Genting International, The UK's Biggest Casino Operator, Launche...

Subject: Genting International, The UK's Biggest Casino Operator, Launches CircusCasino.com, Its First Online Brand

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:25:43 +0100

Genting International, The UK’s Biggest Casino Operator, Launches CircusCasino.com, Its First Online Brand

Genting International, parent company of Genting Stanley, the UK’s biggest casino operator has launched its first online casino brand to maintain the group’s commitment to being number one in the UK casino market.

CircusCasino.com, which will be operated by Genting Stanley Alderney Limited, is a logical and important strategic step for Genting International in extending its product range for its UK customer base.

The Genting International group’s operations in the UK includes 44 clubs, such as the prestigious Crockfords club in Mayfair as well as the national Circus, Maxims and Mint brands.

Justin Tan, Managing Director, Genting International, said: “Being the UK’s biggest land-based casino operator, it is important for us to meet all the needs of our customers, including the growing demand to be able to play online from the comfort of their homes. It is a significant opportunity for us to leverage the heritage, expertise and reputation of our Group brands.”

CircusCasino.com will offer a market leading range of over 100 casino, card and table games including favourites such as roulette, blackjack, pontoon, baccarat, craps and slots. Players will also be able to play various cash poker games and tournaments at the time and table limits of their choice.

Players from around the world will be able to access CircusCasino.com and view the Play for Fun games. From launch only players from the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands will be able to deposit funds and Play for Real games.

Peter Brooks, Executive Deputy Chairman, Genting Stanley, added: “At Genting Stanley, we have been able to provide our players with a great night out, combining food, entertainment and gaming at any one of our 44 casinos. Now CircusCasino.com can offer players, in the comfort of their own home, a great night in.

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“It’s all about choice and our research shows that a growing number of players want this from a brand that they know they can trust.”

CircusCasino.com will allow Genting International to access the growing online market and attract new customers, whilst retaining a greater share of existing customers’ online spend. The UK online gaming market is estimated to be worth over £1 bn gross win.

Peter Nolan, Managing Director, Online said: “We want to reach out to the increasing number of players who want the thrill of a ‘big night out’, or a ‘big night in’. It’s a simple and appealing proposition for customers - security, convenience and fun, from the group which is the UK’s number one casino operator.”

Genting Group is one of Malaysia’s leading multinational corporations, which has more than 27,000 employees and a combined market capitalisation of more than US17 billion.

Genting Stanley Solihull Ltd recently announced a potential £90m investment in a partnership with the NEC (National Exhibition Centre) for the development of a leisure and entertainment complex, including a 2005 Act large casino, on the NEC site in Solihull, Birmingham.

Speaking about the brand, which was officially launched at the group’s elegant Palm Beach casino in Mayfair last night (26 June), Peter Brooks added: “We have a strong customer service ethos and the Group will carry this through to the online brand where the emphasis will be on fun, responsible gaming in your own home.”

Genting Stanley Alderney which operates CircusCasino.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Genting International. It places the same high level of importance on social responsibility as Genting Stanley and will operate to the same high standards of care as the land-based casinos. It is incorporated in Alderney and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission.

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Notes to Editors

The Genting Group is Malaysia’s leading multinational corporation and one of Asia’s best-managed companies. The Group has over 27,000 employees, 11,000 acres of prime resort land and more than 80,000 hectares of plantation land.

The Genting Group is the collective name for Genting Berhad and its subsidiaries that comprises listed entities with a combined market capitalisation of more than US$17 billion.

The Group via Genting International P.L.C. (“Genting International”) (www.gentinginternational.com) is a

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leading resort development specialist with over 20 years of international gaming expertise and global experience in developing, operating and/or marketing internationally acclaimed casinos and integrated resorts in different parts of the world, including Australia, the Americas, Malaysia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom (“UK”).

