WMS is a slot brand of Light & Wonder, known on casino floors for Jackpot Party, Reel 'em In and Black Knight. Find the best casinos for its games, the official free demos and the licenses behind them.
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A WMS game has the same features and rules wherever you find it, because Light & Wonder builds it and the casino only runs it. What the casino decides is everything around the game: how fast your winnings arrive, what you can deposit with, which bonuses you get and whether their terms are fair.
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WMS is a slot machine brand owned by Light & Wonder, the Las Vegas games company that was called Scientific Games when it bought WMS Industries in 2013. Light & Wonder markets WMS mainly as a land-based brand of cabinets and slots, and its online catalog includes a few WMS titles, such as Black Knight. WMS holds no gambling license in its own name: Light & Wonder supplies its online games under licenses held by group companies, including LNW Gaming Inc with the UK Gambling Commission and LNW Gaming Malta Limited with the Malta Gaming Authority.
WMS makes casino-floor slots and the cabinets they run on, such as the Blade stepper and the Blade s32. Its best-known titles are Jackpot Party, Reel ’em In and Black Knight, and its library also includes slots built on famous entertainment brands such as The Wizard of Oz, Star Trek, Monopoly and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Light & Wonder calls WMS a sister studio and credits it with Money Burst, which it paired with the wizard Merlin in the online slot Merlin’s Money Burst.
Light & Wonder markets WMS mainly as a land-based brand. Its online catalog includes a few games under WMS names: Black Knight (Dual), a slot with a published RTP of 97.75%, and Jackpot Party (Non-Progressive), an instant win game where you pick flags to reveal symbols, three party horns unlock five free games and a gold balloon pays an instant prize, with a published RTP of 87%. Light & Wonder often supplies a game in more than one RTP version, so check the game’s rules at your casino for the figure it runs.
WMS is a brand, so its games are supplied under its owner’s licenses. WMS holds no gambling license in its own name. Light & Wonder supplies its online games under licenses held by group companies, among them LNW Gaming Inc and LNW Gaming UK Limited with the UK Gambling Commission, and LNW Gaming Malta Limited with the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA/B2B/112/2004). The UK register records no regulatory action against either UK company. None of that covers your account: your money is held by the casino you deposit with, under that casino’s own license, so check the casino, not the games.
The UK register is public, so you can check these entries yourself.
| Regulator | Licensee | License | Held since | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Gambling Commission | LNW Gaming Inc (41115) | Gambling Software (Remote) | 26 Feb 2015 | Active |
| UK Gambling Commission | LNW Gaming UK Limited (66104) | Gambling Software (Remote) | 11 Mar 2025 | Active |
| UK Gambling Commission | LNW Gaming UK Limited (66104) | Game Host (Casino) (Remote) | 31 Mar 2026 | Active |
WMS is one of the game brands of Light & Wonder, Inc., the Las Vegas based games company that was called Scientific Games until 2022. Scientific Games completed its acquisition of WMS Industries Inc., then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on 18 October 2013, paying approximately 1.5 billion US dollars in cash. By 2014 a Scientific Games subsidiary, Williams Interactive, was supplying WMS Gaming and Barcrest slot themes to online casinos, including the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s PlayNow.com. Scientific Games began doing business as Light & Wonder on 1 March 2022 and completed the legal change of name on 28 April 2022. Light & Wonder still markets WMS as a land-based brand of cabinets, such as the Blade stepper and the Blade s32, and of games including Jackpot Party, Reel ’em In and Black Knight.
Scientific Games completes its acquisition of WMS Industries for approximately 1.5 billion US dollars in cash.
Williams Interactive takes its WMS Gaming and Barcrest slot themes live on BCLC’s PlayNow.com online casino.
On 1 March, Scientific Games starts doing business as Light & Wonder.
Light & Wonder completes the sale of its lottery business in April and its legal change of name on 28 April.
No. WMS is a game brand owned by Light & Wonder, which makes slot machines and supplies games to casinos. The casino you play at is a separate company that licenses the games and runs your account, so its license is the one that protects your deposits and withdrawals.
Light & Wonder, Inc. Scientific Games completed its acquisition of WMS Industries Inc. on 18 October 2013, paying approximately 1.5 billion US dollars in cash, and Scientific Games changed its name to Light & Wonder in 2022. WMS is now one of Light & Wonder's game brands rather than a separate company.
WMS belongs to the company that used to be called Scientific Games Corporation. It began doing business as Light & Wonder on 1 March 2022, sold its lottery business to Brookfield Business Partners in April 2022, and completed its legal change of name to Light & Wonder, Inc. on 28 April 2022.
Casino floor slots. WMS's best known titles include Jackpot Party, Reel 'em In and Black Knight, and its library includes slots based on The Wizard of Oz, Star Trek, Monopoly and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Light & Wonder also credits WMS with Money Burst, and WMS makes slot cabinets such as the Blade stepper and the Blade s32.
A few. Light & Wonder's online catalog includes Black Knight (Dual), the WMS slot, and Jackpot Party (Non-Progressive), an instant win game. Which games you can play depends on your casino and the country you play from.
Light & Wonder offers free demo versions of Black Knight (Dual) and Jackpot Party (Non-Progressive) on its own iGaming website, played with demo credits rather than real money.
Light & Wonder publishes an RTP of 97.75% for Black Knight (Dual) and 87% for Jackpot Party (Non-Progressive). Light & Wonder often supplies a game in more than one RTP version, so check the game's rules at your casino for the figure it runs.
WMS holds no gambling license in its own name. Light & Wonder supplies its online games under licenses held by group companies, including LNW Gaming Inc (UK Gambling Commission account 41115, a remote gambling software license active since 26 February 2015) and LNW Gaming Malta Limited (Malta Gaming Authority license MGA/B2B/112/2004). The UK register records no regulatory action against LNW Gaming Inc. Your money is protected by the license of the casino you play at.
WMS is part of Light & Wonder, whose corporate headquarters is at 6601 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Williams Interactive LLC was a Scientific Games subsidiary that took land-based slot themes online. In November 2014 it put its library of WMS Gaming and Barcrest slot themes live on PlayNow.com, the online casino of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation.
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