ASX release 3 September 2003

Lasseters launches new online casino site

Australian online casino operator, Lasseters Corporation Ltd, today announced the launch of a new regulated online casino, aussienugget.com.au.

Speaking at the company’s Annual General Meeting today, Lasseters Corporation Managing Director, Peter Bridge, said the site would initially be used to allow players to trial new high-technology games. The games have been produced as a result of a contract with advanced gaming software entity Online Gaming Systems (OGS) which produces the leading-edge FIRE software.

Lasseters Corporation announced the OGS contract in July and has moved quickly to launch the Aussie Nugget games which are among the most advanced in international online gaming. “Aussie Nugget is now live to invited users for points and cash play,” Mr. Bridge said. “This is an exciting innovation for Lasseters. We now have two sites – lasseters.com.au and aussienugget.com.au. Lasseters Online will continue to offer our traditional range of casino games while Aussie Nugget will feature games enhanced with the latest technology now on offer.” Mr. Bridge said the new FIRE technology would soon be incorporated into the

lasseters.com site. A program has begun to introduce players to the Aussie Nugget site and is anticipated to be completed by the end of September.

The new site is certified and regulated by the Northern Territory Government through an extension to Lasseters Corporation’s existing gaming licence.

The site currently offers 16 games including both casino-style table and card games and a variety of slot, keno and video poker games. The total number of games available through Lasseters’ two online casinos is 63.

Mr Bridge said Lasseters Corporation was continually upgrading its gaming offer and recognised a variety of games and the best technology were important in increasing Lasseters’ appeal in different market sectors. “Ultimately it will also help increase our market penetration,” he said. “A major benefit is that it will enable us to soon offer multi-lingual casino sites. This will vastly improve our offer to the international market place by helping to increase our share of the non-English speaking markets. “FIRE also offers several advantages in terms of its ease of use and responsiveness and it allows us to operate more cost efficiently.” Lasseters expects to launch its first foreign language site later this year. The site will be in Spanish. “We have researched demand for Internet usage and online gaming in international markets and found that Spanish language sites have enormous potential,” Mr. Bridge said. “Spanish is one of the world’s most widely used languages. And the potential for our site is not only in countries where Spanish is the native language but also in the many other countries where large numbers of residents speak Spanish.” Mr Bridge said the Spanish site was now in its development and testing phase.

For further information:

Mr Peter Bridge

Tel: (07) 3230 1100