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 ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE:WMS) announced that at a special stockholders’ meeting held today, WMS stockholders approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — GAMING DEAL: Scientific Games Corp., an instant-win lottery ticket company, is buying gaming equipment company WMS Industries Inc. for approximately $1.42 billion. Scientific Games, ...

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.

(Reuters) - Scientific Games Corp , which makes tickets and software for lotteries, said it would acquire slot machine maker WMS Industries Inc for about $1.42 billion to beef up its exposure to the ...