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The Blade, premiered at G2E 2012, was the first upright WMS designed from scratch in nearly five years. It runs the CPU-NXT3 platform and went on sale in early 2013, when WMS shipped close to 1,000 units in the first quarter of the rollout. A stepper version with mechanical reels and two slant models, the s23 and s32, followed.
Blade (Dual High): H 54.38 × W 25.00 × D 20.81 in (138.13 × 63.5 × 52.86 cm), 290 lb (131.54 kg); with marquee: H 72.85 in (185.04 cm), 305 lb (138.35 kg)MFR
BB2 is the Bluebird2, the slimmer successor to WMS's original Bluebird, launched in 2008. It carries two 22-inch widescreen HD displays, Bose speakers and a lit printer and bill acceptor. WMS said that by 2012 more than 75,000 cabinets from the Bluebird2 family were working on casino floors, and by then WMS itself had started reselling used units.
W 21.35 × H 55.86 × D 21.4 in (542 × 1419 × 544 mm) · 256.6 lb (116 kg)MFR
Power
120 V or 220-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz; dual-video BB2: typical 2.9 A at 120 V (max 3.1 A, placard 6.0 A), 1.5 A at 220-240 V; 350 W typical, 370 W max; 1170 BTU/hrMFR
Our S32 is the WMS Blade s32, a hybrid slant cabinet with two 32-inch full-HD screens and an angled multi-touch button panel. It debuted at G2E in September 2014 on the CPU-NXT3 platform. WMS built it after the Scientific Games purchase, and it carries the WMS name.
WMS built the Bluebird xD as a crossover: the sightlines and seated comfort of a slant-top on an upright's footprint. The xD stands for Experience Design, WMS's mix of mood lighting, Bose sound and visual cues. It carries two 22-inch widescreen HD displays, and WMS kept the dual-screen height to a low 60 inches. The player gets a padded armrest, leg room and a built-in footrest. WMS launched it in June 2010 and offered video and mechanical-reel versions.
Source tags: MFR = the manufacturer's published documents · REG = a regulator's document · press / dealer = not yet confirmed by the manufacturer.
1943Williams Manufacturing founded in Chicago
1994First WMS slot machines
75,000+Bluebird2-family cabinets in casinos by 2012
$1.5BScientific Games purchase, 2013
About WMS
Before slots, Williams was a pinball and arcade name. Harry E. Williams started Williams Manufacturing in Chicago in 1943, and Williams Electronics, the company behind Defender, Joust and Robotron: 2084, was formed in 1974. It became the public company WMS Industries in 1987 and bought Bally's Midway arcade business a year later.
WMS Gaming was set up in 1991, began with video lottery terminals and shipped its first slot machines in 1994. Its breakout was Reel 'em In, a multi-line video slot with a second-screen bonus round, and by 2001 its Monopoly games were placed in casinos on a revenue-share lease. WMS spun off Midway in 1998 and closed its pinball division in 1999 to concentrate on gaming machines.
Scientific Games bought WMS in October 2013 for $1.5 billion, added Bally the following year and merged WMS into the parent in 2016. Scientific Games renamed itself Light & Wonder in 2022, and WMS continues there as a brand next to Bally and Shuffle Master.
Key dates
1943Harry E. Williams founds Williams Manufacturing in Chicago.
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