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WPT Enterprises, Inc. to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

   World Poker Tour logo. (PRNewsFoto)

LOS ANGELES, CA USA
    LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WPT Enterprises, Inc.
(WPTE) today announced that Steven Lipscomb, the Company's Chief Executive
Officer, and Todd Steele, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, will be
presenting at two upcoming investor conferences:
    * The Roth Capital Partners 2006 New York Conference at The Westin New
      York in Times Square, on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
      Webcast link: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth8/wpte/

    * The ThinkEquity Partners LLC 4th Annual Growth Conference at The
      Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at
      7:30 a.m. PDT.  Webcast link: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/tep10/wpte/
    In addition, the audio portion of the presentations at both the Roth
Capital and ThinkEquity conferences will be webcast and available on the
investor relations segment of WPT's Enterprises' website at
http://www.worldpokertour.com.
    About WPT Enterprises, Inc.
    WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE) is a company engaged in the
creation of internationally branded entertainment and consumer products
driven by the development, production, and marketing of televised
programming based on gaming themes. WPTE is the creator of the World Poker
Tour(R), a television show based on a series of high-stakes poker
tournaments that airs on the Travel Channel in the United States and in
more than 150 markets globally. With the WPT in its fifth season, WPTE has
launched a second series on the Travel Channel, the Professional Poker
Tour(TM), which focuses on the play of poker's leading stars. WPT also
operates a real-money online gaming website, http://www.wptonline.com, which
prohibits wagers from players in the U.S. and other restricted
jurisdictions. WPT Enterprises currently licenses its brand to companies in
the business of poker equipment and instruction, apparel, publishing,
electronic and wireless entertainment, DVD/home entertainment, casino
games, and giftware. The company is also engaged in the sale of corporate
sponsorships. For show information, tools for improving poker play, and
other WPT news, fans may log on to http://www.worldpokertour.com. WPT Enterprises,
Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary of Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq:
LACO). Photos and media information can be found online at:
http://www.worldpokertour.com/media (WPTEF)
    Company Contact:               Todd Steele, Chief Financial Officer
                                   323-330-9900
                                   tsteele@worldpokertour.com

    Investor Relations Contact:    Andrew Greenebaum / Allyson Pooley
                                   Integrated Corporate Relations, Inc.
                                   310-954-1100
                                   agreenebaum@icrinc.com / apooley@icrinc.com

    (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050809/LATU100LOGO )


SOURCE WPT Enterprises, Inc.




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Related links:
  • http://www.wsw.com/webcast/roth8/wpte
  • http://www.worldpokertour.com/media
  • http://www.wptonline.com
  • http://www.wsw.com/webcast/tep10/wpte
  • http://www.worldpokertour.com
    Photo Notes:http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050809/LATU100LOGO
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    CONTACT:
    Todd Steele, Chief Financial Officer of WPT
    Enterprises, Inc., +1- -323-330-9900, tsteele@worldpokertour.com;
    or Andrew Greenebaum, agreenebaum@icrinc.com, or Allyson Pooley,
    apooley@icrinc.com, both of Integrated Corporate Relations, Inc.,
    +1-310-954-1100, for WPT Enterprises, Inc.