PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island and ISTANBUL, June 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Interactive Gaming and Sports Betting Subsidiary to Capitalize on
Convergence of Lottery and Online Gaming Industries

GTECH, a leading provider of lottery and gaming technology solutions
worldwide, has officially launched G2, its new interactive lottery, sports
betting, poker, bingo, and casino subsidiary. G2 is the new brand name for
GTECH's interactive gaming ("igaming") and sports betting services businesses
that is comprised of Boss Media and its four poker networks, Finsoft, St
Minver, and Dynamite Idea. GTECH announced the re-branding of this subsidiary
as G2 at the European Lotteries Congress today in Istanbul, Turkey.

G2 provides a full range of end-to-end gaming services, game content, and
technology solutions to fully-regulated customers operating lotteries, sports
betting, interactive poker, casino style games, bingo, skill, and regulated
multi-player games. These services include e-commerce marketing, player
relationship and risk management, fraud prevention, responsible gaming, and
community functions.

G2 brings together, under one brand, the combined expertise of GTECH and
its extensive lottery industry insight with leaders in the interactive gaming
world, to responsibly drive digital gaming.

"Igaming and sports betting are areas where we see tremendous growth for
lotteries around the world," said G2 President Atul Bali. "Our worldwide
lottery and gaming industry experience, coupled with our recent strategic
acquisitions, uniquely position us to lead the industry in these
rapidly-growing gaming segments. G2 is an integrated market-focused
organization that can offer our lottery customers igaming and betting
products to facilitate growth in every aspect of the value chain today."

"GTECH has been working closely with its customers and customizing and
delivering world-class interactive solutions for them for more than a decade.
Working with lotteries such as Veikkaus Oy, Camelot, New Zealand Lotteries,
An Post National Lottery, and Loterie Nationale in Luxembourg, we have built
tremendous experience and capabilities in the interactive gaming space," said
GTECH President and CEO Jaymin B. Patel. "We are always investing in the
future of our lottery customers, and with the acquisitions of Boss Media,
Finsoft, St Minver, and Dynamite Idea, we have further enhanced our core
capabilities in this high-growth area through the integration of new
products, services, and content. We are fully prepared to assist our
customers as regulations allow and opportunities present themselves in
digital gaming."

Boss Media is one of the world's leading independent software providers
of complete online gaming and entertainment solutions: poker, bingo, casino,
instant games and the market-leading back office (player management,
payments, CRM and affiliates). Licensees are offered systems for customized
gaming, entertainment, integrated payment and operator-related services. Boss
Media operates four regulated poker networks in Europe, with more than three
million players having played poker against their peers on Boss Media's
software.

Finsoft is an industry leader in real-time betting transaction and risk
management. Its sports betting system, terminal solutions, screen systems,
and Internet lottery and games platform run some of the most successful and
fastest-growing lotteries in the industry including Singapore Pools, and soon
Polla Chilena, Societe de la Loterie de la Suisse Romande, and Loterie
Nationale de Belgique.

St Minver offers fully-managed igaming services for blue-chip media
brands. St Minver provides network management services to various Boss Media
poker customers and to one of the largest bingo networks in the world, and
offers pooled bingo rooms by currency, each with uniquely managed and
optimized schedules.

Dynamite Idea is the leading U.K. and European developer and supplier of
unique, innovative online interactive betting games, with a wide range of
U.K. and European clients.

GTECH (http://www.GTECH.com) is a leading gaming technology and services
company. With 6,200 people in over 50 countries, GTECH provides innovative
technology, creative content, and superior service delivery to effectively
manage and grow today's evolving gaming markets. GTECH is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Lottomatica, one of the world's largest commercial lottery
operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry. For more
information about the Company, please visit GTECH's website at
http://www.gtech.com.

Contact:

    Robert K. Vincent
    Public Affairs
    GTECH Corporation
    +1-401-392-7452