RNS Number:0445T
Sportingbet PLC
9 December 2003


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     Sportingbet Plc

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FMR Corp.
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston
     MA 02109

     Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
     PO Box HM 670
     Hamilton
     HNCX
     Bermuda

     Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston
     MA 02109

     A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18



4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     Chase Nominees Limited                                4,852,114
     Chase Manhattan Bank London                           4,676,216
     Chase Nominees Ltd                                      469,000
     MSS Nominees Ltd                                     12,179,444
     JP Morgan                                             1,077,000
     State Street Bank & Trust                             1,096,000
     Bank of New York London                                 449,784
     Bankers Trust                                           960,000
     Citibank                                              1,738,300

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     2,076,700

6)   Percentage of issued Class

     1.00%

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   Percentage of issued Class



9)   Class of security

     Ordinary Shares of 0.1 pence each

10)  Date of transaction



11)  Date company informed

     8 December 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

     27,497,858
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     13.23%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Daniel Talisman
     020 7251 7260

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Daniel Talisman
     Group Legal Counsel and Company Secretary

     Date of Notification      09/12/03



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