Exhibit 32.1


                           GTECH HOLDINGS CORPORATION

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                        18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED
                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection  with  Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly  Report of GTECH  Holdings
Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q/A for the period ending August 28, 2004
as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the
"Report"),  I, W. Bruce  Turner,  President and Chief  Executive  Officer of the
Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to
section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:


1.   The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.





Date: November 15, 2004                   /s/ W. Bruce Turner
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                                          W. Bruce Turner
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer