NEW YORK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Scientific Games Products Pty Ltd (Australia), has entered into an Instant Scratch-Its production agreement with Golden Casket Lottery Corporation Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tatts Group Limited (ASX: TTS), in Australia. The Agreement began in November 2009, has an initial term of two years and includes three one-year extension options. This Agreement is to supply Golden Casket's Instant Scratch-Its tickets, which are available for sale in Queensland, Tasmania, ACT and the Northern Territory.

Bill Thorburn, Golden Casket's Chief Executive commented, "Scientific Games has proven to be a strong partner over the years and we have been very happy with their attention to customer service. We look forward to working with them to introduce innovative scratch-lottery games over the coming years."

"Golden Casket is recognized as one of the world's leading lottery organizations and has a very strong brand association and customer loyalty, which we are pleased to continue to support," commented Mike Chambrello, President and COO of Scientific Games Corporation. "Golden Casket is a valuable customer and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership to grow instant ticket revenue and to return more funds to support a variety of community projects, in their many markets."

Golden Casket has been operating lotteries in Queensland for over 90 years and is one of Australia's leading lottery providers. The Corporation markets the well-known brands of Gold Lotto, Oz 7 Lotto, Powerball, Instant Scratch-Its, The Pools and Casket. In 2009, Golden Casket delivered an extremely strong result with overall sales up 8.5 percent on the previous year. The Company's Instant Scratch-Its portfolio contributed to this success delivering sales growth of 5.1 percent on the previous year.

About Scientific Games

Scientific Games Corporation is a leading integrated supplier of instant tickets, systems and services to lotteries worldwide, a leading supplier of server based gaming machines 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 www.scientificgames.com.

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