GTECH HOLDINGS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND

WEST GREENWICH, RI - (October 1, 2004) - GTECH Holdings Corporation (NYSE:GTK) today announced that it will pay a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.085 per share, payable on October 29, 2004, to shareholders of record on October 15, 2004.

GTECH, a leading global information technology company with over $1 billion in revenues and more than 5,500 people in over 50 countries, provides software, networks, and professional services that power high-performance, transaction processing solutions. The Company's core market is the lottery industry, with a growing presence in commercial gaming technology and financial services transaction processing. For more information about the Company, please visit GTECH's website at http://www.gtech.com .