Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video machines, casino-management, interactive applications, and networked and server-based systems for the global gaming industry, today announced Ron Jeffrey has been named the Managing Director of Bally Australia, reporting directly to Srinivasan (Srini) Raghavan, Senior Vice President of Asia-Pacific and Managing Director of Bally India.

Managing Director of Bally Australia Ron Jeffrey (Photo: Business Wire)

Jeffrey had been Sales Manager for Bally Australia since 2010. He will remain based out of Bally’s Australia headquarters in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In his new role, Jeffrey will be responsible for the Company’s overall product and marketing strategy and operations for the Australia gaming market.

“Ron’s proven leadership, strong customer relationships, industry depth, and ability to execute will strengthen Bally’s position as a provider of games, systems, and interactive technologies in the Australia market,” said Bally Technologies’ President and Chief Operating Officer Ramesh Srinivasan.

Prior to joining Bally, Jeffrey was National Sales Manager for Aruze Gaming, Australia. Previously, Jeffrey spent more than 10 years with Australia-based Aristocrat Technologies, where he was involved in various sales and marketing positions both in Australia and the United States for that company’s games and systems operations.

About Bally Technologies, Inc.

With a history dating back to 1932, Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies designs, manufactures, operates, and distributes advanced gaming devices, systems and technology solutions worldwide. Bally’s product line includes reel-spinning slot machines, video slots, wide-area progressives, interactive and mobile applications, and Class II, lottery, and central-determination games and platforms. Bally also offers an array of casino management, slot accounting, bonusing, cashless and table management solutions. For more information, please contact Laura Olson-Reyes, Senior Director, Marketing & Corporate Communications, at 702-584-7742, or visit http://www.ballytech.com. Connect with Bally on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

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