COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY and Vienna Stock Exchange: CNTY) announced today that Century Casinos' one-third subsidiary Casinos Poland Ltd. successfully hosted the Unibet Open Poker Tournament at its casino at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Warsaw, Poland, from December 3 - 6, 2009.

The Unibet Open is a series of Live Texas Hold'em Poker Tournaments operated throughout Europe since 2007. This year saw the Unibet Open becoming one of the most popular and well-known poker tours in Europe with tournaments in Budapest, Algarve, London, Prague and the final event in Warsaw.

A total of 401 players from 25 countries competed in the main event for a total prize pool of PLN 2,566,400 (approx. $950,000). Sunday's final table saw the best local player from Poland, Wojciech Frankowski, claiming eighth place and the first place going to Jimmy Jonsson from Sweden.

About Century Casinos, Inc.:

Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainment company that owns and operates the Womacks Casino & Hotel in Cripple Creek, Colorado, the Century Casino & Hotel in Central City, Colorado, and the Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Canada. The Company also operates casinos aboard five luxury cruise vessels (Silver Cloud, Regatta, Insignia, Nautica, Mein Schiff). Through its Austrian subsidiary, Century Casinos Europe GmbH, the Company holds a 33.3% ownership interest in Casinos Poland Ltd., the owner and operator of seven full casinos and one slot casino in Poland. Century Casinos, Inc. continues to pursue other international projects in various stages of development.

For more information about Century Casinos, visit our website at www.centurycasinos.com. Century Casinos' common stock trades on The NASDAQ Capital Market® 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 include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proceeds from our sale of Century Casinos Africa, progress at and plans for our casinos and the impact of economic downturn. 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 sections entitled "Risk Factors" under Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2009. 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.

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