Global Cash Access (''GCA'') to Provide State-of-the-Art Cash Access Services to Patrons of France’s Largest Casino Operator

Partouche Group’s Nearly 60 Properties Will Be Able to Offer Their Customers More Direct Access to Cash

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Cash Access, Inc. (“GCA”), the leading provider of cash access services in casinos, will provide patrons of the Partouche Group with state-of-the-art access to cash. The Partouche Group, France’s largest casino operator, operates 50 properties in France and eight others in Belgium, Switzerland and Spain.

“We’re delighted to be able to help Partouche deliver exceptional convenience and service to its customers and potentially enhance its business volume and efficiency”

Under the agreement, Partouche Group properties will be able to offer their customers efficient credit card cash advance transactions – from GCA’s in-casino QuikCash kiosks, as well as from cashiers. Cashiers will benefit from GCA’s QuikCash Plus Web browser, which streamlines and speeds transactions and improves customer service.

GCA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GCA). It provides over 1,000 casinos and other gaming properties around the world with a range of cash access products and services that help patrons gain more convenient access to cash – and enable properties to better serve, understand, attract and retain their customers.

“We’re delighted to be able to help Partouche deliver exceptional convenience and service to its customers and potentially enhance its business volume and efficiency,” said Scott Dowty, GCA’s senior vice president in charge of international business. The agreement represents an important part of GCA’s international strategy, he added.

Earlier this year, GCA signed agreements with the following European properties: Casino De Namur, Namur, Belgium; Casino Middelkerke, Middelkerke, Belgium; Casino Blankenberge, Blankenberge, Belgium; Casino de Spa, Spa, Belgium; Stanley Circus, Nottingham; and Casino at the Empire, West End, London.

About Global Cash Access

Global Cash Access (NYSE: GCA) is the world’s leading provider of cash access and related services to the gaming industry. Based in Las Vegas, GCA serves over 1,000 casinos and other clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Asia. GCA helps casinos give patrons more access to cash via ATM, debit card, check cashing and credit card cash advance transactions. GCA also provides services that improve casino marketing and credit decision-making via proprietary databases – and streamline cashier operations through Web-based technology. The company is committed to developing technologies and services that enhance casino profitability and customer loyalty. 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, (b) changes in regulations governing our business in those countries discussed in this press release, and (c) 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.

For more information, or to arrange a conversation with Scott Dowty, GCA’s Senior Vice President of International Business, please contact Adria Greenberg, Sommerfield Communications, Inc., at (212)-255-8386 or [e-mail]