Gaming equipment supplier Scientific Games will be paying a $151.5-million penalty after losing in an antitrust case against four companies.

The amount is significantly lower than the $315 million, plus attorney’s fees and costs, a federal court had originally ordered the company to pay last August.

The plaintiffs included Shuffle Tech International, which argued that Scientific Games’ “sham patent litigation” against competitors had kept others from bringing other card shufflers to the market.

The company’s Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice-President James Sottile, through a press release, said, “While we firmly believe that the jury decision was wrong, we are pleased with the outcome of the settlement and that this matter will be resolved for good.”