LAS VEGAS, April 29, 2009 — Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video machines, and casino-management systems for the global gaming industry, announced today that a federal district court has issued summary judgment rulings that Bally’s Power Promotions, Power Bank, and SDS/CMP Power Winners products do not infringe IGT (NYSE: IGT) patents.
 
The rulings came in a patent case (Case No. 1:06-cv-282-SLR, U.S. Dist. Ct. Delaware) between Bally and IGT relating to several products in Bally’s Power Bonusing product suite.
 
The Court also found that Bally’s ACSC Power Winners and ACSC Power Rewards products infringe some asserted patent claims but do not infringe others.
 
“For the two products partially in question, the Company has undertaken technical changes to ensure non-infringement,” said Ramesh Srinivasan, Executive Vice President of Bally Systems. “The revenues derived from these products to date are immaterial to Bally’s financial position.”
 
In the litigation, IGT originally claimed Bally’s products infringed some 200 patent claims, but following patent re-examination proceedings and case-related actions, all but eight of the claims were withdrawn.
 
The decision, as well as victories for Bally in other recent patent cases with IGT involving table games, wheel games, and iVIEW technology, continues to validate Bally’s intellectual property strategies.
 
About Bally Technologies, Inc.
With a history dating back to 1932, Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies designs, manufactures, operates and distributes advanced gaming devices, systems and technology solutions worldwide. Bally’s product line includes reel-spinning slot machines, video slots, wide-area progressives, and Class II, lottery and central determination games and platforms. As the world’s No. 1 gaming systems company, Bally also offers an array of casino management, slot accounting, bonusing, cashless and table management solutions. The Company also owns and operates Rainbow Casino in Vicksburg, Miss. For more information, please contact Laura Olson-Reyes, Director of Corporate Communications, at 702-584-7742, or visit http://www.ballytech.com. 
 
This news release may contain “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is subject to the safe harbor created thereby. Such information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect the results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.  Future operating results may be adversely affected as a result of a number of risks that are detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release and represents that the information is only valid as of today’s date.
 
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