Spacenet Awarded Contracts for over 27,000 Lottery Sites

Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. GILT was selected to provide SkyEdge broadband satellite terminals, deployment, operations and maintenance to support state lotteries. The multi-year contract awards from the past month include Texas and Illinois while Indiana, Iowa and Louisiana were deployed earlier in 2010. The five networks, totaling almost 33,000 lottery sites in all, benefit from SkyEdge's efficient bandwidth management, security and quality of service ideal for applications requiring high availability and uptime such as lottery and gaming networks.