Today Ongame Network launched its latest regional online poker network exclusively for residents in France. Ongame Network France is an online poker service provider for French licensed operators abiding by the new French regulatory framework.

Thursday 1st July 2010

Gibraltar, 1 July 2010 – Today Ongame Network launched its latest regional online poker network exclusively for residents in France. Ongame Network France is an online poker service provider for French licensed operators abiding by the new French regulatory framework. At the same time, Ongame Network announces EurosportPOKER as the next stage in rocketing Ongame Network into France. Ongame Network France now boasts a tricolour of well renowned operators, counting bwin and Sajoo.fr, promising an already strong liquidity ensuring French players a first-class experience from day one. “EurosportPOKER is a brand with high recognition in all of Europe, so to have them joining us together with bwin’s player base and Sajoo’s French heritage, we hold a three of a kind that puts us in a very strong position in France”, says Martin Lerby, Head of Ongame Network. EurosportPOKER is a commercial brand of SPS Betting which belongs to the leading French media group TF1 and was among the first batch of seven operators to be directly granted a license to operate online poker, by French regulator ARJEL earlier this month. “We have a longstanding relationship with Ongame Network since launching our UK poker service, and are very happy to sign a new deal with them, this time in France,” says CEO Olivier Ou Ramdane. “We have the ambition to become one of the leading players in the French regulated Poker market.” Ongame Network sees a profitable business opportunity in the new French regulated environment since exceeding expectations with its regional effort in Italy, and is working intensively on integrating more partners to this new regional liquidity. About Ongame Network Ongame Network is one of the world’s largest poker networks and a leading supplier of online and mobile poker software. The global network includes over 25 of the e-gaming industry’s strongest brands and operators, and up to 45,000 concurrent players at peak times during the day. The company offers both operators and their players a wide variety of ring games and tournaments to choose from every hour of every day. Ongame Network is a subsidiary of bwin Interactive Entertainment AG, a leading provider of online gaming entertainment. Further information can be found at www.ongamenetwork.com For media information, please contact: Katharina Riedl, Head of Corporate Communications for bwin Phone: +43(0)50 858-20069 Email: press@bwin.org About SPS betting / EurosportPOKER SPS betting / Eurosport Poker is a subsidiary of TF1 group, n°1 media group in France. The company was established in June 2008 in order to create and manage EurosportBET and its new online sports betting and game division. Poker is launched under the brand EurosportPOKER . SPS betting has already launched EurosportBET.co.uk for UK users in June 2009, EurosportBET.fr for French users in June 2010 and Eurosport POKER.fr in July 2010. The plan is to develop EurosportBET/POKER further in those European countries with a fully regulated gambling sector. SPS betting has a fast growing team based in Paris and led by Olivier Ou Ramdane. For media information, please contact Gaelle Bouvier Groupe TF1 +33141413291

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