Poker Players Invited to Paul Scholes Testimonial at GSOP Live Watch Manchester United honour a football legend The

first stop of GSOP Live season 2 will take place within the walls of Manchester Uniteds famous Old Trafford stadium The Theatre of Dreams. On Friday 5 August, during day 3 of the Grand Series of Pokers main event, all players who qualified for a full prize package through Ongames online finals will be able to watch and enjoy the testimonial match between Manchester United and New York Cosmos for Paul Scholes, who called an end to his wonderful playing career for the recently crowned Premier League champions. This is going to be a big night for me and my family but one which I intend to enjoy and I will savour every moment, says Scholes on Manchester Uniteds official website. I have spent my whole footballing life at Manchester United, so this will be an emotional farewell. And it will also be an emotional night for fans of the Red Devils with one of Man Utds most acclaimed and respected players making a return to Old Trafford now Director of Soccer at the New Your Cosmos, Eric Cantona will be pitched head-to-head against his former manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Paul Scholes made nearly 700 appearances for Manchester United, in which he claimed a monumental 24 winners medals in 17 seasons. Former France international player Zinedine Zidane says he is undoubtedly the greatest midfielder of his generation. In his last appearance in a Manchester United shirt, Paul Scholes will team up with a side of Manchester United veterans for a final game in his honour. To play the first-ever poker tournament within the walls of Old Trafford and enjoy a footballing spectacular for one of the games true greats will be an amazing experience for any fan of poker and football, says David Pittel, Managing Director of Ongame Network. Having many of the biggest sportsbook brands on our network were really excited to offer a poker event with the Champions League finalists and Premier League champions providing the backdrop at the very same time. There is no cost for players. All they have to do is qualify through Ongame, and then sign up for the match at the welcome party on 2 August. Direct buy-ins are available at www.gsoplive.com. About Ongame Ongame is the worlds largest B2B poker provider. The global network includes more than 25 of the e-gaming industrys strongest brands and operators and has up to 45,000 concurrent players at peak hours. Ongame also operates regional networks in France and Italy. The company offers both operators and their players a wide variety of ring games and tournaments to choose from every hour of every day. Ongame Network Ltd is headquartered in Gibraltar and is a subsidiary of bwin.party digital entertainment plc, the worlds largest listed online gaming company. Further information about Ongame can be found at www.ongame.com.

About GSOP Live Grand Series of Poker Live is a luxurious live poker tournament aimed at recreational players. The main part of Ongames poker network tour goes down in all new locations in Europe by beaches, in the Alps and in one of the worlds most famous football stadiums. The Grand Final will then see the tour go pan-Atlantic to the Caribbean paradise of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. 2-6 August 2011: Manchester at Manchester United FCs stadium Old Trafford 11-15 October 2011: Greece, Porto Carras, near Thessaloniki 8-12 December 2011: Prague 1-5 February 2012: Salzburg, in the skiing resort St Johann im Pongau 21-28 April 2012: Grand Final in the Dominican Republic

Direct buy-ins are now available at www.gsoplive.com. For more information, please contact: Carl Zide, Communications Manager at Ongame, +46 701 64 70 13, carl.zide@ongame.com