Exhibit 99.1

Gordon Tien Yau Yuen

May 31, 2008

EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of the 31st day of May, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), between ELIXIR GAMING TECHNOLOGIES (MACAU) LIMITED, a Macau registered corporation (together with its successors or assigns as permitted under this Agreement, the “Company”), and Gordon Tien Yau Yuen, an individual (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

The Company desires to employ the Executive and enter into this Agreement embodying the terms of such employment and the Executive desires to enter into this Agreement and to accept such employment.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and for other good and valuable consideration, the Company and the Executive (individually a “Party” and together the “Parties”) agree as follows:

1.DEFINITIONS

(a)“Base Salary” shall mean the salary provided for in Section 4 below subject to such increases as may be made from time to time.

(b)“Cause” shall mean:

(i)the conviction of or entry of judgment against the Executive by a civil or criminal court of competent jurisdiction of any offense or wrongdoing involving embezzlement, fraud, misappropriation of funds, any act of moral turpitude or dishonesty;

(ii)the filing of a bona fide accusation or claim against the Executive for any offense involving embezzlement, fraud, misappropriation of funds, any act of moral turpitude or dishonesty, unless such indictment or filing is dismissed within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of such indictment or filing.  The Board may, at its sole discretion,  elect to suspend and extend the Employment by such one hundred eighty (180) day period or the number of days actually taken by the Executive to dismiss such indictment or filing, whichever is less; provided that the Executive notifies the Company in writing that the Executive intends to contest in good faith such indictment or filing and pursues the dismissal of such indictment or filing with reasonable diligence and grounds.  During such period of suspension, Executive may be relieved of duties, but shall be entitled to receive Base Salary;

(iii)the written confession by the Executive of embezzlement, fraud, misappropriation of funds, any act of moral turpitude or dishonesty or acts constituting a felony;

(iv)the finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a criminal or civil action or by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or state blue sky agency in an administrative proceeding that the Executive has willfully violated any U.S. federal or state securities law;

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(v)the engagement by the Executive in willful and continued misconduct, or the Executive’s willful and continued failure to substantially perform the Executive’s obligations;

(vi)the use by the Executive of alcohol or any controlled substance (unless in accordance with medical prescription by licensed medical practitioner) to an extent that it interferes, in the sole discretion of the Board, on a continuing and material basis with the performance of the Executive’s duties under the Agreement;

(vii)the willful, unauthorized disclosure by the Executive of Confidential Information, as defined in Section 14, concerning the Company or any Subsidiary, unless such disclosure was (A) believed in good faith by the Executive to be appropriate in the course of properly carrying out duties under the Agreement, or (B) required by an order of a court having jurisdiction over the subject matter or a summons, subpoena or order in the nature thereof of any legislative body (including any committee thereof) or any governmental or administrative agency;

(viii)performance of services by the Executive, other than in the course of properly carrying out his or her duties under the Agreement and as otherwise provided herein, for any other corporation or person that competes with the Group while the Executive is employed by the Company;

(ix)misconduct in connection with the performance of any of Executive’s duties, including, without limitation, misappropriation of funds or property of the Company, securing or attempting to secure personally any profit in connection with any transaction entered into on behalf of the Company, misrepresentation to the Company, or any violation of law or regulations on Company premises or to which the Company is subject;

(x)commission by Executive of an act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, theft or unethical business conduct, or conduct which impairs or injures the reputation of, or harms, the Company;

(xi)disloyalty by Executive, including without limitation, aiding a competitor of the Group.  For the purpose of this Agreement, “competitor of the Group” shall mean any person which carries on or engages in business that is identical or substantial similar to that carried out by the Group in the jurisdictions in which the operates and shall include, but without limitation to, all such businesses and activities as more particularly set out in Section 13 below provided that under no circumstances shall Elixir Group Limited and any of their respective subsidiaries or associated companies be regarded as a competitor of the Group;

(xii)any material breach of this Agreement by the Executive and where the breach is capable of remedy, fails to remedy such breach within 14 days of receiving written notice requiring the Executive to remedy that breach;

