SOURCE: Press Release

Playtech (AIM: PTEC), the international designer, developer and licensor of software for the online and land-based gaming industry, announces today that it has signed an intellectual property sublicence agreement with Guardian Gaming Limited ("GG") and Shuffle Master. GG is a Malta Corporation which has the exclusive rights to sublicense certain Shuffle Master proprietary games for use on the internet in certain jurisdictions.

This agreement will enable Playtech to offer to its software licensees, Shuffle Master's highly popular and successful casino games, Three Card Poker(R), Dragon Bonus(R), Let it Ride(R), Fortune Pai Gow Poker(R), Casino War(R), and Ultimate Texas Hold 'EmTM (together the "Shuffle Master Games") in certain jurisdictions.

In addition, Playtech has been chosen by GG to be the exclusive supplier of online casino software utilising the Shuffle Master Games for the Shuffle Master online casino site which is operated by GG.

Playtech is the first online gaming software provider to obtain a sublicense to the Shuffle Master Games for internet use and further enhances Playtech's position in the market as the gaming software supplier of choice for regulated entities and markets.

These games will be offered to Playtech's gaming operators worldwide as part of Playtech's portfolio for use outside of the US and such use will not in any way contravene the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006.

Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer of Playtech, commented today:

"We are delighted to have reached this agreement which places Playtech in the unique position of being the online gaming software provider for the Shuffle Master online casino, holding the sublicense rights to certain Shuffle Master games for our operator licensees. The agreement reflects the quality of Playtech's software platforms and the strength of our global licensing portfolio."