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25 May 2006 07:01

ukbetting PLC25 May 2006 25 May 2006 ukbetting plc Oddschecker launches in Germany ahead of the World Cup TEAMtalk Media, a division of ukbetting plc, is pleased to announce thatOddschecker, the UK's largest odds comparison site, will be launching a newGerman language site, oddschecker.de, to cater for World Cup betting fans in thehost country. The site will cover all major European football action, inaddition to the full range of World Cup markets. The launch in Germany is Oddschecker's first step in its plans to expandoverseas. During the remainder of 2006 it intends to become fully multilingualand to extend the range of sports and bookmakers covered to cater for a worldwide audience. The service will initially be offered to current affiliates, both bookmakers andexchanges, who cater for the German audience, and will extend to furtherEuropean partners ahead of the new football season. David Annat, Managing Director of TEAMtalk Media, said: "Oddschecker is hugely popular with English speaking betting fans and has grownfrom strength to strength over the past year, adding mobile, casino and pokercomparison services, but there is a vast market for odds comparison servicesoutside of the UK that is still virgin territory for us. "Football presents a big opportunity but we aim to cover markets in horseracing, tennis, golf, boxing and an extended coverage of American as well asniche sports which are becoming increasingly popular in Europe and the Far East." This move follows a record level of UK activity. During the CheltenhamFestival, traffic to the Oddschecker site doubled on 2005 figures with 7.5million page impressions in 4 days. In April over 400,000 customers visited thesite and generated over half a million bets. -ends- For more information, contact: ukbetting plc 020 7766 6909 Peter Dubens, Chairman Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 Edward Bridges / Juliet Clarke / Hannah Sloane About ukbetting plc:ukbetting plc (AIM: UKB.L) is the UK's leading online gaming and sports contentoperator. Listing on the Alternative Investment Market in August 2001,ukbetting has since pursued an active acquisitive strategy and now owns andoperates ten sports content sites (sportinglife.com, sportal.com,bettingzone.co.uk, TEAMtalk.com, www.rivals.net, www.football365.com,www.planetrugby.com, www.planetf1.com, www.golf365.com and www.cricket365.com),an odds comparison site (oddschecker.com) and three wagering sites(ukbetting.com, totalbet.com and goldbet.com). Through these sites it ispossible to find in-depth information, and place fixed-odds bets on a variety ofsports including horse racing, football, cricket, rugby, tennis, as well as playpoker, casino and skills based games. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange