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LOTTERIES COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA EXTENDS GTECH’S ONLINE CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIOD

PROVIDENCE, RI - (October 02, 2007) - GTECH Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A., announced that Lotteries Commission of Western Australia (Lotterywest) has extended its online lottery contract with GTECH for an additional one-year period extending to March 2009.

Lotterywest had previously selected another vendor to provide equipment and services for a new online lottery system in August 2006, following a competitive procurement. GTECH's contract extension was requested by Lotterywest in order to provide Lotterywest and the new vendor additional time to convert the system. Lotterywest originally anticipated completing this project by March 2008.

GTECH has provided lottery products and services to Lotterywest since 1986. GTECH will continue to provide central system software licensing, support, and maintenance to Lotterywest over the one-year extension period.

GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company, providing innovative technology, creative content, and superior service delivery.  Lottomatica is one of the world's largest commercial lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry.  GTECH and Lottomatica together create a fully integrated lottery operator and gaming technology solutions provider - a combined company with worldwide scale, considerable financial strength, and industry-leading customer solutions.  Lottomatica is majority owned by De Agostini, which belongs to a century-old publishing, media, and financial services group. Lottomatica is publicly traded on the Italian Stock Exchange (LTO), and in 2006, had more than €1.7 billion in revenues and 5,900 employees in over 45 countries when combined with GTECH.