RNS Number:5842O
Sportingbet PLC
12 August 2003



               Sportingbet plc ('Sportingbet ' or 'the Company')



                               Directors dealing





Sportingbet announces that Mr Mark Blandford, Deputy Chairman, has today sold
8,000,000 ordinary shares in the company at 31per share.



Following this transaction, Mr Blandford now has an interest in 17,130,173
ordinary shares in the Company.












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