365.L Regulatory News (365)

4 Mar 2005 07:00

ukbetting PLC04 March 2005 4 March 2005 ukbetting plc Launch of casino and poker on Goldbet Expansion into the European market ukbetting plc, (UKB) the online sports content and gaming business, announcesthat the launch of poker and casino onto its European website Goldbet.com,following the success and continued growth of casino and poker business on itsUK-based betting websites, ukbetting.com and totalbet.com. This now means thatall ukbetting plc websites have a full offering of sports betting, poker, casinoand fixed odds games. ukbetting will also now begin to translate parts of its online content networkinto a number of European languages in order to leverage further the uniquenature of ukbetting's customer acquisition model of driving customers from theonline sports network to the gaming websites, and thus broaden the network'sgeographical reach. Peter Dubens, Chairman of ukbetting plc, noted: "Our poker revenue in the UK has benefited from the sportinglife poker newschannel that covers all aspects of the world of poker. This, together with thebreadth of coverage from the rest of our online sports and gaming network, whichwill soon be offered in other European languages, will help build our gamingrevenue in countries outside the UK in a cost effective way." -ends- For more information, contact: ukbetting plc 020 7766 6909Peter Dubens, Chairman Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113Edward Bridges / Juliet Clarke Notes to Editors 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 and TEAMtalk.com, www.rivals.net, www.football365.com,www.planetrugby.com, www.planetf1.com, www.golf365.com and www.cricket365.com),three odds comparison sites (oddschecker.com, casinochecker.com,pokerchecker.com) and three wagering sites (ukbetting.com, totalbet.com andgoldbet.com). Through these sites it is possible to find in-depth information,and place fixed-odds bets, on a variety of sports including horse racing,football, cricket, rugby, tennis, as well as poker, casino and skills basedgames. In addition to these websites, ukbetting also owns Campbell'sBookmakers Ltd, which operates 7 licensed betting offices in London and theSouth East of England. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange