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05.02.2009

Preliminary revenue for the Financial Year 2008

Notes

This report contains statements about possible future developments
that have been made on the basis of information currently available.
These statements reflect the present opinion of the Executive Board
with respect to such future events, and should not be taken as a
guarantee of future performance, since they entail risks and
uncertainties that are difficult to predict. For many different
reasons, actual events or circumstances may differ significantly from
the assumptions made for such statements.

This report includes the silent investment bwin e.K. reported in a
pro forma consolidated version which therefore differs from the
consolidated financial statements. This has no impact on fundamental
statements by the management on the development of the Company.

Highlights

Q4 2008 (pro forma consolidated)

• Record gross gaming revenues: up 15.1% to EUR 117.7 million (Q4 2007:
EUR 102.2 million)
• Record sports betting gross gaming revenue: up 8.5% to EUR 64.5 million
(Q4 2007: EUR 59.5 million); sports betting margin of 8.1%
• Poker revenue: up 27.1% to EUR 27.7 million (Q4 2007: EUR 21.8 million)
• Casino revenue: up 19.5% to EUR 19.3 million (Q4 2007: EUR 16.1 million)
• Record games revenue: up 27.9% to EUR 6.2 million (Q4 2007: EUR 4.8
million)
• 1.2 million active and 323,000 new active real-money customers (Q4 2007:
0.9 million active and 234,000 new active real-money customers)

Financial year 2008 (pro forma consolidated)

• Gross gaming revenues of EUR 420.9 million: up 19.7% (FY 2007: EUR 353.5
million)
• Record sports betting gross gaming revenue: up 21.1% to EUR 235.4
million (FY 2007: EUR 194.3 million); sports betting margin of 8.0%
• Poker revenue: up 14.2% to EUR 94.2 million (FY 2007: EUR 82.5 million)
• Casino revenue: up 14.3% to EUR 70.0 million (FY 2007: EUR 61.2 million)
• Games revenue: up 37.3% to EUR 21.3 million (FY 2007: EUR 15.5 million)
• 2.1 million active and 1.1 million new active real-money customers (FY
2007: 1.7 million active and 804,000 new active real-money customers)

Outlook

In the first weeks (January 2009) of the current quarter average
daily gross gaming revenue rose to EUR 1.3 million. This represents
an increase of 6.8% compared to December 2008 or 16.3% compared to
January 2008.

bwin confirms its guidance for 2009: Based on forecast gross gaming
revenues for 2009 of EUR 430 to 445 million, management anticipates
an adjusted EBITDA of at least EUR 100 million. For the financial
year 2008 the company expects an adjusted EBITDA of EUR 65 million.

The complete report on the preliminary figures 2008 can be found
online on the bwin investor relations website at www.bwin.ag, where
it can also be downloaded in pdf format.

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Further inquiry note:

Investoren:

Konrad Sveceny, Investor Relations

bwin Interactive Entertainment AG

Boersegasse 11, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Tel.: +43 (0) 50 858-20017

E-mail:investorrelations@bwin.org

http://www.bwin.ag

Presse:

Kevin O'Neal, Pressesprecher

bwin Interactive Entertainment AG

Boersegasse 11, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Tel.: +43 (0) 50 858-24010

E-mail:press@bwin.org

http://www.bwin.ag

Branche: Casinos & Gambling
ISIN: AT0000767553
WKN: 936172
Index: ATX Prime, ATX
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official dealing