Exhibit
10.22  SIXTH
AMENDMENT TO
HADDRILL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT  This Sixth Amendment to the Employment Agreement
(the Sixth Amendment) is made and entered into as of December 30, 2008
(the Effective Date), by and between Bally Technologies, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the Company), and Richard Haddrill (Haddrill).  WHEREAS, the Company and Haddrill are parties to
that certain Employment Agreement dated as of June 30, 2004, as amended on
December 22, 2004, June 13, 2005, June 20, 2006, February 13,
2008, and October 22, 2008 (as amended, the Employment Agreement)
pursuant to which Haddrill is employed as the Companys Chief Executive
Officer; and  WHEREAS, the Company and Haddrill desire to amend
the Employment Agreement in accordance with and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Sixth Amendment;  NOW THEREFORE, on the basis of the foregoing
premises and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained
herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:  1.The Company and
Haddrill agree that Section 4(c) of the Employment Agreement is
deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:  (c)Club Initiation Fee. Payment of the initiation
fee to the golf or country club of Haddrills choice, in the Las Vegas, Nevada,
area, subject to approval by the Board of Directors. To the extent Haddrill
pays such fees directly and is subsequently reimbursed by the Company, any such
reimbursement shall be made by the last day of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the fee was incurred, and the fees eligible for
reimbursement in any one calendar year shall not affect the fees eligible for
reimbursement in any other calendar year.  2.The Company and
Haddrill agree that Section 5 of the Employment Agreement is deleted in
its entirety and replaced by the following:  5.Business and other Expenses. The Company
shall reimburse Haddrill for reasonable business expenses (including
first-class commercial air travel, as appropriate) in accordance with the
Companys business expense policy. Any reimbursement made by the Company
pursuant to this paragraph 5 shall be made by the last day of the calendar year
following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred, and the expenses
eligible for reimbursement in any one calendar year shall not affect the
expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year.  3.The Company and
Haddrill agree that Section 7 of the Employment Agreement is hereby
amended by adding the following new Section 7(g) to read as following:


(g)Termination of Employment. For all
purposes of (i) this Employment Agreement and (ii) any award of
Restricted Stock Units to Haddrill (whether or not referred to in this
Employment Agreement) if such award constitutes a deferral of compensation
within the scope of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A, termination, termination
of employment, and any phrase of similar meaning shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Treas. Reg. section 1.409A-1(h)(1).  4.The Company and
Haddrill agree that Section 8(d)(i) of the Employment Agreement is deleted
in its entirety and replaced by the following:  (d)(i) Upon a Change of Control, as hereinafter
defined, (A) the Company shall pay to Haddrill $980,000, and (B) Haddrill
shall be entitled to retain the rights granted hereunder to (1) all of the
Restricted Stock Units and Additional Restricted Stock Units granted to him
irrespective of the vesting schedules or distribution provisions set forth on
Schedules B and B-1, respectively hereof; provided that he shall not be entitled
to receive a distribution of the shares represented by the Restricted Stock
Units or the Additional Restricted Stock Units until the first date on which
the Company reasonably anticipates, or should reasonably anticipate, that if
the distribution is made on such date, the deduction of such payment will not
be barred by application of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code (the Code), and (2) all of the Options and Additional Options
granted to him irrespective of the vesting schedules set forth in Schedules A
and A-1, respectively, hereof, and all such Restricted Stock Units, Additional
Restricted Stock Units, Options and Additional Options shall vest immediately.
Notwithstanding paragraphs 8(a) through (c), upon a Change of Control the
Company shall have no further obligations under this Agreement other than as
set forth in this paragraph 8(d). For purposes of this paragraph 8(d), a Change
of Control shall mean: (i) the date any unaffiliated person, entity or
group (as defined in Treas. Reg. 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) (a Third Party)
acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the
most recent acquisition by such person or persons), directly or indirectly,
ownership of Company stock having more than 50% of the combined voting power of
the Companys then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors; (ii) consummation of a reorganization, merger
or consolidation of the Company; (iii) the date a Third Party acquires,
directly or indirectly, ownership of a substantial portion of the Companys
assets equal to or more than 50% of the total gross fair market value (as
defined in Treas. Reg. 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)) of all of the assets of the Company
immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions; or (iv) the date a
majority of members of the Companys Board of Directors (together with any
directors elected or nominated by a majority of such members) is replaced
during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not
endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors before the date
of the appointment or election; except that any event or transaction which
would be a Change of Control under clauses (ii) or (iii) of this
definition shall not be a Change of Control if persons who were the equity
holders of the Company immediately prior to such event or transaction (other
than the acquirer in the case of a reorganization, merger or consolidation),
immediately thereafter, beneficially own more than 50% of the combined voting
power of the Third Partys or the reorganized, merged or consolidated companys
then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors. The foregoing definition of Change of Control is intended to be
consistent with the requirements for a change in control  2


