Global Cash Access Signs Agreements to Serve Nine Gaming Establishments

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2006--Global Cash Access, Inc. (GCA), a leading provider of cash access products and related services to the gaming industry, announced it has signed contracts to serve nine gaming establishments.

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.

"We felt strongly that Central Credit and GCA's technology would help us grow our database and provide great marketing capabilities. They offer the best technology in the industry which enables us to make available an expanded scope of services to our valued guests," said Brian Parrish, chief operating officer for Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino in Mascalero, N.M., which will utilize GCA's QuikCash(TM) cash advance terminals, Central Credit gaming patron credit bureau and Central Credit check warranty service.

"We look forward to providing dependable cash access products to these casinos and their patrons," said Diran Kludjian, executive vice president of sales for GCA. "It is gratifying to continue relationships with our existing customers and welcome new customers like Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino to the GCA family."

QuikCash(TM) cash advance terminals are customer-activated, touch screen terminals that provide casino patrons with point-of-sale (POS) debit card and credit card cash advance transaction options. Available in kiosk, countertop, wall-mount, free-standing and handheld models, QuikCash(TM) terminals can be installed virtually anywhere in a gaming establishment.

Central Credit, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GCA, is the leading source for gaming credit information with a proprietary database of gaming patron credit history and transaction data on millions of gaming patrons worldwide. To allow gaming establishments to improve their credit-making decisions, Central Credit offers a variety of tools, including check verification, underwriting of gaming patron credit requests, pre-approved credit screening and gaming credit reports.

Central Credit check warranty service is a service through which payment on certain types of patron checks is warranted, which allows casinos to eliminate the risk of nonpayment on such checks.

Gaming establishments included in recently signed agreements with GCA are:

-- Casino Apache Travel Center - Mascalero, N.M.

-- Cat's Paw - Bozeman, Mont.

-- Crystal Bay Club Casino - Crystal Bay, Nev.

-- Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino - Mascalero, N.M.

-- King Tut's Pub and Poker - Las Vegas

-- Molly Brown - Bozeman, Mont.

-- Ote Missouria Smoke Shop - Newkirk, Okla.

-- Prairie Knights Casino & Resort - Fort Yates, N.D.

-- Treasure Bay Casino - Biloxi, Miss.

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) our inability to predict the results of the certification process and technical, operational or contractual limitations in our ability to install EDITH at one or more beta sites, 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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