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Multimedia Games Amends Credit Agreement.


Outstanding Borrowings Reduced by $14.1 Million in Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter to Approximately $83.4 Million as of June 30, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas -- Multimedia Games, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGAM MGAM Multimedia Games ) ("Multimedia" or the "Company") announced today that it has amended its credit agreement with Comerica Bank ("Comerica"). Pursuant to the amendment, Multimedia and Comerica have agreed that certain items will now be added back to the calculation of Multimedia's Consolidated EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become  for the purpose of evaluating compliance with the covenants contained in the credit agreement. The Company also reported that outstanding borrowings under its credit facility totaled approximately $83.4 million as of June 30, 2009 compared to outstanding borrowings of approximately $97.5 million as of March 31, 2009.

Adam Chibib, Chief Financial Officer of Multimedia, commented, "The amendments provide the Company with attractive borrowing terms given the current credit market conditions as well as added financial flexibility to pursue our strategic growth initiatives. As such, the revised credit facility represents further progress against our plan to address all aspects of the organization with the goal of improving shareholder value. We value our relationship with Comerica and appreciate all of the banks in our syndicate working with us to amend the facility in a manner that benefits all parties."

Under the terms of the amended credit agreement, the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for the purposes of evaluating compliance with the specified covenants will now reflect the add-back of several items including: i) legal costs and settlement fees incurred in the trailing four-quarter period related to litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 with Diamond Game Enterprises, Inc. which was settled on May 1, 2009; ii) all non-cash stock-based compensation expenses; and, iii) up to $10 million, in aggregate, of additional non-cash asset impairment Impairment

1. A reduction in a company's stated capital.

2. The total capital that is less than the par value of the company's capital stock.

Notes:
1. This is usually reduced because of poorly estimated losses or gains.

2.
 charges that the Company may incur in future periods. Multimedia notes that no determination as to any potential future impairment charges has been made at this time.

Multimedia has also elected to reduce the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility to $125 million from the previous total borrowing capacity of $150 million. In addition, Multimedia has also agreed to a LIBOR LIBOR

See: London Interbank Offered Rate


LIBOR

See London interbank offered rate (LIBOR).
 floor of 2% that will add approximately 1.7% to the Company's cost of borrowing based on the current one-month LIBOR rate. The Company will pay a onetime fee of 25 basis points of the total borrowing capacity of $125 million as well as other customary fees customary fee,
n the fee level determined by the administrator of a dental benefits plan from actual submitted fees for a specific dental procedure to establish the maximum benefit payable under a given plan for that specific procedure.
 associated with the amendment.

Multimedia will report financial results for the period ended June 30, 2009, its fiscal 2009 third quarter period, on Wednesday, August 5, 2009.

About Multimedia

Gaming technology developer and distributor, Multimedia, is a creator and supplier of comprehensive systems, content and electronic gaming units for Class III and Class II Native American gaming markets, as well as for commercial casinos and charity and international bingo bingo

Game of chance played with cards having a grid of numbered squares corresponding to numbered balls drawn at random. When a number on the card is drawn, the players cover that number (should they have it); the game is won by covering a certain number of squares in a row
 markets. Multimedia has approximately 17,000 gaming units in operation domestically and internationally installed on revenue-sharing arrangements. The Company also supplies the central determinant determinant, a polynomial expression that is inherent in the entries of a square matrix. The size n of the square matrix, as determined from the number of entries in any row or column, is called the order of the determinant.  system for approximately 13,000 video lottery terminals A Video Lottery Terminal or VLT is a gaming machine that allows gamblers to bet on the outcome of a video game.

A VLT is similar to a slot machine, except that it is connected to a centralized computer system that determines the outcome of each wager using a random
 ("VLTs") installed at racetracks in the State of New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
. Multimedia is focused on the further development of new gaming systems and products for the markets it currently serves as well as for new domestic and international market opportunities. Additional information may be found at www.multimediagames.com.

Cautionary Language

This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 based on Multimedia's current expectations and projections of future events and facts and circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact.
     2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or
 present as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are intended to qualify for the safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. The words "will," "may," "provide," "attractive borrowing terms," "growth," "progress," "goal," "benefits," "up to," "first," "plan," "expect," "project," "anticipate," "agreed," "intend," "pursue," "believe" or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology as they relate to Multimedia and its products and markets are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, references to future actions, new projects, strategies, future performance, outcomes of contingencies and future financial results of either Multimedia or its customers.

These forward-looking statements reflect the current views and assumptions of Multimedia, and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or qualified and could cause actual results in Multimedia's performance and / or the outcome of its initiatives to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk inherent to implementing new strategies and / or initiatives, including but not limited to, strategic growth initiatives, player preferences and reactions, casino employment of the games, location of the games on the casino floor, the risk of equipment malfunction malĀ·funcĀ·tion
v.
1. To fail to function.

2. To function improperly.

n.
1. Failure to function.

2. Faulty or abnormal functioning.
, the possible negative effects of local and national economic conditions on both commercial and tribal gaming markets, changes in laws, regulations and future decisions of courts, regulators, and governmental bodies, and the Company's ability to comply with restrictions contained in its credit facility as amended, and risks in the financial market in general and Multimedia's ability to achieve financial targets in particular. Other important risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company's business are detailed from time to time in the "Certain Risks" and "Risk Factors" sections and elsewhere in Multimedia's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Multimedia disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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