Most in the industry know Lightning Gaming as a producer of multi-player electronic table games like “Lightning Poker.” Welcome to “Lighting Slots.”

The supplier used G2E to kick off a new line of single-player slot games. According to the company, 20 titles will be released at the show, but the most high-profile will be two versions of a game licensed from board-game king Hasbro-”Scrabble.”

Pennsylvania-based Lightning Gaming has entered into a long-term licensing agreement with Hasbro, Inc., giving the gaming company exclusive rights to develop and produce gaming machines based on the popular SCRABBLE brand in the United States and Canada.

The first game, which the company hopes to have available by November, is Video SCRABBLE. It features a seven letter draw, just like the board game, and an opportunity for a redraw as well.

Video Scrabble is a video bonus slot that involves playing the famous word game for money. There are no reels; the object is to form high0-scoring words using the official Scrabble tournament word list provided by Hasbro.
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