Kentucky Derby(R) Championship Racing is now
available on Java
-enabled Sprint PCS Vision handsets for a one time
download fee of $4.
Mobile gamers can experience
the exhilaration and challenge of
horseracing with Kentucky Derby Championship Racing, where players
become the jockey and manage their horse's rise through the ranks
amongst several Churchill Downs
tracks to earn a position to race in
the Kentucky Derby."
"Summus continues to provide wireless
customers with fresh,
cutting-edge games like Kentucky Derby Championship Racing," said Gary
Ban
, CEO of Summus.,
owns and operates world-renowned horse racing venues throughout the
United States
. Summus currently offers
an ever-growing list of 28 mobile phone applications deployed through
41
major wireless carriers in the U.S and abroad. Summus designs and
develops these applications with
the industry's most intuitive
navigation that is designed for a consistently superior user
experience
.summus.
All trademarks and/or registered trademarks are the property of
their respective owners
. tracks selected primarily because
their races run at times that align with daylight time zones in
China.S.com will go live before the end of the
second quarter of 2005.S. Youbet.com operates
Youbet
.
all websites
Players control their position on the track, their
position against other horses and their energy
levels to finish the
race strongly.phonederby.5 billion in 2008 in the United States alone, according
to
market research firm IDC.
About Churchill Downs Incorporated
Churchill Downs Incorporated
, headquartered in Louisville, Ky. All documents are available through
the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering
Analysis and Retrieval system
(EDGAR) at www.
Youbet.com (Nasdaq:UBET) said today that it
plans to launch a
horse racing entertainment website in March of this year exclusively
for access
by customers in Mainland China. horse racing. It
will feature live feeds from U.thoroughbred all
Additional carriers
will be launching the game
in the coming months.7 million from 10.
Cell phone games are expected
to grow from $345 million in revenues in
2004 to $1. CDI also owns off-track betting facilities and
has interests
in various television production, telecommunications and racing
services companies
that support CDI's network of simulcasting and
racing operations. that agree to let Youbet carry
their signal in China. More information on Youbet can be found at
www.com
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Such factors include
, without limitation, the following: the timely
development and market acceptance of new products
and technologies;
our ability to secure financing on terms acceptable to us; our ability
to control
operating expenses; increased competition in the advance
deposit wagering business; a decline in
the public acceptance of
wagering; wagering ceasing to be approved in jurisdictions where
Youbet
currently operates; the limitation, conditioning or suspension
of any of Youbet's licenses; increases
in or new taxes imposed on
wagering revenues; loss or retirement of key executives; and a decline
in the general economy. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements
, which speak only as of the
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(OTCBB:
SMMU), a leading provider of mobile
media applications that optimize
the consumer wireless experience, and Churchill Downs Incorporated
(NASDAQ: CHDN), a leader in thoroughbred racing from coast to coast,
have created an exciting
and challenging horse racing game for the
mobile phone subscriber. The website also offers Kentucky
Derby and Churchill Downs Incorporated wallpapers and ringtones that
let users feel like they
are a part of the action. Tubbs, vice president of sales for
Churchill Downs Incorporated. CDI racetracks
have hosted nine Breeders' Cup World
Thoroughbred Championships - more than any other North American
racing
company.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve
risks and uncertainties concerning Summus' business, products,
and financial results. Actual results
may differ materially from the
results predicted.
Youbet. From time
to time, these
risks, uncertainties and other factors are discussed in
the Company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.links sports
Winners can see how they stack up against the competition on the
leader
-board at www. "Working with premier brands such as Churchill
Downs Incorporated and the Kentucky
Derby allows us to expand our
gaming strategy by introducing a new audience to wireless games.--
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Architecture also provides base for Q2 introduction of fully
functional Spanish
and Chinese language sites in the U.
Initially, Youbet will broadcast signals and program information
in Chinese from the Meadowlands Race Track and Monmouth Park Racetrack
in New Jersey; from Sam
Houston Race Park in Texas; and from Delta
Downs and Evangeline Downs Race Tracks in Louisiana.S
.com's exclusive closed-loop network.
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,"
"might," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "could,"
"would," "estimate," potential
," "continue" or "pursue" or the
negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology used
in
Youbet's press releases and in its reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
are intended to identify forward-looking
statements.
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Summus and Churchill Downs Incorporated
Bring the 'Greatest Two Minutes in Sports' to the Mobile Phone; The Best Horse-Racing in the World is
Now Available as
com. The Kentucky
Derby is the oldest, continuously held sporting event in North
America
and is widely regarded as the greatest horse race in the world. CDI trades on the Nasdaq
National Market under the
symbol CHDN and can be found on the Internet at
www.Youbet To Launch
Horse Racing Entertainment Website in China; Internet Platform Aimed at Familiarizing Mainland Constituents
with U.S. Sport
Business Editors/Sports Editors/Entertainment Editors
WOODLAND HILLS
, Calif. 60.com TotalAccess(TM), an Oregon-based hub for the acceptance and
placement of wagers.Youbet
. These forward-looking statements, which are included in
accordance with the Safe Harbor provisions
of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, may involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties
and other factors that may cause Youbet's actual results
and performance in future periods to be
materially different from any
future results or performance suggested by the forward-looking
statements
in this press release.sports links
Players can visit
this website to discuss the game on the chat forum, view
a complete
game demonstration, and learn about future contests and prizes that
top players can
earn."
