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26 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 13, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-cm/ecf participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on March 13, 2007 s/ ARTHUR C. LEAHY ARTHUR C. LEAHY LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA Telephone: 619/ / (fax) ArtL@lerachlaw.com

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29 BECKLEY SINGLETON, CHTD. IKE LAWRENCE EPSTEIN (04594) MICHAEL N. FEDER (07332) 530 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV Telephone: 702/ / (fax) Liaison Counsel LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP ARTHUR C. LEAHY KEITH F. PARK (54275) JEFFREY D. LIGHT DEBRA J. WYMAN RAMZI ABADOU 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA Telephone: 619/ / (fax) Lead Counsel for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA In re ALLIANCE GAMING CORP. SECURITIES LITIGATION This Document Relates To: ALL ACTIONS. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Master File No. CV-S BES-PAL CLASS ACTION SUMMARY NOTICE EXHIBIT A-3

30 TO: ALL PERSONS WHO PURCHASED ALLIANCE GAMING CORPORATION ( ALLIANCE ) COMMON STOCK AND/OR PUT AND CALL OPTIONS, ( ALLIANCE PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES ) DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING AUGUST 4, 2003 THROUGH MAY 15, 2006 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to an Order of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, California, that a hearing will be held on June 15, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., before the Honorable Brian E. Sandoval, at the United States Courthouse, 333 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89101, in the matter entitled In re Alliance Gaming Corporation, Case No. CV-S (the Litigation ) for the purpose of determining (1) whether the proposed settlement of the claims in the Litigation for the sum of $15,500,000 in cash should be approved by the Court as fair, just, reasonable and adequate; (2) whether, thereafter, this Litigation should be dismissed with prejudice as set forth in the Stipulation of Settlement dated as of January 25, 2007; (3) whether the Plan of Allocation is fair, reasonable and adequate and therefore should be approved; and (4) whether the application of Plaintiffs Lead Counsel for the payment of attorneys fees and reimbursement of expenses and the Lead Plaintiff s expenses incurred in connection with this Litigation should be approved. If you purchased Alliance common stock and/or put and call options during the period beginning August 4, 2003 through May 15, 2006 ( Class Period ), your rights may be affected by the settlement of this Litigation. If you have not received a detailed Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action ( Notice ) and a copy of the Proof of Claim and Release, you may obtain copies by writing to Alliance Gaming Securities Litigation, c/o Gilardi & Co., LLC, P.O. Box 5100, Larkspur, CA , or on the internet at If you purchased Alliance common stock and/or put and call options during the Class Period, in order to share in the distribution of the settlement proceeds, you must submit a Proof of Claim and Release no later than July 18, 2007, establishing that you are entitled to recovery

31 If you desire to be excluded from the Class, you must file a Request for Exclusion by May 30, 2007, in the manner and form explained in the detailed Notice referred to above. All Members of the Class who have not requested exclusion from the Class will be bound by any judgment entered in the Litigation pursuant to the Stipulation of Settlement reached between the parties. Any objection to the settlement must be mailed or delivered such that it is received by each of the following no later than June 1, 2007: CLERK OF THE COURT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA 333 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, NV Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs: LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP JEFFREY D. LIGHT 655 W. Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA Counsel for Defendants GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP ROBERT E. PALMER Jamboree Center 4 Park Plaza, Suites Irvine, CA PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR THE CLERK S OFFICE REGARDING THIS NOTICE. If you have any questions about the settlement, you may contact Plaintiffs Lead Counsel at the address listed above. DATED:, 2007 S:\Settlement\Alliance Gaming.set\A3 AMENDED doc BY ORDER OF THE COURT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA - 2 -

32 BECKLEY SINGLETON, CHTD. IKE LAWRENCE EPSTEIN (04594) MICHAEL N. FEDER (07332) 530 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV Telephone: 702/ / (fax) Liaison Counsel LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP KEITH F. PARK (54275) ARTHUR C. LEAHY JEFFREY D. LIGHT DEBRA J. WYMAN RAMZI ABADOU 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA Telephone: 619/ / (fax) Lead Counsel for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA In re ALLIANCE GAMING CORP. SECURITIES LITIGATION This Document Relates To: ALL ACTIONS. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Master File No. CV-S BES-PAL CLASS ACTION [PROPOSED] FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE EXHIBIT B

