Global Cash Access Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Sycuan Casino and Six Other Native American Gaming Properties

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2006--Sycuan Casino in San Diego, one of Southern California's premier Indian gaming and resort facilities, has signed a multi-year agreement to use the products and services of Global Cash Access, Inc. (GCA), a leading provider of cash access products and related services to the gaming industry. Six other Native American gaming properties have also signed agreements with GCA.

Owned and operated by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Indians, Sycuan Casino will use multiple GCA products and services, including QuikCash Plus(TM) Web (QCP Web), Casino Cash Plus(R) 3-in-1 ATM, QuikCash(TM) cash advance terminals, Central Credit check warranty service and QuikCredit. GCA will also operate a Financial Service Center within the casino.

"Having GCA operate the Financial Service Center will enable us to improve customer service. GCA also has the track record to prove its cash access products can help increase cash on the floor," said Steve Penhall, general manager for Sycuan Casino. "We're very excited about our new relationship with GCA and look forward to the future and our mutual success."

Financial Service Centers are onsite GCA-operated satellite cashiers or booths that serve as cash access centers. With convenient access to cash through credit card cash advances, point-of-sale (POS) debit cash withdrawals, money transfer and check warranty services, a GCA Financial Service Center offers extended customer service, eliminates lines at the cage and reduces labor costs.

GCA's QCP Web product can also help improve operations. It is a proprietary browser-based, full service cash access transaction processing system for casino cashier operations. It processes multiple financial transactions through one device, streamlining operations and increasing the speed of transactions.

"We are looking forward to establishing a cash access partnership with yet another Native American casino," said Diran Kludjian, executive vice president of sales for GCA. "We believe Sycuan will benefit from our products and services, helping them to be more profitable, operate more efficiently and retain and attract customers."

GCA offers a number of products and services, including ATM technology, cashless gaming products and marketing services that help casino patrons access cash, help gaming establishments better understand their patrons, and enhance gaming establishments' patron marketing activities.

Other gaming establishments that recently signed agreements with GCA are:

    --  Apache Gold Casino - San Carlos, Ariz.

    --  Cherokee Casino - Ft. Gibson, Okla.

    --  Cherokee Casino - Sallisaw, Okla.

    --  Cherokee Inn - Catoosa, Okla.

    --  Colusa Indian Bingo - Colusa, Calif.

    --  Harrah's AK-Chin Casino Resort - Phoenix, Ariz.

    About Global Cash Access, Inc.

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 1,060 gaming properties and other clients in the United States, Continental Europe, 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, POS debit card transactions, credit card cash advances, check verification and warranty services and Western Union money transfers. GCA 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 GCA'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 intend, and undertakes no obligation to, update or qualify any of the forward-looking statements made herein.

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SOURCE: Global Cash Access, Inc.