MSN renews contract with Betgenius

MSN UK, the UK’s number one website [Nielsen September 2002], today announces that its sports betting content deal with Betgenius Limited is to continue for another year.

Under the terms of the agreement, Betgenius will continue to supply a white label micro-site comparing odds from ten different Internet bookmakers, in return for a revenue share on bookmakers’ commission payments.

James Leaver of MSN said: “Betgenius’s service is informative and valuable to our 11.2 million visitors per month [Nielsen September 2002]. With revenues from the service increasing all the time, we’re very pleased to have renewed the deal.”

David Walker, Managing Director of Betgenius, said: “We are delighted that MSN.co.uk has chosen us as its betting provider for a second year, and look forward to developing the relationship further in 2003.”

Notes to Editors:
About MSN.co.uk
MSN attracts more than 250 million unique users worldwide and 11.2 million visitors per month in the UK (Nielsen September 2002). Available in 34 markets and 18 languages, MSN is a world leader in delivering Web services to consumers and digital marketing solutions to businesses worldwide. The most useful and innovative online service today, MSN brings consumers everything they need from the Web to make the most of their time online.

Best of breed services available on msn.co.uk include MSN Hotmail, the UK’s most popular free web-based e-mail service with 7.4 million users in the UK and over 110 million users worldwide (MSN Internal data); MSN Messenger Service, the UK’s number one instant messaging service on the internet with 4.5 million monthly users (MSN Internal data 2002) and MSN Search, the UK’s number one search engine with 10 million users per month (MSN internal data).

About Betgenius Limited
Betgenius provides white-label odds comparison services to third party web sites, giving users the best value for money by bringing together odds from a range of leading Internet bookmakers and betting exchanges for a huge variety of events.

For more details on MSN.co.uk, The RED Consultancy:
Fiona Hughes T:020 7465 7734 E:Fiona.hughes@redconsultancy.com
Tara Brown T:020 7465 7791 E:Tara.brown@redconsultancy.com

For more details on Betgenius Limited, please contact:
David Walker, 020 7928 5411

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