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Gaming Internet PLC
23 October 2000


Contacts       Richard Kleiner, CFO
               Gaming Internet plc         Tel: (020) 7929 5599

               Chris Steele, Holborn       Tel: (020) 7929 5599
               chris.steele@holbornpr.co.uk



Gaming Internet plc 
Signing of a series of major joint ventures 

Gaming Internet plc, the provider of on-line betting, casino gaming and sports
games and information services announces that it has now signed joint venture
agreements with a number of major companies taking Gaming Internet content and
applications to their respective on-line customer bases.

The new joint venture partners are:

* page3.com, the-sun.co.uk, and supergoals.com, part of News Group Newspapers
  (News International);
* fhm.com, the online site of EMAP's succesful magazine;
* teamtalk.com, a provider of sports news services;
* freeloader.com, an online games site with over 200,000 registered players;
* Premiumserve plc, provider of premium rate internet services.

These contracts follow on from a number of other agreements concluded in
recent weeks including:

* Kingsoccer.com, the South East Asia based soccer gaming site;
* Demmysportsbet.com, UK on line betting service;
* Sharepages.com, the financial information site;
* Londonpropertyguide.com, specialist information for property buyers;


Nigel Robertson, Chairman, said:

"Through these joint ventures Gaming Internet is moving towards achieving one
of its strategic objectives to take its gaming and entertainment products to a
global audience across all technology platforms.  Our aim is to conclude a
succession of joint ventures.  These contracts demonstrate that we have a very
attractive package of products for both existing and potential partners."


Notes to Editors
Gaming Internet plc is listed on the AIM market (L: GIN) and was established
to create the premiere casino and sports gaming group on Internet sites
worldwide.  Its subsidiary companies are:  SportsMad.Limited, ZapCasino,
Racing Network.co.uk Limited and GoBarkingMad.Limited. 
 


SportsMAD.com has developed five pay to play games on SportsMAD.com.  Football
Mad, TennisMad, GrandPrixMad, CricketMAD and GolfMAD.  Pay to play games were
launched in July 2000. SportsMAD.com was launched as a family of entertainment
and information web sites for sports fanatics, and provides
interactive-arcade-style sports games and quizzes with major monthly and
annual cash prizes.
 
Zap Casino.com was launched onto the World Wide Web in 1999 and is played in
over fifty countries.  Games include Poker, Baccarat, Roulette, slot machines
and scratch cards in eleven languages.  ZapCasino.com is the first on-line
casino to be insured with a Lloyds of London broker.
 
Racing Network.co.uk was launched in May 1999 and is a dedicated horse racing
information service for enthusiasts worldwide.  With a British Horseracing
Board licence, Racing Network provides daily horse racing declarations for
British racing, trainers, jockeys, jockey weights together with a form guide
for each horse declared to run and details of UK and International
racecourses, a daily racing news service, tipping service and race-by-race
results service.
 
GoBarkingMad.com announced (September 2000) in its intention to launch a
24-hour a day 7 days a week greyhound racing business over the Internet,
interactive television and new mobile telephone technologies. 
GoBarkingMad.com has already acquired exclusive Internet, interactive
television and mobile telephone broadcasting rights from greyhound tracks
across the world, including the United Kingdom. United States of America,
Australasia, Asia/Pacific, Europe and Africa.  GoBarkingMAD.com can now
schedule over 75,000 greyhound races per year. 
 
 

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