Transaction in Own Shares

23 May 2012

bwin.party digital entertainment plc

('bwin.party' or the 'Company')

Transaction in own shares

bwin.party announces that on 23 May 2012 it purchased, through Numis Securities, 308,779 of its ordinary shares for cancellation at an average price of 129.28 pence per share. The highest price paid was 131.10 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 126.80 pence per share.

Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 34,902,215 shares for cancellation, since 6 September 2011 when the buy-back programme commenced. The total number of bwin.party shares in issue is 819,113,995 and the total number of voting rights in issue is 813,074,169 (total number of shares in issue minus 6,039,826 shares held by the employee benefit trust (bwin.party Shares Trust) in respect of which the voting rights have been waived).

Contact:

bwin.party digital entertainment plc

Robert Hoskin

Company Secretary +350 200 78700