Sports.com Limited, Europe’s leading Internet and mobile data provider of sports content and publisher of www.sports.com, Europe’s most visited sports site, today announced an expanded agreement with Oddset, the online sports betting arm of Deutsche Lotto and Toto Block.

Since February 2001, Sports.com has provided Oddset with comprehensive sports background content, which visitors to Oddset use to help place their bets (see ‘Live’ and ‘Info’ buttons on www.oddset.de).

In an expanded relationship launching this weekend, Sports.com’s visitors in Germany will be able to place sports bets directly to the Oddset website on sports such as soccer, handball, formula one and ice hockey In Germany. The bets are placed in the book of Oddset, however the user stays in the look and feel of Sports.com.

‘Sports.com is the most visited sports site in Europe, and we are delighted to expand our preferred partnership with the Oddset network in Germany,’ said Tom Jessiman, CEO of Sports.com. ‘This agreement is the first step for Sports.com in building a European online sports betting presence outside the United Kingdom and will enable our German users to make attractive sports bets, especially as the Bundesliga season starts again.’

For further information please contact:

Caroline Costello
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Tel: 020 7282 2858

Gavin Chittick
Sports.com Limited
Tel: 020 8233 7543