星期四宣布的沃基根基础WMS每股交易价值26美元。在交易宣布后股价暴涨，在24.75美元之上关闭了51%的交易，仅次于其其12个月的高点。

　　科学游戏主要是即时彩票软件。高管在电话会议上说，获取WMS将使它能够迅速扩大在街机类型的游戏产品，例如插槽，视频扑克方面的供应。

　　而科学游戏高管拒绝的表征，WMS正处在“转折中”，最近几个月它的业务一直在提高。

　　在十一月份的时候WMS表示，因为增加收入和降低成本，公司2013财年第一季度的利润增长了两倍。上升是因为有新举措的驱动。

　　自从其业务在新的定居点有了发展，这个新的合资已经成为了WMS的一部分，这是显而易见的。

　　在九月份的时候，它接收到第一个在内华达州的开展在线扑克游戏的许可证。

　　译文：

　　Gaming machines maker WMS Industries Inc. is being swallowed up by larger rival Scientific Games Corp. for $1.42 billion in cash and debt.

　　The deal announced Thursday values Waukegan-based WMS at $26 a share. Shares shot up after the deal was announced, closing 51 percent higher at $24.75, just under its 12-month high.

　　Scientific Games primarily makes instant lottery tickets and software.xecutives said during a conference call that acquiring WMS will allow it to quickly expand its offerings in arcade-type games, slots and video poker.

　　While Scientific Games executives rejected the characterization that WMS is in the midst of a "turnaround," business has been improving in recent months.

　　WMS said in November that fiscal 2013 first-quarter profit tripled because of higher revenue and lower costs.The upswing was driven by new initiatives。

　　The new ventures have been part of the growth WMS has seen since gambling on new outposts for its business.

　　In September, it received one of the first licenses to operate online poker games in Nevada,t.