Holding(s) in Company

888 Holdings plc
23 June 2006



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF 888 HOLDINGS PLC 
(THE 'ARTICLES')

1. Company in which shares are held:        888 Holdings Plc

2. Notifiable Interest:     Ordinary Shares
          
     (A)  FMR Corp.
          82 Devonshire Street
          Boston, MA 02109

          Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
          (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity 
          Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts 
          as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust 
          accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and 
          their holdings).
          
     (B)  Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
          P.O. Box HM 670
          Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

          Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
          including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion
          (FIGEST), Fidelity investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L),
          Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK),
          Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ)
          and Fidelity Investments International (FII), investment managers far
          various non-US investment companies and institutional clients.

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

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

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

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit 
   trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
   pursuant to Article 246 (b) of the Articles.
   
5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate 
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the 
   purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to 
   indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity 
   International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward 
   C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed 
   interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint 
   basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under Article 235(b) (ii) of the Articles, 
   namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to 
   exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the 
   exercise of such rights, of under Article 235 (c) - (d) respectively.

 
Schedule A

Security: 888 HOLDINGS PLC

Current ownership 
percentage:                 3.24%
Total Shares Held     10,920,435
Shares in issue:     337,096,320

                                   MANAGEMENT
                     SHARES HELD    COMPANY     NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME

                         969,000     FPM        NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
                         557,954     FPM        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                         499,600     FPM        MELLON BANK
                         368,206     FPM        STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
                         327,600     FPM        BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                         284,600     FPM        BANKERS TRUST LONDON
                         140,000     FPM        MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
                       6,354,181     FISL       JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                         900,900     FIL        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
                         141,200     FIL        BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
                         377,300     FII        JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH



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