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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

February 7, 2005


INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  001-10684
(Commission File Number)
  88-0173041
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

9295 Prototype Drive
Reno, Nevada 89521
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(775) 448-7777
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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Item 8.01 — Other Events.
SIGNATURES


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Item 8.01 — Other Events.

     Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) requested that International Game Technology (IGT) provide ISS with additional information about fees that IGT paid to its independent auditor, Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte), reported in its proxy statement for its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. ISS further requested that IGT publish this information in a Form 8-K filing. The following is the information IGT provided to ISS.

FEES PAID TO INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The following table sets forth supplemental information concerning fees billed by Deloitte for services rendered to IGT for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004 (in millions):

         
Audit Fees
  $ 1.1  
Audit-Related Fees
    0.4  
Tax Fees
       
Tax Preparation and Compliance
    1.0  
Tax Planning and Advisory
    1.2  
 
     
Total Tax Fees
  $ 2.2  
All Other Fees
     
 
     
Total
  $ 3.7  
 
     

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
  INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: February 7, 2005  By:   /s/ Maureen T. Mullarkey    
    Name:   Maureen T. Mullarkey   
    Its: Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer 
 
 

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