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Preference Acquires Real-Time Boxing and Bowling Information
Business/Sports Editors & Internet Writers
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2000--Preference Technologies(TM) Inc. (OTCBB:PFER) today announced that it has signed multi-year content agreements with bowl.com and Electronic Boxing Weekly to provide information for MySportsGIG(TM), Channel Two on the Global Information Gateway(TM) (GIG(TM)).
Electronic Boxing Weekly (EBW) provides the GIG boxer ratings, current standings, fight schedules and news for all the professional and amateur weight classes as well as women's boxing information. EBW receives contributed articles from many freelance boxing journalists and experts including Jim and Tom Trunzo, whom have written articles for many of today's top boxing publications.
Bowl.com will provide updated news and statistical bowling information. The information will cover the American Bowling Congress (ABC), Women's International Bowling Congress (WIBC), Young American Bowling Alliance (YABA), Bowling Proprietors Association of America (BPAA) and the college ranks.
Additionally, it will provide detailed results for the ABC Championships Tournament, WIBC Championship Tournament, Festival of Bowling, YABA Junior Olympic Gold Tournament, ABC/Brunswick World Team Challenge, YABA Coca-Cola Young Bowling Championships, and the College Bowling USA Championships.
"The GIG is rapidly becoming the most detailed information tool available on the Internet today," said Bill Louden, president and COO of Preference Technologies. "The addition of extended boxing and bowling information will only enhance each user's experience."
About MySportsGIG
MySportsGIG is not a Web site, it is a free, downloadable desktop portal. As Channel Two on the GIG, MySportsGIG uses proprietary Internet technology to provide customizable real-time sports score updates, real-time sports betting odds and related news through an interactive experience that only the GIG provides.
In addition to real-time sports reporting, MySportsGIG users have access to the Internet's most comprehensive sporting information. Users are able to access information for any major professional or collegiate sport including every major automotive racing circuit, football, baseball and basketball leagues, tennis, and golf tours, as well as support information for regionally based sports.
In addition to the many MySportsGIG features, users are able to access the information on the other active GIG channels and news on any topic they want. Users also have access to the GIG's Quantum Source Network (QSN) broadcast feature, which provides more than 200 sports, business and entertainment interviews from today's most talked about personalities. To download Channel Two of the GIG, visit www.mysportsgig.com.
About the Global Information Gateway (GIG)
The Global Information Gateway, is a software product that acts as a communications and information aggregator, delivering real-time, customizable information to a user's desktop. The product is comprised of multiple channels that organize and present information by different lifestyle aspects (e.g., business, sports, entertainment, etc.). The first two channels on the GIG are MyMoneyGIG and MySportsGIG.
In addition to leading the next generation in accessing information on the Internet, the GIG provides traditional, and non-traditional, businesses a direct communication link to consumers, facilitating more efficient, effective and interactive targeted marketing programs.
About Preference Technologies Inc.
Preference Technologies Inc., a Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) Certified Solution Provider, is a Las Vegas-based Internet technologies company. For more information on the company, visit www.preferencetechnologies.com.
Statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in the news release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.
Note to Editors Preference Technologies, Global Information Gateway, GIG, MySportsGIG, MyMoneyGIG and the Preference Technologies logo are trademarks of Preference Technologies Inc. Other companies' products may be trademarked by their respective company and therefore are protected by law.
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CONTACT: Preference Technologies Inc., Las Vegas
Clinton Pope, 702/648-6400
cpope@mygig.com
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INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INTERNET SPORTS
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