Game Show America Signs Production
and Live Tour Deal for New
Game Show “Shuffle Up and Deal”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BARABOO, WI–(09/28/09) - Game Show America, LLC, the largest independent game show production company in the United States, announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with Oates Media Group to design and build the set and game show software for Oates Media Group’s “Shuffle Up and Deal” game show.

Shuffle Up and Deal is the first “family friendly” poker themed game show. Unlike the typical poker shows on the air today, which feature professional dealers, dealing cards to professional players, unaffordable buy-ins and slow play, “Shuffle Up and Deal” is a fast-paced game show where contestants pit their luck, intuition and skill, against each other.

In each episode, amateur poker players choose their own cards from an over-sized electronic board, and the turn of each card either helps the contestant’s hand or destroys their chances of winning. The main objective of the game is to finish with the largest amount of cash winnings amongst the 5 contestants. The one that advances to the bonus round plays for a progressive jackpot that seeds at $250,000 and goes up ten thousand dollars for every day it is not hit.  The jackpot will eventually top out at 1 million dollars.

Shuffle Up and Deal will also feature an interactive component where home viewers are invited to play the “Follow the Ace” game, in which they enter, via their home phone or cellular telephone keypad, which of five “shuffled” cards they believe is the Ace of Spades. Those who select the right card number are entered into a random drawing, to win a $10,000 prize.

Game Show America will provide technical staff for each episode and will also produce a “Shuffle Up and Deal” LIVE, a live tour that will be featured in shopping malls, theaters, conference centers, and casinos across the country.

Oates Media Group and Game Show America are working with ValCom Inc., a leader in media technology who will produce and distribute Oates Media Group’s “Shuffle Up and Deal” televised version of the game show.  ValCom will provide pre-production, production and post-production services for Shuffle Up and Deal.  In addition, ValCom will act as the distributor of the televised program.

“We are more than thrilled to work with Matt and his great team at Game Show America to spread this fun-filled game across America,” says Dewey Oates, of Oates Media Group.

About Game Show America, LLC

Since its inception in 1996, Game Show America has produced game shows in 35 of the 50 states, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. GSA’s development team has designed software and electronics for a number of television production companies including Game Show Network, FremantleMedia, and 51 Minds Entertainment.  GSA has also worked with numerous celebrities including Alan Thicke (Growing Pains), John O’Hurley (Seinfeld and Family Feud), Bob Eubanks (The Newlywed Game), and Ross Shafer (Match Game).  Visit: www.gsapro.com

About Oates Media Group

Located in Los Angeles, CA., Oates Media Group is a game show production company specializing in poker game show development.  Oates Media Group was started in 2008 by poker veterans Dewey Oates, Brenda Prackup, Robert Turner and Marsha Waggoner.  Visit: www.shuffleuptv.com