March 11, 2007

FUN Technologies: WorldWinner Extends Partnership With EA to Provide Cash Tournaments on Pogo.com

Expanded Partnership Includes Promotional Opportunities for Pogo.com

FUN Technologies Inc. today announced that its WorldWinner www.worldwinner.com  subsidiary has renewed its exclusive agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. to provide cash tournaments on Pogo.com www.pogo.com. Pogo.com is the #1 stickiest destination for online gaming according to comScore Media Metrix (February 2007). Boasting a wide variety of more than 75 free online games including puzzle, word, casino, classic card and board, Pogo.com features both single-player and multiplayer games.

Players will have access to WorldWinner's complete games offering, which includes popular casual games like SCRABBLE® Cubes, Solitaire Rush, Bejeweled 2 and Luxor.

Under the terms of the agreement, WorldWinner will develop a customized cash tournament site, where players from Pogo.com can compete against thousands of players in the WorldWinner player network. Furthermore, WorldWinner will promote Club Pogo™, the subscription service offered by Pogo.com, on the customized site as well as on WorldWinner.com and its affiliate sites. Club Pogo is home to more than 1.4 million paying subscribers who spend upwards of 12 hours per week playing and socializing online.

"For the last four years, our partnership with Pogo has introduced millions of Pogo players to WorldWinner's popular tournament games, thereby expanding the liquidity of our player network," said Lorne Abony, CEO of FUN Technologies. "With this extended relationship, we'll continue providing the Pogo community all of the exciting tournament games WorldWinner offers, plus a few new additions that will be available exclusively at Pogo.com."

"WorldWinner's tournament games are a perfect complement to our games and community, which have made Pogo one of the world's most popular casual gaming sites," said Karen Schulman, VP and GM, Pogo.com.

This agreement expands on the initial contract signed by the two companies in 2003 to introduce the Pogo community to WorldWinner's cash tournament games.

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