NEW YORK, May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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.


About Scientific Games

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 www.scientificgames.com.


Safe Harbor

This press release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This information involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. For certain information regarding these risks and uncertainties, reference is made to Scientific Games' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2003.

Source: Scientific Games Corporation