(xiii)any other bad act or misconduct by Executive; or

(xiv)(1) a finding by any lawfully appointed gaming authority in any jurisdiction that Company does business (“Gaming Authority”) that the Executive is “unsuitable”, or the equivalent, (2) the mandatory request by any Gaming Authority that the Company not associate with Executive, or (3) the

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failure by Executive to qualify for any license that any Gaming Authority requires that Executive possess unless the failure to obtain such license would not materially affect or hamper the relevant part of business of the Group;

(xv)any material breach of the rules and regulations as stipulated in the Code of Conduct, Ethics Policy & Staff Handbook of EGT and where such breach is capable of remedy, fails to remedy such breach within 14 days of receiving written notice requiring Executive to remedy such breach.

(c)“Voting Securities”means securities of the Company, the holders of which are entitled to vote for the election of directors.

(d)“Control” in relation to a body corporate, means the power of a person or persons acting as a group or a legal entity to secure that the affairs of the body corporate are conducted in accordance with the wishes or directions of that person or group; (i) by means of the holding of shares, or the possession of voting power, in relation to that or any other body corporate; or (ii) by virtue of any powers conferred by the articles of association or any other agreement or document regulating that or any other body corporate, but for the avoidance of doubt, shall be deemed to include any person or persons acting as a group or a legal entity controlling or holding directly or indirectly Voting Securities representing 40% or more of the issued share capital in that body corporate.  A “Change of Control” occurs if any person or persons acting as a group or legal entity acquires control of the body corporate;

(e)“EGT” shall mean Elixir Gaming Technologies, Inc.

(f)“Affiliated Companies” shall mean any corporation or other business entity or entities that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with EGT or the Company after the Effective Date.

(g)“Board” shall mean the board of directors of EGT.

(h)“Compensation Committee” shall mean the compensation committee of the board of EGT.

(i)“CEO” shall mean the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

(j)“US$” shall mean United States Dollar.

(k)“Material(s)” means all works, materials or designs originated, conceived, prepared, written, compiled or made by any employee of the Company or Affiliated Companies, including Executive, alone or with others during the course of his/her employment with the Company or Affiliated Companies.

(l)“Intellectual Property Rights” means patents, trade marks, service marks, trade and service names, copyrights and design rights (whether or not any of them are registered and if they are registered, then includes applications for registration for any of them), rights in the know-how, databases, moral rights, trade secrets and rights of confidence and rights or forms of protection of a similar nature or having similar or equivalent effect to any of them which may subsist at anytime and anywhere in the world.

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2.LOCATION

The Executive shall be based in Macau.  In the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities, the Executive shall be required to undertake national and international travel at the request of the Company.  Such travel will be taken in accordance with the Company’s travel policies, as amended by the Company from time to time.

3.POSITION, DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES

The Executive shall be employed as the Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer.  Subject to supervision and in accordance with the policies and directives established by the Board, the Executive’s duties and responsibilities shall include those duties set forth on Exhibit ‘A’, attached hereto, and such other duties, responsibilities and authorities customarily associated with such positions.

4.BASE SALARY

The Executive shall be paid by the Company a Base Salary payable no less frequently than in equal monthly installments at an annualized rate of US$425,000; subject to any increase as may be determined by the Company with the approval of the Compensation Committee from time to time.

5.CASH ALLOWANCES

Executive shall be entitled to a monthly housing subsidy of US$5,000.

6.OPTIONS

Executive shall be entitled to participate in the EGT 1999 Stock Option Plan or any successor plan.  The Compensation Committee, at its sole discretion, shall decide the amount and frequency of option grants.

7.DISCRETIONARY BONUS

The Executive may be granted a discretionary performance bonus or bonuses based on guidelines set by the Compensation Committee on an annual basis or whenever deemed appropriate by the Compensation Committee.

8.CHANGE OF CONTROL

In the event of a Change of Control, the Company shall cause the Executive’s outstanding share options (to the extent not vested) to become fully vest upon the effective date of the Change of Control and Executive shall have a minimum period of twelve months from the effective date of the Change of Control to exercise his/her options.  The Executive shall also be entitled to an additional payment equal to twelve months of base salary at the rate in effect at the time of Change of Control upon the effective date of the Change of Control.

