Los Angeles (July 31, 2009) – TVG, the official TV and interactive wagering partner of the NTRA, today announced that it has reached a new two-year agreement with Penn National Gaming running through 2010. Through this deal, TVG will offer live broadcasting, video streaming, and account wagering on TVG.com for all races at Penn National Gaming affiliated tracks including Penn National, Zia Park, Charles Town, Raceway Park and Bangor Raceway.  TVG’s live broadcast television coverage and online wagering will begin this weekend at Penn National Racetrack for the Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup.

“We’re delighted to reach an agreement with Penn National Gaming which adds broadcast coverage and online wagering on racing from some of the country’s best tracks to the TVG portfolio,” said Gerard Cunningham, president of Betfair US. “This agreement further indicates TVG’s commitment to improving the overall health of the racing industry through arrangements that benefit the owners, tracks and bettors.”

TVG continues to give horse racing fans the most inclusive coverage of the nation’s premier races and now through our enhanced video streaming capabilities, customers have more options than ever to experience the thrill of the races anywhere on their PC.

TVG’s pre-race coverage of the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup will begin with “Blinker’s Off” this Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:30 am EST.  TVG will begin race day coverage of the Governor’s Cup on Saturday, August 1 at 12:00 pm EST with a special preview of the Governor’s Cup on “Horseracing Today” immediately followed by live coverage of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup and three undercard stakes races.

“We’re pleased that the entire family of Penn National Gaming Racetracks – Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, Charles Town Races and Slots, Zia Park, Raceway Park and Bangor Raceway are joining the TVG wagering and broadcast platforms,” said Christopher McErlean, vice president of racing at Penn National Gaming. “We are excited with the inclusion of Penn National’s richest race ever – the $200,000 Governor’s Cup – this weekend and think that TVG’s thoroughbred and harness fans will find that Penn National Gaming tracks offer a year round product with plenty of wagering options.”

TVG’s coverage of Penn National Gaming affiliated tracks will also include a series of races at Charles Town as well as the New Mexico Breeders Classic series at Zia Park.

About TVG
TVG, the official TV and Interactive Wagering partner of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and a subsidiary of Betfair Group Ltd, the premier e-gaming betting community, is among the most widely distributed horseracing networks in the world. TVG is the largest advance deposit wagering company in the US, accepting over $500 million in wagers in 2008. The company has demonstrated its commitment to the racing industry, its owners, tracks and fans through the sponsorship of several preeminent races including the TVG Breeders Cup Mile, TVG/Betfair Hollywood Gold Cup and Claiming Crown. TVG viewers in certain areas can wager interactively on races via telephone, the Internet, TVG Mobile or Interactive Television by establishing a wagering account online at www.tvg.com or by telephone at 1-888-PLAY-TVG.

About Penn National Gaming
Penn National Gaming owns and operates gaming and racing facilities with a focus on slot machine entertainment. The Company presently operates nineteen facilities in fifteen jurisdictions, including Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ontario. In aggregate, Penn National Gaming’s operated facilities feature over 26,300 gaming machines, approximately 400 table games, over 2,000 hotel rooms and over 959,000 square feet of gaming floor space.

Contact:
Jason Howarth, Conover Tuttle Pace, 617-412-4000
Kyle Fratini, Red Consultancy (for TVG), 212-529-8473