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365 Corporation PLC 15 February 2001 Thursday 15 February 2001 - Embargoed for 7.00am 365 CORPORATION STRENGTHENS ONLINE BETTING OFFERING WITH EXCLUSIVE PERSON TO PERSON FLUTTER.COM DEAL Digital media and communications company, 365 Corporation Plc ('365') and Flutter.com, the UK's leading person-to-person betting site announce an exclusive year-long betting deal, commencing in March 2001. Flutter.com will be the exclusive person-to-person betting provider to 365's 2.4 million users (September 2000), allowing them access to sports, music and financial betting content and enabling them to own wagers, as well as take up wagers offered by other users. 365 will receive guaranteed revenue based on revenue share of user betting activity and a fixed fee for introducing new registered users to Flutter. Person-to-person betting is essentially head-to-head betting between two people who set the price with no bookmaker in the middle of the transaction. Access to person to person betting through Flutter.com will be available via a direct link on all of 365's web sites including www.football365.com, www.planet-rugby.com, www.music365.com and www.business365.co.uk. The co-branded site will enable users to place their flutters, without moving away from the 365 sites, with an interface that is easy to understand and use. In the betting area, Flutter.com will also provide news, polls and up to the minute wagers on everything from football and racing to motorsports and financial markets. The deal will also include joint promotions, content and branding opportunities. The new partnership with Flutter.com is a significant step in 365's proposed series of betting deals with leading global brands such as Sportingbet (fixed odds) and Sporting Index (spread betting). 365's betting portfolio has been developed across specialist areas that encompass various forms of betting including fixed-odds, spread betting and pools. 365 Corporation's Chief Executive Officer, Dan Thompson said, 'Flutter.com is the leader in the person-to-person betting market. The deal will integrate Flutter's services and 365's content, to maximize revenue from new and existing audiences. This exciting new deal continues to strengthen 365's betting proposition to users, across a broad spectrum of areas.' Flutter.com's Business Development Director, Tim Levene said, 'Teaming up with one of the leading sports and entertainment networks in the UK is a fantastic way of introducing fluttering to a mass market. Flutter.com is a site for anyone with a passion, who wishes to enhance it in a different and exciting way. Users of football365, rugby365 and racetips365 are passionate about sport, and this deal offers them an unrivalled entertainment experience - placing flutters on the outcomes of games, matches and races.' -ends- For Further Information Please Contact: Dan Thompson, Chief Executive 365 Corporation plc 020 7505 7800 Fiona Meiklejohn / Ben Atwell Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 Lisa Ridgway Flutter.com 020 7847 9929

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