WORLD POKER TOUR LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE CASINO

24 August 2007

Powered by Cryptologic, WPT's new jewel is on time and on budget

World Poker Tour launched its new online casino, powered by Cryptologic which also powers its poker operations, this week.

CryptoLogic chief executive Javaid Aziz said: "For CryptoLogic, WPT's new casino site builds on a great partnership that brings together one of the biggest names in gaming with one of the biggest names in e-gaming software. It's exciting to see casino and poker together on this very popular site. Together, we're providing an exceptional entertainment experience to players worldwide."

Under an agreement between CryptoLogic's wholly-owned subsidiary, WagerLogic Ltd., and WPT Enterprises Inc., CryptoLogic will be the sole software provider for the new World Poker Tour.com casino site. In April this year the companies also joined forces in to launch a new Internet poker room for WPT.

The new site will feature a "10-pack" of CryptoLogic's most popular award-winning games. These include Millionaire's Club, CryptoLogic's proprietary mega-progressive jackpot slot that recently paid out the two largest jackpots in online gaming history - more than $8 million and $4 million, respectively (see previous InfoPowa reports).

The site will also feature comic hero favourites like Hulk and Thor in smash-hit Marvel jackpot slots, and the successful casual slot games, Cubis and Bejeweled.

"For WPT, it was important to offer a superior casino experience with integrity and innovation - and CryptoLogic was the natural fit," said Steven Lipscomb, President, Founder and CEO of WPT Enterprises. "CryptoLogic's poker software has been extremely popular with our customers, and by adding some of the Internet's most popular casino games, the player's experience at WPT will be second to none."

World PokerTour.com becomes the latest major brand to join CryptoLogic's casino customer base, which also includes famous names such as InterCasino, William Hill, Littlewoods and Playboy.

"By providing a 'mini-casino' of our top-performing games, we're helping customers build player loyalty - and profitability," said A.J. Slivinski, Managing Director of WagerLogic.

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