Press Release March 20, 2007

Novomatic pursues opportunity in Chile

[Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, 19 March 2007] Novomatic Group of Companies has concluded an agreement with French-based International Group of Gaming & Resorts and Sun International, the renowned South African casino and resorts operator, to acquire a 40% equity interest in Chilean entity San Francisco Investment SA, which holds a 15-year casino license in Region VI of Chile. Novomatic considers this to be the premier casino opportunity in Chile.

The involvement of Novomatic is subject to the country’s regulator, the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ), approving an application which will be made shortly. The processing of the application will entail the completion of standard probity investigations by the SCJ that are anticipated to be completed within the next few months.

Should Novomatic’s involvement be approved, the company will acquire equity in San Francisco Investment SA for a yet to be disclosed amount and will benefit from long term know-how and consultancy agreements.

The casino at San Francisco de Mostazal, immediately south of Santiago, will enjoy a 70 kilometre exclusivity zone, drawing its customers primarily from the cities of Rancagua and Santiago with a total population in excess of 6 million.

It is projected that the property will have 1,500 slot machines, 80 tables and 300 bingo positions. It will also have hotel, conference and sports facilities, as well as an amphitheatre, retail, tourist information centre, entertainment amenities for families and a variety of bar and restaurant outlets.

This project is consistent with Novomatic’s global expansion strategy. Chile is considered by the Novomatic Group as a country with a stable and progressive government, strong economic prospects and good tourism and investment potential. The country has recently introduced a new gaming dispensation and is considered internationally to be a well regulated jurisdiction with a highly regarded legislative framework. The greater Santiago metropolitan area is the industrial and financial centre of Chile, and accounts for 45% of the country’s GDP.

It is anticipated that construction would commence shortly with the casino component of the complex scheduled to open by mid 2008.

Novomatic Group of Companies - www.novomatic.com - is an integrated global gaming company that, in addition to its extensive operational activities encompassing casinos, electronic gaming halls and sports betting outlets, specializes in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and sales of computerized gaming machines and advanced technology products.

For further information, please contact Charles Hiten (+43-2252-606-0).