Bally Technologies Celebrates 80 Years of Innovation; Executives to Ring The Closing Bell® on New York Stock Exchange
January 09 2012 - 9:01AM
Business Wire
Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video
machines, interactive applications, casino-management and networked
systems for the global gaming industry, is celebrating its 80-year
anniversary tomorrow. The Company, which was founded on January 10,
1932 in Chicago, Ill., will commemorate eight decades of delivering
innovative gaming technology to the global casino industry by
ringing The Closing Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange to end the
Tuesday trading session.
Bally Technologies' CEO Richard Haddrill
(Photo: Business Wire)
Bally representatives in attendance will include Chairman of the
Board Kevin Verner; Chief Executive Officer and Director Richard M.
Haddrill; Director David Robbins; and Chief Financial Officer Neil
Davidson.
“It is fitting that our 80-year anniversary falls at the
beginning of the new calendar year as we reflect on the many
memorable Bally milestones that have occurred over eight decades
contributing to our global success today,” said Richard M.
Haddrill, Chief Executive Officer of Bally Technologies. “Bally has
evolved from an arcade-game-maker to the world’s leading
casino-management systems provider and an award-winning developer
of trailblazing gaming devices, mobile apps, and now – Internet
games.”
Haddrill added, “While many things have changed over the past 80
years, two things have remained steadfast – the Bally brand has
always been, and will continue to be, synonymous with innovation
and with a commitment to customer partnership. Above all else,
those two brand promises are what guides us each day and will
continue to be our focus as we grow our business to accommodate
changes in the industry and demand for new technology.”
Over the past 80 years, Bally Technologies has celebrated many
milestones, including introducing the world’s smallest slot
machine, the “Baby Bally”; developing the first electro-mechanical
slot machines with a “bottomless hopper”; being the first gaming
company publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange; introducing
the first slot management system; developing the first skill-based
slot machines; acquiring the casino industry’s leading provider of
custom mobile apps and mobile websites; and the recent launch of
Bally Interactive with a portfolio of online and mobile
play-for-free and wager-based games.
About Bally Technologies,
Inc.
With a history dating back to 1932, Las Vegas-based Bally
Technologies designs, manufactures, operates, and distributes
advanced gaming devices, systems and technology solutions
worldwide. Bally’s product line includes reel-spinning slot
machines, video slots, wide-area progressives, interactive and
mobile applications, and Class II, lottery, and
central-determination games and platforms. Bally also offers an
array of casino management, slot accounting, bonusing, cashless and
table management solutions. For more information, please contact
Laura Olson-Reyes, Director of Corporate Communications, at
702-584-7742, or visit http://www.ballytech.com. Connect with Bally
on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.
This news release may contain “forward-looking” statements
within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
is subject to the safe harbor created thereby. Such information
involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly
affect the results in the future and, accordingly, such results may
differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Future operating results may be adversely affected as a result of a
number of risks that are detailed from time to time in the
Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this
press release and represents that the information is only valid as
of today’s date.
– BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. –
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