Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 1, 2011, Gaming Partners International Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing a program to repurchase up to five percent (5%), or approximately 410,000 shares, of the Company's outstanding common stock. Repurchases will be made from time to time in open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The timing and amount of share repurchases will be determined by the Company's management based on its evaluation of market conditions, the trading price of the stock, applicable legal requirements, and other factors, subject to periodic approval of the Board of Directors. This program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock or to acquire shares within any particular timetable and the program may be suspended at any time at the Company's discretion. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated December 1, 2011.

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