Scientific Games signs Italian contract

NEW YORK -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Scientific Games (Nasdaq: SGMS) announced it has signed a contract to provide 25,000 "next generation" Leonardo/WAVE(TM) terminals to Sisal S.p.A., a leading gaming company in Italy. The Leonardo/WAVE(TM) terminal was jointly developed with Sisal, and is a customized version of the WAVE(TM) terminal currently deployed in Connecticut and Maryland. Terminal delivery and installation should begin in April 2008 and span over the next 36 months. The contract is expected to generate approximately $90 million in revenue to Scientific Games over the course of three years.

The Leonardo/WAVE(TM) terminal is a new sleek and small lottery terminal that is designed to deliver improved business efficiencies for retailers, increase lottery sales, and enable lottery expansion into new retail store formats. The Leonardo/WAVE(TM) has the fastest ticket document processing and printing speeds in the industry making it easier and faster to use as well as the most versatile lottery retail terminal in the world. Among the Leonardo/WAVE(TM)'s extensive list of features is a 15" wide screen color LCD operator display utilizing the latest in touch screen technology and a 12" color LCD customer display with audio and full motion video capability combined to provide a single customer information and advertising center. The Leonardo/WAVE(TM) terminal is realized to meet Sisal's specialized design requirements and will be delivered with a long list of other industry-first features to help Sisal continue its success for many years to come.

"We have been working with Scientific Games since when we together designed Extrema, the first terminal, and have always received quality products, great service and superior results," said Giorgio Sandi, CEO of Sisal S.p.A. "We trust in Scientific Games as a leader in the industry and, renewing our strong collaboration, we have worked closely with them to engineer the new state of the art Leonardo/WAVE(TM) terminal, which will enhance our revenue growth capabilities and satisfy our retailers and our customers."

"Sisal has been a customer of Scientific Games since 1998, and we are thrilled that they will be our first European customer to use the new WAVE(TM) terminal," said Lorne Weil, Chairman and CEO of Scientific Games. "We have always recognized Sisal as a high quality, very creative and extremely efficient operator and we believe these new Leonardo/WAVE(TM) terminals will contribute to that reputation."