Gamache arrived at WMS in 2000 and began hiring engineers laid off from Lucent and Motorola.
Both companies' boards unanimously approved the deal, which still needs approval from WMS shareholders.
WMS' first networked slot game, Monopoly, came out in 2003 and was a huge success, placing 500 units.
The WMS industries slots showroom in Chicago looks and sounds more like a videogame parlor than a gambling den.
This software compatibility point is the centerpiece of a recent antitrust complaint filed against IGT by the company's closest rival, WMS Industries.
Gamache arrived at WMS in 2000 and began hiring engineers laid off from Lucent and Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ).
Makers such as WMS, International Game Technology and Bally are testing networks that push games and information out to slot machines, allowing a nearly unlimited array of moneymaking choices.
Down the hall from the rancorous WMS showroom, in a more peaceful maze of cubicles, are mathematicians, writers, artists and engineers working on 90 new games a year, many of them multiplayer.
Makers such as WMS, International Game Technology (nyse: IGT - news - people ) and Bally are testing networks that push games and information out to slot machines, allowing a nearly unlimited array of moneymaking choices.
Makers such as WMS (which sells its games in India and Southeast Asia, among other regions), International Game Technology and Bally are testing networks that push games and information out to slot machines, allowing a nearly unlimited array of moneymaking choices.
After being slapped with a series of patent-infringement lawsuits by IGT, WMS' lawyers repaid the favor with the accusation that IGTmonopolizes new casinos by giving away accounting software in exchange for the casino's promise to buy at least 75% of its games from IGT.
"The acquisition of WMS is transformational for Scientific Games, enabling us to offer a complete portfolio of lottery and gaming products and services to both new and existing customers around the world, " Scientific Games Chairman and CEO A. Lorne Weil said in a statement.
Makers such as WMS (which sells its games in India and Southeast Asia, among other regions), International Game Technology (nyse: IGT - news - people ) and Bally are testing networks that push games and information out to slot machines, allowing a nearly unlimited array of moneymaking choices.
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