German Casinos Secure with Cross Match Technologies Facial Recognition Solution

Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of
high-quality interoperable biometric identity applications and
solutions, today announced that Casino Esplanade, Spielbank Hamburg's
new casino in Hamburg, Germany, has deployed Cross Match's
FaceSnap/FaceCheck facial recognition system to ensure the safety and
control of casino visitors.

Cross Match's FaceSnap/FaceCheck identification system examines
each visitor individually without direct physical interaction. Special
video cameras gather the facial data of every guest as each enters the
casino and matches the scan with a database to identify potential
threats. Banned gamblers are routinely denied access to the casino
with FaceSnap/FaceCheck, which also acts as a public deterrent to
suspect visitors, promoting the safety of the casino's guests.

"Implementing biometrics has made Casino Esplanade substantially
safer, in addition to helping us identify banned gamblers more
quickly," said Otto Wulferding, managing director of Spielbank
Hamburg. "Cross Match's technology provides us a level of control that
we need, while at the same time giving as much freedom as possible to
all of our guests. The FaceSnap/FaceCheck system makes other
inspections, which may be considered an invasion of privacy, virtually
unnecessary."

Three years ago, Spielbank Hamburg was the first German casino to
install the FaceSnap/FaceCheck system. Today, it's the leading
technology used in each of the country's casinos, including those in
Baden-Wurttemberg and Saxony. Unlike initiatives where supervisory
personnel exclusively monitor for potential threats and banned
gamblers, biometric facial identification systems operate without
fatigue or stress, and maintain the same high standards regardless of
the number of visitors.

"The demand for biometric surveillance systems has increased
exponentially during the last few years," said Dr. Thomas Zielke,
senior vice president of Cross Match Technologies. "There is always
the question of how to monitor visitors in public areas without
significantly limiting access. Identifying the target individuals
without denying entry to the unknown public is the key to success, and
facial recognition is one of the best ways that this can be achieved."

In addition to being used in German casinos, Germany's Federal
Criminal Police Office (BKA) has adopted Cross Match's facial
recognition solution. FaceSnap/FaceCheck has become an integral part
of BKA's unique project, Photo Search Warrant, which was initiated in
October at the main railroad station in Mainz, Germany.

About Cross Match Technologies

Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is a leading global provider of
high-quality interoperable biometric identity applications and
solutions. The company's offerings consist of a range of products,
which are used to capture and process the unique physiological
characteristics of individuals to establish and verify their identity,
such as fingerprint and palm scan devices, document readers and access
control systems, proprietary enterprise and application software, and
services. Cross Match's products are used to conduct criminal
bookings, perform background checks for job applicants, verify
identities at borders and other checkpoints, register citizens for
driver's license and national identification programs, prevent
identity fraud in large-scale government and civil identification
programs, and control access to office buildings, government
facilities and other secure areas. Serving a broad range of vertical
markets including national and US federal government, state and local
government, law enforcement, transportation, financial services,
education, healthcare and commercial, Cross Match has more than 5,000
customers worldwide, with application and solution installations in
more than 50 countries.

More information on Cross Match can be accessed via the company
website at www.crossmatch.com.