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Scientific Games to Provide Services to Isle of Capri Casinos

NEW YORK – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) announced that it has been chosen to provide complete race book services for the Isle of Capri Casino (Nasdaq: ISLE) at Our Lucaya, Freeport in the Bahamas. The operation is slated to open by September 8, 2004.

"It is very exciting to work with one of the top casino groups in the world to set up a state-of-the-art race book," said Scientific Games Chairman and CEO Lorne Weil. "Patrons at the Isle of Capri Casino will be able to wager on horse and greyhound simulcast races on self-service devices as well as at betting windows, while watching the races on plasma monitors throughout the race book and select casino locations. This is also a perfect showcase for our newest Quantum(TM) line of products which allow broadband transmissions of real time information for greater customer satisfaction and wagering security." Scientific Games provides complete turnkey race book services through two of its racing subsidiaries, Scientific Games Racing LLC and Autotote Enterprises Inc., the operator of Connecticut's OTB system.

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. For more information about Scientific Games, please visit our web site at http://www.scientificgames.com.

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., a leading developer and owner of gaming and entertainment facilities, operates 18 casinos in 16 locations. The company owns and operates riverboat and dockside casinos in Biloxi, Vicksburg, Lula and Natchez, Mississippi; Bossier City and Lake Charles (2 riverboats), Louisiana; Bettendorf, Davenport and Marquette, Iowa; and Kansas City and Boonville, Missouri. The company also owns a 57 percent interest in and operates land-based casinos in Black Hawk (two casinos) and Cripple Creek, Colorado. Isle of Capri's international gaming interests include a casino that it operates in Freeport, Grand Bahamas, and a two-thirds ownership interest in casinos in Dudley and Wolverhampton, England. The company also owns and operates Pompano Park Harness Racing Track in Pompano Beach, Florida

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