WMS Industries

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WMS Industries was an American gaming company best known for manufacturing slot machines and arcade games, including classic titles under the Williams and Midway brands.

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WMS Industries canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gaming company ⓘ
public company ⓘ
slot machine manufacturer ⓘ
acquiredBy Scientific Games Corporation ⓘ
acquisitionDate 2013 ⓘ
basedIn Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
brand Midway ⓘ
WMS Gaming ⓘ
Williams ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defunct true ⓘ
defunctYear 2013 ⓘ
formerName Williams Manufacturing Company ⓘ
foundedBy Harry E. Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubsidiary Midway Manufacturing Company ⓘ
WMS Gaming ⓘ
Williams Electronics Games ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
inception 1943 ⓘ
industry casino gaming equipment ⓘ
gaming ⓘ
video game industry ⓘ
laterBusiness casino slot machine manufacturing ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
notableFor Williams and Midway classic arcade titles ⓘ
innovative video slot machines ⓘ
licensed branded slot games ⓘ
notableGamePlatform Midway arcade hardware ⓘ
Williams pinball platform ⓘ
notableWork Midway arcade games ⓘ
linked to: Midway Arcade

Williams pinball machines ⓘ
originalBusiness pinball machine manufacturing ⓘ
parentCompany Scientific Games Corporation ⓘ
product arcade video games ⓘ
casino gaming machines ⓘ
pinball machines ⓘ
slot machines ⓘ
regionServed North America ⓘ
international ⓘ
sector entertainment ⓘ
gambling equipment ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
successor Scientific Games Gaming division ⓘ
tickerSymbol WMS ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midway Games → parentCompany → WMS Industries ⓘ
Midway Games → acquiredBy → WMS Industries ⓘ
Atari Games → parentCompany → WMS Industries ⓘ
Scientific Games Corporation → acquired → WMS Industries ⓘ