Livermore Regulatory News (LIV)

19 Jul 2005 14:18

Empire Online Limited19 July 2005 19 July 2005 Notification of Interim Results Announcement Empire Online, a leading provider of marketing services to the online gamingindustry, will announce its maiden interim results for the half year ending 30thJune 2005 on 1st August 2005. For further information on Empire Online please see our website www.ep.com Empire Online Limited +357 (2) 5 847 700Noam Lanir, Chief Executive OfficerYossi Pereg, Chief Financial Officer Citigate Dewe Rogerson +44 (0) 20 7638 9571Simon RigbySarah Gestetner Notes to Editors Company overview Empire Online is a leading provider of marketing services to the online gamingindustry. Through online and offline advertising and other marketing techniques,the Group directs new players to online poker and online casino websitesoperated by third party gaming operators, principally empirepoker.com (a whitelabel website related to PartyPoker.com, one of the largest online poker rooms)and Casino-On-Net (part of 888.com, one of the most established online casinowebsites). The Company also has arrangements with a subsidiary of PartyGaming tomarket other online gaming websites, including AceClub.com andstarluckcasino.com. The Group's objective is to take advantage of the expected growth of the onlinegaming market by generating greater revenues in a cost-efficient manner throughthe acquisition of new players and by increasing the activity levels of theGroup's existing players. The Company aims to pay particular attention toexpanding its player base in certain European countries in the medium term, withthe intention of raising its profile and reducing the Group's reliance on theNorth American market. Empire Online will also continue to pursue its existingstrategies in relation to its primary markets of the United States and Canada tomaintain its strong position in these markets. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange