First electronic poker tables installed in Canada

PokerTek has recently announced that the company will start with the installation of several electronic poker table systems in three casinos in Quebec, Canada. As part of the agreement, PokerTek has already installed its poker tables in Casino de Montreal located in Montreal, Casino du Lac-Leamy located in Gatineau, and Casino de Charlevoix located in La Malbaie. The three casinos will start testing a total of 43 PokerPro tables. All three of the rooms are programmed to open on January 18^th, 2008.

This is PokerTek's first selling in Canada, 25 of the 43 tables were installed in Casino de Montreal, which currently is PokerTek's largest installation of electronic poker tables in the world. Casino du Lac-Leamy installed 13 of the tables and Charlevoix another 5 tables. The casinos will use the tables to offer Texas Hold’em cash games in French or English. PokerPro electronic system deals cards and displays them on private screens similar to online poker tables and displays general information on a large screen in the center of the table . It also gives the chance to set up betting accounts and keep statistical information on the games. In addition, players can enjoy single table and multi-table tournaments. The system is intended to increase the casino revenue by rising the number of hands dealt per hour and reducing the labor costs of poker rooms.

"We are very excited about this project and this technology," declared Alain Brosseau, Project Manager and Gaming Development for the Societe des casinos du Quebec Inc. "We want to offer the best Poker in the most unique poker rooms in North America where customers will be treated like royalty."

"This is an amazing opportunity for PokerTek," expressed the Chief Executive Officer of PokerTek, Chris Halligan "The rooms at these casinos are first class, and designed for poker players. SCQ has a great team and there is significant pent up demand for poker in this region. We continue to execute on our strategy of working with the operators that are highly committed to automated poker."