Scientific Games Awarded Missouri Lottery Expansion

NEW YORK – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) announced that it was awarded a two-year extension of its instant ticket and related services contract with the Missouri Lottery. There are four additional mutually agreeable one-year extension options available. The contract is valued at $11 million over its term and commences July 1, 2005.

Lorne Weil, chairman and CEO of Scientific Games Corporation said, "We have been the primary instant ticket supplier for the Missouri Lottery since 1993 and we are very happy they have decided to exercise the two-year extension option. At Scientific Games, we regard customer retention as the true test of our continuing success. It is only by meeting our customers' requirements for innovation, security and quality that we can continue to be the world's leading instant lottery ticket company."