bwin Interactive Entertainment AG: Preliminary Figures for 2009

    VIENNA, Austria, February 25, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
    Highlights
    Q4 2009 (pro forma consolidated)

    - Gross gaming revenues: up 12.9% to EUR 132.9 million, or up 1.1% to EUR
      119.0 million excl. Gioco Digitale (Q4 2008: EUR 117.7 million)

    - Sports betting gross gaming revenues: up 3.3% to EUR 66.6 million, or
      up 1.7% to EUR 65.6 million excl. Gioco Digitale
      (Q4 2008: EUR 64.5 million): sports betting margin of 8.5%

    - Poker gross gaming revenues: up 35.8% to EUR 37.6 million, or down
      10.1% to EUR 24.9 million excl. Gioco Digitale (Q4 2008:
      EUR 27.7 million)

    - Casino gross gaming revenues: up 4.8% to EUR 20.2 million (Q4 2008: EUR
      19.3 million)

    - Record gross gaming revenues for games: up 36.0% to EUR 8.4 million, or
      up 32.4% to EUR 8.2 million excl. Gioco Digitale (Q4 2008:
      EUR 6.2 million)

    - 1.2 million active customers, or 1.1 million active and 277,000 new
      active real money customers excl. Gioco Digitale (Q4 2008: 1.2 million
      active and 323,000 new active real money customers)

    Financial year 2009 (pro forma consolidated)

    - Gross gaming revenues: up 6.1% to EUR 446.6 million, or up 2.8% to EUR
      432.7 million excl. Gioco Digitale (2008: EUR 420.9 million)

    - Sports betting gross gaming revenues: down 3.8% to EUR 226.3 million,
      or down 4.3% to EUR 225.3 million excl. Gioco Digitale (2008:
      EUR 235.4 million) sports betting margin of 7.4%

    - Poker gross gaming revenues: up 26.1% to EUR 118.8 million, or up 12.5%
      to EUR 106.0 million excl. Gioco Digitale (2008: EUR 94.2 million)

    - Casino gross gaming revenues: up 5.4% to EUR 73.7 million (2008: EUR
      70.0 million)

    - Gross gaming revenues for games: up 30.7% to EUR 27.8 million, or up
      29.7% to EUR 27.6 million excl. Gioco Digitale (2008: EUR 21.3 million)

    - 2.4 million active customers, or 2.3 million active and 1.1 million new
      active real money customers excl. Gioco Digitale (2008: 2.1 million
      active and 1.1 million new active real money customers)

The complete report containing the preliminary figures for 2009 can be found online on the bwin Investor Relations website at http://www.bwin.org, where it can also be downloaded as a PDF file.

    Contact:

    Investors:
    bwinInteractive Entertainment AG
    Borsegasse 11, 1010 Vienna, Austria
    Konrad Sveceny, Investor Relations
    Tel.: +43(0)50-858-20017
    mailto:[email protected]

    Katharina Riedl, Corporate Communications
    Tel.: +43(0)50-858-20069
    mailto:[email protected]

    http://www.bwin.org

SOURCE bwin Interactive Entertainment AG

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