Boyd Gaming standardizes management system

COLUMBIA, Maryland – (PRESS RELEASE) -- MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS - News), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Boyd Gaming Inc. has selected the MICROS 9700 Hospitality and Retail Management System (HMS) as its standard technology solution and will deploy the 9700 HMS throughout its Coast Casinos division. Boyd Gaming will go live with nearly 300 MICROS Workstation 4 terminals across 4 locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, by the end of April 2007. The locations, which will be installed on a single MICROS 9700 HMS Enterprise System, are Orleans Arena, The Orleans, Gold Coast, and Suncoast.

The third largest gaming company in the industry, Boyd Gaming, was recognized last year by Forbes Magazine as one of America's Best Managed Companies in the Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure category. Since 1995, the Company has employed both the MICROS 8700 and 9700 platforms, and upon acquiring Coast Casinos, Boyd Gaming has now opted to standardize these properties on the MICROS 9700 HMS Enterprise System. The solution's high level of scalability benefits large enterprises, linking point-of-sale (POS) transactions, back office functions, and guest management operations. With proven results over the past 12 years in managing growth, increasing staff productivity, and improving guest satisfaction, Boyd Gaming's decision to standardize on MICROS 9700 HMS is a solid business strategy.

Denny Frey, Boyd Gaming's Vice President of Information Technology, commented on the MICROS addition, "Over the years Boyd's has benefited greatly from MICROS's first rate products and service. We chose to convert Coast Casinos to the MICROS 9700 HMS solution in order to extend the advantages our other properties enjoy, including MICROS's product innovation, the 9700's ease of integration to property management and player tracking systems, and an enhanced guest experience. The economical MICROS Workstation 4 hardware platform was another major incentive driving us to standardize on MICROS 9700 HMS."

"MICROS has proudly supported Boyd Gaming's technology needs for over a decade and we are delighted to extend our service to Boyd's Coast Casino division," stated Dan Interlandi, Executive Vice President, North American Distribution for MICROS Systems, Inc. "We are honored to have one of the leading gaming companies standardize on MICROS 9700 HMS as its POS solution of choice, and we look forward to our continued partnership."