IGT pokies include Cleopatra, Wheel of Fortune, Da Vinci Diamonds and Double Diamond, slot machines that run from three-reel classics to modern video games. Our reviews give the real paytables, bonus rules and published return settings, and say plainly that offshore casinos open to Australians don’t carry IGT.
IGT has produced hundreds of titles, but a handful account for nearly all of the searches and nearly all of the floor space. Cleopatra is the one everyone knows: 20 lines, a Sphinx scatter and 15 free spins with every win tripled. Cleopatra II followed with a free spins multiplier that climbs with every spin, and Da Vinci Diamonds introduced Tumbling Reels, where winning symbols vanish and new ones fall into the gap for a second chance at a win.
Behind those sit the brands that built IGT’s reputation on casino floors. Wheel of Fortune has been a licensed slot family since 1996 and now covers dozens of configurations, from Cash Link to Gold Spin, each with its own reels and jackpots. Megabucks was the first wide-area progressive when it launched in 1986 and still pays the headline jackpots in Nevada. Wolf Run brought stacked wilds across 40 lines, and Double Diamond kept the three-reel tradition alive with its doubling wild. Golden Goddess, Black Widow, Pixies of the Forest and Cleopatra Gold round out the names you will see most often online.
Each review on this page follows the same approach: the paytable in multiples of the line bet or the coin, the exact bonus trigger and what it awards, the published return and whether the casino can change it, and an honest note on where the game is and isn’t available. Cleopatra’s review explains why the wild doubles everything except a line of wilds and how the sequels differ. Further IGT reviews follow the same format as they are added.
| Game | Reels and lines | Published RTP | Main feature | Volatility | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleopatra | 5 reels, 20 lines | 95.02% | 15 free spins with wins tripled, retrigger to 180 | Medium | Casino floors mid-2000s, online 2012 |
| Cleopatra II | 5 reels, 20 lines | About 95.9% | Free spins multiplier rises by one each spin to 50x | Medium to high | 2000s, online later |
| Da Vinci Diamonds | 5 reels, 20 lines | Set per market | Tumbling Reels: winning symbols drop out and new ones fall in | Medium | Casino floors late 2000s |
| Wheel of Fortune | Many versions | Set per version | Wheel bonus and progressive jackpots across a family of games | Varies | 1996 onward |
Australian players grow up on Aristocrat and Ainsworth cabinets, so IGT’s games can feel foreign at first. The differences are mostly structural. Aristocrat built its reputation on reel power and 243 or 1,024 ways with a scatter-triggered free games feature; Ainsworth followed a similar path with its own free games and multipliers. IGT’s classics lean on paylines instead, 9 or 20 of them, and on bonuses with a bit of theatre: a wheel to spin, symbols that tumble, a progressive meter ticking over. The free spins on Cleopatra are closer to Aristocrat’s model than most, which is partly why the game translated so well.
The other difference is return settings. Many IGT video pokies are approved in several mathematical configurations, and the casino chooses one. Aristocrat’s online conversions tend to publish a single figure. When you read a return for an IGT game, treat it as the best case until the help screen in front of you confirms it.
IGT doesn’t publish public demos the way BGaming or Pragmatic Play do. Its online games are licensed to operators in regulated markets, mainly the United Kingdom, several US states and parts of Europe, and the free-play versions you find online are hosted by sites serving those markets. We don’t host IGT demos on PokiesLAB because we don’t have a licence to, and the aggregators that feed our other free pokies don’t carry IGT. If you want to try Cleopatra for free, a regulated UK or US operator’s demo lobby is the place, and the game there is the real IGT build rather than a lookalike.
That matters because lookalikes exist. Several studios make 20-line Egyptian pokies with a Sphinx-style scatter and tripled free spins, and some offshore lobbies label them loosely. If the help screen doesn’t say IGT, it isn’t Cleopatra.
On land, IGT is a licensed supplier to Australian clubs, pubs and casinos through IGT (Australia), and its cabinets sit alongside Aristocrat and Ainsworth on many floors. Which titles a venue runs depends on the venue and the state approval lists, so the games on this page may or may not be on the floor near you.
Online is a different story. Australian law doesn’t license online casinos at all, and IGT only distributes its online games to regulated markets, so the offshore casinos that accept Australians don’t stock IGT. We have checked the lobbies of StayCasino, Spin Samurai, Wanted Win, Richard Casino, Golden Crown, PlayAmo and National Casino, and none of them carries Cleopatra or any other IGT title. Any site telling you otherwise is either describing a different market or a clone.
What those casinos do have are games built on the same ideas. For Cleopatra’s Egyptian free spins, Sun of Egypt 3 and Pragmatic Play’s Eye of Cleopatra are the usual stand-ins, and Wanted Win and Richard Casino attach welcome spins to Sun of Egypt 3. For the stacked wilds of Wolf Run, Buffalo Power 2 and Wolf Gold are the closest. For the tumbling reels of Da Vinci Diamonds, Pragmatic Play’s Sweet Bonanza and Gems Bonanza use the same mechanic. Each of our casino reviews lists the studios in its lobby so you can check before you deposit.
Three numbers tell you most of what you need about an IGT pokie. The return to player is the share of bets the game pays back over the long run, and for IGT titles it can vary by casino, so look for it in the help pages. Volatility describes how that return arrives: Cleopatra sits in the middle, paying steadily between free spins, while Wolf Run saves most of its return for the free spins and the three-reel classics pay in a flatter pattern. The top prize tells you the ceiling: 10,000 times the line bet on Cleopatra, a progressive on the MegaJackpots and Wheel of Fortune versions.
Beyond the numbers, check which version you are looking at. Cleopatra alone exists as the original, Cleopatra II, Cleopatra Plus, Cleopatra Gold, Cleopatra Grand and MegaJackpots Cleopatra, and they share a name and little else. Our reviews describe the version named in the heading and flag the others separately.
International Game Technology began in Nevada in 1975, founded by William “Si” Redd, and made its name in video poker and electronic slots before Megabucks and Wheel of Fortune turned it into the dominant supplier of progressive jackpots in the United States. GTECH acquired the company in 2015 and took the IGT name, combining slots with lottery technology. In 2025 the gaming and digital business was separated again and combined with Everi under new private ownership, keeping the IGT name and its Las Vegas headquarters, while the lottery side continued under a different name. For players none of this changes the games: Cleopatra plays today exactly as it did in 2012.
Not at the offshore casinos that accept Australian players; none of the casinos we review carries IGT. The games are licensed to regulated markets such as the United Kingdom and New Jersey.
Yes, on sites serving regulated markets where IGT’s online games are licensed. PokiesLAB doesn’t host IGT demos, and the offshore lobbies we review don’t carry them.
For a simple 20-line game with a strong free spins bonus, Cleopatra. For tumbling reels and a slower burn, Da Vinci Diamonds. For jackpots, the Wheel of Fortune and Megabucks families.
It varies by game and by casino setting. Cleopatra publishes 95.02%; many other IGT titles ship in several settings. The help screen in the version you are playing is the figure that counts.
Yes. IGT (Australia) supplies gaming machines to clubs, pubs and casinos under state and territory approvals, alongside Aristocrat and Ainsworth.
Since 2025 the gaming and digital business operates as a privately held company under the IGT name, headquartered in Las Vegas, after being combined with Everi. The former parent kept the lottery business under a new name.
