UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):   December 1, 2006

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

 

0-4281

 

88-0104066

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

6601 S. Bermuda Rd.

 

 

 

89119

Las Vegas, Nevada

 

 

 

(Zip Code)

(Address of principal executive
offices)

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (702) 584-7700

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Item 5.02.                                          Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(d)           On December 1, 2006, Bally Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), announced that Mr. Robert L. Guido has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors to fill a vacancy on the Board.  Mr. Guido, who has been affirmatively determined by the Company’s Board of Directors to be an independent director, will also serve on the Company’s Audit Committee.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits

99.1         Press release issued by the Company, dated December 1, 2006.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

By:

/s/ Robert C. Caller

 

 

Robert C. Caller

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Dated:  December 4, 2006

 

 

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