BETandWIN.com Reports Preliminary Results of the Financial Year Now Ended

BETandWIN.com Reports Preliminary Results of the Financial Year Now Ended

VIENNA, Austria, February 2/PRNewswire/ --

Highlights



Q4 2004



(selected preliminary key figures, pro forma consolidated)



Successful implementation of ongoing strategy for growth

- Record quarterly turnover of EUR 314 million, up 150 per cent

- Record net winnings after commission and taxes of EUR 18 million,
up 123 per cent

- 150,000 active betting customers - number of bets more than doubled
compared to same period the previous year

- Promising development of multiplayer poker application "Poker
Lounge"




Financial year 2004



(selected preliminary key figures, pro forma consolidated)




- Annual turnover of over EUR 856 million more than doubled compared
to same period the previous year, up 114 per cent and 127 per
cent* respectively (2003 adjusted for third-party turnover)

- Net winnings after commission and taxes of EUR 50 million, up 101
per cent and 128 per cent* respectively (2003 adjusted for third-
party turnover)

- 259,403 active sports betting customers, of whom 180,511 new active
customers




The entire ad-hoc press release is published at:
http://www.betandwin.ag/media/pdf/quartals_berichte/ad_hoc_quartal_030220 05_uk.pdf



Notes



To facilitate comparison with previous periods, this report contains
selected preliminary key figures in a pro forma consolidated form and also
using the at equity method.



This report contains statements about possible future developments that
have been made on the basis of the information available. These statements
reflect the current opinion of the Executive Board with respect to such
future events, and should not be taken as a guarantee of future performance,
since they entail risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. For
many different reasons, actual events or circumstances may differ
significantly from the assumptions made for such statements.




Further information

Karin Klein, Corporate Communications
BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment AG
Babenbergerstrasse 9/17, A-1010 Vienna
Tel.: +43-1-585-60-44-260
investorrelations@betandwin.ag
www.betandwin.ag




The betandwin Group, the leading provider of online gaming
products in continental Europe, has set itself the goal of becoming the
world's number one address for sports betting, gaming and entertainment on
the Internet. Operating under licences issued in Austria, Germany, the United
Kingdom and Gibraltar, the company's subsidiaries and affiliated companies
offer sports betting, casino games, soft games, and person-to-person
applications via Internet and mobile telephone. BETandWIN.com Interactive
Entertainment AG has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since March
2000 (ID-code "BWIN", Reuters ID-code "BWIN.VI"). Full details can be found
on its investor relations website at www.betandwin.ag.



You can expect exciting entertainment and gaming enjoyment on
the following websites:




www.betandwin.com
www.playit.com
www.beteurope.com
www.sanalcasino.com
www.casinoturk.com
www.bahsegir.com



Source: BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment AG

Karin Klein, Corporate Communications, BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment AG, Tel.: +43-1-585-60-44-260, investorrelations@betandwin.ag


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