LAS VEGAS, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliance Gaming Corp. announced that at its annual shareholders meeting today its shareholders re-elected Joel Kirschbaum and Kevin Verner to the Company's Board of Directors, each for a three-year term; approved changing the Company's name to Bally Technologies, Inc.; approved an amendment to the Company's 2001 Long Term Incentive Plan covering an additional 550,000 shares and ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent public accountants for fiscal year 2006.
Alliance Gaming is a diversified gaming company with headquarters in Las Vegas. The Company is engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution and operation of advanced gaming devices and systems worldwide and owns and operates Rainbow Casino in Vicksburg, Miss. Additional information about the Company can be found at http://www.alliancegaming.com/ and http://www.ballytech.com/. The Company's name change to Bally Technologies, Inc. will become effective on March 13, 2006, and shares of the Company's stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BYI.
This news release may contain "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is subject to the safe harbor created thereby. Such information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect the results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Future operating results may be adversely affected as a result of a number of risks that are detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investor Contact: Mark Lipparelli Media Contact: Marcus Prater
Alliance Gaming Bally Gaming and Systems
(702) 270-7600 (702) 896-7828
