Second Major Brand Game in Puzzle Pays™ Series

Waukegan, Ill & Las Vegas
June 13th , 2001

    WMS Gaming Inc., a subsidiary of WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE: WMS), announced today that it began installation of its new SCRABBLE® themed participation gaming
machines after receiving regulatory approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. SCRABBLE is the second game in the Puzzle Pays™ participation gaming series following the successful rollout of the JUMBLE® brand slot machine which was introduced in September 2000.

    The third licensed game in the Puzzle Pays series, PICTIONARY®, also based on a world famous board game, is scheduled for release later this year.
     
    Licensed from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), WMS Gaming's SCRABBLE themed participation gaming machine is modeled after the popular board game which combines the entertainment of crossword puzzles with an element of chance. More than 60 years from its introduction, SCRABBLE remains one of the world's most popular board games, with more than 100 million games sold worldwide. Approvals for SCRABBLE in other North American gaming jurisdictions are currently pending.
     
    "Installing the highly entertaining SCRABBLE branded slots in casinos enables us to increase the visibility of the Puzzle Pays participation series and expands our footprint of games earning recurring revenues," said Brian R. Gamache, WMS Industries President
and Chief Operating Officer. "Once again our product development team has created an exciting game featuring engaging player interaction which will translate into longer time-spent-playing and higher earnings for WMS and our casino partners."

     
SCRABBLE Game Play

     SCRABBLE is a nine-line dual-screen video slot available in 9, 18, 45 and 90 coin configurations featuring clever character animation and interactive game play. Colorful reel symbols include the SCRABBLE board, a letter bag, SCRABBLE game tiles, scattered stars and the Puzzle Pays logo. Lining up three or more scattered Tile Bonus symbols kicks off the first screen bonus. Players then choose SCRABBLE tiles that flip over to reveal letters. The sum of these tiles is multiplied by the total bet.
     A second screen bonus is triggered by lining up three SCRABBLE Board symbols on an active payline. On the bottom touch screen monitor, in the first of up to five rounds, several dancing tiles dressed as cowboys, football players or disco dancers are pictured above a SCRABBLE rack. The rack contains some tiles that spell a word, but the word is missing at least one letter. Players pick one of the dancing tiles to reveal a letter, a Strike or a Save. If a letter is chosen and belongs in the word, the tile will dance its way down to
join the other tiles on the rack. The word will be placed on a SCRABBLE board in the top box LCD-monitor. If a Strike icon, "X", is revealed, the X will animate over the Strike meter (displayed next to the SCRABBLE board on the top monitor), filling in one of the Strike
icons. Three Strikes ends the bonus round. If a Save is revealed, it will erase one of the filled-in Strikes. The Save feature will not occur unless at least one Strike is present. After successfully spelling a word, players receive credits associated with that word and they're on to the next group of dancing tiles.
 

     WMS Gaming is headquartered in Waukegan, IL (847/785-3000) with regional offices in all major domestic gaming jurisdictions, as well as Barcelona, Spain, Johannesburg, South Africa and Sydney, Australia.
     WMS Gaming Inc., a subsidiary of WMS Industries Inc., designs, manufactures and markets video and reel-spinning gaming devices and video lottery terminals.

     This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
concerning future business conditions and the outlook for the Company
based on currently available information that involve risks and
uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially
from those anticipated in the forward looking statements as a result
of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the
financial strength of the gaming industry, the expansion of legalized
gaming into new markets and legislative and regulatory changes in
existing gaming markets, the development, introduction and success of
new games and new technologies and the ability to maintain the
scheduling of such introductions, the ability of the Company to
qualify for and maintain gaming licenses and approvals and other risks
more fully described under "--Factors Affecting Future Performance" in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     SCRABBLE® is a trademark of Hasbro.(c)2000 Hasbro Inc. All
rights reserved. Used with permission. JUMBLE® is a trademark of
Tribune Media Services.(c)2000 Tribune Media Services Inc. All rights
reserved. Used with permission.
     PICTIONARY® is a trademark of Pictionary Incorporated, Nevada,
U.S.A.
 

     CONTACT: WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan
              Molly D. Sandberg, Erin Mathes
              847/785-3000 
              msandberg@wmsgaming.com
              erinmathes@wmsgaming.com
              - or -
              Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated, New York
              Joseph Jaffoni, Richard Land 
              212/835-8500                                  
              wms@jcir.com