GTECH Corporation was a gaming technology company based in Providence,

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. It was acquired in 2006 for $4.5 billion by Lottomatica of Italy, which later changed its own name to GTECH.

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GTECH's ticker symbol on the

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was GTK; however, the stock has been delisted.

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GTECH Corp. moved its corporate headquarters from its campus in

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to an $80 million, 10-story building in downtown Providence near

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. GTECH S.p.A. operates on all continents except Antarctica, and it employs over 8,500 individuals worldwide in 52 countries. The company has customers in 114 countries and had revenues of 3.08 billion euro in 2012, an increase of 3.4% over the previous year.

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{{Authority control Companies based in Providence, Rhode Island Gambling companies of the United States Technology companies of the United States Companies established in 1980

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