COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Century
Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market(R) and Vienna Stock Exchange: CNTY)
announced today that Casinos Poland will host the grand Polish Black Jack
Open Final at its casino in the Novotel Bronowice Hotel in Krakow on
October 11, 2008.
The prize pool amounts to PLN 18,777.77 or approx. $7,500. The main
prize is the participation in the Baltic Sea Black Jack Tournament, which
will take place in Tallin, Estonia, on October 25, 2008. The contestants of
the Baltic Sea Tournament will play for prizes totalling up to euro 55,500
or approx. $76,400.
Eliminations took place between September 22 and October 5, 2008 in the
following casinos of Casinos Poland: the Casino in the Marriott Hotel in
Warsaw, the Casino in the Hyatt Hotel in Warsaw, the Casino in the Hotel HP
Park Plaza in Wroclaw, the Casino in the Novotel Bronowice Hotel in Krakow,
the Casino in the Hotel Polonez in Poznan and the Casino in the Altus
building in Katowice. Local finals have been carried out in all casinos on
October 6 and 7, 2008.
Century Casinos holds a 33.3% stake in Casinos Poland Ltd. since March
2007. Casinos Poland is the market leader in Poland with a 50% share of the
Polish casino market. The company owns and operates seven casinos in
international four and five star hotels and one slot casino throughout
Poland.
For further information about events of Casinos Poland Ltd. please
visit the website under http://casinospoland.pl/en/index.php.
About Century Casinos, Inc.:
Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainment company
that owns and operates the Womacks Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek,
Colorado, the Century Casino & Hotel in Central City, Colorado, the Century
Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and the Century Casino
Millennium in the Marriott Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. The Company
also operates casinos aboard the Silver Cloud, The World of ResidenSea, and
the vessels of Oceania Cruises. Through its subsidiary Century Casinos
Africa (Pty) Limited, it owns and operates The Caledon Hotel, Spa & Casino
near Cape Town, South Africa, as well as 60% of, and provides technical
casino services to, Century Casino Newcastle, in Newcastle, South Africa.
Furthermore, the Company's Austrian subsidiary, Century Casinos Europe
GmbH, holds a 33.3% ownership interest in Casinos Poland Ltd, the owner and
operator of seven full casinos and one slot casino in Poland. The Company
continues to pursue other international projects in various stages of
development.
For more information about Century Casinos, visit our website at
http://www.centurycasinos.com. Century Casinos' common stock trades on The
NASDAQ Capital Market(R) and the Vienna Stock Exchange under the symbol
CNTY.
This release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of
Century Casinos based on information currently available to management.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
the forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks described
in the section entitled "Risk Factors" under Item 1A in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed on March 17, 2008. Century Casinos disclaims any
obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement that may be
made from time to time by it or on its behalf.
SOURCE Century Casinos, Inc.
 back to top
Related links:
http://www.centurycasinos.com
http://casinospoland.pl/en/index.php
CONTACT:
Peter Hoetzinger, Co CEO & President,
+1-719-689-5813, or +43 664 355 3935, peter.hoetzinger@cnty.com,
or Larry Hannappel, Senior Vice President, +1-719-229-6448,
larry.hannappel@cnty.com, both of Century Casinos, Inc.
|
