COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY; Vienna Stock Exchange)announced today that its Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Canada, willhost the second Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament in support of the MultipleSclerosis (MS) Society of Canada on May 23, 2009.

This tournament is brought to the casino by the popular radiostation CISN and hosted by on air personality Sean Burke. The pokertournament will feature celebrities such as Playboy model Jessica King,former NHL star Rob Brown, current Edmonton Eskimo football players AdamBraidwood and Taylor Inglis, plus many more.

The total prize pool, based on full capacity, is CAD 24,000. Asilent auction will be taking place the day of the tournament, with proceedsgoing towards the MS Society of Canada. For further information about thetournament and registration, please visit our website underhttp://www.cnty.com/casinos/edmonton/casino/promotions-events/.

About Century Casinos, Inc.:

Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainmentcompany that owns and operates the Womacks Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek,Colorado, the Century Casino & Hotel in Central City, Colorado, and theCentury Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Company alsooperates casinos aboard the Silver Cloud and the vessels of Oceania Cruisesand has an agreement to operate the casinos on all vessels (estimated to bethree) put into service by TUI Cruises before December 31, 2012. Through itssubsidiary Century Casinos Africa (Pty) Limited, it owns and operates TheCaledon Hotel, Spa & Casino near Cape Town, South Africa, as well as 60% of,and provides technical casino services to, Century Casino Newcastle, inNewcastle, South Africa. Furthermore, the Company's Austrian subsidiary,Century Casinos Europe GmbH, holds a 33.3% ownership interest in CasinosPoland Ltd, the owner and operator of seven full casinos and one slot casinoin Poland. The Company continues to pursue other international projects invarious stages of development.

For more information about Century Casinos, visit our websiteat www.centurycasinos.com. Century Casinos' common stock trades on The NASDAQCapital Market(R) and the Vienna Stock Exchange under the symbol CNTY.

This release may contain "forward-looking statements" withinthe meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Thesestatements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management ofCentury Casinos based on information currently available to management. Suchforward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statementsregarding the proceeds from and the closing of our sale of Century CasinosAfrica, progress at and plans for our casinos and the impact of economicdownturn. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertaintiesand other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially fromfuture results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially fromthe forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks described inthe sections entitled "Risk Factors" under Item 1A in our Annual Report onForm 10-K filed on March 16, 2009. Century Casinos disclaims any obligationto revise or update any forward-looking statement that may be made from timeto time by it or on its behalf.