WMS Slot Machines Getting New Home

WMS Industries, Inc. has a new home planned, they are taking their slot machine company to new levels. They are taking the slot machines’ headquarters and expanding them 12,000 sq ft. The expansion will cost the slot machine innovator $12 million – but they say they need it.

Scott Scheifurth, SVP and CFO of WMS said that as they have been leasing warehouse space to store their slot machines, now they will be able to have it all under one roof. He said as their revenue grows, so does their need for more places to make and design slot machines.

WMS makes slot machines and video games for casinos, and posted $3.3 million in net profit for last year. These numbers are impressive considering the history of the slot machine company. Several years ago they had some problems with the software of one of their slot machines that made it easy to hack into, so the company went back to the drawing board and came up with all new slot machines and all new software to run them.

One of the company’s highlights was when a player hit their jackpot on the Clint Eastwood Bronco Billy slot machine, and won $1,029,298. The slot mahcine was already popular as people like to play it – due to the fact that you get to play the role of Eastwood – but now that it has hit a large jackpot it is even more attractive.

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