Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Resignation of Director

On December 21, 2021, Mr. Jack A. Markell advised Scientific Games Corporation (the "Company") that he will resign from the Company's Board of Directors effective December 31, 2021 to serve as the U.S. Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador. The Company deeply appreciates his service and commitment and wishes him well.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 22, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing that it has withdrawn its previously announced July 15, 2021 offer to acquire the remaining 19% equity interest in SciPlay Corporation that the Company does not currently own in an all-stock merger transaction. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 as well as in Exhibit 99.1 is furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and such information shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company's filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.    Description

   99.1          Press Release of the Company, dated December 22, 2021.

    104        Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are
               embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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