PacificNet Launches "Mahjong Mobile Pact" for World Series of Mahjong - Mobile Game Designed to Promote Playing Mahjong Anywhere

PacificNet Launches "Mahjong Mobile Pact" for World Series of Mahjong - Mobile Game Designed to Promote Playing Mahjong Anywhere

June 07, 2007

    MACAU, China, June 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- PacificNet,
Inc.
(Nasdaq: PACT), a leading provider of gaming and mobile
game technology, e-
commerce, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in
China, announced today
that it will launch a new mobile Mahjong game for the
"2007 World Series of
Mahjong." The three-day World Series of Mahjong
tournament to be held at Wynn
Macau on June 15-17 is expected to gather the most skilled
Mahjong players in
the world, competing for the Mahjong World Championship
with the guaranteed
minimum purse of US $1 million.  The champion is guaranteed
to pocket
US$500,000 single-handedly, the largest cash prize in the
history of
tournament Mahjong. PacificNet has been designated as the
official telecom and
mobile provider for the World Series of Mahjong.

    PacificNet's newly launched "Mahjong Mobile
Pact" is a java-based mobile
game designed to help players better understand the rules
of the game and to
allow them to practice their Mahjong skills anywhere on a
Java-enabled mobile
phone.  Players may download the free trial version of
"Mahjong Mobile Pact"
from various PacificNet subsidiaries, affiliates and
partner companies,
including PactGames, Guangzhou Wanrong (www.my2388.com),
Clickcom
(www.Clickcom.com.cn), MOABC (WAP.Moabc.com), iMobile
(www.iMobile.com.cn and
www.18900.com ), among others. PacificNet will work closely
with the World
Series of Mahjong and other partners to promote the game of
Mahjong via the
internet and mobile internet portals.

    Tony Tong, Chairman and CEO of PacificNet, commented,
"Being the
designated telecom and mobile provider for the Mahjong
competition with the
largest purse in the world, PacificNet is trying to push
this game in every
possible way in an attempt to attract players of all skill
levels. With an
estimated 100 million Mahjong players worldwide, Mahjong is
considered to be
the national pastime game of China and is the most widely
played gambling game
in the world, especially in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea,
and most Asian
countries."

    According to industry forecasts, mobile online games
will become vastly
more popular with the advent of 3G networks in China.
Forecasts frequently
note that online and offline mobile gaming differs greatly
in terms of their
service models. Online gaming uses a telecom service model
earning revenues
from traffic fees during play, while offline mobile gaming
is simply a game
application downloaded onto a handset for a small fee. The
forecasts predict
strong growth for WAP, JAVA and BREW, while the proportion
of SMS-enabled
games will drop. With over 400 million mobile phone users,
China has already
become the largest mobile population in the world.
Moreover, the number of
mobile users is still growing rapidly and has far exceeded
the number of PC
based internet users, which is about 120 million, in
China.

    About the World Series of Mahjong

    The World Series of Mahjong is a 3-day,
single-elimination format
tournament. Please visit the official website
www.world-series-mahjong.com for
rules, format, scoring system and schedule of play. The
registration fee is a
non-refundable sum of US $5,000. Payment of the fee will
guarantee a player's
seat at the tables and a chance to win one of the cash
prizes. Prizes will be
awarded to the top 32 players. The tournament will be held
at the fabulous
Wynn Macau Hotel and Casino on June 15-17, 2006. All
tournament functions will
take place in the hotel's Grand Ballroom and function rooms
on the second
floor.

