CINCINNATI, Sept. 9, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Games, Inc. (OTCBB:GMSI) announced today they will begin offering multi-player Online Poker games.
In response to the growing popularity of Poker, Games, Inc. will offer a multi-player version of 5-Card Draw Poker on its www.Gameland.com and www.Games.org websites. Players can play for free or use their Roll of Quarters(tm) to enter a tournament where they can win prizes. Last month, Games, Inc. announced that they are distributing over One Million Dollars in virtual quarters to visitors to their websites for entry into Poker and other tournament games.
"Our tournament games have proven to be very popular with our players and we plan to expand this tournament system with the addition of several new games prior to year end," said Roger Ach, President and CEO.
"We believe that Poker makes a great addition to the single and multi-player casual games that we offer on these sites," said Myles Cairns, Games, Inc. CFO. "This is only the first of the Poker-style games we will be offering on the site. We plan to add at least two more Poker games before the end of 2004."
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Games, Inc. owns and operates a portfolio of online portals focused on the delivery of interactive entertainment and content to consumers. The Company features two community-focused online game sites as well as proprietary games for purchase-and-download, conventional online play, peer-to-peer and tournament game play. Games, Inc. also features a digital greetings site and a site and proprietary back-end system for the online facilitation and reporting of state and provincially-sponsored Lotteries. Revenues are largely driven by online advertising and subscriptions; however proprietary content delivery and decremented payment systems will enable software licensing to become a component of the revenue mix along side merchandise and lottery-driven commissions. For more information, please visit the Company's corporate website, www.gamesinc.net, or their portfolio sites, www.games.org, www.gameland.com, www.skillmoney.com, www.lottery.com and www.cards.com or contact Sue Craner at investorrelations@gamesinc.net.
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