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LOTTOMATICA ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

ROME (ITALY) - PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (USA), 11 December 2007 - The Shareholders' Meeting of Lottomatica S.p.A., chaired by Mr. Lorenzo Pellicioli, was held today where Mr. Jaymin Patel was appointed to the Board of Directors for a term through the Shareholders' Meeting scheduled for the approval of the 2007 Financial Statement. Jaymin Patel, currently the President and Chief Operating Officer of the subsidiary GTECH Corporation and, as previously announced, the next President and Chief Executive Officer of GTECH Corporation, was already appointed member of the Board on November 9th, 2007.

Mr. Jaymin Patel currently owns approximately 180,000 Lottomatica shares, as per the company's register.

To consult Jaymin Patel's curriculum vitae please refer to: http://www.gtech.com/media/senior_management.asp?persist=1CEE16A934614760985D9EC42AAD2954

The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting has amended certain articles of the Company Bylaws, particularly in order to implement the recent requirements regarding the appointment of the members of the Board of Directors and of the Board of the Statutory Auditors.

Lottomatica is one of the world's largest commercial lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry. GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company, providing innovative technology, creative content, and superior service delivery. 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 approximately €1.7 billion in revenues and 5,900 employees in over 45 countries when combined with GTECH.

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