Camelot Consortium Named Preferred Bidder for U.K. National Lottery

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientific Games announced that the United Kingdom's National Lottery Commission has selected Camelot Group plc as the preferred bidder for the Third Lottery operating license, following a competitive procurement. The 10-year license is expected to begin in February 2009 following the completion of a definitive agreement with the National Lottery Commission. Scientific Games will be the supplier of instant tickets and related services to Camelot.

"We are pleased to congratulate Camelot on its winning bid for the U.K. National Lottery license," said Lorne Weil, Chairman and CEO of Scientific Games. "We have been a partner with Camelot since their launch of instant tickets in 1995, and Camelot has always done an exceptional job of managing the lottery; raising over 20 billion pounds Sterling for Good Causes since its inception. We look forward to continuing this successful partnership for the next decade."

"Scratchcards have been an important driver of growth for the U.K. National Lottery and we are pleased to continue to work with Scientific Games," commented Dianne Thompson CBE, Camelot Chief Executive. "They have illustrated their commitment by establishing a headquarters in Leeds, ensuring that National Lottery Scratchcards can be designed and produced in the U.K., helping us introduce new Scratchcard games more quickly and maximize returns to the Good Causes."

About Camelot Group

Camelot Group plc is the operator of The National Lottery(R) and is committed to raising money for the Good Causes designated by Parliament. Camelot is not responsible for distributing or awarding these funds; to date, over 20 billion pounds has been raised for Good Causes by The National Lottery, and more than 250,000 individual awards have been made across the U.K. The National Lottery has given away over 29.4 billion pounds in prizes and created more than 2,000 millionaires or multi-millionaires since launch in 1994. For further information on Camelot, The National Lottery and its games, please visit the following websites: http://www.camelotgroup.co.uk/ and http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/

About Scientific Games

Scientific Games Corporation is the leading integrated supplier of instant tickets, systems and services to lotteries worldwide, a leading supplier of fixed odds betting terminals and systems, Amusement and Skill with Prize betting terminals, interactive sports betting terminals and systems, and wagering systems and services to pari-mutuel operators. It is also a licensed pari-mutuel gaming operator in Connecticut, Maine and the Netherlands and is a leading supplier of prepaid phone cards to telephone companies. Scientific Games' customers are in the United States and more than 60 other countries. For more information about Scientific Games, please visit our web site at http://www.scientificgames.com/ .

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