ROME (ITALY) – PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (U.S.), – (October 21, 2009) – Lottomatica Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, announced that it has signed a three-year contract extension with the Arizona Lottery to continue providing online lottery technology and ongoing services. The contract extension will commence on September 1, 2011, and is expected to generate total revenues for GTECH in the range of $30 million to $40 million. The Arizona Lottery has been a valued GTECH customer since 1984.

“We are honored and proud to continue our long-standing partnership with the Arizona Lottery,” said GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel. “For 25 years, we have worked with the Lottery to help achieve its growth success and raise revenue for the good causes it serves throughout the state. Arizona joins eight other lotteries this year that have also extended their partnerships with GTECH beyond the originally-envisioned terms of their contracts. We believe this is a significant endorsement of the mutually-beneficial relationship we enjoy with our customers.”

“Like other Arizona state agencies, the Lottery was asked to make significant cuts to its budget for the new fiscal year,” said Arizona Lottery Executive Director Jeff Hatch-Miller. “Our primary goal was to find those savings without impacting our ability to generate revenue. Our local GTECH partners shared this commitment, and worked tirelessly to find a solution we could all support. The contract extension represents our confidence in both the services GTECH provides the Arizona Lottery, and the relationship that ensures the quality of those services.”

Currently, GTECH provides the Arizona Lottery with a full range of products including GTECH’s Enterprise Series (ES) system solution, 2,700 Altura® terminals, ES MultiMedia digital advertising displays, and Ticket-Scan™ self-service ticket checkers. Under the extension terms, GTECH will continue providing the operation and maintenance of the Lottery’s online central system, terminals, and communications network, as well as field service, marketing support, and hotline services through August 30, 2014.

Since its inception in 1981, the Lottery has returned more than $2.3 billion to state programs that support projects such as wildlife preservation, parks, public health, education, and transportation.

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Lottomatica Group is a 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 companies are the only vertically integrated full service lottery group. Lottomatica Group 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.

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This press release and the previous ones are available on Lottomatica and GTECH web sites: www.lottomaticagroup.com  - www.gtech.com