Exhibit-10.1GENERAL RELEASE AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENT     THIS GENERAL RELEASE AND SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made effective August 25,2006 between GameTech International, Inc. (“Employer” or the “Company”) and James C. Wilson(“Employee”). Employee was employed by Employer as Chief Financial Officer and Employer haselected to terminate such employment effective close of business August 25, 2006 (the “SeveranceDate”).     For and in consideration of the mutual covenants and consideration set forth herein, theparties agree as follows:1. **Salary; PTO; Other.**On the Severance Date, GameTech shall pay Employee the followingpayments: a. GameTech shall pay Employee all salary earned through the Severance Date;  b. GameTech shall pay Employee $1600.96 for his accrued but unused paid time off(“PTO”). This is the cash equivalent of the 16.65 hours he has accrued but not used, atEmployee’s current salary of $200,000 per year;  c. Proper tax withholdings in accordance with Employee’s Form W-4 form shall bededucted from the above amounts, thus reducing the above-referenced gross amounts tonet figures; and,  d. GameTech shall pay Employee for any outstanding reasonable, ordinary andcustomary business expenses, as may be approved by GameTech. Employee agrees toimmediately provide to GameTech any such expenses not previously submitted to GameTechfor review and approval.2. **Severance Payment.**Assuming that Employee does not revoke this Agreement as provided inSection 9, and that Employee does not violate any of the terms of this Agreement including inparticular Sections 7 and 10-12, GameTech shall pay Employee the following severancepayment(s) according to the terms set forth below. Payment- shall be made in a single lump sumpayment, less all usual and customary non-elective payroll deductions. Employer shall notrender such payments until seven (7) days after Employee has executed this Agreement, to allowfor this release to become effective and binding on both parties as provided in Section 9.However, after the expiration of the 7 day period, Employer shall make up any payments thatwould have been paid otherwise during the period. a. GameTech shall pay Employee the gross amount of fifty thousand dollars($50,000), which equals three months of Employee’s salary at his current pay rate of$200,000 per year. Proper tax withholdings shall be deducted, thus reducing the abovereferenced gross amount to a net figure.
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 b. GameTech shall pay Employee the gross amount of $925, which equals approximately threemonths of COBRA payments for Employee. Proper tax withholdings shall be deducted, thusreducing the above referenced gross amount to a net figure.3. **Stock Option Grants.**GameTech and Employee acknowledge and agree that Employee’s StockOptions that have vested as of this last day of employment may be exercised. Consistent withany stock option agreement and related documentation between GameTech and Employee, Employeemust exercise these Incentive Stock Options within either 60 days or 6 months after his lastday of employment, as specifically provided for in the particular grant. 4. **Return of Equipment**. On or before the Severance Date, Employee will return all Employer’skeys, parking passes, credit cards, files, records, documents, plans, drawings,specifications, equipment, pictures, videotapes, and similar items concerning the business ofEmployer, its parent or subsidiary companies, or any related entity, whether prepared byEmployee or otherwise coming into Employee’s possessions or control. 5. **Release of Claims**. In exchange for receipt of the sums referenced in Section 2, Employee, onhis own behalf, and for Employee’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns,does hereby fully and forever release and discharge Employer, its subsidiary corporations andrelated entities, and their shareholders, employees and former employees, agents,directors, officers, attorneys, predecessors, successors, assigns, heirs, executors,administrators, and all other persons, firms, corporations, associations, partnerships, orentities having any legal relationship to any of them, of and from any and all claims,demands, causes of action, charges and grievances, of whatever kind or nature, whether knownor unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which Employee now owns or holds or has at any timebefore the date of his termination owned or held against any of them, including, but notlimited to, any and all claims, charges, demands and causes of actions: (1) which are allegedin, set forth in, arise out of, or are in any way connected with any transactions,occurrences, act of omissions or claims; (2) which arise out of or are in any way connectedwith Employee’s employment with Employer or the termination of Employee’s employment withEmployer; (3) which are related to or concern (i) violations of any local, state or federallaw based on race, sex, age, disability, pregnancy or any other category protected by law,including, but not limited to, the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the OlderWorker’s Benefit Protection Act; (ii) wrongful termination, breach of express andimplied-in-fact contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, intentionaland negligent infliction of emotional distress, defamation, invasion of privacy, breach ofemployment contract, fraud or negligent misrepresentation, intentional interference withcontractual relations and prospective economic advantage, and other torts; (4) any claim forwages, benefits, salary, commissions or bonuses; or (5) which arise out of or are in any wayconnected with any loss, damage or injury whatsoever resulting from any act committed oromission made on or prior to the Employee’s last day of work.   The terms of this Agreement are made for the benefit of each person or entity named above. Itis the intention of the Employee in executing this Agreement that it shall be effective as abar against each and every claim, demand, cause of action, charge or grievance described above(whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, alleged or unalleged, actual orpotential). Employee has had the opportunity to speak with counsel of his choice regarding theeffect of this waiver.   This Agreement, and its performance, does not constitute and shall not be construed as anadmission by Employer, or any of the entities or individuals referred to above, of the truth ofany contested matter or of any liability, any wrongful act, or any omission.
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