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VCAT Files Lawsuit to Protect Mariposa

SAN DIEGO, California -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Venture Catalyst Incorporated ("VCAT") (OTCBB:VCAT), today announced it has filed suit against Tech Results, Inc., TRMP LLC, Cohn Technologies, Inc., E&P Associates, Inc., E&P Associates Holding, Inc., Jeff Cohn, Lars Klander, and Ardyth Klander for breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, unfair business practices, copyright infringement and other related claims, each relating to Mariposa, VCAT's customer relationship management and marketing software system.

The defendants were hired by VCAT to provide software development, support, installation and integration services for VCAT, pursuant to development and services agreements. VCAT's lawsuit alleges that the defendants breached these agreements, misappropriated VCAT's trade secrets and infringed on VCAT's copyrights by using VCAT's intellectual property to develop and distribute infringing software to compete with Mariposa.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, requests injunctive relief against the defendants' further use or copying of any part of VCAT's copyrighted materials and also requests compensation and punitive damages as a result of the defendants' conduct in an amount to be proven at trial.

VCAT has completed the process of transitioning all software services from the third-party service firms to internal engineering resources and all of its software development, support, installation and integration services are now performed exclusively by VCAT.

Mariposa is an award winning software product that provides a fully-integrated marketing and business intelligence system for the gaming industry. Developed to work in conjunction with existing player tracking, slot accounting and other data collection systems, Mariposa can dramatically improve the way casinos do business. By providing gaming properties with tools to create, execute and track sophisticated multi-channel, targeted marketing campaigns, as well as analyze both customers and products on the casino floor, VCAT believes that Mariposa can help significantly increase revenues and operating efficiency. Mariposa consists of a proprietary modular suite of applications, including Campaign Management, Data Visualization, with easy-to-read mapping features, Data Warehouse, including "Predictive Modeling," and a Player Contact System.

Mariposa is currently in use at the Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino in San Diego, California; the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada; and the Greektown Casino in Detroit, Michigan. Mariposa has also been licensed to the Stratosphere Casino Hotel & Tower, Arizona Charlie's Boulder and Arizona Charlie's Decatur in Las Vegas, Nevada; the Jackson Rancheria Casino, Hotel & Conference Center near Sacramento, California; and Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino in Laughlin, Nevada.

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