In 2006, Genting International won a competitive tender to build and operate an integrated resort in Singapore’s Sentosa Island, called Resorts World at Sentosa. To be opened in early 2010, this integrated resort will house Universal Studios Singapore, The Marine Life Park - the world’s largest oceanarium - a maritime museum, a water fun park, a destination spa, six hotels and the live production stage of Mark Burnett Productions Asia.

Genting International is also the largest casino operator in the UK where its subsidiary, Genting Stanley, has a total of 44 casinos - 39 in the provinces and 5 in London with some of the most prestigious clubs (i.e. Crockfords Club, Maxims Casino Club, The Colony Club, and The Palm Beach).

Genting Stanley Alderney (GSA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Genting International and licensed by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. GSA operates CircusCasino.com and offers a market leading range of over 100 casino, card and table games including favourites such as roulette, blackjack, pontoon, baccarat, craps and slots. From launch CircusCasino.com will only accept deposits and real play from the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

The Genting Group was founded in 1965 by the late Tan Sri (Dr.) Lim Goh Tong with the development of a beautiful highlands resort, named Genting Highlands Resort (www.genting.com.my). Located at the peak of Mount Ulu Kali, 2,000 metres above sea level and 58 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, it is now one of the world’s leading integrated entertainment resorts, attracting 19.6 million visitors in 2007.

Under the leadership of Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, the Genting Group continues to grow from strength to strength. His commitment to excellence, innovation and growth has resulted in the birth of premier global brand names.

Genting Highlands Resort was voted the World’s Leading Casino Resort (2005 and 2007) and Asia’s Leading Casino Resort from 2005 to 2007 by World Travel Awards.

The resort offers 6 hotels with 10,000 rooms, over 50 fun rides, 170 dining and shopping outlets, mega shows, international business convention facilities and endless entertainment - all in one location. At 2,000 metres (6,000 feet) above sea level, it enjoys fresh cool climate all year round and splendid views of its natural surrounding highlands. One of its hotels, First World Hotel is the world’s largest hotel with 6,118 rooms (officially acknowledged by Guinness World Records and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not).

Genting Highlands Resort is owned and operated by Resorts World Bhd (“Resorts World”). In addition, Resorts World owns and manages the Awana chain of hotel resorts in Malaysia (www.awana.com.my), comprising Awana Genting Highlands Golf & Country Resort, Awana Kijal Golf, Beach & Spa Resort, Terengganu and Awana Porto Malai, Langkawi.

One of the country’s lowest cost producers of palm oil, the Genting Group’s plantation arm, Asiatic Development Berhad (www.asiatic.com.my), has over 80,000 hectares of land in Malaysia and Indonesia. It has some property development projects in the states of Johor, Kedah and Melaka and has

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a joint venture project developing more land in Indonesia into oil palm plantation.

Asiatic through its subsidiary Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology Sdn Bhd (“ACGT”), has also formed a joint venture with US-based Synthetic Genomics, Inc. In line with its aim to be a world-class centre of excellence in genomic science in Malaysia, ACGT is receiving technical assistance from the highly acclaimed US-based J. Craig Venter Institute to explore the use of genomics-based techniques to improve yields and profit streams of oil palm.

Operating in Malaysia, India and China, the Group’s Power Division is a considerable force in the industry with a net attributable capacity of 1,450MW. Its two key assets are the 720MW Kuala Langat gas-fired plant in Malaysia and the 724MW Meizhou Wan coal-fired plant in Fujian, China. In March 2007, the Group divested its paper and packaging businesses to focus on its other core businesses.

The Oil & Gas Division via Genting Oil & Gas Limited (www.gentingoil.com) is the only private Malaysian oil and gas production and exploration company. In China, the division operates an onshore-enhanced recovery oilfield under a Petroleum Contract with Sinopec. In Indonesia, the division has interests in three Production Sharing Contracts signed with BPMIGAS (Indonesia’s oil and gas supervisory body).

The Genting Group is committed to continue to grow strongly as a leading Asian multinational corporation.

For further press information or images Adrian Johnson, Lucre Communications, +44 (0) 113 243 1117, +44 (0) 7921 504 134, [email protected]

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