33 This matter came before the Court for hearing pursuant to the Order of this Court, dated, 2007, on the application of the parties for approval of the settlement set forth in the Stipulation of Settlement dated as of January 25, 2007 (the Stipulation ). Due and adequate notice having been given to the Settlement Class as required in said Order, and the Court having considered all papers filed and proceedings had herein and otherwise being fully informed in the premises and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 1. This Judgment incorporates by reference the definitions in the Stipulation, and all terms used herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Stipulation, unless otherwise set forth herein. 2. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the Litigation and over all parties to the Litigation, including all Members of the Settlement Class. 3. Class means all Persons (other than those Persons who timely and validly requested exclusion from the Class) who purchased Alliance Publicly Traded Securities between August 4, 2003 and May 15, Excluded from the Class are the Defendants and any of Defendants Related Parties. 4. Related Parties means each of a Defendant s past or present directors, officers, employees, partners, insurers, co-insurers, reinsurers, controlling shareholders, attorneys, accountants or auditors, personal or legal representatives, predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, joint ventures, assigns, spouses, heirs, related or affiliated entities, any entity in which a Defendant has a controlling interest, any members of any individual defendant s immediate family, or any trust of which any individual defendant is the settlor or which is for the benefit of any individual defendant s family

34 5. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, this Court hereby approves the settlement set forth in the Stipulation and finds that said settlement is, in all respects, fair, just, reasonable and adequate to the Class. 6. Except as to any individual claim of those Persons (identified in Exhibit 1 hereto) who have validly and timely requested exclusion from the Class, the Litigation and all claims contained therein, as well as all of the Released Claims, are dismissed with prejudice as to the Lead Plaintiff and the other Members of the Class, as against each and all of the Released Persons. The Settling Parties are to bear their own costs, except as otherwise provided in the Stipulation. 7. The Court finds that the Stipulation and settlement are fair, just, reasonable and adequate as to each of the Settling Parties, and that the Stipulation and settlement are hereby finally approved in all respects. The Settling Parties are hereby directed to perform its terms. 8. Upon the Effective Date hereof, the Lead Plaintiff shall, and each of the Class Members shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever released, relinquished and discharged all Released Claims against the Released Persons, whether or not such Class Member executes and delivers the Proof of Claim and Release. 9. All Class Members are hereby forever barred and enjoined from prosecuting any of the Released Claims against any of the Released Persons. 10. Upon the Effective Date hereto, each of the Defendants shall be deemed to have, and by operation of this Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever released, relinquished and discharged each and all of the Class Members and counsel to the Lead Plaintiff from all claims (including Unknown Claims), arising out of, relating to, or in connection with the institution, prosecution, assertion, settlement or resolution of the Litigation or the Released Claims

35 11. The Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action given to the Class was the best notice practicable under the circumstances, including the individual notice to all Members of the Class who could be identified through reasonable effort. Said notice provided the best notice practicable under the circumstances of those proceedings and of the matters set forth therein, including the proposed settlement set forth in the Stipulation, to all Persons entitled to such notice, and said notice fully satisfied the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and the requirements of due process. 12. Any Plan of Allocation submitted by Plaintiff s Lead Counsel or any order entered regarding any attorneys fees and expense application shall in no way disturb or affect this Final Judgment and shall be considered separate from this Final Judgment. 13. Neither the Stipulation nor the settlement contained therein, nor any act performed or document executed pursuant to or in furtherance of the Stipulation or the settlement: (a) is or may be deemed to be or may be used as an admission of, or evidence of, the validity of any Released Claim, or of any wrongdoing or liability of the Defendants or their respective Related Parties, or (b) is or may be deemed to be or may be used as an admission of, or evidence of, any fault or omission of any of the Defendants or their respective Related Parties in any civil, criminal or administrative proceeding in any court, administrative agency or other tribunal. Defendants and/or their respective Related Parties may file the Stipulation and/or the Judgment from this action in any other action that may be brought against them in order to support a defense or counterclaim based on principles of res judicata, collateral estoppel, release, good faith settlement, judgment bar or reduction or any theory of claim preclusion or issue preclusion or similar defense or counterclaim. 14. Without affecting the finality of this Judgment in any way, this Court hereby retains continuing jurisdiction over: (a) implementation of this settlement and any award or distribution of - 3 -

36 the Settlement Fund, including interest earned thereon; (b) disposition of the Settlement Fund; (c) hearing and determining applications for attorneys fees, interest and expenses in the Litigation; and (d) all parties hereto for the purpose of construing, enforcing and administering the Stipulation. 15. The Court finds that during the course of the Litigation, the Settling Parties and their respective counsel at all times complied with the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure In the event that the settlement does not become final in accordance with the terms of the Stipulation, or the Effective Date does not occur, or in the event that the Settlement Fund, or any portion thereof, is returned to the Defendants or their insurers, then this Judgment shall be rendered null and void to the extent provided by and in accordance with the Stipulation and shall be vacated and, in such event, all orders entered and releases delivered in connection herewith shall be null and void to the extent provided by and in accordance with the Stipulation. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: S:\Settlement\Alliance Gaming.set\(v1) EB doc THE HONORABLE BRIAN E. SANDOVAL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE - 4 -