9.ANNUAL LEAVE

Executive shall be entitled to twenty-one (21) working days paid annual leave per year or prorated in the event that a full calendar’s year of service is not provided in any given year, in accordance with the Company’s annual leave policy.  Where possible, all annual leave is to be taken prior to

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December 31st of each year.  Untaken annual leave may be carried forward for three months of the following year with the consent of the Board.

10.EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS

The Executive and his dependents shall be entitled to participate in, at the Company’s expense, whatever employee benefit plans the Company endorses to obtain, if any, such as medical, surgical, hospitalization, dental and visual insurance coverage.  The Company will pay all expenses for these insurance program(s) or plan(s).

11.TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

(a)Termination by the Company for Cause.  At any time after learning of an event constituting Cause, the Company may elect to give the Executive written notice of its intention to terminate for Cause, specifying in such notice the event forming the basis for Cause.  Termination shall be effective immediately upon delivery of notice hereunder.  In the event the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, the Executive shall be entitled only to:

(i)Base Salary, at the rate in effect at the time of termination, accrued and payable through the date of termination of employment;

(ii)reimbursement for expenses incurred but not yet reimbursed by the Company; and

(iii)any other compensation and benefits accrued and to which the Executive is entitled under applicable plans, programs and agreements of the Company as of the date of termination of employment.

The Executive’s entitlement to the foregoing shall be without prejudice to the right of the Company to claim or sue for any damages or other legal or equitable remedy to which the Company may be entitled as a result of such Cause; provided, however, that offset shall not be available to the Company in any event.

(b)Termination by Notice.  Both the Company and the Executive may terminate this Agreement (which shall not include a termination pursuant to Section 11(a)) by serving twelve (12) months written notice or payment in lieu of notice by paying twelve (12) months base salary at the rate in effect at the time of termination. Both parties may choose to give partial notice and partial payment in lieu of notice.

(c)Garden Leave.  The Company may elect to put the Executive on Garden Leave during part or all of the twelve (12) months notice period.  During Garden Leave, the Executive is not required to report to work regularly but continues to enjoy full staff benefits and is required to abide by all rules and regulations of a full time employee, including the provision that the Executive will not provide any services for another organization as an employee or director, or participate in, contribute to, or give advice as a consultant, representative, partner, principal, stockholder or agent, to any organization without the express written consent of the Company.

(b)Nature of Payments.  Any amounts due the Executive under the Agreement in the event of any termination of employment with the Company are in the nature of severance payments, or liquidated damages which contemplate both direct damages and consequential damages that the Executive may suffer as a result of the termination of employment, or both, and are not in the nature of a penalty.

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12.TERMINATION OBLIGATIONS

(a)Personal Property.  Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that all personal property, including, without limitation, all emails, reports, books, manuals, records, notes, contracts, lists, blueprints, and other documents, or materials, or hard or soft copies thereof, and equipment furnished to or prepared by Executive in the course of or incidental to him performing his duties hereunder, including, without limitation, records and any other materials, belonging to the Company or any Affiliated Companies shall be promptly returned to the Company or such Affiliated Company (as the case may be) upon termination of the Agreement.  Delete of the Company’s documents including but not limited to emails, business proposals, contracts, from the Company’s assigned computers including desk tops and lap tops without the Company’s consent is considered a violation of this clause and a breach of this Agreement.

(b)Results of Termination.  Upon termination of the Executive’s employment, this Agreement and employment of the Executive shall be wholly terminated with the exception of the Sections and Exhibits specifically contemplated to continue in full force as set forth in Sections 13, 14, 15 & 16 below.  The Executive agrees and acknowledges that upon termination or resignation of the Executive’s employment pursuant to Section 11, Executive shall immediately resign from any director’s or officer’s position which Executive may hold with the Company or Affiliated Companies, if any.

