ROME (ITALY) – PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (USA), 18 December 2009 – Lottomatica Group S.p.A. announced that its subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, has signed a three-year contract extension to provide additional lottery terminals and services to Boldt Gaming SA, which, in turn, will provide such products and services to Instituto Provincial De Loterias Y Casinos (IPLC) of the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. The contract between IPLC and Boldt Gaming, and the contract between Boldt Gaming and GTECH have been extended through November 2012.

“GTECH is committed to its customers,” said GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with Boldt Gaming, which began more than 15 years ago. We have a cohesive plan in place to assist IPLC in expanding their retailer base to more than 6,000 locations with the deployment of 2,250 new IMAGINE lottery terminals over the next three years.”

“Today’s announcement also represents the 10th lottery customer to extend its contract with GTECH this year,” continued Mr. Patel. “This is a strong endorsement of GTECH’s focus on strengthening customer relationships through superior service delivery and attention to customer priorities.”

Under the terms of the extension, GTECH will provide approximately 2,250 IMAGINE™ online lottery terminals, adding to IPLC’s existing base of 4,000 GTECH-provided terminals. The IMAGINE GT1100 allows more innovative play-slip designs of ticket shape giving way to more creative marketing and game concepts, and also facilitates the quick introduction of new games and game design changes for IPLC.

In addition, GTECH will provide its IP-based ES Connect® software. ES Connect is a highly-secure, high-volume, open standards network interface that connects a lottery’s transaction processing engine to a multitude of sales channels and devices. The Company will also offer software support services over the three-year period.

***

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.

***

For further information:

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