event that are set forth in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5) and shall
be interpreted in a manner consistent with that intent.  5.The Company and
Haddrill agree that Section 8(e) of the Employment Agreement is deleted
in its entirety and replaced by the following:  (e)The payment to Haddrill of any amounts pursuant to
this paragraph 8 shall be conditioned upon the execution by Haddrill and the Company
of a mutual release agreement providing for the release of all claims against
the Company and Haddrill, respectively, except for claims arising under or in
connection with such mutual release agreement; provided further, that such
payments under this paragraph 8 shall be made only if such mutual release
agreement is agreed upon and executed by Haddrill and the Company no later than
sixty (60) days following the date of termination of employment or the date of
a Change of Control.  6.The Company and
Haddrill agree that Section 8 of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the following new Section 8(f) to read as follows:  (f)Six-Month Delay for Payments to Specified Employee. If Haddrill
is a Specified Employee (as defined below) as of the date of his termination of
employment under this Agreement, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, any payment to Haddrill following a termination of employment
described in paragraph 7(b), paragraph 7(c) and paragraph 7(f) will
be accumulated (the Accumulated Amount) and Haddrills right to receive
payment or distribution of such Accumulated Amount will be delayed until the
earlier of Haddrills death or the first day of the seventh month following
Haddrills termination of employment (the Termination Payment Date),
whereupon the Accumulated Amount will be paid or distributed to Haddrill and
the normal payment or distribution schedule for any remaining payments or
distributions will resume. During the period during which the payment of the
Accumulated Amount is delayed pursuant to Code Section 409A, such amount
will be set aside in a rabbi trust (within the meaning of Internal Revenue
Service Revenue Procedure 92-64) established by the Company for purposes of
holding the funds constituting the Accumulated Amount. Such funds shall be
invested in short-term U.S. Government obligations until the Termination
Payment Date, and an amount equal to the interest earned on obligations held by
the rabbi trust shall be paid to Haddrill on the Termination Payment Date or,
if later, the date the Termination Payment is actually paid to Haddrill.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term Specified
Employee has the meaning given such term in Code Section 409A and the
final regulations thereunder (Final 409A Regulations), provided, however,that, as permitted in
the Final 409A Regulations, the Companys Specified Employees and its
application of the six-month delay rule of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) shall
be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the Board of Directors
or a committee thereof, which shall be applied consistently with respect to all
nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements of the Company, including this
Agreement.  3


7.Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Employment Agreement, if Haddrill ceases to be
employed with the Company on or before December 31, 2008, this Sixth
Amendment shall not affect any deferred compensation (within the meaning of
Code Section 409A) that would otherwise be payable to Haddrill in 2008.  [signatures on next page]  4


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Haddrill have
duly executed this Sixth Amendment as of the date first above written.   BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.By:
  /s/ Mark LernerName:
  MARK LERNER, SecretaryTitle:/s/ Richard HaddrillRICHARD HADDRILL  5