While those 'local area progressives' proved popular in the US - where WMS enjoyed access to around 70% of America's slots players - the developer's 'Wide Area' games have been the real draw. The new Williams Gaming division started producing video lottery terminals in the early 1990s before moving into the slot machines business.ġ996's 'Reel 'Em In' slot featured a classic-style three-reel set-up but with up to seven progressive jackpots linked across casinos up for grabs. Subsidiaries Williams Gaming (1991, later WMS Gaming in 1999) and Williams Interactive (2012) were formed to oversee the production of slot machines and gaming machines. The firm has gone through various name changes in its life, beginning as the Williams Manufacturing Company, before Williams Electronics Inc was founded in 1974. Williams as a pinball manufacturer primarily.
Williams Industries started out life in 1943 by Harry E.
