NEW YORK (AP) — Instant-win lottery ticket company Scientific Games is buying gaming equipment company WMS Industries Inc. for about $1.42 billion in order to broaden its product offerings. Scientific ...

On Thursday, Scientific Games announced it has agreed to purchase all outstanding shares of WMS Industries for $26 per share, cash. The total stated value of the acquisition is $1.5 billion. Both ...

WMS Gaming, one of the world's leading slot machine creators, turns out the most entertaining, interactive, sensory-appealing slot games in the business. The Waukegan, Ill.-based company stakes its ...

Acquiring the rights to develop slot themes based on celebrity icons, TV programs, motion pictures game shows and board games is a preoccupation of the world's leading gaming device manufacturers.

The waiting period for Scientific Games' acquisition of WMS Industries under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR) was terminated early, the companies announced yesterday, allowing ...