GTECH Intergrates BillBird System

WEST GREENWICH, Rhode Island – (PRESS RELEASE) -- GTECH Holdings Corporation (NYSE: GTK) today announced that it has successfully integrated BillBird's commercial services payment capability into the existing GTECH Enterprise Series(TM) system. The new solution, Enterprise Series Commercial Payments (ES-CP), offers GTECH's customers seamless lottery and commercial services operations.

In September 2004, GTECH's majority-owned subsidiary PolCard S.A. acquired Billbird S.A., the leading provider of electronic bill payment and prepaid mobile recharge services in Poland. The acquisition provided GTECH with a stand-alone commercial services platform that encompassed broad system and back-office functionality, as well as comprehensive reporting and business intelligence functions. The integration of BillBird's system into Enterprise Series effectively enables lotteries -- and other future distribution partners -- to leverage existing point-of-sale terminal configurations for new revenue streams. Lotteries can connect to bill payment clients, prepaid service providers, and a host of other payment services.

"The Enterprise Series Commercial Payments (ES-CP) solution further strengthens GTECH's position in the commercial services industry," said GTECH President and CEO W. Bruce Turner. "ES-CP is secure, reliable, and scalable, and allows for the rapid expansion of new products or services providers as required by our customers. The modular platform can stand alone or easily be integrated into any of our customers' existing solutions. Most importantly, the platform provides a cost effective way to increase same store sales without the cost of additional retail technology and network infrastructure."

ES-CP supports the growth of a jurisdiction's transaction processing needs by creating the optimal "plug in" architecture that easily integrates with banks, utilities, and telecommunications companies. Operations are simplified for an ES-CP lottery distribution partner because the solution fully integrates with a lottery's back-office reconciliation, settlement support, and risk and cash management requirements. This 'lottery overlay' technique takes full advantage of existing operations and processes that are already successfully at work within a jurisdiction.