Business Wire: Shuffle Master, Inc. and CARD to Debut New Products at the Australasian Gaming Expo -

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Shuffle Master, Inc. (NASDAQ National Market: SHFL) and CARD, a Shuffle Master International Company, announced today that they will introduce several new products at this year's Australasian Gaming Expo being held in Sydney, Australia, August 29 through 31. In addition to exhibiting the one2six(TM) single and multi-deck automatic card shuffler, the two companies will feature the following new products:

--The Easy Chipper(TM), a next-generation chip sorting device that features efficient, speedy and silent chip sorting. Developed by CARD, the ergonomic Easy Chipper optimizes roulette wheel game play by dramatically increasing the volume of chips sorted, and its innovative color reading system accurately sorts up to 10 different color chips while separating non-programmed ones.

--Table Master(TM), an electronic, multiple-player table game that includes five player stations and enables casinos to offer table game hits like Blackjack and Three Card Poker(R) electronically. Featuring an interactive dealer with exciting player interaction, Table Master combines the excitement of table-style action with the latest interactive video technology to create an innovative gaming experience.

--Big Raise Hold'em(TM), a new table game featuring head-to-head play against the dealer and an appealing bonus bet. A variation of Texas Hold'em, Big Raise has it all: aggressive betting, bad beats and miracle draws. Players receive two hole cards that are combined with three community cards to make a five-card poker hand that goes head-to-head against the dealer's.

--Four Card Poker(TM), an aggressive and volatile table game that features head-to-head play against the dealer and an optional bonus bet. Currently the fastest-growing poker style game in the U.S., Four Card players receive five cards to make four-card poker hands and are allowed to triple down by betting up to three times their ante.

--Dragon Bonus(TM), the most popular baccarat side bet in North America. Players win the Dragon Bonus bet when their hand (Player or Banker) is a natural winner, or it wins by at least four points.

--Royal Match 21(TM), a popular side bet for Blackjack that focuses on the first two cards the player receives.

--Casino War(R), a fast and easy table game that appeals to players who want their table game action delivered without a lot of bells, whistles and rules. Players simply make a wager and if their card is higher than the dealer's, they win even money.

"We are looking forward to participating in this year's Australasian Gaming Expo and believe it is an excellent opportunity to showcase the new products our employees have worked so hard to develop," commented Paul C. Meyer, Shuffle Master's President and Chief Operating Officer. "Our participation in this international event reflects our determination to introduce our successful products into new and expanding gaming markets and to contribute to the success of the Australia-Asian region's numerous gaming jurisdictions. We are confident that these new products, as well as the numerous other products we will be displaying, will be positively received by this year's AGE attendees."

Ernst Blaha, Managing Director for CARD, remarked that "the show in Sydney provides an excellent opportunity to showcase the Easy Chipper roulette chip sorting device and demonstrate its exceptional chip sorting advancements. As the Easy Chipper rapidly approaches its official market availability, we look forward to demonstrating its numerous features to the gaming industry."

This release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs as well as on assumptions made by and information available to management. The Company considers such statements to be made under the safe harbor created by the federal securities laws to which it is subject, and assumes no obligation to update or supplement such statements. Forward-looking statements reflect and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, the following: changes in the level of consumer or commercial acceptance of the Company's existing products and new products as introduced; competitive advances; acceleration and/or deceleration of various product development and roll out schedules; product performance issues; higher than expected manufacturing, service, selling, administrative, product development and/or roll out costs; changes in the Company's business systems or in technologies affecting the Company's products or operations; reliance on strategic relationships with distributors and technology vendors; current and/or future litigation or claims; acquisitions or divestitures by the Company or its competitors of various product lines or businesses; changes to the Company's intellectual property portfolio, such as loss of licenses, claims of infringement or invalidity of patents; regulatory and jurisdictional issues (e.g., technical requirements and changes, delays in obtaining necessary approvals, or changes in a jurisdiction's regulatory scheme, etc.) involving the Company and its products specifically or the gaming industry in general; general and casino industry economic conditions; and the financial health of the Company's casino and distributor customers, suppliers and distributors, both nationally and internationally. Additional information on these and other risk factors that could potentially affect the Company's financial results may be found in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual report on Form 10-K.