BALLY <BLY> UNIT RECOMMENDED FOR CONTEMPT CHARGE
<Dittler Brothers> said a
court-appointed auditor has recommended that Bally
Manufacturing Corp's Scientific Games Inc subsidiary should be
held in contempt of the Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia
as a result of alleged violation of a court order.
    It said the auditor has also recommended that Scientific
Games by fined the maximum amount permissible in Georgia for
allegedly violating the order.
    Dittler is a lottery ticket printer that has been involed
in extensive litigation with competitor Scientific Games.  The
contempt recommendation involves Scientific;s bidding for a
contract to print Pennsylvania lottery tickets and allegedly
printing the tickets without authorization by the court, as
required by previous court orders.
    Dittler said it will pursue allegations of fraud against
Scientific and will also ask the Pennsylvania attorney general
to investigate a potential violation by Scientific of a
Pennsylvania statute prohibiting false written statements to
public officials that carries a maximum penalty of two years in
jail.
 Reuter
