888 Holdings plc
19 July 2006
888 Holdings Public Limited Company ('888')
Notification of Interim Results
888 Holdings Plc will be announcing its interim results for the six months ended
30 June 2006 on Thursday 14 September 2006.
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Contacts and enquiries
888
John Anderson Chief Executive Officer +350 49800
Aviad Kobrine Chief Financial Officer +350 49800
Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial
Chris Hamilton +44 (0)20 7861 3232
Notes to Editors
888.com is the most popular online casino and poker operator. It is h
eadquartered and licensed in Gibraltar with further offices in Tel Aviv, Antigua
and London. It has over 23 million registered member accounts in over 177
countries worldwide and customer support is available in 11 languages - 24 hours
a day, seven days a week.
In October 2005 888's shares were admitted to the main market of the London
Stock Exchange with an initial market capitalisation of £590 million.
888.com offers traditional casino products such as blackjack, roulette, craps,
baccarat, keno, slot machines, video, and a variety of poker games. Its main
poker offering is provided through the Pacific Poker brand which offers ring
games and tournaments.
The Group has its own R&D arm that is based in Israel and develops proprietary
software for exclusive use by 888.com. This enables the Group to continually
evolve and develop the software and systems to give customers a state of the art
gaming experience. It also provides a full back office management system that is
owned and controlled directly by 888. This ensures the company is not reliant on
third parties for its software.
888 has been at the forefront of moves to ensure that the industry is subject to
a high level of regulation. It was instrumental in the foundation of the
eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) initiative. This
has established a set of best practice regulations and enforces them through a
combination of independent monitoring and inspection. Through the establishment
of eCOGRA, 888 has helped to create a regulatory framework that delivers safe,
honest and player-sensitive online gambling.
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The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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