WMS Slots
WMS is synonymous with land-based slot machines. If there's a US casino, there's probably a bank of WMS slots propping it up.
But despite the fact WMS have been around for 70 years they still know how to innovate, and many of the biggest online casinos carry several Williams titles.
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About WMS
Williams Industries started out life in 1943 by Harry E. Williams as a pinball manufacturer primarily.
The firm has gone through various name changes in its life, beginning as the Williams Manufacturing Company, before Williams Electronics Inc was founded in 1974. Subsidiaries Williams Gaming (1991, later WMS Gaming in 1999) and Williams Interactive (2012) were formed to oversee the production of slot machines and gaming machines.
The new Williams Gaming division started producing video lottery terminals in the early 1990s before moving into the slot machines business.
1996's 'Reel 'Em In' slot featured a classic-style three-reel set-up but with up to seven progressive jackpots linked across casinos up for grabs. While those 'local area progressives' proved popular in the US - where WMS enjoyed access to around 70% of America's slots players - the developer's 'Wide Area' games have been the real draw.
MONOPOLY Grand Hotel Big Event and Triple MONOPOLY have been responsible for some massive winners in recent years in the US, while big-name tie-ins like The Wizard of Oz with 'Transmissive Reels' technology (a video screen over mechanical reels) the firm has managed to combine new 3D animation with the classic Vegas-style one-armed bandits.
While Barcrest - another formidable land-based developer - and WMS were once rivals, they were brought under one umbrella when Scientific Games bought out WMS Industries in 2013 (SG having already acquired Barcrest two years earlier). WMS was bought for around $1.5 billion in cash as part of the deal.
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