18 games

Aristocrat Gaming

Aristocrat Leisure is an ASX-listed Australian supplier founded in 1953; its land-based arm, Aristocrat Gaming, builds slot cabinets and game content, alongside an online real-money business (Aristocrat Interactive) and a social-casino studio (Product Madness).

See their games →15 games

IGT

IGT is one of the oldest and biggest US slot makers.

See their games →6 games

AGS

AGS is a mid-sized US supplier of slots, table-game products and online games, with deep roots in Oklahoma's Class II tribal market.

See their games →5 games

Konami Gaming, Inc.

Konami Gaming builds video slots, slot cabinets and the Synkros casino management system.

See their games →4 games

Everi

Everi built its slot reputation on high-denomination three-reel mechanical games such as Black Diamond and Cash Machine.

See their games →3 games

Bluberi Gaming

Bluberi began in 1994 in Drummondville, Quebec, as a game studio, moved into Class II gaming in 2006 and Class III in 2012, and went through a bankruptcy before Catalyst Capital Group bought it in 2019.

See their games →3 games

Incredible Technologies

Incredible Technologies was founded in 1985 by Elaine Hodgson and Richard Ditton and became famous for the Golden Tee Golf arcade game before turning to casino gaming; its slots first reached casino floors in 2011.

See their games →1 games

Ainsworth Game Technology

Ainsworth is an ASX-listed Australian maker of slot machines, standalone progressives and linked games.

See their games →1 games

Gaming Arts

A Las Vegas supplier that built its business on bingo and keno systems and opened a Class III slot division in 2018.

See their games →1 games

Sega Sammy Creation

Sega Sammy Creation is the casino-machine arm of Japan's Sega Sammy Holdings.

See their games →

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