IGT Promotes Responsible Gaming

RENO, Nevada – (PRESS RELEASE) -- IGT (NYSE: IGT), a world leader in gaming machine production, is joining with the nation's casino industry to sponsor the eighth annual Responsible Gaming Education week August 1-5.

Organized by the American Gaming Association, this year's event will include the launch of a national responsible gaming awareness wristband campaign. The theme of this year's campaign, "We're Banding Together to Keep it Fun", links all stakeholders -- operators, manufacturers, gaming customers, regulators, legislators, treatment professionals and others -- in a common effort to promote responsible gaming.

"Corporate social responsibility is a cornerstone of IGT's business practices and is reflected in our formal IGT Responsible Gaming Program and policy," said TJ Matthews, IGT's Chairman and CEO. "This year's campaign has provided us with a unique opportunity to join others in expanding awareness of responsible gaming."

The gaming industry believes that employee education and involvement are critical to the success of Responsible Gaming Education week. Employees can transfer their knowledge to the general public in the course of daily activities. Employee participation will also involve co-workers, family and friends, which will further raise awareness of the issue.

The "Keep it Fun" awareness wristbands allow gaming stakeholders to show their support for responsible gaming awareness and to make a charitable donation that will benefit responsible gaming programs and research. Proceeds from the sale of the wristbands will be donated to the National Center for Responsible Gaming, a national organization devoted exclusively to public education about and funding of peer-reviewed research on disordered gambling.

IGT is a global company specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and sales of computerized gaming machines and systems products.