RENO, Nev., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GameTech International, Inc. ("GameTech(R)" or "Company") (Nasdaq: GMTC), a leading designer, developer and marketer of electronic bingo and gaming equipment, systems, and video lottery terminals, announced today the most recent installation of our server-based gaming system, GameTech Elite(TM) in the UK. The system was successfully launched this past week. This particular configuration of GameTech Elite(TM) supports wireless bingo and fast action gaming for the UK Bingo market.

Supporting 450 wireless devices in a single location, the installation is the largest to date for GameTech International. The system combines traditional session-based UK Bingo with a new credit-based bingo game designed to be played in between standard bingo sessions. "The English market is one of the most advanced bingo markets in the world and it is testimony to the flexibility of our server-based operating system that we can satisfy gaming requirements in four different countries," stated GameTech's President and CEO Jay Meilstrup.

GameTech International, Inc. is in the business of designing, manufacturing, and marketing computerized bingo and gaming equipment, systems, and services. Under the GameTech(R) brand the company provides electronic bingo systems and equipment, and is an innovator in advanced wireless gaming applications and devices. Under the Summit Gaming (TM) brand the Company provides video lottery terminal devices, Class III gaming machines, and related software and content. GameTech International, Inc. serves customers in 43 U.S. States, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, and the United Kingdom. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are intended to be forward-looking statements subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. GameTech cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Such factors include risks associated with doing business in a regulated industry, our ability to retain customers and secure new customers, risks associated with rapid technological change, and those disclosed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. GameTech does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update our forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

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