MATTHEWS, North Carolina - 2 June, 2010: PokerTek, Inc. is pleased to announce the installation of three additional PokerPro tables at Harrah's Cherokee Casino & Hotel in Cherokee, North Carolina. This brings the total number of PokerPro tables to 10, and is the third time that Harrah's Cherokee has ordered tables from PokerTek. The tables have all been moved into a new, state-of-the-art poker room.

'Our new poker room was designed with players in mind,"� said Ron Hager, Director of Table Games for Harrah's Cherokee. "With these additional tables, we are now able to offer an exciting tournament schedule and a larger variety of cash game options, while reducing the wait times for our players."�

"We're excited to add tables to Harrah's Cherokee's new poker room,"� said Mark Roberson, PokerTek's CEO. "The players in this region have shown they love playing PokerPro, and this new poker room rewards them with a premier setting. PokerTek is proud to be a part of the great things happening at Harrah's Cherokee."

Harrah's Cherokee provides the only live poker within 350 miles of Cherokee, NC, a radius that encompasses Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, Knoxville and Chattanooga, TN. The room offers a variety of cash games, including $1/2 No-Limit, $2/5 No-Limit and $3/6 Limit, and a variety of tournaments.

PokerPro tables are cutting-edge electronic gaming devices that play live poker and allow players to play against one another. Players can privately view their hole cards and place bets using their individual screens. The community cards, pot and player table stakes are all displayed on a large center monitor for all players to see.

The expansion of Harrah's Cherokee is currently the largest hospitality expansion project underway in the Southeast and one of the largest in the United States, offering the greatest number of hotel accommodations in the Carolinas. Upon completion in 2012, the 56-acre property will have added a third hotel tower incorporating luxury accommodations and high-end suites, a 3,000-seat events center, entertainment and VIP lounges, 18,000-square-foot spa, all new state-of-the-art digital poker room, Asian gaming room, a variety of new restaurant and retail outlets, and new hotel and casino parking garages. Harrah's Cherokee is also renovating its current casino facilities and doubling the size of its casino floor to 195,000 square feet while increasing video and table game capacity.

Harrah's Cherokee Casino & Hotel is an enterprise of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, located 50 miles west of Asheville at the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Harrah's Cherokee Casino is open 24 hours a day to guests 21 years of age or older. For more information about Harrah's Cherokee, please call (828) 497-7777 or visit www.harrahscherokee.com.

About PokerTek:

PokerTek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK), headquartered in Matthews, NC, develops and markets products for the casino and amusement industries. PokerTek developed PokerPro automated poker tables and related software applications to increase casino revenue, reduce expenses and attract new players into poker rooms by offering interactive poker that is fast, fun and mistake-free. Heads-Up Challenge is a two-player table that allows bars and restaurant patrons to compete head-to-head in various games for amusement purposes, increases earnings for game operators and provides patrons unique and challenging on-site entertainment. Both products are installed worldwide. For more information, please visit the company's website at: www.PokerTek.com



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