Jagman,...great play,...in fact excellent.
volitality is what makes these week of expiration option plays *profitable*.
volitality = a condition created when a positive influence meets a time deadline.
YHOO, INTC, AAPL, C, GE (and a host of others)...all had earnings announcements,...and these mentioned did not meet the streets expectations,..and they were punished.
your IGT undoubtedly met the streets expectations and those calls you played were rewarded by the underlying security moving upwards and thus affecting the option price.
earnings on IGT could have gone either way,...might i ask what insighted you to play the call option as opposed the put option ?
once again,...excellent play.
a-h-h-h-h,...THE POWER OF OPTIONS.
invest at your own risk, based on your own due diligence, at your own risk tolerance