    About PacificNet

    PacificNet, Inc. (http://www.PacificNet.com) is a
leading provider of
gaming and mobile game technology, e-commerce, and Customer
Relationship
Management (CRM) in China. PacificNet's gaming products are
specially designed
for Chinese and Asian gamers with focus on integrating
localized Chinese and
Asian themes and content, advanced graphics, digital sound
effects and popular
domestic music, with secondary bonus games and jackpots. 
PacificNet gaming
products include: Multi-player Electronic Table Games -
Baccarat, Sicbo, Fish-
Prawn-Crab, Mahjong, and Roulette machines, Server-Based
Games (SBG) with
multiple client betting stations, slot and bingo machines,
Video Lottery
Terminals (VLTs), Amusement With Prizes (AWP) machines,
gaming cabinet and
client/server system designs, online i-gaming software
design, and multimedia
entertainment kiosks. PacificNet's gaming clients include
the leading hotels,
casinos, and gaming operators in Macau, Asia, and Europe,
while ecommerce and
CRM clients include the leading telecom companies, banks,
insurance, travel,
marketing and business services companies and telecom
consumers in Greater
China such as China Telecom, China Mobile, Unicom, PCCW,
Hutchison Telecom,
Bell24, Motorola, Nokia, SONY, TCL, Huawei, American
Express, Citibank, HSBC,
Bank of China, Bank of East Asia, DBS, TNT, China and Hong
Kong government.
PacificNet employs about 1,200 staff in its various
subsidiaries throughout
China with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai,
Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Macau
and Zhuhai China, USA, and the Philippines.

    PacificNet's Major Operation Subsidiaries:

    PacificNet Games Limited (PacGames), is a leading
provider of Asian multi-
player electronic gaming machines, gaming technology
solutions, gaming related
maintenance, IT and distribution services for the leading
hotel, casino and
slot hall operators based in Macau, China and other Asian
gaming markets.
Take1 Technologies (www.take1technologies.com), is in the
business of
designing and manufacturing electronic multimedia
entertainment kiosks, coin-
op kiosks and machines, Electronic Gaming Machines (EGM),
bingo and slot
machines, AWP (Amusements With Prizes) games, server-based
downloadable games
systems, and Video Lottery Terminals (VLT) such as Keno and
Bingo machines,
including hardware, software, and cabinets.

    Pacific Solutions Technology, is a CMM Level 3
certified software
development center with over 200 software programmers
located in Shenzhen,
China, and specializes in the development of client-server
systems, internet
e-commerce software, online and casino gaming systems and
slot machines, as
well as banking and telecom applications using Microsoft
Visual C++, Java, and
other rapid application development tools.

    PacificNet Epro (www.EproTel.com.hk): CRM Call Center
and Customer
Services Outsourcing

    PacificNet Clickcom (www.clickcom.com.cn), MOABC.com :
VAS,SP,( SMS, WAP)
Guangzhou Wanrong (www.my2388.com): VAS, SP,
(SMS,MMS,IVR,WAP, Java Games)
PacificNet Communications Limited, iMobile,
(www.imobile.com.cn,
www.18900.com, wap.17wap.com)

    Safe Harbor Statement

    This Company's announcement contains forward-looking
statements. We may
also make written or oral forward-looking statements in our
periodic reports
to the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, etc., in our annual
report to
shareholders, in our proxy statements, in press releases
and other written
materials and in oral statements made by our officers,
directors or employees
to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts,
including
statements about our beliefs and expectations, are
forward-looking statements.
These statements are based on current plans, estimates and
projections, and
therefore you should not place undue reliance on them.
Forward-looking
statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We
caution you that a
number of important factors could cause actual results to
differ materially
from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
Potential risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, PacificNet's
historical and
possible future losses, limited operating history,
uncertain regulatory
landscape in China, and fluctuations in quarterly and
annual operating
results. Further information regarding these and other
risks is included in
PacificNet's Form 10K and other filings with the SEC.

    Contact:
    PacificNet USA office:
    Jacob Lakhany, Tel: [phone]

    PacificNet Beijing office:
    Ada Yu, Tel: [phone]
    23rd Floor, Building A, TimeCourt, No.6 Shuguang Xili,
Chaoyang District,
    Beijing, China 100028

    PacificNet Shenzhen Office:
    Tel: [phone]
    Room 4203, JinZhongHuan Business Center, Futian
District, Shenzhen, China
    518040

    PacificNet Macau office:
    Tel: [phone]
    Unit A-C, 12th Floor, Edificio Commercial I Tak, No.
126, Rua Da Pequim,
    Macau, China