The number of people playing games on cell phones in the United
States last year jumped
to 18.churchilldownsincorporated. Summus partners with
leading content brands to develop compelling
and unique wireless
applications and content for the mobile phone, focused within the most
popular
areas of growth, including photo-messaging, multi-player
games, news/information and personalization
.summus.S.
The new site, which will mirror aspects of the Company's highly
successful U.S., programs
that Youbet is pursuing to respond to changing
demographics in many of the country's racing centers
. The Spanish and
Chinese versions of Youbet. "We will carefully monitor
regulatory events in China
to determine if future expansion of the
site is warranted.
Youbet.ring all
Business Editors/Horse
Racing Writers
RALEIGH, N.----Summus, Inc. This game is designed for different levels of play
,
giving novices or old pro's a chance to win the Kentucky Derby, known
worldwide as the "Greatest
Two Minutes in Sports". This exciting
horse-racing game incorporates help screens that educate users
on the
terminology and skills needed to win, all the way to the roses.
Kentucky Derby Championship
Racing has been launched to coincide
with Churchill Downs Incorporated's premier race, the $2 million
Kentucky Derby (Grade I), which will enjoy its 131st renewal on May 7,
2005, at Churchill Downs
racetrack in Louisville, Ky. The Company's seven racetracks in California, Florida,
Illinois, Indiana
, Kentucky and Louisiana host 121 graded-stakes
events and many of North America's most prestigious
races, including
the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, Hollywood Gold Cup and Arlington
Million
. web platform in Simplified Chinese, is intended to
extend Youbet's brand awareness by exposing the
world's most rapidly
growing Internet population to the excitement of U.
Construction of the new
URL also will produce the architecture
needed to launch fully functional Spanish and Chinese language
sites
in the U.
"We're launching the China site to be in a position to capitalize
on opportunities
that could arise if the Mainland Chinese government
acts to legalize aspects of online gaming," said
Charles F. Champion,
Youbet's CEO."
Champion noted that there is evidence of substantial investment
in
horse race track development and equestrian centers on the Mainland.3 million) in east central
China.com is the largest Internet provider of thoroughbred,
quarter horse and harness horse racing
content in the United States. Although Youbet believes the
expectations reflected in such forward
-looking statements are based
upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that actual
results
will not differ materially from these expectations.racing web
C. In
2004, attendance at the Kentucky Derby reached
140,054, making it one
of the largest attended Derby Days in the event's history.
"Churchill Downs
Incorporated's mission is to provide the highest
quality horse racing and entertainment experience
to horse racing fans
everywhere," said Tyrone E. "Being able to experience the excitement
of horse
racing as a game on your mobile phone continues to extend our
reach to sports and race enthusiasts
.
Summus hereby disclaims any obligation to publicly update the
information provided above, including
forward-looking statements, to
reflect subsequent events or circumstances. "Clearly, if gaming laws
are liberalized, it will create
a large potential market for horse racing and Youbet.
"The China
website will be accessible only from the Mainland.
"This is the best way for us to illustrate the
power of our
platform as a delivery channel for entertainment experiences and for
the Chinese
to gain an appreciation of U. Youbet.com is an official online wagering platform of Churchill
Downs
Incorporated and the Kentucky Derby.offering all
99. In a year when most sports
events saw ratings declines, horse
racing attendance and viewership
via broadcast and cable programming set record highs.6 million in
2003. Informa Media Group, a London-based media
and telecommunications research firm, says that worldwide
cell phone
games sales could reach about $1 billion in 2005 and $4 billion in
2007, compared with
$584 million in 2003. For more information, see www.com.
There is a new $50 million track operating
in Beijing and another $180
million has been committed for a racing complex in populous Hubei
Province
(pop.
Visitors will be asked to register for free trial memberships which
entitle them to access
races and related race information from tracks
in the U. horse racing products,"
Champion concluded
.
Members have the ability to watch and, in most states, the ability to
wager on vast majority
of all major domestic horse racing content via
Youbet.com members enjoy
features that include
commingled track pools, live audio/video,
up-to-the-minute track information, real-time wagering
information,
phone wagering and value-added handicapping products.thoroughbred all
According
to Street + Smith
's Sports Business Journal, more than 31 million
people attended racing events in 2004.com
About
Summus
Summus is a leading provider of mobile media applications that
optimize the consumer
wireless experience. More information about potential risk factors that
could affect our business
, products, and financial results is included
in Summus' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31,
2004, and in reports subsequently filed by Summus with the Securities
and Exchange
Commission("SEC").S.S.
"A Chinese language entertainment site focused on horse racing is
a logical
, cost-efficient marketing vehicle for introducing our brand
and the sport to government officials
, gaming industry leaders, track
owners and consumers," Champion said.
There will be no wagering
at the site. Youbet does not undertake, and
specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release
the result
of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to
reflect the
occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or
circumstances after the date of such statements
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