13.COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE

In the event of a termination of this Agreement, the Executive shall not, engage in competition with the Company or Affiliated Company or Companies.  For purposes of this Section 13, the Executive shall be engaging in competition with the Company if the Executive engages in (i) the leasing of slot machines to hotels and casinos in Asia Pacific, (ii) manufacture of playing card shufflers, playing card readers and/or playing card deck setters in geography where the Company is engaging in business at the time of the termination of the Executive’s employment, whether as an employee, executive, partner, principal, agent, representative, stockholder or consultant (other than as a holder of not more than a 10% equity interest) or in any other corporate or any capacity, so long as the Company is engaged in business in the location in question.

14.COVENANTS TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

The Executive shall not, during the Term of Employment or anytime thereafter, without prior written consent of the Company, divulge, publish or otherwise disclose to any other person any Confidential Information regarding the Company or Affiliated Company or Companies except in the course of carrying out the Executive’s responsibilities on behalf of the Company (e.g., providing information to the Company’s attorneys, accountants, bankers, etc.) or if required to do so pursuant to the order of a court having jurisdiction over the subject matter or a summons, subpoena or order in the nature thereof of any legislative body (including any committee thereof and any litigation or dispute resolution method against the Company related to or arising out of this Agreement) or any governmental or administrative agency.  For this purpose, Confidential Information shall include, but is not limited to, the Company’s financial position and results of operations, trades secrets and Intellectual Property, products and product development plans, marketing and promotional plans and strategies, customer lists and customer data bases.  Confidential Information does not include information that is generally available to the public other than through a breach of the Agreement on the part of the Executive.

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15.NON-SOLICITATION

Except with the prior written consent of the Company, Executive shall not solicit customers, clients, or employees of the Company, Affiliated Company or Companies or any of its affiliates for a period of twelve (12) months after the date of the expiration or termination of this Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Executive will not, for a period of twelve (12) months after the date of the expiration or termination of this Agreement, willfully canvas or solicit any such business in competition with the business of the Company from any customers of the Company with whom Executive had contact during, or of which Executive had knowledge solely as a result of, his performance of services for the Company pursuant to this Agreement.  Executive will not, for a period of twelve (12) months after the date of the expiration or termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly request, induce or advise any customers of the Company with whom Executive had contact during the term of this Agreement to withdraw, curtail or cancel their business with the Company.  Executive will not, for a period of twelve (12) months after the date of the expiration or termination of this Agreement, induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company to terminate his/her employment with the Company.

16.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

If Executive writes, designs, develops, or produces Material(s) at any time during the term of employment all Intellectual Property Rights or proprietary rights of those Material(s) shall nevertheless belong to the Company and/or Affiliated Company.  Those rights will continue to be vested in and belong to the Company or Affiliated Companies regardless of the termination of this Agreement.

17.REMEDIES

(a)Executive acknowledges and agrees that immediate and irreparable harm, for which damages would be an inadequate remedy, would occur in the event any of the provisions of Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16 of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached.  Accordingly, Executive agrees that Company shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of such provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof without the necessity of proving actual damages or securing or posting any bond or providing prior notice, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled at law or equity.

(b)Nothing herein contained is intended to waive or diminish any rights Company may have at law or in equity at any time to protect and defend its legitimate property interests (including its business relationship with third parties), the foregoing provisions being intended to be in addition to and not in derogation or limitation of any other rights the Company may have at law or equity.

(c)Executive shall have no rights, remedies or claims for damages, at law, in equity or otherwise with respect to any termination of Executive’s employment by the Company other than as set forth in Section 8 of this Agreement.

18.REPRESENTATION

The Company and the Executive respectively represent and warrant to each other that each respectively is fully authorized and empowered to enter into the Agreement and that their entering into the Agreement and the performance of their respective obligations under the Agreement will not violate any agreement between the Company or the Executive respectively and any other person, firm or organization or any law or governmental regulation.

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19.ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, discussions, negotiations and undertakings, whether written or oral, between the Parties.  This Agreement is personal to the Executive and neither Party may deal with any obligation or the benefit of this Agreement in any way, whether by assignment, license, sub-contract, or otherwise, without the other Party’s prior written consent.

