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Scientific Games Appoints Deloitte & Touche as Auditor23 May 2003NEW YORK – (Press Release) -- Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) announced that its Audit Committee has engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company's new independent certified public accountant, replacing KPMG LLP, effective May 20, 2003. The decision to change accountants was approved by the Board of Directors. Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides assurances, advisory and tax consulting services through 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. Deloitte & Touche LLP is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the world's leading professional services firms, with more than 90,000 people in over 130 countries. KPMG had served as the independent certified public accountant for the Company since fiscal 1984. The decision to change auditors was not caused by any disagreement between the Company and KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure. Scientific Games Corporation 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. Scientific Games' customers are in the United States and more than 60 other countries. |