Optimal Payments Plc : Optimal wins major award

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Optimal Payments showcases industry leading products at ICE Totally Gaming 2013

Optimal wins major award at the International Gaming Awards

Tuesday, 5 February 2013 - Optimal Payments Plc (LSE: OPAY), a leading international online payments provider, is pleased to announce its attendance at this week's ICE Totally Gaming 2013, the world's largest gaming show, at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in East London.

Running from Tuesday 5 February through to Thursday 7 February, ICE Totally Gaming 2013, with 31,000 sq m of offline and online gaming innovation, delivered by 400-plus exhibitors from 54 international jurisdictions - a truly global representation from Australia to the USA - is set be the single biggest gaming event in the world.

Optimal Payments will be at booth S0-211 on the Ground Floor of the ExCel Exhibition Centre in East London, showcasing our NETBANX processing solutions, our NETELLER eWallet and Net+ Prepaid Cards businesses. Merchants are welcome to visit us and experience the full range of Optimal's payment solutions for gaming and sports betting businesses. As an Official Partner of the Lotus F1 Team, Optimal will also be providing some on-stand entertainment, challenging you to beat your friends on the official Lotus F1 Team Formula One car simulator.

If you wish to schedule a meeting with our team during the show, please contact us directly via email [e-mail] we will contact you.

Also this week, Optimal won a major award, Corporate Services Supplier of the Year, at the International Gaming Awards, which were held at the Brewery in London yesterday evening. Optimal was also nominated as Payment Solutions Provider Company of the Year. This award and nomination reflect recognition from the international gaming industry for Optimal's leading payments and risk management solutions, built on its strong technology platform and many years of experience in payments and gaming.

Optimal Payments is also proud to be a sponsor of the renowned Fire & Ice Party, the most anticipated event in the iGaming social calendar with 2,000 of the who's who in attendance throughout the night. Fire & Ice is for the industry and completely supported by the industry.

Martin Leroux, Chief Business Development Officer of Optimal Payments, said "ICE Totally Gaming represents a major opportunity for Optimal to showcase its industry-leading solutions to the gaming industry. We continue to invest in developing innovative solutions for our merchants that bridge the real and online worlds, providing an offering that is best-in-class for payments combined with sophisticated fraud and risk management tools. We're looking forward to a great year in 2013, and thank all our existing customers for their continuing support."

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For further information contact:

Optimal Payments

UK

Andrew Gilchrist, EVP Corporate Affairs + 44 (0) 203 5447 250

[e-mail]

North America

Martin Leroux, Chief Business Development Officer + 1 514 380 2717

[e-mail]

Neil Erlick, Senior Vice President, Business Development + 1 514 947 7310

[e-mail]

About Optimal Payments

Optimal Payments is a global provider of online payment solutions. Trusted by businesses and consumers in over 190 countries to move and manage billions of dollars each year, merchants use the NETBANX® processing service to simplify how they accept and settle credit card, direct-from-bank, and cash payments; and the NETELLER® payment account to increase margins, capture new customers and increase their lifetime value. Being an independent provider has allowed the company to support tens-of-thousands of merchants around the globe across a wide range of industries.Optimal Payments Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market, with a ticker symbol of OPAY. Subsidiary company Optimal Payments Ltd is authorised and regulated as an e-money issuer by the UK's Financial Services Authority (FRN 900015).

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