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| WMS Wins Four Awards for Player-Focused Products in Casino Journal's Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products Awards for 2008 |
“Further, for a gaming industry technology such as networked gaming to proliferate, it must clearly establish player driven benefits and WMS is pioneering the use of new, foundational network-enabled technologies in the creation of captivating new products. For the past two years we have led the industry as our new products are demonstrating the benefits of networked gaming to casino operators and their players. Our engineers, game development, sales and marketing teams consistently raise the bar to advance our efforts to further evolve the networked casino floor on a game-by-game and bank-by-bank basis and new products such as Reel ‘em In!® Compete to Win!™, Ultra Hit Progressive®, POWERBALL® Power Seat™ and Bluebird®2 are great examples of our industry leadership. Our focus on Player Driven Innovation for game design is resulting in Player Tested, Player Approved products that clearly lead the industry in innovation and entertainment experiences.” The WMS products named to Casino Journal’s Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products Awards for 2008 are:
Reel Em In! Compete to Win!
POWERBALL Power Seat The Super Shot Bonus is the industry’s first bonus round driven by a real-time physics engine, creating an exciting bonus round like nothing else on the slot floor. The POWERBALL character climbs into a giant cannon and is shot across a landscape where he interacts with the environment based on the angle and velocity with which he is shot out of the cannon. He bounces off rocks, utilizes Jet Packs, and can even get tossed from the antlers of a moose! Thanks to the combination of CPU-NXT®2 powered next-generation 3D graphics and the industry’s first real-time physics engine, the Super Shot Bonus plays out differently each time. The further the POWERBALL character travels, the more credits each eligible player on the bank is awarded!
Ultra Hit Progressive
Bluebird2 WMS is engaged in serving the gaming industry worldwide by designing, manufacturing and marketing video and reel-spinning gaming machines, video lottery terminals, and in gaming operations, which consists of the placement of leased participation gaming machines in legal gaming venues. More information on WMS can be found at www.wms.com.
BOSE® is a registered trademark of
POWERBALL® is a registered trademark of
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future business performance, strategy, outlook, plans, liquidity,
pending regulatory matters and outcomes of contingencies, including
legal proceedings, among others. Forward-looking statements may be
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“anticipate,” “plan,” “likely,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” and
“intend,” among others. These forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ
materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking
statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our
forward-looking statements are reasonable, any or all of our
forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect. Consequently, no
forward-looking statements may be guaranteed. Factors which could cause
our actual results to differ from expectations include (1) delay or
refusal by regulators to approve our new gaming platforms, cabinet
designs, game themes and related hardware and software; (2) a failure to
obtain and maintain our gaming licenses and regulatory approvals; (3) an
inability to introduce in a timely manner new games and gaming machines
that achieve and maintain market acceptance; (4) a decrease in the
desire of casino customers to upgrade gaming machines or allot floor
space to leased or participation games, resulting in reduced demand for
our products; (5) an adverse impact on play levels of our participation
games by casino patrons, a reduction in capital spending or payments by
casino customers, or other adverse financial impacts, associated with
the substantial economic weakness and uncertainty that adversely affects
our customers' and our businesses; (6) cancellation or modification by
customers of new gaming machine or participation orders; (7) a software
anomaly or fraudulent manipulation of our gaming machines and software;
(8) a failure to obtain the right to use, or an inability to adapt to
rapid development of new technologies; and (9) an infringement claim
seeking to restrict our use of material technologies. These factors and
other factors that could cause actual results to differ from
expectations are more fully described under “Item 1. Business-Risk
Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Source:
WMS Industries Inc. |