LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Walter G.

DeSocio, Michael K. Prescott, Denise M. Ogilvie and Robert A. Arena, or

each of them (the "Authorized Persons"), as the undersigned's true and

lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to:


(1)	execute
and file on the undersigned's behalf all Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any
amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
GTECH Holdings
Corporation (the "Company"), with the United States
Securities and Exchange
Commission, any stock exchange or similar
authority, as considered
necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time (the "Exchange
Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the
undersigned's representative and
on the undersigned's behalf, information
on transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including
brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any
such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and
approves and ratifies any such release
of information; and


(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the
discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on
behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The
undersigned
acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes,
but does
not require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on

information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent

verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared
and/or
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to
this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain
such
information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her

discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company
nor
such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's

responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)
any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such

requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for

profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and



(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from

responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby
gives and
grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as
fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present,
hereby ratifying all that such attorneys-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of
the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney
shall remain in
full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of or
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorneys-in-fact.



_/s/Cornelia H. Laverty__________

						Signature


____Cornelia H. Laverty__________
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 ___March
14, 2006_______________			Date