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Non-Tech : WMS INDUSTRIES -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: upndn who wrote (32)	9/30/1998 4:56:00 PM
From: Toni Wheeler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 73

Hi Up... Yes, we did very nicely today...slow and steady! I am doing a little better than others in the contest! LOL Good article in todays news: <<<WMS's New 'Monopoly' Slot Machines Attract Gamblers, Investors Las Vegas, Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- WMS Industries Inc. shares have almost doubled in the month and a half since the slot- machine maker said it would start putting its new ''Monopoly'' theme slots in casinos. Gamblers love the slots, analysts say, judging from early revenue figures, and investors sense a winner for WMS. The slot machines use images from the popular Parker Brothers board game, including lighted Monopoly boards on top of the machines and an animated ''Rich Uncle Pennybags,'' the game's mustached and tuxedo-wearing mascot, on a screen above the slots' reels. WMS licensed the rights to Monopoly from toymaker Hasbro Inc., parent of Parker Brothers. Gamblers in Las Vegas, amused by the new games, appear to be dropping more than $400 a day into each Monopoly slot, according to analysts. That's almost four times the industry's average. WMS shares could continue to rise as the Monopoly slots are placed in more casinos, they said. ''Everyone knows Monopoly. It has great brand recognition,'' said Warburg Dillon Read LLC analyst Michael Wallace, who rates WMS shares a ''strong buy.'' Wallace said that WMS shares can reach 12 in a year on higher profits from the Monopoly slots and other unique slot machines WMS has developed. >>> Article continues, same as the LV newspaper, but this is on the wires now where more can see it! Looking for more movement as this market improves... UPWARD, ~T.