COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNTY; Vienna Stock Exchange) announcedtoday that the company has opened the casino aboard the first cruise ship ofTUI Cruises on May 23, 2009. This was also the first day of the maiden voyageof the luxurious four-star plus ship with a total of 962 cabins for over1,900 passengers and 780 crew members. Besides an exquisite lounge and bararea, casino guests can enjoy 31 slot machines and five gambling tablesoffering American roulette, blackjack and poker.

"Mein Schiff" ("my ship"), which is the name of the vessel, waschristened on May 15, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany, by Ina Muller, north Germanmulti-talent and recipient of the German television price 2008 award. AinoLaos, British singer, composer and producer, dedicated the hymn "Ocean ofLove" in a world premiere to the vessel. Guests of the christening eventincluded Anna Netrebko, Udo Lindenberg, TUI Cruises CEO Richard Vogel as wellas Century Casinos' Co CEOs Erwin Haitzmann and Peter Hoetzinger.

On November 24, 2008, Century Casinos, Inc. entered into an exclusive,long-term agreement with TUI Cruises GmbH, a joint venture between Germantour operator TUI AG and the US shipping company Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd.,under which Century Casinos will operate the casinos on all cruise ships thatTUI Cruises places into service before December 31, 2012. Three ships areplanned to go into service until 2012.

Century Casinos has significant experience in the operation of casinos inthe luxury cruise ship segment and currently manages the casinos aboard theSilver Cloud, a six-star cruise ship of Silversea Cruises, as well as thecasinos on all vessels of Oceania Cruises. For further information aboutCentury Casinos' operations on cruise ships please visit the company'swebsite underhttp://www.cnty.com/casinos/century-casinos-cruise-ship-operations/cruise-ships/.

About Century Casinos, Inc.:

Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainment companythat 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 website atwww.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" within the meaningof the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements arebased on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of Century Casinosbased on information currently available to management. Such forward-lookingstatements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proceedsfrom and the closing of our sale of Century Casinos Africa, progress at andplans for our casinos and the impact of economic downturn. Suchforward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and otherfactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from futureresults expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Importantfactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from theforward-looking statements include, among others, the risks described in thesections entitled "Risk Factors" under Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form10-K filed on March 16, 2009. Century Casinos disclaims any obligation torevise or update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time totime by it or on its behalf.