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ELECTRONIC GAME CARD RECOGNIZED AS LOTTERY PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
SGI Product Credited as “Pioneering”

ALPHARETTA, GA – August 2, 2005 – MDI Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS), announced today that the Public Gaming Research Institute, PGRI, has recognized the Electronic Game Card (EGC)as a 2005 Lottery Product of the Year.

The EGC is a pocket sized digital lottery ticket.  Each card, about the size of a credit card, is battery powered and loaded with dozens of random plays.  In the case of the EGC, an electronic play replaces the traditional scratch play of a paper ticket. LCD screens on the front of the card display the symbols in a particular play and show whether it has won a prize.  “The Electronic Game Card is proving to be extremely effective in offering retailers a technology and product that not only appeals to the core lottery player but also attracts new and younger adult players.  We are extremely proud to count this pioneering product as part of Scientific Games' portfolio of innovative lottery products,” said Steve Saferin, MDI president.  The game card is currently on sale for the third time in Iowa and will be launching in another state this fall.

The Product of the Year award was presented during PGRI's 2005 EXPO/ILAC Conference held in Las Vegas last month.  The PGRI award recognizes the importance of new products to the growth and continuing success of worldwide lotteries.

Scientific Games markets and promotes the electronic game card to the global lottery market under a joint venture arrangement with Electronic Game Card, Inc.

About Electronic Game Card

Electronic Game Card, Inc., is a listed corporation (OTCBB: EGMI) distributing reward based digital games. Electronic Game Card owns a unique proprietary US pocket sized digital game platform known as an electronic extended play GameCard which has multiple applications for several industries. These include the "instant" lottery and charitable markets as well as the sales promotions reward and competition markets. EGC has developed its sales promotion range under the XOGO TM brand. For further information please visit www.electronicgamecard.com , and www.xogo.net

About Scientific Games

Scientific Games Corporation ( www.scientificgames.com ) is the leading integrated supplier of instant tickets, systems and services to lotteries, and the leading supplier of wagering systems and services to pari-mutuel operators. It is also a licensed pari-mutuel gaming operator in Connecticut and the Netherlands, and is a leading supplier of prepaid phone cards to telephone companies. MDI Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation, is the worldwide leader in licensed lottery games and promotions.

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