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WMS Industries Company Profile

WMS Industries Inc. designs, manufactures and markets gaming machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs). The Company's gaming machines feature graphics, digital sound and engaging game themes, and most incorporate secondary bonus rounds. Some of its games use licensed brands, such as MONOPOLY, HOLLYWOOD SQUARES and MEN IN BLACK. The Company conducts its gaming machine business through its subsidiary, WMS Gaming Inc. (WMS Gaming), which markets its products under the WMS Gaming trademark. The products it offers for sale consist of multi-coin, multi-line video gaming machines and some mechanical reel-spinning slot machines. Its video gaming machines include engaging themes, advanced graphics and digital sound effects and music.

WMS Industries News
WMS Industries History

1974: WMS Industries formed under the name Williams Electronics, Inc. and succeeded to the amusement game business that had been conducted for almost 30 years prior to 1974 by its predecessors

1991: WMS Gaming enters the video lottery terminal market

1997: WMS introduces its most successful slot machine, Reel Em In

1999: WMS introduced the first of its participation games, a series of four MONOPOLY themed gaming machines

2000: WMS Industries stops making pinball machines and video games and concentrates on VLTs and slot machines

2001: WMS starts developing games in Australia, distributing them under its cross-license agreement with Stargames

2004: WMS launches its first proprietary wide-area progress (WAP) system in Nevada, Native American casinos, and Colorado

2004: WMS opens an office in the United Kingdom

2005: WMS rolls out its WAP system in Mississippi, New Jersey, and Arizona

2005: WMS entered into a wide-ranging technology transfer agreement with Cyberscan Technology Inc.

WMS Industries: Current Product Line

Base themes

American Reels

Cafe Mula

Cat's Meow

Cool Cat Cash

Diamond Ridge

Fairy's Fortune

Free Spin Frenzy

Gettin' Lucky

Great Scot!

Instant Winner Classic

Jackpot Party Classic

Keepin' Up With The Joneses

King Midas

Leprechaun's Gold

Life of Luxury II

Lucky Lemmings

Lucky Seals

Mardi Gras Madness

Milk Money

Money to Burn Classic

Neptune's Kingdom

Pay Dirt

Pegasus

Pick Your Fortune

Quackers

Rakin' It In

Reel 'Em In Classic

Rich Little Piggies

Ring Quest

Robin Hood's Sherwood Treasure

Slotsky

Super Jackpot Party

The Big Money Cheese Caper

The Jade Monkey

Wild Wilderness

Winning Bid Classic

 

WMS Industries : Financial Info online

Publicly-accessible sites

Google Finance profile

Yahoo company profile

Reuters company profile

InvestorGuide company profile

WMS Industries Investor Relations

SEC filings (WMS Site) | SEC filings (finance.yahoo)

Annual Reports (2000-present edition)

For more detailed information, check out these databases. Note: use is restricted to current UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

WMS Industries: Gaming Collection/UNLV Holdings

UNLV Gaming Collection main page

Financial filings

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Promotional and Public Relations materials

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