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                                                                  Exhibit 4.3(i)


                                FOURTH AMENDMENT
                               TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

         This Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Amendment") is entered
into this 3rd day of October, 2001, by and between FIFTH THIRD BANK, an Ohio
banking corporation (the "Bank") and INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Borrower").

         WHEREAS, Bank and Borrower entered into that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of January 25, 2001, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated January 25, 2001, as amended by the Second Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated April 12, 2001, as amended by Third Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated May 31, 2001 (as amended, the "Agreement");

         WHEREAS, Bank and Borrower desire to amend the Agreement, pursuant to
the terms and conditions set forth herein.

         NOW THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree
as follows:

         1.   AMENDMENTS.

         (a)  Section 5, Subsection 5.13 of the Agreement is hereby amended and
         restated in its entirety as follows:

         5.13 MINIMUM TANGIBLE NET WORTH. Borrower will not permit its Tangible
         Net Worth to be less than the amounts set forth below on the dates set
         forth below:

         Date                                                 Minimum Amount

         9/30/01                                              $14,053,000
         12/31/01                                             $15,578,000
         3/31/02                                              $15,587,000
         6/30/02                                              $16,174,000
         9/30/02                                              $16,801,000
         12/31/02                                             $16,657,000
         3/31/03                                              $17,162,000
         6/30/03                                              $17,404,000
         9/30/03                                              $17,436,000
         12/31/03                                             $17,436,000
         3/31/04                                              $17,436,000

         (b)  The following definitions set froth on Exhibit A to the Agreement
         are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

         "Funded Debt" means the sum of Borrower's Obligations to Bank or any
         other lender or financial institution for borrowed money, including
         capitalized leases, and Subordinated Debt, and the total amount of
         outstanding debt of Borrower incurred in acquiring the assets of
         On-Point (excluding the $9,000,000 seller note), as reflected on
         Borrower's balance sheet, plus the following amounts as determined at
         the close of the calendar quarters set forth below:

                  CALENDAR QUARTER                   ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS
                  ----------------                   -----------------------
                  June 30, 2001                               $8,750,000.00
                  September 30, 2001                          $8,300,000.00
                  December 31, 2001                           $7,850,000.00
                  March 31, 2002                              $7,400,000.00
                  June 30, 2002                               $6,950,000.00
                  September 30, 2002                          $6,500,000.00
                  December 31, 2002                           $6,050,000.00

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                  March 31, 2003                              $5,600,000.00
                  June 30, 2003                               $5,150,000.00
                  September 30, 2003                          $4,700,000.00
                  December 31, 2003                           $4,250,000.00
                  March 31, 2004                              $3,800,000.00

         "Indebtedness" means (a) all items (except items of capital stock, of
         capital surplus, of general contingency reserves or of retained
         earnings, deferred income taxes, and amount attributable to minority
         interests, if any) which in accordance with generally accepted
         accounting principles would be included in determining total
         liabilities on a consolidated basis as shown on the liability side of a
         balance sheet as at the date as of which Indebtedness is to be
         determined, (b) all indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien
         or conditional sale or other title retention agreement to which any
         property or asset owned or held is subject, whether or not the
         indebtedness secured thereby will have been assumed (excluding
         non-capitalized leases which ay amount to title retention agreements
         but including capitalized leases), (c) all indebtedness of others which
         Borrower or any Subsidiary has directly or indirectly guaranteed,
         endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary
         course of business), discounted or sold with recourse or agreed
         (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or repurchase or otherwise
         acquire, or in respect of which Borrower or any Subsidiary has agreed
         to apply or advance funds (whether by way of loan, stock purchase,
         capital contribution or otherwise) or otherwise to become directly or
         indirectly liable and (d) the following amounts as determined at the
         close of the calendar quarters set forth below:

                  CALENDAR QUARTER                   ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS
                  ----------------                   -----------------------
                  June 30, 2001                               $8,750,000.00
                  September 30, 2001                          $8,300,000.00
                  December 31, 2001                           $7,850,000.00
                  March 31, 2002                              $7,400,000.00
                  June 30, 2002                               $6,950,000.00
                  September 30, 2002                          $6,500,000.00
                  December 31, 2002                           $6,050,000.00
                  March 31, 2003                              $5,600,000.00
                  June 30, 2003                               $5,150,000.00
                  September 30, 2003                          $4,700,000.00
                  December 31, 2003                           $4,250,000.00
                  March 31, 2004                              $3,800,000.00



         2.   REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF BORROWER. To induce
Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower represents and warrants as follows:

         (a)  The representations and warranties of Borrower contained in
              Section 3 of the Agreement are deemed to have been made again
              on and as of the date of execution of this Agreement, and are
              true and correct as of the date of execution hereof.

         (b)  The person executing this Amendment is a duly elected and
              acting officer of Borrower and is duly authorized by the Board
              of Directors of Borrower to execute and deliver this Amendment
              on behalf of Borrower.

         3.   CONDITIONS. Bank's obligations under this Agreement are
subject to the following conditions:

         (a)  Borrower has executed and delivered to Bank this Fourth
              Amendment to Credit Agreement.




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          (b)  The representations and warranties of Borrower in Section 2
               hereof shall be true and correct on the date of execution of this
               Amendment.

          (c)  Borrower has executed and delivered to Bank the Borrower's
               Certificate attached hereto.

          4.   GENERAL.

          (a)  Except as expressly modified hereby, the Agreement remains
               unaltered and in full force and effect. Borrower acknowledges
               that Bank has made no oral representations to Borrower with
               respect to the Agreement and this Amendment thereto and that all
               prior understandings between the parties are merged into this
               Agreement as amended by this writing. All Loans outstanding on
               the date of execution of this Amendment shall be considered for
               all purposes to be Loans outstanding under the Agreement as
               amended by this Amendment.

          (b)  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein will have
               the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

          (c)  This Amendment shall be considered an integral part of the
               Agreement, and all references to the Agreement in the Agreement
               itself or any document referring thereto shall, on and after the
               date of execution of this Amendment, be deemed to be references
               to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

          (d)  This Amendment will be binding upon and inure to the benefits of
               Borrower and Bank and their respective successors and assigns.

          (e)  All representations, warranties and covenants made by Borrower
               herein will survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

          (f)  This Amendment will, in all respects, be governed and construed
               in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.

          (g)  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
               of which will be deemed an original and all of which together
               constitute one and the same instrument.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and Bank have executed this Amendment by
their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

                                             INTERLOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                             By:_______________________________


                                             Its:______________________________


                                             FIFTH THIRD BANK


                                             By:_______________________________


                                             Its:______________________________