WPT Enterprises, Inc. to Report Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results on November 4

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE) today announced it will release financial results for the third quarter ended September 28, 2008, on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, after the market close. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss the results the same day at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET). Participating in the call will be President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Lipscomb, and Interim Chief Financial Officer, Thomas Flahie.

To participate in the conference call, investors should dial 800-762-8779 ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time. International callers should dial 480-248-5081. If you are unable to participate in the live call, a replay will be available November 4, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. ET, through November 11, 2008 at 12:00 a.m. ET. To access the replay, dial 800-406-7325 (U.S.) or 303-590-3030 (International), and use passcode: 3933517.

The call will be open to all interested investors through a live audio Web broadcast via the Internet on the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.worldpokertour.com and at http://investor.shareholder.com/wpt/events.cfm. For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived.

About WPTE

WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:WPTE) is a company engaged in the creation of internationally branded entertainment and consumer products driven by the development, production, and marketing of televised programming based on gaming themes. WPTE is the creator of the World Poker Tour(R), a television show based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments that has been licensed for broadcast globally. WPT Season VI airs Monday nights at 9pm ET/PT on GSN in the United States, and WPT Season VII will air on FSN. WPTE also has operations in mainland China, pursuant to an agreement with the China Leisure Sports Administrative Center where WPTE is developing and marketing the WPT China National Traktor Poker Tour. In January 2008, the company launched ClubWPT.com, an innovative subscription-based online poker club targeted to the estimated 60 million poker players in the United States and is currently offered in 38 States. WPTE currently licenses its brand to companies in the business of poker equipment and instruction, apparel, publishing, electronic and wireless entertainment, DVD/home entertainment, casino games, and giftware. The company is also engaged in the sale of corporate sponsorships. For show information, tools for improving poker play, and other WPT news, fans may log on to www.worldpokertour.com. WPTE is a majority owned subsidiary of Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: LACO).