20th Jun 2007 12:30
Netplay TV PLC20 June 2007 Date: 20 June 2007On behalf of: NetPlay TV plc ("NetPlay TV" or "the Company") PlayMonday breaks target ticket sales NetPlay TV plc is pleased to announce that the PlayMonday Charity Draw hasachieved sales of more than 72,000 in the second week following its relaunch.The Company had originally targeted ticket sales of 75,000 by year end. As aresult of this early success, the Company has increased its year end target tosales of 125,000 per week. Martin Higginson, Chairman and CEO of NetPlay TV plc said: "It's fantastic to be able to report such an early success with our PlayMondayCharity Draw. The £10 million Monday Superdraw has been an immediate hit withour existing customers and we now need to spread the word to increase weeklyticket sales further." PlayMonday is a charity draw, broadcast live on Sky Channel 157 at 9pm everyMonday. The draw features three games, "Play Three" - where customers try tomatch three balls to win £10,000, "Play Four" - where they match four balls towin £50,000 and the "Monday Superdraw" in which people try to match six ballsplus the bonus ball to win a guaranteed jackpot of £10 million. PlayMondayworks with a number of charities giving the player the chance to choose whichcharity he or she wants to support. 20% of all ticket sales go directly to thecharity as chosen by the customer. To date, some £2m has been given tocharities via PlayMonday ticket sales. -Ends - Enquiries: NetPlay TV plcMartin Higginson Via Redleaf Redleaf Communications Tel: 020 7822 0200Emma Kane/Sanna Lehtinen/Susan Quigley Notes to Editors: NetPlay TV plc, formerly known as Stream Group plc was established in 2000 todevelop and market a complete range of mass-market entertainment and informationproducts via the telephone and mobile. Stream was admitted to AIM in April2001. The Company changed its name to NetPlay TV plc on 1st December 2006, tohighlight a change of direction focusing on interactive gaming under a UK gaminglicense. NetPlay TV offers customers the flexibility of the Internet together with thetrusted medium of the TV. NetPlay TV currently operates in a number of interactive media areas including: • Roulette with www.Liveroulette.com - Sky Channel 847 6pm - 2am Daily. • Charity Draw with www.playmonday.com - Sky Channel 157 - 9pm Monday's. • Bingo with www.bigboxbingo.com - Due to launch Q3 2007. NetPlay TV acquired: • TV production company Vegas247 in December 2006, which currently produces an interactive TV roulette show on Sky channel 847 • online charity draw 'PlayMonday' in January 2007 from Chariot (UK) plc as well as their entire database of over 280,000 lottery players. Publication photographs are available from Redleaf Communications orwww.redleafpr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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