1997 Grand Virtual launces Casino Fantasy and Imperial Casino in 7 languages: French, German, English, Italian, Dutch, Portugese, and Spanish. 1998 Grand Virtual launches Casino Lux and Imperial Casino adding Asian languages into its online casino offering, including Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. 1999 Launched 2nd Generation Casino Gaming Software with new games and Custom Casino capability for Affiliates 1999 Consolidate operations and move to larger office space in Montreal 2000 Launch Casino Glamour and Casino Elegance and add Swedish, Danish and Greek to the casino product for a total of 14 languages. 2000 Added Hebrew and Arabic for a total of 16 languages in the casino product. 2001 Added Norwegian to casino product. 2002 Launched 3rd Generation Casino Gaming Platform with 9 new slot machines. 2003 Added 17 new Casino games: 15 new slots and 2 new table games. 2003 Release Affiliated Web Attractions, the only affiliate platform translated into 16 languages with full account management staff who speak those languages. 2004 Grand Virtual’s operations are sold to GigaMedia and the company is renamed Ultra Internet Media, SA. 2004 Added 6 new Casino games: 1 card game, 4 classic slots and 1 video slots. 2004 Everest Poker launches in 7 languages — Dutch, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese 2004 Everest Poker organizes the first German Poker Tour 2005 Game of the Month program is launched resulting in the addition of over 100 new casino games during the course of 2005 2005 Everest Poker adds Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, and Portuguese languages to the product. 2005 Everest Casino launches in 10 languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish. 2005 First Everest Poker European Championship finale takes place in Barcelona, Spain. 2005 Everest Poker sponsors first France Poker Tour. 2006 Add over 75 new Casino games: card games, video poker and video slots. 2006 Everest Poker runs its first television advertising campaign in Germany. 2006 ESPN television debuts Everest Poker Minute that provides insider tips by real Everest Poker players. 2007 Everest Poker wins 2006-2007 High Roller Awards for Favourite Poker Room from the Platinum Members of Gambling.com. 2007 Ultra Internet Media earns “Hot Shot Operator of the Year” and “Poker Operator of the Year” awards from eGaming Review. 2007 Everest Poker adds fully-translated software and websites in four more languages — Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, and Polish 2007 Everest Affiliates portal is launched. 2007 Everest Poker launches reality series, Vegas Voyage in The Netherlands. 2007 Everest Poker wins 2006-2007 High Roller Awards for Favourite Poker Room from the Platinum Members of Gambling.com. 2007 Everest Poker wins International Gaming & Wagering Business magazine’s “Top International Gaming Products” for 2007. 2007 By the end of the year, added 50 new Casino games 2008 Everest Poker wins silver award for “Best Poker Tournaments” by readers of Gambling Online Magazine. 2008 Everest Poker launches the Spanish Poker Tour. 2008 Everest Poker signs 3-year agreement with Harrah’s Entertainment as the table sponsor for the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas 2008 Everest Gaming obtains a gaming license from Malta. 2008 Added over 30 new Casino games during 2008.