Announces partnership with The Sports Network

Framingham, MA (September 18, 2006) –The National League of Poker (NLOP) announced today that over 40,000 people had registered to its free online poker portal www.nlop.com. NLOP, which launched on March 10, 2006, is the first completely free-to-play online poker portal that offers players a risk-free poker environment to play in, and awards cash and prizes to winners. During the month of August 2006, NLOP administered over 7 Million minutes of poker-play sessions and delivered over 25M page views.

The company also announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with national sports content powerhouse The Sports Network, www.sportsnetwork.com. TSN will add private-branded poker content to its impressive array of sports feed and content services that it offers its clients.

"We were really impressed with the NLOP program", said Ken Zajac VP of The Sports Network. "The demand for a US-compliant poker content alternative was high on our client's wish list and the NLOP game engine and offering was a perfect fit". " We see the addition of free-to-play poker content and contests as a great value-add to our client base."

"We are honored to have TSN choose us as a partner", stated Michael Clebnik COO of NLOP. "They have an impressive client roster that we feel will benefit from adding free-to-play private-branded poker content to their online offerings". "We feel there is huge audience of Americans looking for legal alternatives to offshore sites", continued Clebnik. "While offshore sites claim to offer "free" poker, most also offer little to win. With NLOP, people can win huge sponsor-subsidized prizes-the NLOP poker experience is more realistic and entertaining than any other free site".

Consumers can sign up and play at www.nlop.com and enter the just announced Fall Series with over $30,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs.

About NLOP

NLOP is poised to become the leading web portal for casual poker game-play in the US. With a business model that stands in sharp contrast to offshore or remote sites, NLOP aims to bring fun, free and compelling game play to the US audience.

To learn more about NLOP visit www.nlop.com

Contact Information:

Michael Clebnik
COO
NLOP, Inc.
1-877-20-Poker X224

About The Sports Network

The Sports Network provides up-to-the-second sports scores, statistics, news, injury and weather reports, standings, schedules, team information and much, much more via satellite and online transmission using state-of-the-art technology to a host of organizations around the globe.

To learn more about The Sports Network visit http://www.sportsnetwork.com

Contact Information:

Ken Zajak
VP- Business Development
The Sports Network
2200 Byberry Road Suite 200
Hatboro, PA 19040
215.441.8444

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