20.AMENDMENT OR WAIVER

This Agreement cannot be changed, modified or amended without the consent in writing of both the Executive and the Company.  No waiver by either Party at any time of any breach by the other Party of any condition or provision of the Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of a similar or dissimilar condition or provision at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  Any waiver must be in writing and signed by the Executive or an authorized officer of the Company, as the case may be.

21.SEVERABILITY

The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable and the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect, impair or render unenforceable this Agreement or any other provision hereof, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.  If any provision of this Agreement is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable, but such provision may be made enforceable by a limitation or reduction of its scope, the Parties agree to abide by such limitation or reduction as may be necessary so that said provision shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.  The Parties further intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the covenants contained in Sections 12(a), 13, 14, 15 and 16 (the “Restrictive Covenants”) upon the courts of any jurisdiction within the geographical scope of such Restrictive Covenants.  If the courts of any one or more of such jurisdictions hold any Restrictive Covenant unenforceable by reason of the breadth of such scope or otherwise, it is the intention of the Company and Executive that such determination not bar or in any way affect the right of the Company to the relief provided for in this section in the courts of any other jurisdiction within the geographical scope of such Restrictive Covenant as to breaches of such Restrictive Covenant in such other respective jurisdictions (such Restrictive Covenant as it relates to each jurisdiction being, for this purpose, severable into diverse and independent covenants).

22.SURVIVAL

The respective rights and obligations of the Parties shall survive any termination of this Agreement to the extent necessary to the intended preservation of such rights and obligations.

23.GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the law of Macau, disregarding any principles of conflicts of law that would otherwise provide for the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction.  The Parties each hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction and venue of the  courts of Macau and agrees not to object to the jurisdiction of a Macanese court because it is an inconvenient forum.

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24.SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

Except for equitable actions seeking to enforce the provisions of Sections 12(a), 13, 14, 15 and 16 of this Agreement which may be brought by a court in any competent jurisdiction, in the event a dispute, claim or controversy arises between the parties relating to the validity, interpretation, performance, termination or breach of this Agreement, (collectively, a “Dispute”), the Parties agree to hold a meeting regarding the Dispute, attended by individuals with decision-making authority, to attempt in good faith to negotiate a resolution of the Dispute prior to pursuing other available remedies.  If, within thirty (30) days after such meeting or after good faith attempts to schedule such a meeting have failed, the Parties have not succeeded in negotiating a resolution of the Dispute; the Dispute shall be resolved through final and binding arbitration to be held in Macau in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Macau Arbitration Association.  The prevailing party in such proceeding shall be entitled to recover the costs of the arbitration from the other party, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees.

25.INTERPRETATION

In this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise; (i) a word or expression in the singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular; (ii) words of one gender include all genders; (iii) words importing persons includes all bodies and associations, corporate or unincorporated; and (iv) a reference to this Agreement includes the Exhibit(s) attached to this Agreement.  No provision of this Agreement will be construed in favor of or against any Party by reason of the extent to which any such Party, its affiliates or their respective employees or attorney participated in the drafting thereof.

26.COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

27.TAXES

All monies payable is stated in gross amounts and shall be subject to such withholding taxes and other taxes as may be required by the applicable law.

28.ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Executive acknowledges that he/she has been given a reasonable period of time to study this Agreement before signing it and has had an opportunity to secure counsel of his/her own.  The Executive certifies that he/she has fully read and completely understands the terms, nature, and effect of this Agreement.  The Executive further acknowledges that he/she is executing this Agreement freely, knowingly, and voluntarily and that the Executive’s execution of this Agreement is not the result of any fraud, duress, mistake, or undue influence whatsoever.  In executing this Agreement, the Executive does not rely on any inducements, promises, or representations by the Company other than that which is stated in this Agreement.  The Executive further agrees that he will execute another agreement having identical terms hereto (with the exception of this Section 28 with ELIXIR GAMING TECHNOLOGIES (MACAU) LIMITED (the “Macau Corporation”) with a view to superseding this Agreement as soon as the Macau Corporation has been duly incorporated under the laws of Macau.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed the Agreement as of the date first written above.

For and on behalf of the Company	The Executive
Name:	Gordon Tien Yau Yuen
Position:

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