Poker is now one of the country's largest pastimes - both online and face-
to-face, and continues to grow in popularity as more tournaments are created.

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Sportingbet , headquartered in London, England, is the world's
leading publicly traded online betting, gambling and gaming company.com. Upon reviewing the results
of the study, members of the GCP Board of Directors voted to approve a two-
phased plan for advancing casino gaming in Ohio.

The Greater Cleveland Partnership, the primary voice for businesses in
Greater Cleveland, seeks to create jobs and wealth , and improve the economic
vitality of the region. Its priorities include technology, innovation and
high-growth businesses; connected physical development; education and
workforce development; and business attraction, retention and expansion.com

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Sportsbook.Greater Cleveland Partnership Board of Directors Outlines Provisions Necessary
for Support of Statewide Gaming Proposal; Approves Plan to Proceed With
Building Statewide Coalition Aimed at Legalizing Casinos

CLEVELAND, During the quarterly meeting of the
Greater Cleveland Partnership Board of Directors, a resolution was accepted
that will engage GCP leadership in further exploration of legalized casino
gaming in Ohio. "While casino gaming is not the answer to everything that ails
Ohio, an examination of the studies makes it clear that Ohio gaming dollars
are being spent in neighboring states, while problem gamblers who live in our
communities are chronically underserved by limited state funding for
treatment.

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Cutler, Chairman of the GCP Board of
Directors. By bringing a rational set of principles to the
inevitable discussion, we have the potential to help ensure that gaming
revenues generated by the state are used to advance economic development in
areas such as higher education, business development and tourism.

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Sportsbook. And
our in-game betting takes the action to a whole other level, although it can
be tough to type while jumping up and down screaming for your team!"
Since 1996, Sportsbook.com and the
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Leonardo DiCaprio (250-1,) Ben Affleck (150-1,) Matt Damon (250-1) and Ed
Norton (250-1) are all accomplished poker players on the Celebrity tour and
will be in the WSOP field.

About Sportsbook.com is the largest sportsbook and casino on the planet,
offering numerous products including sports betting, horse racing, poker,
casino and virtual games.com.
"Armed with the facts, Cleveland's private sector leaders are prepared to
begin the process of participating in the public debate and shaping a gaming
policy for Ohio," said Alexander M. Clear criteria for selecting final casino locations must be identified
that closely mirror those identified in the GCP gaming study.

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"Sportsbook.com continues to lead the online gambling industry by getting
odds out to our customers well before everyone else," said Alex Czajkowski,
Marketing Director , Sportsbook. "Everybody bets, but the more time we can give our
players to consider their positions the better.
GCP and several Cincinnati businesses recently released the results of two
studies that were commissioned to examine the potential economic impact and
social costs of legalized casino gaming in Ohio.

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"We
offer our players a chance to wager on all of the biggest sporting events and
the World Series of Poker is definitely considered one of those events.

For a complete list of WSOP odds, please visit http://www.

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Sportsbook.com first to guarantee betting lines to be posted by 3pm ET for next day's games

For a full list of betting options, odds and additional information
please visit http://www."
According to the resolution, the continued participation of GCP in the
first phase would be conditional on the formation of a proposed constitutional
amendment that includes these key principles:

1. Acceptable ways of addressing high priority local concerns, including
input on ownership of casinos, specific locations of casinos, and
strategies for minimizing degree and duration of local product
substitution while maximizing opportunities for small business.

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The WSOP Championship Event takes place July 7 to 15 at the Rio All Suite
Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. "Now you can get your bets in early, get
'em in before you go to work or even bet during the game. New tax revenues derived from gaming in Ohio must be competitively
optimized and benefits shared between all residents of Ohio and the local
communities eventually chosen for gaming locations.

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Sportsbook.

March Madness customers have more time to bet

NEW YORK, NY, March 20 - Sportsbook.com is the largest sportsbook and casino on the planet,
offering numerous products including sports betting, horse racing, poker,
casino and virtual games.

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com is the
only online gambling company offering odds on the top players lined up to
compete.
"We are able to make this commitment because we have confidence in our
betting lines - we're not waiting to see how lines open, we're setting the
markets," Czajkowski said.

3.

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Cleveland Business Leaders Approve Plan for Advancing Statewide Casino Legalization

"Gaming options already loom in Columbus and they might not be in the best
interest of our state," said Joe Roman, CEO and President of GCP.

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com fans wagering on the WSOP do not
expect the Hollywood celebrities to seriously challenge the world renowned
poker stars.com. Overnight lines and in-game betting are just two
of the latest examples of giving our customers what they want," Czajkowski
said. The second phase of the plan requires a review of the
outcome of the first phase and a vote by the board on whether to endorse a
specific constitutional amendment that would legalize casinos.org.

