LAS VEGAS (June 1, 2006) – PokerTek Inc., IGT and Global Cash Access were the big winners at Casino Journal's Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products of 2005 Awards ceremony last week at the Fourth Annual Gaming Technology Summit.

The winning entries were:

• Platinum Award: PokerPro™, from PokerTek Inc., is a poker table and a computer system combined into one, using a fully automated server-based gaming platform. With a touch-screen and a 40-inch monitor in the center of the table, 10 players compete against each other in the game of Texas Hold’Em. Each player screen displays cards, chips, timers and betting options.
• Gold Award: Server-Based (sb™) Products from International Game Technology provide high-speed delivery of game downloads, content, configuration (including denominations, payback percentages, volume level and deal speed), scheduling and remote game ordering via secured transactions.
• Silver Award: EDITH (Electronic Debit Interactive Terminal Housing) system from Global Cash Access was developed in partnership with IGT. It is a compact kiosk placed at the end of a row of slot machines. Players can purchase slot tickets with their ATM debit card, so they don’t have to walk long distances to find an ATM and lose the “hot” slot machine they were playing.

A panel of expert judges evaluated this year's entries and selected the Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products. The 450 attendees to the Fourth Annual Gaming Technology Summit (May 24-25 at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas) were eligible to vote for their favorite products and services from the Top 20. From that voting, platinum, gold and silver medals for the Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products for 2005 were selected. The three winners were honored during the keynote luncheon on Day 2 of the Summit, and will be featured in the July edition of Casino Journal.

Judges for the Top 20 were Gregg Solomon, founder of Intellectual Gaming LLC and CEO of Detroit Entertainment, L.C.C., owner and operator of MotorCity Casino; Glenn Bonner, senior vice president of information services, MGM Mirage; Ursula Conway, CIO, Ameristar Casinos; David Paster, independent contractor, Yarborough Planning.