Betandwin to Sponsor French Handball Team

VIENNA, Austria – (PRESS RELEASE) --Prior to the start of the world handball championships in Tunisia, the betandwin Group, continental Europe's leading provider of Internet sports betting, has entered into an extensive sponsoring venture with number one favourite France.

As official sponsor of two-time world handball champion France, betandwin hopes that the team headed by Jackson Richardson will achieve many victories. The company will have a special focus on handball between 23 January and 6 February 2005, offering not only a wide spectrum of standard bets ranging from victory and head-to-head to special bets, but also L!VE betting on all games played by France (which will be meeting Tunisia, Angola, Canada, Denmark and Greece in the preliminary round), as well as on all matches played by Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

With over 4,000 bets daily in more than 40 sports, L!VE bets via Internet and mobile phone, over 30 casino games and numerous lottery games with draws every 60 seconds, betandwin is one of the most innovative gaming platforms in the Internet. Through this new commitment, betandwin is continuing its strategy of seeking cooperation with leading international athletes (Nordic skiing: Martin Schmitt, Martin Hollwarth), sports associations (football: FC Barcelona) or event series (MotoGP).

The betandwin Group, the leading provider of online gaming products in continental Europe, has set itself the goal of becoming the world's number one address for sports betting, gaming and entertainment on the Internet. Operating under licences issued in Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom and Gibraltar, the company's subsidiaries and affiliated companies offer sports betting, casino games, soft games, and person-to-person applications via Internet and mobile telephone. BETandWIN.com Interactive Entertainment AG has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since March 2000 (ID-code "BWIN".