SHENZHEN, China, May 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- 500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) ("500.com" or the "Company"), a leading online sports lottery service provider in China, announced that, Shenzhen E-Sun Sky Network Technology Co., Ltd. ("E-Sun Sky"), a subsidiary of a consolidated affiliated entity of the Company, and the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau Sports Lottery Administration Center ("Hunan Sports Lottery Center") entered into a cooperation agreement (the "Agreement") today, under which Hunan Sports Lottery Center shall support E-Sun Sky to assist in developing physical sales channels in Hunan Province, in order to enhance the convenience of sports lottery ticket purchases, enlarge customer base and optimize user experience for lottery purchasers. The Company shall develop and operate the physical sales channels in accordance with local development plans for sports lottery business and requests of Hunan Sports Lottery Center, leveraging the strength and experience in user operation and information provision and assisting Hunan Sports Lottery Center on the marketing of sports lottery brand, products and activities, etc.

Hunan Sports Lottery Center agrees that E-Sun Sky shall establish several physical sales channels of sports lottery tickets and start operation. The operation period is three years starting from the date of the Agreement.

Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau Sports Lottery Administration Center is under the jurisdiction of Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau, and is in charge of the sales and administration of sports lottery products in Hunan area.

About 500.com Limited

500.com Limited (NYSE: WBAI) is a leading online sports lottery service provider in China. The Company offers a comprehensive and integrated suite of online lottery services, information, user tools and virtual community venues to its users. 500.com was among the first companies to provide online lottery services in China, and is one of two entities that have been approved by the Ministry of Finance to provide online lottery sales services on behalf of the China Sports Lottery Administration Center, which is the government authority that is in charge of the issuance and sale of sports lottery products in China.

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For more information, please contact:

500.com Limited
IR@500wan.com

Christensen

In China
Mr. Christian Arnell
Phone: +86-10-5900-1548
E-mail: carnell@christensenir.com

In US
Ms. Linda Bergkamp
Phone: +1-480-614-3004
Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.com

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