ROME (ITALY) – PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (U.S.), July 06, 2009 – Lottomatica S.p.A. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, has signed a two-year contract extension with the Wisconsin Lottery to continue providing online lottery technology and ongoing services. The contract extension will commence on June 26, 2011, and is expected to generate revenues for GTECH of approximately $25 million beginning on July 1, 2011. The Wisconsin Lottery has been a valued GTECH customer since 1989.

“We appreciate this demonstration of support by the Wisconsin Lottery. This contract extension illustrates their continued confidence in GTECH’s capabilities and is a testament to the success of the partnership which spans two decades,” said GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel. “We will continue to work with the Wisconsin Lottery to bring them to the next level of growth, helping them to build a strategy for the future to ensure the Lottery continues to attract today’s player as well as the next generation of players. We are also prepared to support the Lottery’s growth strategy through new retail business models to further drive sales and help them to achieve the highest possible revenue for property tax relief in Wisconsin.”

Under the extension terms, GTECH will continue providing the operation and maintenance of the Lottery’s online/instant central system, terminals, and communications network, as well as field service, marketing support, and hotline management. In addition to its primary data center in Madison, Wisconsin, GTECH will provide the Lottery with a back-up data center in Austin, Texas.

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Lottomatica is the market leader in the Italian gaming industry and one of the largest Lottery operators in the world based on total wagers and, through its subsidiary GTECH Corporation, is a leading provider of lottery and gaming technology solutions worldwide. Together, the two companies are the only vertically integrated full service lottery group. Lottomatica is majority owned by De Agostini, which belongs to a century-old publishing and media services group. Lottomatica is listed on the Stock Exchange of Milan under the trading symbol “LTO”. In 2008, the Company had approximately €2.1 billion in revenues and 7,500 employees in over 50 countries when combined with GTECH.