ROME, ITALY and PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, U.S. – April 19, 2010 – Lottomatica Group S.p.A. announced that its subsidiary GTECH Foreign Holdings Corporation (GTECH) has signed an 11-year contract with Concesionaria de Entretenimientos y Turismo S.A. (CET) to supply, operate, and support the central system that will monitor as many as 5,400 electronic gaming machines (EGMs) in up to 29 venues throughout the province of Cordoba in Argentina. CET is licensed by Loteria de la Provincia de Cordoba Sociedad del Estado to operate slot machines in Cordoba.

In a separate five-year contract, CET will lease up to 1,000 EGMs, manufactured by Lottomatica Group’s Gaming Solutions subsidiaries ATRONIC and SPIELO, 500 of which will be installed over the next 12 months. An additional 500 machines may be provided over the remaining four years, at the discretion of CET.

Together, these contracts are expected to generate combined revenues to GTECH of approximately $27 million beginning in the fourth quarter of 2010. Lottomatica’s Gaming Solutions division, with support from GTECH, will work together with CET to expand its current operation of 3,000 machines and 19 venues.

“As the machine gaming program expands in the Cordoba region, Lottomatica Group’s end-to-end technology solution will provide CET with a reliable, secure, high-performance central system and EGMs,” said GTECH’s Vice President of Gaming Solutions Victor Duarte. “The INTELLIGEN central system’s ability to centrally and remotely monitor thousands of gaming machines in multiple venues will allow CET to expand its program efficiently and seamlessly, while our player-tested cabinets and compelling games will offer its customers exceptional entertainment.”

“Today’s announcement is also significant in that it represents Lottomatica Group’s entry into the gaming systems market in South America,” concluded Mr. Duarte.

Under the terms of the system contract, which includes two two-year extension options, GTECH will install its latest central system, INTELLIGEN™, along with INTELLIGEN’s Advanced Business Intelligence (ABI) Value-Added Module. GTECH will also provide ongoing services to CET including operation, site management, and maintenance of the system which is expected to be operational by early 2011.

Built on 20 years of proven central system experience, INTELLIGEN offers stable, secure command and control capability uniquely tailored to distributed and venue gaming environments. It interoperates with a wide range of VLTs using multiple protocols, including the Game to System® (G2S®) open standard protocol, and has advanced communication abilities. INTELLIGEN’s optional Value-Added Modules allow operators to invest in only the enhanced features they need. The Advanced Business Intelligence Module offers granular data on demand for precise market and performance data, boosting operational efficiency.

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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 2009, Lottomatica Group had approximately €2.2 billion in revenues and 7,500 employees in over 50 countries when combined with GTECH.