Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton, Canada, Announces Poker Tournament and Entertainment Schedule
March 07 2008 - 5:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Century
Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY; VSE) announced today that its Century
Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Canada, will host the St. Patrick's
Day Poker Tournament from March 10 - 15, 2008. The format is a
six-day Texas Hold' Em tournament. Play starts daily at 7:30 PM
with the top ten of each day advancing to the finals on March 15 at
2:00 PM. For further information about the tournament schedule and
rules, including price structure and levels, as well as for
registration for the tournament, please visit:
http://www.cnty.com/casinos/edmonton/casino/players-club/. A live
concert by two popular bands, Harlequin and Prism, will also take
place at the 400-seat Century Showroom on March 15, the day of the
Poker Tournament finals. This will be followed by concerts of April
Wine on March 20 and Ian Mitchell's Bay City Rollers on March 21.
Alannah Myles, a true Canadian rock icon, will perform live on
April 5. 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/
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