Global Cash Access Continues International Expansion by Signing Contracts with Four Gaming Properties In Switzerland

LAS VEGAS, Oct 06, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global Cash Access, Inc., a leading provider of cash access products and related services to the gaming industry, has expanded its international presence by securing contracts with four gaming properties in Switzerland.

Swiss properties that recently signed agreements to use GCA's products and services include Casino Lugano, Grand Casino Kursaal Bern, Grand Casino Admiral Mendvisio, and Casino Davos. All four properties will utilize GCA's QuikCash cash advance kiosks, which are customer-activated, touch screen terminals that provide casino patrons with POS debit and credit card cash advance transaction options. Available in countertop, wall-mount, free-standing and handheld models, QuikCash terminals can be installed virtually anywhere in a gaming establishment.

"We appreciate the relationships we have developed with properties around the world and look forward to improving the way these casinos provide cash access services to their patrons," said Diran Kludjian, executive vice president of North American and international sales for GCA. "Our growing presence in European gaming locations further demonstrates our products' flexibility and technological capabilities in the global marketplace."

GCA offers a number of products and services, including ATM technology, cashless gaming and marketing services that help casino patrons access cash, help casinos better understand their customers and enhance a casino's patron marketing activities. The company serves approximately 960 gaming properties and other clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the Caribbean.

About Global Cash Access

Las Vegas-based Global Cash Access, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GCA), is a leading provider of cash access products and related services to approximately 960 gaming properties and other clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the Caribbean. GCA's products and services provide gaming establishment patrons access to cash through a variety of methods, including ATM cash withdrawals, credit card cash advances, point-of-sale (POS) debit card transactions, check verification and warranty services and Western Union money transfers. The company provides products and services that improve credit decision-making, automate cashier operations and enhance patron marketing activities for gaming establishments. With its proprietary database of gaming patron credit history and transaction data on millions of gaming patrons worldwide, GCA is recognized for successfully developing and deploying technological innovations that increase client profitability, operational efficiency and customer loyalty. More information is available at the company's Web site at www.globalcashaccess.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, any statement or implication that the gaming establishments named in this press release will continue to use the products or services described in this press release. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that, if realized, could materially impair Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc.'s results of operations, business, and financial condition. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (a) the termination of one or more of the contracts with gaming establishments described in this press release, and (b) the factors discussed from time to time in reports filed by Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof, and Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. does not assume any obligation to update or qualify any of the statements made herein.

SOURCE: Global Cash Access, Inc.

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