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World Poker Tour(R) Partners with the Creative Coalition for 5th Annual WPT Celebrity Invitational.


The Invitation-Only Celebrity Tournament Will Take Place at Commerce Casino Commerce Casino is a cardroom located in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce. With over 240 tables on site, Commerce Casino is the largest cardroom in the world.[1] Established in 1983, the casino accounted for 38% of Commerce's tax revenues for the 2006-2007 fiscal year.  in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  March 3-5

LOS ANGELES -- Second graph, second sentence of release should read: The last celebrity standing in the tournament receives a $10,000 donation to their favorite charity, while the winner of the tournament receives $100,000 and a $25,000 seat in the WPT WPT World Poker Tour
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 World Championship in April, 2007 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas (sted $225,000 in cash and a $25,000 seat in the WPT World Championship in April, 2007 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.)

The corrected release reads:

WORLD POKER TOUR For the PBS network with the same abbreviation, see .

The World Poker Tour (Abbreviated WPT) is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players.
[R] PARTNERS WITH THE CREATIVE COALITION FOR 5TH ANNUAL WPT CELEBRITY INVITATIONAL

The Invitation-Only Celebrity Tournament Will Take Place at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles March 3-5

WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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:WPTE WPTE Western Pacific Tracking Element ) today announced that it has partnered for the first time with The Creative Coalition (TCC TCC The Car Connection (web site)
TCC Tidewater Community College
TCC Tallahassee Community College
TCC Temporary Continuation of Coverage
TCC Tucson Convention Center (Tucson, AZ, USA) 
) for the fifth anniversary of the most glamorous stop on the poker circuit--the World Poker Tour [R] (WPT) Celebrity Invitational.

The red carpet, invitation-only event welcomes Hollywood's hottest celebrities and poker's best who battle it out in a three-day Texas Hold 'Em Texas hold 'em (also hold'em, holdem) is the most popular poker variant played in casinos in the United States.[1] Hold'em is a community card game where each player may use any combination of the five community cards and their own two hole cards  tournament for charity, cash and bragging rights. The last celebrity standing in the tournament receives a $10,000 donation to their favorite charity, while the winner of the tournament receives $100,000 and a $25,000 seat in the WPT World Championship in April, 2007 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Additionally, the WPT will donate $10,000 to TCC.

TCC is the leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan social and public advocacy organization of the arts and entertainment community. Founded in 1989 by prominent members of the creative community, The Creative Coalition is dedicated to educating its members on issues of public importance, primarily the First Amendment, public education and arts advocacy. Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, The Creative Coalition also has offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco.

"This strategic partnership with The Creative Coalition is truly an ideal step to elevate this event in our fifth anniversary season," said Steve Lipscomb, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of WPTE. "We look forward to working with and watching the TCC in action--in addition to being renowned for their amazing events, they are such a well-respected organization rich in entertainment history and education. We are excited to see the best Celebrity Invitational yet."

About WPTE

WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:WPTE) 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[R], 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 150 markets globally. With the WPT in its fifth season, WPTE has launched a second series on the Travel Channel, the Professional Poker Tour This article or section contains information about the future of a television show which is currently on a seasonal break or has not yet finished its broadcast run. [TM], which focuses on the play of poker's leading stars. WPT also operates a real-money online gaming website, www.wptonline.com, which prohibits wagers from players in the U.S. and other restricted jurisdictions. WPTE 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. The company is also engaged in the sale of corporate sponsorships. For show information, tools for improving poker play, and other WPT news, fans may log on to www.worldpokertour.com. WPTE is a majority owned subsidiary of Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: LACO). Photos and media information can be found online at: www.worldpokertour.com/media

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1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
" for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by WPT Enterprises, Inc.) contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to the expansion of WPTE's brand licensing, the development of new television and film projects, the development of WPTE corporate sponsors and other business development activities, as well as statements regarding other capital spending capital spending

Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years.
, financing sources and the effects of competition. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of WPTE. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, WPTE's significant dependence on the Travel Channel as a source of revenue; difficulty of predicting the growth of our online casino business, which is a relatively new industry with an increasing number of market entrants; the increased time, cost and expense of developing and maintaining WPTE's own online gaming software; the potential that our television programming will fail to maintain a sufficient audience; the risk that competitors with greater financial resources or marketplace presence might develop television programming that would directly compete with WPTE's television programming; the risk that WPT may not be able to protect its entertainment concepts, current and future brands and other intellectual property rights; risks associated with future expansion into new or complementary businesses; the termination or impairment of WPTE's relationships with key licensing and strategic partners; and WPTE's dependence on its senior management team. For more information, review WPTE's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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