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

On May 7, 2008, Patrick Olson, age 42, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") as a Class I director, whose term shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2007. Mr. Olson was also appointed to the Audit Committee and to the Compensation Committee of the Company. Mr. Olson was simultaneously elected to the Board of Directors of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Cash Access, Inc.

Mr. Olson is a Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc., a global investment management and risk management firm where he is responsible for investments of that firm's proprietary capital and where he has been employed since 2005. Prior to that, he was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch for eight years, where he was a Managing Director and Head of the Business and Information Services Investment Banking practice, with a particular focus on the payments industry.

In connection with his appointment to the Board of Directors of the Company, Mr. Olson will receive an option to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to the Company's 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, at an exercise price of $5.93 per share. Subject to Mr. Olson's continuous service to the Company, which includes service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, one-eighth of the shares subject to the option shall vest after six months of service, and the remainder will vest ratably in equal monthly installments over the succeeding forty-two months, provided, however, that the option will vest in its entirety upon a change of control in the Company. In addition, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, Mr. Olson is expected to receive an annual fee of $20,000, an additional annual fee of $5,000 for his service as a member of the Audit Committee of the Company, and an additional annual fee of $5,000 for his service as a member of the Compensation Committee.

On May 7, 2008, Karim Maskatiya resigned from the Board of Directors and the office of Co-Chairman in order to pursue personal interests that he believes he can better pursue in a manner that is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders after resigning from the Board of Directors. Concurrent with Mr. Maskatiya's resignation, director E. Miles Kilburn was appointed to the office of sole Chairman.

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