Document:

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT
NO. 4 TO LOAN AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 4 to Loan Agreement dated as
of December 14, 2006 (this “Amendment”) is entered into with reference to
the Loan Agreement dated as of September 5, 2003, as amended by that
certain Amendment No. 1 to Loan Agreement dated as of February 18,
2004, that certain Amendment No. 2 to Loan Agreement dated as of
December 10, 2004 and that certain Amendment No. 3 to Loan Agreement
dated as of October 6, 2006 (as so amended, the “Loan Agreement”), among Bally
Technologies Inc., the Lenders, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent,
Banc of America Securities LLC and CIBC World Markets Corp., as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Joint Book Managers, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative
Agent.  Capitalized terms used in this
Amendment and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings set forth
for those terms in the Loan Agreement.

1.             Amendments. 
The Borrower and the Administrative Agent (acting with the consent of
the Requisite Lenders) hereby agree to amend the Loan Agreement as follows:

(a)           The final proviso to
Section 7.1(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read in its entirety as follows:

“;
provided that all such information, reports and certificates for the
Fiscal Year ending on June 30, 2006, together with the Borrower’s annual report
on Form 10-K for such Fiscal Year, shall be delivered on or before
March 15, 2007;”

(b)           The final proviso to Section 7.1(f)
of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:

“;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Borrower’s quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter ending on March 31, 2006 be
delivered later than March 15, 2007;”

(c)           The final sentence Section 7.2
of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:

“For
the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the definitive
Compliance Certificate for the Fiscal Quarter ending on March 31, 2006 shall be
delivered when the Borrower files its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for such
Fiscal Quarter and the Compliance Certificate for the Fiscal Year ending on
June 30, 2006 shall be delivered with the financial statements required under
Section 7.1(b), but in each such case in no event later than
March 15, 2007.”

(d)           The final clause of Section 9.1(c) of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:

“the
Borrower fails to deliver on or before March 15, 2007 any financial
information and certificates required by Sections 7.1(b), 7.1(f) and 7.2 hereof
for the Fiscal Quarter ending on March 31, 2006 and the Fiscal Year ending on
June 30, 2006; or”

 

 

2.             Condition Precedent.  The effectiveness of this Amendment shall be
conditioned upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of
(a) counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower,
(b) written consents hereto executed by the Requisite Lenders in
substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, (c) written
consents hereto executed by each of the Guarantors, (d) an amendment fee
in an amount equal to 0.3125% of the aggregate Commitments of those Lenders
that shall have executed and returned consents in the form of Exhibit A to
the Administrative Agent on or before 5:00 p.m., pacific time, on December 14,
2006, which fee shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to such
consenting Lenders and (e) the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent and BAS in connection with this Amendment.  

3.             Representations and Warranties.  The Borrower represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, as of the date of this Amendment,
(i) after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and remains continuing, and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in
Article IV of the Loan Agreement and in each other Loan Document (except
(A) for representations and warranties which expressly speak as of a particular
date or are no longer true and correct as a result of a change which is
permitted by the Loan Agreement or applicable Loan Document, (B) as disclosed
by the Borrower and approved in writing by the Requisite Lenders, or
(C) for the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 4.4(a), 4.6 (first sentence), 4.11 and 4.18 of the Loan
Agreement) are true and correct as if made on the date hereof.

4.             Confirmation. In all other respects, the terms of
the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents are hereby confirmed.

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

	
  

  	
   

  	
  BALLY TECHNOLOGIES INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
  as Administrative Agent

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

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[Exhibit A to
Amendment]

CONSENT OF LENDER

This Consent of Lender is delivered by the undersigned
Lender to Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, with reference to the
Loan Agreement dated as of September 5, 2003 (the “Loan Agreement”), among
Bally Technologies Inc., the Lenders, Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent
and Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers referred to therein, and Bank
of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. 
Capitalized terms used herein are used with the meanings set forth for
those terms in the Loan Agreement. 

The undersigned is a party to the Loan Agreement and
hereby consents to the execution and delivery of the proposed Amendment
No. 4 to Loan Agreement by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Lenders party to the Loan Agreement, substantially in the form of the draft
presented to the undersigned. 

	
   

  	
   

  
	
  [Name of Lender]

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Title:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

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[Exhibit B to
Amendment]

CONSENT OF
GUARANTORS

This Consent of Guarantors is delivered by the
undersigned with reference to the Loan Agreement dated as of September 5,
2003 (the “Loan Agreement”), among Bally Technologies Inc., the Lenders,
Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent and Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book
Managers referred to therein, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative
Agent.  Capitalized terms used herein are
used with the meanings set forth for those terms in the Loan Agreement.

The undersigned hereby (a) consent to the
execution and delivery of the proposed Amendment No. 4 to Loan Agreement
by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of the
draft presented to the undersigned and (b) represent and warrant to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders that each of the Guaranties and the
Collateral Documents executed by the undersigned remain in full force and
effect in accordance with their respective terms.

	
  

  	
  “Guarantor”

  
	
   

  	
  BALLY GAMING, INC.

  (d/b/a Bally Gaming and Systems),

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  ALLIANCE HOLDING COMPANY,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  BALLY GAMING INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

  a Delaware corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

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  APT GAMES, INC.,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  FOREIGN GAMING VENTURES, INC.,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  LOUISIANA VENTURES, INC.,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  UNITED GAMING RAINBOW,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
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  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  ACSC ACQUISITIONS INC.,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  ADVANCED CASINO SYSTEMS CORPORATION,
 a Delaware corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

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  CMP ACQUISITIONS INC.,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  CASINO MARKETPLACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  DATA CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

  a Nevada corporation

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
  

  	
  Title:

  	
   

  

 

	
  

  	
  CMS, LLC,

  a Mississippi limited liability company

  
	
   

  	
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 B-3Exhibit
10.1

2007
Qwest Management Bonus Plan Summary

Purpose

Qwest
Communications International Inc.’s compensation philosophy is to pay for
performance.  The purpose of this bonus
plan is to tie a portion of each participant’s compensation to corporate goals
and individual achievements.

Eligibility

Except
as set forth below, all Qwest management employees in non-sales-commissioned
positions who are on the payroll during 2007 and who remain on the payroll
until the “close date”, two weeks prior to the bonus pay out date,  are eligible to participate in the 2007 Qwest
Management Bonus Plan.  If a 2007 bonus
is paid, the bonus payout is expected to occur during the first quarter of 2008.

Employees
are ineligible for a bonus if their employment terminates, either voluntarily
or involuntarily, prior to the bonus program close date; if they are hired
after September 30, 2007; if they are on other incentive plans (e.g., sales
compensation plans); if they are rated “Unacceptable” by their supervisor or,
in the discretion of the supervisor, their performance and/or behavior does not
warrant a payout. In addition, occupational employees, interns, contract
employees and temporary employees are ineligible for a bonus.

Bonus Target Percentages

The
target percentage used to calculate the bonus is expressed as a percentage of
base salary. The target percentage varies based on an employee’s job
responsibility and impact on the business.

Bonus Calculation

The bonus payment is based on three measures: Corporate
Performance, Business Unit Performance, and Individual Performance.

Employees in executive, federal relations, finance, legal,
human resources, and public policy, will be measured on Corporate Performance.  Employees in Revenue Generating Business
Units, (business, mass markets, and wholesale); product management and
marketing & communications; network and information technology will be
measured 60 percent on Corporate Performance and 40 percent on their business unit
performance. Corporate, Business Unit and Individual performance will be scored
between 0% -150% for each of the performance measures described below.

1)    Corporate Performance

Corporate Performance is determined by the weighted
average of revenue (25 percent), net income (25 percent), cash flow (30
percent) and imperatives (20 percent). Performance targets for each measure will be established
at the beginning of 2007 and approved by the Board of Directors.

2)             Business
Unit Performance

a.               Revenue
Generating Business Units Performance

Revenue Generating Business Units Performance
is determined by the weighted average of each business unit’s revenue (50
percent), operating results (30 percent), and imperatives (20 percent).  Performance targets for each measure will be established
at the beginning of 2007 and approved by the Board of Directors.

b.               Product Management and Marketing
& Communications Performance

Product Management and Marketing &
Communications Performance is determined by the weighted average of the revenue
(50%) and operating results (30%) from the Revenue Generating Business Units
and their business unit’s imperatives (20%).

Qwest reserves the right to amend or cancel this
plan either retroactively or prospectively or otherwise make adjustments that
it may deem necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion. 

 

c.               Network
and Information Technologies Performance

Network and IT Performance is determined by
the weighted average of capital expenditures (40 percent), operating results
(40 percent), and imperatives (20 percent). 
Performance targets for each measure will be established at the
beginning of 2007 and approved by the Board of Directors.

3)    Individual Performance:

Individual Performance is determined in an evaluation by the supervising manager of
overall employee performance compared to established performance objectives and
behaviors exhibited by the employee compared to Qwest’s brand attributes and
values.  

Individual
bonus awards will be computed by multiplying the weighted result of the
Corporate and Business Unit Performance scores by Individual Performance score.

Each
of the above financial performance targets may be based on non-GAAP measures
including adjustments to the reported GAAP financial statements as determined
at the end of the year and approved by the Board of Directors.  Imperative achievement is based on a
qualitative evaluation of non-financial performance objectives by our CEO.  The Board of Directors will certify
performance attainment and approve payout prior to payout date.  The Board of Directors may consider the
impact of any one time or unusual items in determining the percentage
achievement of any performance target.

Nothing
in the 2007 Qwest Management Bonus Plan is intended to modify the “At-Will”
nature of Qwest employees’ employment. 
All Qwest management employees are employed “At-Will.”  This means either the employee or the company
may terminate the employee’s employment with or without cause at any time, and
without advance notice, procedure or formality.

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