365.L Regulatory News (365)

28 Feb 2005 07:03

ukbetting PLC28 February 2005 28 February 2005 ukbetting plc ODDSCHECKER LAUNCHES NEW CASINO AND POKER COMPARISON SITES Ukbetting plc (UKB), the online gaming and content business, announces todaythat Oddschecker.com, the UK's largest odds comparison website, has launched twonew comparison sites to cater for the rapidly expanding online casino and pokermarkets. These will monitor the latest jackpots, tournaments and bonuses giving playersan instant and up to the minute guide to what is happening across the mostpopular on-line poker and casino websites. Following a successful soft launch the sites will roll out in March withaffiliate deals in place from most leading UK and European casino and pokeroperators and will be available from both the oddschecker.com menu and from theurls www.online-poker-checker.com and www.online-casino-checker.com. The sports betting comparison service, Oddschecker, now reaches over 250,000regular monthly users and has seen year on year growth of over 40% in its sportsbetting affiliate revenues. It forms part of ukbetting plc's network of sportscontent and gaming websites, which reaches over 7 million users a month, makingit the biggest online sports network in Europe. Peter Dubens, Chairman of ukbetting plc, commented: "Oddschecker has grown strongly since we acquired the portal in December 2003.Given the amount of traffic that is now being driven through the site, bothorganically and through its links with the rest of the network of sportswebsites, and the correlation between customers who bet on sports and play pokerand casino online, the launch of a comparison portal aimed squarely at casinoand poker fans was a natural progression." -ends- For more information, contact: ukbetting plc 020 7766 6909 Peter Dubens, Chairman Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 Edward 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),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 varietyof sports including horse racing, football, cricket, rugby, tennis, as well aspoker, casino and skills based games. In addition to these websites, ukbettingalso owns Campbell's Bookmakers Ltd, which operates 7 licensed betting officesin London and the South East of England. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange