Thursday, June 29, 2006

As reported by the Montreal Gazette: "Loto-Quebec has signed a
ground-breaking deal to develop new 'casino game offerings' with Las
Vegas-based Bally Technologies, one of the world's oldest and largest
gambling systems companies. "The long-term strategic alliance between
publicaly traded Bally and Ingenio, the crown corporation's research and
development subsidiary, was announced yesterday in a joint news release.
".The deal, which is non-exclusive for both parties, would see Ingenio
tender game designs and concepts to Bally, which could buy them. Its product
line now includes casino slot machines and video-slots sold the world over."