ST. PAUL, MN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/27/06 -- The World Poker Store, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WPKS), a leading provider of merchandise solutions to the gaming industry, announced today a 4 for 1 forward stock split with an effective date of June 26th, 2006 and a payment date of June 28th, 2006.

The World Poker Store, Inc., operates retail locations in the state of Minnesota with franchise opportunities available nationwide in 2006. The Executive offices are located in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Company features premium poker merchandise including a large selection of Casino Quality poker chips, Texas Hold'em tables, Cards, DVDs, Poker Apparel and Pro Tour collectibles available both in the retail stores and online at www.theworldpokerstore.com.

Additional revenue streams for The World Poker Store also include "The Bar Poker League" where the company currently hosts more than one hundred (100) weekly Texas Hold'em tournaments in bars and restaurants in the state of Minnesota, plus corporate parties and fund raisers also offer the company additional revenue as host to large scale Texas Hold'em Tournaments at varying levels of compensation. WPKS and WPS Franchise owners benefit from those dollars as well as the standard Bar Poker League nightly fees.

More information is available by contacting the company directly. Information is available on the web at: http://www.theworldpokerstore.com.

This press release contains information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results described within the forward-looking statements. Risk factors that could contribute to such differences include those matters more fully disclosed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking information provided herein represents the Company's estimates as of the date of the press release, and subsequent events and developments may cause the Company's estimates to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking information in the future. Therefore, this forward-looking information should not be relied upon as representing the Company's estimates of its future financial performance as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

Contact:
The World Poker Store, Inc.
Greg Needham
651-286-8918 ext 51