COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY; VSE) announced that its 33.3% subsidiary, Casinos Poland Ltd., will host the premier European Poker Tour (EPT) event in Poland, the Polish Open 2008, from March 11 to 15, 2008, at the company's casino at the Hyatt Hotel in Warsaw. The Polish Open is a five-day Texas Hold' Em No Limit tournament and will follow the standard structure for all EPT4 five-day events. Buy-in is 21,000 zlotys (approx. USD 8,600) and the total prize pool can reach 8,000,000 zlotys (approx. USD 3,280,000). The tournament will be capped at 400 players. According to EPT information, the EPT, now in its fourth season, is Europe's richest and most popular poker tour -- with tournaments televised for broadcast throughout the world. Season 3 of the EPT saw sell-out euro 5,000 (approx. USD 7,350) tournaments in Barcelona, London, Copenhagen, Dortmund and Warsaw. The season's show piece event -- the euro 10,000 (approx. USD 14,700) buy-in EPT Grand Final -- attracted a record field of 706 players with a prize pool of euro 6,600,000 (approx. USD 9,700,000), making it the richest tournament ever held outside of Las Vegas, USA. The total prize pool of EPT Season 3 was euro 26,600,000 (approx. USD 39,100,000), with over 3,400 contestants. For further information about the tournament schedule and the tournament rules, including price structure and levels, as well as for registration for the EPT Polish Open tournament, please visit the home-page of Casinos Poland at http://www.casinospoland.pl/. About Century Casinos, Inc.: Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainment company that owns and operates the Womacks Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek, Colorado, the Century Casino & Hotel in Central City, Colorado, the Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and the Century Casino Millennium in the Marriott Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. The Company also operates casinos aboard the Silver Cloud, The World of ResidenSea, and the vessels of Oceania Cruises. Through its subsidiary Century Casinos Africa (Pty) Limited, it owns and operates The Caledon Hotel, Spa & Casino near Cape Town, South Africa, as well as 60% of, and provides technical casino services to, Century Casino Newcastle, in Newcastle, South Africa. Furthermore, the Company's Austrian subsidiary, Century Casinos Europe GmbH, holds a 33.3% ownership interest in Casinos Poland Ltd, the owner and operator of seven full casinos and one slot casino in Poland. The Company continues to pursue other international projects in various stages of development. For more information about Century Casinos, visit our website at http://www.centurycasinos.com/. Century Casinos' common stock trades on The NASDAQ Capital Market(R) and the Vienna Stock Exchange under the symbol CNTY. This release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of Century Casinos based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" under Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2007. Century Casinos disclaims any obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by it or on its behalf. DATASOURCE: Century Casinos, Inc. CONTACT: Peter Hoetzinger, Co CEO & President, +1-719-689-5813, or +43 664 355 3935, , or Larry Hannappel, Senior Vice President, +1-719-229-6448, , both of Century Casinos, Inc. Web site: http://www.centurycasinos.com/ http://www.casinospoland.pl/

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