RNS Number:6515S
Sportingbet PLC
01 December 2003


Embargoed for 7.00 a.m. on 1 December 2003

                                Sportingbet Plc
                        ("Sportingbet" or the "Company")

                               Directors' dealing


The Company has today been notified that Nigel Payne, Chief Executive of
Sportingbet, purchased 30,000 ordinary shares in the Company on 28 November 2003
at a price of 33p per share.

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