PROVIDENCE, RI – (August 11, 2008) – GTECH Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A., announced that the Company installed Keno at over 900 Ohio Lottery retailers including bars and taverns, bowling alleys, restaurants, racetracks, and other locations across Ohio.  The majority of these locations represent a new retailer base for the Ohio Lottery.

“We are happy to have met the Ohio Lottery’s aggressive timeline in introducing Keno to new and existing lottery players,” said GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel.  “This is prime example of the GTECH team working together with the Lottery to expand the retailer base in Ohio.  We implemented Keno at more than 900 locations, many of which are new retailers that the Lottery sales force recruited in just a short time period.”

“Our timeline for the launch of Keno in Ohio was extremely ambitious, ” said Ohio Lottery Executive Director Michael Dolan. “After a very successful first week of sales, I applaud every employee from both the Ohio Lottery and GTECH for their dedicated efforts in making this happen."

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland endorsed Keno as a means of generating extra revenue to help close the state’s budget gap earlier this spring.  The State Controlling Board approved the purchase of Keno equipment on May 5.  GTECH teams began installing new lottery equipment to qualified retailers on June 30 and completed this first phase of installation on August 3, with the first drawing occurring on Monday, August 4.

GTECH installed new Altura® terminals, Keno monitors, Ticket-Scan™ machines (the Company's self-service ticket-checker product), and a VSAT communications network.  Additionally, GTECH trained retailers on how to use the new lottery equipment including instruction on accounting procedures, ticket activation and deactivation, and how Keno is played.

Keno is one of the highest performing online lottery games, in terms of per capita sales.  With more than 30 Keno deployments worldwide, GTECH also provided end-to-end consultancy services to the Lottery, including best practices in appropriate social destination marketing positioning, advertising, and promotions.

GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company. With 5,900 people in over 50 countries, GTECH provides innovative technology, creative content, and superior service delivery to effectively manage and grow today’s evolving gaming markets. GTECH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lottomatica, one of the world’s largest commercial lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry. For more information about the Company, please visit GTECH’s website at www.gtech.com.