World Poker Tour Selects Niagara Fallsview Casino to Host North American Poker Championship

LOS ANGELES -- Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, Bill Edler and Evelyn Ng may be the most illustrious Canadian poker players on the world stage, but come October the World Poker Tour will offer a look
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort 
  at who else might be Canadian stars-in-the-making when the Tour inaugurates its first stop north of the border at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort. The WPT has selected Canada's luxurious casino, overlooking the famous Niagara Falls, as the site of its third annual North American Poker Championship, October 25-29.

"By staging the North American Poker Championship in this beautiful Canadian casino, we put out the welcome mat for all poker enthusiasts in Canada and truly lay down the gauntlet to see who can reign supreme on the continent," said Steve Lipscomb, CEO and founder of WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE) "We are thrilled to welcome the Niagara Fallsview to the WPT family and look forward to an inspiring and exciting event that will attract players from both sides of the border."

Niagara Fallsview marks the third international location on the WPT tournament calendar for Season V, joining Paris' Aviation Club (Grand Prix de Paris) and the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas (Pokerstars' Caribbean Adventure).

"All of us at the Fallsview Casino are very excited to be working with the WPT to bring a premiere International Poker event like this to Canada," said Fallsview General Manager Steve Wolstenholme. "Our casino is ready to lay out the red carpet for the WPT, the players, and the fans as they join us here in Niagara Falls. We plan to make the Fallsview Casino Resort the home of the premiere poker events in Canada and will have some other exciting announcements to make in the coming weeks about our plans with the WPT moving forward."

Season V begins and ends in Las Vegas, kicking off at The Mirage Poker Showdown May 14, 2006 and concludes April 27, 2007 at Bellagio for the exciting and much heralded WPT World Championship.

The WPT launched the poker phenomenon when it first aired on the Travel Channel on March 30, 2003, and it continues to lead the way in developing poker as a major international sport. Viewers and aspiring tour players can log on to www.worldpokertour.com for ways to improve their game and to get the latest WPT schedules, information and merchandise. The highest rated show ever on The Travel Channel, the WPT is now seen in more than 147 countries and territories worldwide. WORLD POKER TOUR® airs every Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST/PST on the Travel Channel in the U.S.

               World Poker Tour Season V Tournament Schedule
      Tournament Name       Hosting Casino / Location             Date

    The Mirage              The Mirage,                     May 14 - 17, 2006
    Poker Showdown          Las Vegas

    Mandalay Bay            Mandalay Bay,                    June 4 - 8, 2006
    Poker Championship      Las Vegas

    Grand Prix de Paris     Aviation Club de France,       June 12 - 16, 2006
                            Paris

    Legends of Poker        The Bicycle Casino,          August 26 - 30, 2006
                            Los Angeles

    Borgata Poker Open      The Borgata,              September 15 - 19, 2006
                            Atlantic City, NJ

    North American          Niagara Fallsview
    Poker Championship      Casino Resort               October 25 - 29, 2006

    World Poker Finals      Foxwoods Resort Casino,     November 11 - 14, 2006
                            Mashantucket, CT                       Final Table
                                                             November 16, 2006

    Bellagio Five Diamond   Bellagio,                   December 15 - 19, 2006
    World Poker Classic     Las Vegas

    PokerStars.com          PokerStars.com, Atlantis,     January 6 - 13, 2007
    Caribbean Adventure     Paradise Island, Bahamas         (tentative dates)

    World Poker Open        Gold Strike Casino,          January 21 - 25, 2007
                            Tunica, MS

    L.A. Poker Classic      Commerce Casino,            February 15 - 20, 2007
                            Los Angeles

    WPT Invitational        Commerce Casino,            February 22 - 24, 2007
                            Los Angeles

    Bay 101 Shooting Star   Bay 101,               February 27 - March 3, 2007
                            San Jose, CA

    World Poker Challenge   Reno Hilton, Reno, NV          March 26 - 29, 2007

    WPT World Championship  Bellagio, Las Vegas            April 21 - 27, 2007

    Two additional tournaments to be confirmed at a later date.
  

WPT Enterprises, Inc. is a company engaged in the creation of internationally branded entertainment and consumer products driven by the development, production, and marketing of televised programming based on gaming themes. WPTE is the creator of the World Poker Tour®, a television show based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments that airs on the Travel Channel in the United States and more than 147 markets globally. With the WPT in its fifth season, WPTE has launched a second series on the Travel Channel, the Professional Poker Tour(TM), which focuses on the play of poker's leading stars. WPT Enterprises currently licenses its brand to companies in the business of poker equipment and instruction, apparel, publishing, electronic and wireless entertainment, DVD/home entertainment, casino games, and giftware. For show information, tools for improving poker play, and other WPT news, fans may log on to www.worldpokertour.com.