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A satisfactory gaming proposal would capture the Ohio dollars that
leave our state , while also taking significantly increased care of our
citizens who already suffer from gambling addictions. Such revenues should
not be used to replace or reduce current State funding provided to local
governments. http://www.gcpartnership.

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Some of Hollywood's biggest movie stars are among those competing
with world poker stars like Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen and
Scotty Nguyen for the best on the planet title. It has
been voted number one in the industry for two years in a row by the
authoritative eGaming Review Power 50 Survey. We don't want Ohioans to
be forced to choose between two bad options when, by following our guiding
principles, it is possible to institute gaming regulations that benefit both
Ohio and its residents. The
GCP emphasizes service to its more than 16,400 members; advocacy on behalf of
members and the region; diversity and inclusion; and internationalization of
the region and its businesses.

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Sportsbook.com, the world's largest
online sportsbook and casino today became the first online company to
guarantee betting lines will be posted on the site by 3:00pm Eastern time, the
day before the game.com
Sportsbook. "It is
clear that the debate on gaming will happen in Ohio, and there will likely be
a proposal before the voters within the next year.

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"

Some of the WSOP odds include:

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Phil Hellmuth 40-1 Ram Vaswani 50-1
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Phil Ivey 50-1 Erik Seidel 50-1
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Scotty Nguyen 50-1 Ted Forrest 50-1
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Tuan Le 50-1 Ben Affleck 150-1
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Chris Ferguson 50-1 Matt Damon 250-1
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Daniel Negreanu 50-1 Ed Norton 250-1
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Gus Hansen 50-1 Leonardo DiCaprio 250-1
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There are also several women in the WSOP. It is the flagship brand for Sportingbet PLC,
(LSE: SBT), the world's largest publicly traded online betting, gambling and
gaming company.
They were conducted by researchers at Strategic Partner Management Consulting
and the Maxine Levin Goodman College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State
University and are available at http://www.ohiogaminginfo.

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"There will be a huge audience for this event.com, the flagship for Sportingbet PLC Americas
Region , has achieved a number of industry "firsts" in the US, including:

- First to attract over one million registered customers
- First recreational bettor site to achieve a billion dollars in sports
betting turnover
- First to handle over 100,000,000 bets
- First to provide a single account that can be used across all product
lines, from sports to casino to poker
- First to manage betting volumes of fifteen bets per second

"Just about any metric, any milestone, in this industry is set first by
the team of professionals and the loyal players at Sportsbook. Using these
criteria, the geographic locations (not site specific) of casinos should
be identified. If the coalition is unable to develop a consensus within this
timeframe, then the practical likelihood of a successful campaign would
not exist and future activity or support would become moot and possibly
counter-productive to advancing other GCP priorities.

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com. Posting our betting lines the
afternoon before next day's game provides our customers with a real edge. A significant portion of the new gaming revenues must be budgeted for
education/prevention/treatment of existing and future problem and
pathological gamblers in the state.

4. Licensing
fees are estimated and proceeds earmarked to state and local economic
development entities and strategies.

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com wants to
offer fans a chance to play even if they can't get a seat at the World Series
of Poker table," says Alex Czajkowski , Marketing Director, Sportsbook.sportsbook.com.

5. This will
provide the GCP Board with the opportunity to evaluate the coalition's
final consensus before finally endorsing a campaign for a
constitutional amendment to permit casino gaming on the November 2006
ballot.

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Jennifer Harman and Annie Duke
have the highest odds, both at 60-1.sportsbook.

About Sportsbook.

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com offers odds on the richest sporting event in the world

LAS VEGAS , NV, June 2 - The World Series of Poker (WSOP,)
the largest poker tournament in the world has begun and Sportsbook. It is the flagship brand for Sportingbet PLC, (LSE:
SBT). Headquartered in London , England, Sportingbet is the world's largest
publicly traded online betting, gambling and gaming company. Sportingbet also won the
2005 eGaming Award for best US-Focused company with its flagship brand
sportsbook. Local revenues must be invested in job creation and economic
development strategies developed by local public and civic leadership in
areas such as tourism and business development."
The studies used by the GCP Board of Directors represent the most
comprehensive analysis of the gaming issue undertaken in more than a decade.

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Fans wagering on March Madness now have more time to
consider their wagers and far more time to make them on Sportsbook. GCP will undertake the building of a statewide coalition
among metropolitan regions and public officials to develop the components of a
constitutional amendment to permit casino gaming in Ohio based on guidelines
approved yesterday.

The second phase described by the resolution states:

If and when (expected by the end of calendar year, 2005) a true
statewide coalition of business and private sector leadership in Ohio
reaches a consensus that incorporates the above principles, the GCP
Board will reconsider its full endorsement of casino gaming.

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An acceptable governance model for casino gaming is created .

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