Chicago, Illinois, June 20, 2013 --- Wells-Gardner Electronics Corporation (NYSE MKT: WGA) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, American Gaming & Electronics (AG&E), has received aggregate signed purchase orders for VGT units to be installed throughout the state of Illinois totaling approximately $40 million.

"I am pleased to report that we have received an additional approximate $5 million in VGT orders, bringing to approximately $40 million the total aggregate signed purchase orders received since the inception of the VGT program in the state of Illinois in the third quarter of 2012," said Anthony Spier, Wells-Gardner's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We have shipped approximately $17 million of VGTs to this point and our backlog now stands at over $23 million. We expect this backlog to be converted to shipped orders by the second quarter of 2014, depending on the speed of jurisdictional approvals of bars and other liquor establishments in the state."

About Wells- Gardner Electronics Corporation
Founded in 1925, Wells-Gardner Electronics Corporation is a distributor and manufacturer of color video monitors and other related distribution products for a variety of markets including, but not limited to, gaming machine manufacturers, casinos, coin-operated video game manufacturers and other display integrators.  The Company has most of its LCDs manufactured in Mainland China.  In addition, the Company's American Gaming & Electronics, Inc. subsidiary ("AGE"), a leading parts distributor to the gaming markets, sells parts and services to over 700 casinos in North America with offices in Nevada, New Jersey, Florida and Illinois. AGE is also a licensed distributor of video gaming terminals in Illinois. For additional investor information, please contact Jim Brace-Wells Gardner at (708) 290-2120 or Joseph Diaz, Managing Partner, Lytham Partners, LLC, 602-889-9660.

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