Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of International Game Technology (Company) on Form 10-K for the period ended September 28, 2013 (presented as September 30, 2013) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (Report), I, Patti S. Hart, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(i) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) and 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and

(ii) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  November 26, 2013

/s/ Patti S. Hart

Patti S. Hart

Chief Executive Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. It is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and it is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.