Monday, July 03, 2006

Scientific Games has been awarded a contract to replace the legacy sports
betting system of Norway's state-owned Norsk Tipping. The contract, tendered
through a competitive public procurement process, is valued at approximately
$8.4 million over five years. The new sports betting engine will work in
parallel with Norsk Tipping's legacy MasterLink System, conform to WLA
(World Lottery Association) standards, and add the ability to handle bets
from agent terminals. Norsk Tipping sought a system that would be compatible
with its current sports games operations and scalable enough to meet the
demands of its Statement of Direction and Development Road Map for new games
and features. Scientific Games will manage the transition, including
installation, testing and final delivery of the solution from its offices in
Stockholm and Vienna.

"We see sports betting as a source of growth for lotteries worldwide and
have developed the tools to enable them to bring these kinds of games online
efficiently, without the need to replace legacy systems, and to add new
games and services on demand" said Lorne Weil, Chairman and CEO of
Scientific Games. "We look forward to working with Norsk Tipping and to
assist them in setting a sports betting standard for the world."

"To better serve our customers, we want a more flexible sports betting
system, offering both speedier turnaround and the power to offer new game
formats," said Reidar Nordby Jr., President and CEO of Norsk Tipping.
"Scientific Games was able to give us that with their new Sports Betting
System, connecting to our new state-of-the-art integration platform."

Norsk Tipping is Norway's leading gaming company, wholly-owned by the
Norwegian state, with revenues of $1.4 billion in 2005. The company's main
objectives are to provide the Norwegian people with responsible games and
entertainment and at the same time ensure a secure and long-term profit for
the beneficiary organizations, divided equally between the sports and
culture sectors. The company operates the games of chance, Lotto, Viking
Lotto and Joker; the games of skill Tipping and Oddsen; and the scratch game
Flax. In addition, the company operates the TV game, Extra, on behalf of the
Norwegian Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation.