Stabilisation Notice

888 Holdings plc
29 September 2005



THIS DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, BELGIUM,
DUBAI, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN OR TO A RESIDENT, NATIONAL OR CITIZEN OF THE
UNITED STATES, BELGIUM, DUBAI, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN.

                              Stabilisation Notice

Date of Notice: 29 September 2005

888 Holdings PLC ('888')

Issue: Ordinary shares of £0.005 (the 'Securities')

ISIN: GI000A0F6407

Offer Price: 175 pence

Number of Securities sold in the Offer: 84,399,508

Number of Securities subject to the over-allotment option: 12,659,926 (15% of
Securities sold in the Offer)

HSBC Bank plc ('HSBC') as stabilisation manager may over-allot or effect
transactions which are intended to stabilise or maintain the market price of the
Securities at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail for a
period of 30 days after the announcement of the Offer Price. However, there may
be no obligation on HSBC, or any agent of HSBC, to do this. Such transactions
may be effected on the London Stock Exchange and any other securities market,
over the counter market, stock exchange or otherwise. Such stabilising, if
commenced, may be discontinued at any time and must be brought to an end 30 days
after the announcement of the Offer Price.

Contacts and enquiries

Rupert Faure Walker European Advisory Group             [phone]
Nick Donald Equity Capital Markets                      [phone]

Basis of preparation

HSBC, is acting for 888 and its principal shareholders in connection with the
Offer and for no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than 888
or its principal shareholders for providing the protections afforded to clients
of HSBC or for providing advice in relation to the Offer, the contents of this
announcement or any matters referred to herein.

This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to
sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for,
any securities and any purchase of or application for securities of 888 pursuant
to the Offer should only be made on the basis of the information contained in
the formal prospectus published on 15 September 2005 in connection with the
Offer (the 'Prospectus'), the pricing statement dated 29 September 2005 in
connection with the Offer (the 'Pricing Statement') and any statement or
amendment thereto. The Prospectus and Pricing Statement contain detailed
information about 888 and its management, as well as financial statements and
other financial data. The Prospectus and Pricing Statement are available from
HSBC Bank plc of 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ and Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer of 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HS.

Shares in 888 have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities
Act of 1933 (as amended) (the 'Securities Act') and may not be offered or sold
within the United States. The Shares are being offered and sold outside of the
United States in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act. In addition,
until 40 days after the commencement of the offering of the Shares an offer or
sale of the Shares within the United States by any dealer (whether or not
participating in the Offer) may violate the registration requirements of the
Securities Act.

This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into
the United States. It is not an offer of securities for sale into the United
States. The Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US
persons, unless they are registered or exempt from registration. There will be
no public offer of securities in the United States.

Shares in 888 have not been and will not be registered under the applicable
securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan and may not be offered or sold
within Belgium, Dubai, Australia, Canada or (subject to certain exceptions)
Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, citizens or residents of Belgium,
Dubai, Australia, Canada or (subject to certain exceptions) Japan.




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