Casinos Poland, Warsaw, hosting the Polish Open 2008 Poker Tournament
February 05 2008 - 7:13AM
PR Newswire (US)
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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