The last 18 months have seen a tsunami of consolidation roll through the gaming supplier industry as companies snapped up a bevy of competitors and complementary businesses, and the wave may have yet to crest.
For the last six or so years, Todd Eilers, director of research for Anaheim Hills, Calif.-based Eilers Research, said he’s heard the chatter calling for consolidation on the gaming equipment side. “That there’s too many suppliers, and there’s too much duplicate R&D and overhead in the industry...