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Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries						State or Country of Incorporation
All subsidiaries are wholly owned except as indicated.
Bally Technologies, Inc.						Nevada
Alliance Holding Company						Nevada
	Bally Gaming International, Inc.					Delaware
		Bally Gaming, Inc.				Nevada
			Bally Technologies India Private Limited			India
			BGI Acquisition Company			France
				Bally Gaming and Systems, SAS		France
			BGI Australia Pty. Limited			Australia
			BGI Gaming & Systems, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.			Mexico
			Bally Gaming Africa (Proprietary) Ltd.			South Africa
			Bally Gaming de Puerto Rico, Inc.			Puerto Rico
			Bally Gaming and Systems, S.A.			Uruguay
			Bally Gaming and Systems UK Limited			United Kingdom
				Crown Gaming Limited		United Kingdom
				Honeyframe Cashmaster Limited		United Kingdom
			Bally Gaming Hong Kong Limited			Hong Kong
			Bally Gaming International GmbH			Germany
			Bally Macau Limited			Macau
			CMS, LLC			Mississippi
			Sierra Design Group			Nevada
				Arcade Planet, Inc.		California
					Arcade Prizes, LLC	Nevada
Casino Electronics, Inc.						Nevada
Foreign Gaming Ventures, Inc.						Nevada
	United Gaming Rainbow					Nevada
	Rainbow Casino—Vicksburg Partnership, L.P. (a Mississippi limited partnership)*

*

There is a limited minority interest holder. For further information see Item 1—"Business—Casino Operations."

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Exhibit 21