NOVOMATIC GROUP /AUSTRIAN GAMING INDUSTRIES GMBH

The NOVOMATIC Group is one of the biggest producers and operators of gaming technologies and one of the largest integrated gaming companies in the world. The group employs more than 22,000 staff worldwide. Founded by entrepreneur Professor Johann F. Graf, the group has locations in more than 50 countries and exports high-tech electronic gaming equipment to 80 countries. The group operates more than 232,000 gaming machines in its about 1,500 plus traditional and electronic casinos as well as via rental concepts.

Part of the group is also ADMIRAL Sportwetten GmbH, Austria's leading sports betting operator with more than 200 outlets as well as the Vienna based online gaming specialist Greentube Internet Entertainment Solutions GmbH.

With the acquisition of Betware and the foundation of NOVOMATIC Lottery Solutions in 2013 the Group entered the lottery business segment and thus completed its transition into a truly integrated gaming concern.

The main markets are the Member States of the European Union; the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European markets where NOVOMATIC was, due to its early market entry, able to establish an excellent position; as well as expanding markets with exceptional growth such as Latin America and the US.