23rd Feb 2006 07:01
PartyGaming Plc23 February 2006 23 February 2006 PartyGaming Plc Launch of fully integrated, Party-branded platform PartyGaming, the world's leading online gaming company, announces today thelaunch of a fully integrated, Party-branded gaming platform that enablescustomers to click through seamlessly from PartyPoker.com to the newPartyCasino.com and vice versa without having to log in separately and withoutthe need to deposit money into separate accounts. Customers can now play acrossa wide-range of poker and casino games by using the new shared purse,PartyAccount. In addition, the design and functionality of PartyPoker has been enhancedsubstantially, providing players with a number of new features including quickeraccess to tables, easier navigation, information filters and poker tips as wellas a number of improvements to the prize structure of our tournaments. Playerscan now also resize, tile and cascade several poker tables and view them onscreen without any overlap. Further upgrades are in the pipeline for both PartyPoker and PartyCasino andPartyBingo will be added to the new integrated platform over the coming weeks.The launch of the first of our two new games is on-track to take place beforethe end of June and the second will follow before the end of the year. Both newgames will also be added to the Party-branded platform. Richard Segal, Chief Executive of PartyGaming, said: "Our technology team has again raised the bar in online gaming with the jointlaunch of PartyCasino and the integrated platform. We continue to deliver onour stated strategy and can now look to cross-sell a variety of games across ourexpanding customer base. We plan to enhance the Party-branded platform withmore games and features later in the year, including the launch ofmulti-currency and multi-lingual versions of our products." For more information go to www.partypoker.com and www.partycasino.com. Contacts: PartyGaming Plc +44 (0)20 7337 0100Peter Reynolds, Director of Investor RelationsJohn Shepherd, Director of Corporate Communications Financial Dynamics +44 (0)20 7831 3113Edward Bridges / Juliet Clarke This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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