WPT Enterprises, Inc. to Announce Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results

WPT Enterprises, Inc. to Announce Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE) today announced that after the close of trading on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, it will release financial results for the three months ended October 2, 2005. The Company also said that the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Lipscomb, and the Company's Chief Financial Officer, Todd Steele, will host an investor conference call that same day, at 4:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

The call will be open to all interested investors through a live audio Web broadcast via the Internet at www.worldpokertour.com. For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived.

About World Poker Tour, Inc.

WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE) creates internationally branded entertainment and consumer products driven by the development, production, and marketing of televised programming based on gaming themes. WPTE developed and owns the World Poker Tour(R), a television show based on a series of high- stakes poker tournaments that airs in the United States on the Travel Channel and in more than 120 territories globally. WPT Enterprises currently licenses its brand to companies in the business of poker equipment and instruction, apparel, publishing, electronic and wireless entertainment, DVD/home entertainment, casino games, and giftware. For show information, tools for improving poker play, and other WPT news, fans may log on to www.worldpokertour.com. The company is also engaged in the sale of corporate sponsorships. WPT Enterprises, Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of Lakes Entertainment, Inc., a publicly-held company. Photos and media information can be found online at: www.worldpokertour.com.

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Contacts:
Todd Steele
WPT Enterprises, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer
323.330.9900

Andrew Greenebaum / Allyson Pooley
Investor Relations
Integrated Corporate Relations
310.395.2215

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CONTACT: Todd Steele, Chief Financial Officer of WPT Enterprises, Inc.,
+1-323-330-9900; or Investor Relations, Andrew Greenebaum or Allyson Pooley,
both of Integrated Corporate Relations, +1-310-395-2215, for WPT Enterprises,
Inc.

Web site: http://www.worldpokertour.com/

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