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IGT Debuts SuperSAS at G2E
          Protocol Described as Next Step Toward Server Based Gaming

    RENO, Nev., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- IGT announced today that it will be
releasing details of its new SuperSAS protocol next week at Global Gaming Expo
in Las Vegas.  The SuperSAS protocol is an Ethernet extension of its current
SAS protocol, which will allow support for advanced features such as server
based gaming, remote floor configuration, and centralized high speed machine
and peripheral program downloads.
    "This is a key step in bringing Server Based Gaming to a reality," said
Richard Pennington, Executive Vice President, Product Development.  "SuperSAS
will be the building block for the casino floor of the future.  It encompasses
the latest in security, encryption, and network technology."
    SuperSAS is an evolution of the technology used in SAS 6.01 and is the
next step in the 18 years of development for the SAS protocol.  "SuperSAS
takes a proven feature set that is already working in the field, and expands
it for the future," said Ali Saffari, Senior Vice President, Firmware
Engineering.  "SuperSAS will be beneficial to operators and regulators, as
well as the industry at large, just as the SAS protocol has been in the past."
    IGT will be providing all of its more than 140 current SAS licensees with
evaluation copies of the SuperSAS protocol to allow for review and industry
comment.  Access to the protocol is available to all existing and future SAS
protocol licensees at no cost.  Additionally, IGT will be scheduling industry
forums to gain input and insight into the needs of all licensed gaming
manufacturers, operators, and regulators to ensure that the protocol is usable
by all SAS licensees.  Finally, to ease the transition to the SuperSAS
protocol, IGT plans to provide conformance, simulation and test tools to all
SuperSAS protocol licensees at no cost.

    IGT, a subsidiary of International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT), is a world
leader in the design, development and manufacture of microprocessor-based
gaming and video lottery products and software systems in all jurisdictions
where gaming or video lottery is legal.  For more information, go to
http://www.igt.com.

    Statements in this release, which are not historical facts, are "forward
looking" statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.  Although IGT believes that the expectations reflected in any of its
forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results could differ
materially from those projected or assumed.  IGT's future financial condition
and results of operations, as well as any forward-looking statements, are
subject to change and to inherent known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
IGT does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update forward-looking
statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
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financial results are included in our public filings made with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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Rick Sorensen, +1-775-448-8022,
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