On the eve of the big G2E trade show in Las Vegas, news filtered through that the Caesars casino group is to buy 7,000 new machines for its US locations - all of them from IGT.

Caesars Palace

It will be the biggest investment on the group’s gaming floor in 10 years and will include 3,600 G20 upright machines, 2,400 Universal Slant cabinet machines and 1,000 G20 bar-top models.