PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Jan. 7, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- AngelCiti Entertainment (OTCBB:AGLC) announced that it has achieved a major milestone in eliminating all of its long term debt from internally generated cash flow and equity raised by the company. This material turn of events will enable the company to even more aggressively pursue growth in 2004. Other than technical inter-company debt between the company and its wholly owned subsidiaries and miscellaneous service provider bills incurred in the ordinary course of business, the company is now debt-free.
"This event is a major event in the evolution of our company," remarked AngelCiti President George Gutierrez. "While we have been successful in many of our expansion goals, our efforts had been slowed by the need to pay down debt incurred from our initial start-up costs. With that burden behind us, we strongly feel that investors can expect to see continually improving results from the company, as our Asian expansion efforts and other objectives begin to bear fruit."
The Industry
A Bear Stearns report for the industry pegs annual revenue at $4.2 billion for 2003, while Christiansen Capital Advisors predicts a slightly more rosy picture pointing to an estimated $4.5 billion in revenue for calendar year 2002, saying 2005 revenue could exceed $10 billion. InformaMedia Group, which tracks electronic gambling predicts that online gaming revenue will even reach $14.5 billion by 2006.
The Company
AngelCiti's wholly owned subsidiary Worldwide Management provides gaming software to numerous online casinos including SharkCasino.com, SharkPoker.com and TheHouseWins.com, and currently services casinos in English, Spanish, German, Chinese and Japanese.
This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding AngelCiti's business strategies and future plans of operations. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risk and uncertainties. The company's risks and uncertainties include: intense price competition, economic, political and regulatory uncertainties, the need to raise additional capital for growth and expansion and its reliance on the internet as a means for promoting the software it sublicenses. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release speak only as of the date hereof and AngelCiti disclaims any obligation to provide public updates, revisions or amendments to any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect changes in AngelCiti's expectations or future events. The representations of net handle and gross net win in this press release are presented as measures of performance for the company that are different from those presented in the income statement in accordance with Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be considered as revenue or a GAAP related financial disclosure criteria.