Universal Entertainment


Universal Entertainment
Type	Public
Founded	December 2, 1969 (Universal Lease Co., Ltd.) 1970 (Universal Ltd.) April 30, 1997 (Sacnoth) 2002 (Nautilus) April 1998 (Aruze) February 2007 (Aruze Global Trading) October 2007 (Aruze Marketing and Seven Works) November 1, 2009 (Universal Entertainment)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Kazuo Okada (Universal Entertainment) Hiroki Kikuta (Sacnoth)
Industry	Video games, gambling machines
Products	Video games, gambling machines
Number of people	998
Website	http://www.universal-777.com/en/

Universal Entertainment Corporation is a Japanese gambling machine manufacturer.

Universal Lease Co., Ltd.

Universal Lease Co., Ltd. was founded by Kazuo Okada on December 2, 1969.

Universal Ltd.

Universal Lease Co., Ltd. was renamed Universal Ltd. around 1970.

Sacnoth Inc.

Sacnoth Inc. was founded by Hiroki Kikuta in April 30, 1997.

Aruze Corporation

Universal Ltd. was renamed Aruze Corporation in April 1998.

Aruze aquired Sacnoth and renamed it Nautilus

Sacnoth Inc. was acquired by Aruze and renamed Nautilus Inc. in 2002.

Nautilus renamed Aruze Global Trading Corporation

Nautilus exited the video game industry in February 2007 when it was renamed Aruze Global Trading Corporation.

Aruze Marketing Japan Co., Ltd. and Seven Works Co., Ltd.

Aruze separated its gambling machine development into Seven Works Co., Ltd. and Aruze Marketing Japan Co., Ltd. in October 2007.

Aruze Global Trading merged into Aruze Marketing Japan

Aruze Global Trading Corporation was merged into Aruze Marketing Japan Corporation on February 1, 2009.

Aruze Marketing Japan merged into Aruze

Aruze Marketing Japan Corporation was merged into Aruze in June 2009.