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Century Casinos Announces Launch of Nationwide Mega Jackpot in Poland

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Posted 03 October 2008 @ 05:00 am ET

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Century Casinos,Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market(R) and Vienna Stock Exchange: CNTY) announcedtoday that Casinos Poland successfully launched the first nationwide MegaJackpot in Poland on October 1, 2008.

The Mega Jackpot is a progressive jackpot system, which combines slotmachines from six Casinos Poland casinos into one network, enabling an evenmore exciting game with much bigger payoffs during simultaneous games.

Via the progressive jackpot system, a part of every bet made on slotmachines connected to the network is accumulated into a common pool. MegaJackpot players actually can see the prize increasing as they play.

Slot machines at the following casinos of Casinos Poland have beenconnected to the Mega Jackpot system: the Casino in the Marriott Hotel inWarsaw, the Casino in the Hyatt Hotel in Warsaw, the Casino in the Hotel HPPark 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 buildingin Katowice.

The successful launch of the new jackpot system was accompanied by specialevents and promotions with attractions in each individual casino.

Century Casinos holds a 33.3% stake in Casinos Poland Ltd. since March2007. Casinos Poland is the market leader in Poland with a 50% share of thePolish casino market. The company owns and operates seven casinos ininternational four and five star hotels and one slot casino throughout Poland.

For further information about Casinos Poland Ltd. please visit the websiteunder http://casinospoland.pl/en/index.php.

About Century Casinos, Inc.:

Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainment companythat owns and operates the Womacks Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek,Colorado, the Century Casino & Hotel in Central City, Colorado, the CenturyCasino & Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and the Century Casino Millenniumin the Marriott Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. The Company also operatescasinos aboard the Silver Cloud, The World of ResidenSea, and the vessels ofOceania Cruises. Through its subsidiary Century Casinos Africa (Pty) Limited,it owns and operates The Caledon Hotel, Spa & Casino near Cape Town, SouthAfrica, as well as 60% of, and provides technical casino services to, CenturyCasino Newcastle, in Newcastle, South Africa. Furthermore, the Company'sAustrian subsidiary, Century Casinos Europe GmbH, holds a 33.3% ownershipinterest in Casinos Poland Ltd, the owner and operator of seven full casinosand one slot casino in Poland. The Company continues to pursue otherinternational projects in various stages of development.

For more information about Century Casinos, visit our website athttp://www.centurycasinos.com. Century Casinos' common stock trades on TheNASDAQ Capital Market(R) and the Vienna Stock Exchange under the symbol CNTY.

This release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaningof the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements arebased on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of Century Casinosbased on information currently available to management. Such forward-lookingstatements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that couldcause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed orimplied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could causeactual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statementsinclude, among others, the risks described in the section entitled "RiskFactors" 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 anyforward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by it or on itsbehalf.

SOURCE Century Casinos, Inc.


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