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WMS Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Bally Gaming

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  Published in House and Home on Wednesday, October 20th 2010 at 4:10 GMT by Market Wire
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WAUKEGAN, Ill.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--WMS Gaming Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE:WMS), a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of games and gaming machines to the global gaming industry, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Bally Gaming, Inc., a subsidiary of Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division in Chicago. The suit alleges that several of Ballya™s products, including its CASH SPINa" product, infringe WMS patents covering WMSa™ Transmissive Reels® gaming concept and technology (U.S. patent number 7,458,890 entitled aReel Spinning Slot Machine with Superimposed Video Imagea and U.S. patent number 7,585,220 entitled aGaming Machine with Superimposed Display Imagea). WMS is seeking injunctive relief and unspecified damages.

"Reel Spinning Slot Machine with Superimposed Video Image"

WMS is engaged in serving the gaming industry worldwide by designing, manufacturing and marketing games, video and mechanical 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. WMS is proactively addressing the next stage of casino gaming floor evolution with its WAGE-NET networked gaming solution, a suite of systems technologies and applications designed to increase customersa™ revenue generating capabilities and operational efficiency. More information on WMS can be found at [ www.wms.com ] or visit the Company on [ Facebook ], [ Twitter ] or [ YouTube ].

Product names mentioned in this release are trademarks of WMS, except for the following:

CASH SPIN is a trademark of Bally Technologies, Inc.