QuizWinners.com Challenges U.S. to Find Out -- Are You "All American?"

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - January 14, 2009) - As Inauguration Day approaches and the new political administration prepares to draw on America's past in order to shape our future, you might be asking yourself -- how much do I know about the United States? Today, QuizWinners.com, a global 24/7 multiplayer quiz platform, becomes available in the U.S., providing the only online gaming platform where the playing field is level. The All-American Quiz lets players test themselves on current and historical American facts for fun, and challenge friends, family and colleagues to beat their highest score for real cash or prizes.

The official U.S. launch of the QuizWinners.com platform, developed by HIMES, the worldwide leader in knowledge-based entertainment, brings a new and unique type of gaming into a competitive and savvy U.S. online gaming market. QuizWinners players test their sports, fashion, entertainment or current events knowledge by answering each of 10 multiple-choice questions within the 10 seconds provided for each question. In addition to playing against other online competitors, users can organize their own battle between friends, family or colleagues.

Visitors can begin as free or practice players to test their trivia skills before becoming star players and winning money. QuizWinners' unique ranking system matches players against opponents at similar skills levels making it a fair contest of knowledge.

"Internet users no longer just want to compete for fun against a computer -- they want the excitement of real opponents and real cash or prizes," explains HIMES managing director, Wouter Tabernal. "Unlike traditional gaming websites, 'the house,' in this case QuizWinners.com, has no odds -- because players are betting on their own knowledge. In this way, each individual holds the power to determine if he or she will win."

Quizzes currently available on QuizWinners.com include the All-American Quiz, Pro and College Football Quiz, Showbiz Quiz, News Quiz, Quiz for Her and Top Trivia Quiz. Widgets for many of these quizzes are also available for quick play or for posting to Facebook and MySpace pages. The QuizWinners question database includes more than 80,000 questions created and refreshed daily by a team of more than 25 professional trivia editors in the U.S. and over 100 editors worldwide. With more authentic questions being created each day, QuizWinners.com brings unique challenges to returning players based on their playing level and history.

The latest QuizWinners launch in the U.S. comes on the heels of HIMES' aggressive European expansion over the past year, including platform launches in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany. Continuing the company's strategic growth, HIMES plans to bring real-time knowledge-based online gaming to France, Spain, and beyond, in 2009.

About HIMES

HIMES has been a worldwide leader in its field since 2000, when it introduced SuperQuiz -- the world's first online quiz which gave players the chance to win real cash. Currently delivering online quizzes to the UK, the Netherlands and Germany, HIMES is expanding across the globe, bringing its passion for quizzing to an ever-expanding international audience. HIMES is based at the Media Park in Hilversum, in the heart of the Dutch media world.

Contact Information: Contact: Kim Hamelburg Text 100 Boston 617-399-4930 kimberly.hamelburg@text100.com