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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A. LORNE WEIL
PETER A. COHEN
GERALD J. FORD
DAVID L. KENNEDY
PAUL M. MEISTER
RONALD O. PERELMAN
MICHAEL J. REGAN
BARRY F. SCHWARTZ
FRANCES F. TOWNSEND

A. LORNE WEIL
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

A. Lorne Weil is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Scientific Games Corporation, a leading supplier of technology-based products, systems and services to gaming markets worldwide.

On September 6, 2000, Autotote Corporation acquired Scientific Games Holdings Corporation and later became Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS). Mr. Weil has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 1991 and served as Chief Executive Officer from April 1992 through December 2008. During this tenure, the company grew revenues from less than $50 million to over $1 billion. In November 2010, at the request of the Board of Directors of Scientific Games, Mr. Weil once again was appointed to the dual role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Weil also served as President of the Company from August 1997 to June 2005.

Mr. Weil was President of Lorne Weil, Inc., a firm providing strategic planning and corporate development services to high technology industries, from 1992 to November 1997. Previously, Mr. Weil was Vice President, Corporate Development at General Instrument Corporation, working with wagering and cable systems. Prior to that, he was a senior professional with the Boston Consulting Group.

Mr. Weil is on the Board of Sportech Plc (LSE: SPO), for which Scientific Games holds a 20% ownership stake, and on the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School, where he is also the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Entrepreneurship Center.

Mr. Weil earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, an MS from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from Columbia University. He lives with his wife, Kathy, and two children in New York City.

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PETER A. COHEN
Director since 2000

Mr. Peter A. Cohen is a principal of Ramius Capital Group, LLC, a private investment firm. From November 1992 until May 1994, Mr. Cohen was Vice Chairman and a director of Republic New York Corporation, as well as a member of its management executive committee. Mr. Cohen was also the Chairman of Republic New York Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Republic New York Securities Corporation. From February 1990 to November 1992, Mr. Cohen was a private investor and an advisor to several industrial and financial companies. From 1983 to 1990, Mr. Cohen was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Shearson Lehman Brothers. Mr. Cohen has served on a number of corporate, industry and philanthropic boards, including The New York Stock Exchange, The American Express Company, The Federal Reserve Capital Market Advisory Board, The Depository Trust Company, Olivetti S.p.A., Ohio State University Foundation, The New York City Opera and Telecom Italia S.p.A. Mr. Cohen is currently a director of Portfolio Recovery Associates, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Titan Corporation.

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GERALD J. FORD
Director since 2005

Mr. Gerald J. Ford has been a financial institutions entrepreneur and private investor involved in numerous mergers acquisitions of private and public sector financial institutions over the past 30 years. Mr. Ford served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Golden State Bancorp Inc. from September 1998 until its merger with Citigroup Inc. in November 2002. Mr. Ford is Chairman and principal shareholder of First Acceptance Corporation, a retailer, servicer and underwriter of non-standard personal automobile insurance. Mr. Ford serves as Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder of Triad Financial Corporation, a privately held auto insurance company, headquartered in Huntington Beach, California. He also serves as a director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., McMoRan Exploration Co. and Affordable Residential Communities, Inc.

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DAVID L. KENNEDY
Executive Vice Chairman

David L. Kennedy is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and has served on the Board since October 2009. He was Chief Administrative Officer of the Company from April 2011 through February 2012. Mr. Kennedy also serves as Senior Executive Vice President of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and Vice Chairman of Revlon, Inc. Mr. Kennedy served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Revlon from September 2006 through May 2009 and has held various senior management and senior financial positions with Revlon, the Coca-Cola Company, and affiliates during his 40-year business career. Mr. Kennedy is a director of Revlon, Inc. and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.

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PAUL M. MEISTER
Director since 2012

Mr. Meister has served as Chairman of inVentiv Health, Inc., a provider of outsourced services to pharmaceutical, life science and health care industries, since 2010 and Chief Executive Officer of inVentiv since 2011. Mr. Meister is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Lane Partners, LLC, a private investment company, where he has worked since 2007. Mr. Meister previously served as Chairman of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a scientific instruments, equipment and supplies company, from November 2006 until April 2007. Mr. Meister served as Vice Chairman of Fisher Scientific International, Inc., a predecessor to Thermo Fisher, from March 2001 to November 2006. Mr. Meister holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Northwestern University. Mr. Meister has been a director of LKQ Corporation, a provider of aftermarket collision replacement products, since 1999.

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RONALD O. PERELMAN
Director since 2003

Mr. Ronald O. Perelman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, a diversified holding company with interests in consumer products, entertainment, financial services, biotechnology and gaming. Among the principal interests of MacAndrews & Forbes are: Revlon, Inc., Panavision, Inc., Allied Security, TransTech Pharma, and Scientific Games Corporation.

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MICHAEL J. REGAN
Director since 2006

Michael J. Regan is a former Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of KPMG LLP, a leading provider of audit and tax services. Over his 40 years with KPMG, Mr. Regan was involved in a wide range of business activities, was lead partner for many Fortune 500 companies, and was head of the New York Audit Practice. He is a graduate of Manhattan College, where he is currently a member of the board of trustees, and served four years as a naval officer. Mr. Regan also sits on the Board of Allied Security Holdings, LLC.

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BARRY F. SCHWARTZ
Director since 2003

Mr. Barry F. Schwartz is Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., a diversified holding company with interests in consumer products, entertainment, financial services, biotechnology and gaming, among other fields. As Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Schwartz supervises all legal, financial, governmental and administrative aspects of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. Mr. Schwartz also serves as Chief Executive Officer of M & F Worldwide Corp. Prior to joining MacAndrews & Forbes in 1989, Mr. Schwartz was a partner at the Philadelphia law firm of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen. His other corporate directorships include Revlon Consumer Products Corporation and Rev, Inc.

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FRANCES F. TOWNSEND
Director since 2010

Frances F. Townsend has been a partner at the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P. since April 2009 where she provides legal and strategic business advice. From January 2008 until April 2009, Ms. Townsend provided consulting services and advice to corporate clients on business development, crisis and contingency planning and compliance and international relations.

Prior to that, she served as Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council from May 2004 until January 2008. She previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism from May 2003 to May 2004. Prior to that, Ms. Townsend served as the first Assistant Commandant for Intelligence for the U. S. Coast Guard and spent 13 years at the U. S. Department of Justice in various senior positions.

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