| I sold the 1/3 left preopen for a good profit. Bought back around 24 -- a very turbulent market in the net sector today. Same thing with XMCM. 
 Risky but potentially highly profitable play: RIHI
 
 Ranes International Holdings Inc. Announces Intent to Merge with WorldNet [.17725]
 
 /FROM PR NEWSWIRE MIAMI  305-461-8666/
 TO BUSINESS EDITOR:
 
 Ranes International Holdings Inc. Announces Intent to Merge with WorldNet
 Gaming Inc. to Form the Most Player-Friendly Casino Company on the Internet
 
 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ranes International
 Holdings Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RIHI) signed a letter of intent with
 Toronto, Canada-based WorldNet Gaming Inc. to form a new publicly traded
 company -- WorldNet Gaming Inc., headquartered in Costa Rica.
 WorldNet Gaming, with gross betting of $7M per month and growing, is an
 Internet gaming veteran with 11 fully developed Internet Casinos, provider of
 the first Internet Sports Book (www.cyberbookie.com) and developer of world-
 class Casino software that is used by other Internet Casino Gaming Partners
 worldwide.
 "Internet gaming at $50B per year is the fastest growing segment of
 commerce on the Internet, and WorldNet Gaming has been a major part of the
 industry's growth," said a spokesman for WorldNet Gaming. He continued, "We
 have focused on the Internet-based Casino business for over three years and
 invested over $4M in software development alone. Coincidental with our
 upcoming merger, we will be releasing an entire new set of Casino software
 that will dazzle our clients."
 The Casinos of WorldNet Gaming offer nine JAVA-based Casino games with
 unmatched speed, graphics and audio, as well as the safety and security of
 international credit card capability with both MasterCard(TM) and VISA(TM).
 Complementing the Company's direct Casino business is a worldwide Internet
 Business Partner program that allows Internet entrepreneurs to establish their
 own "turn-key" Casinos using both software, communications support and
 offshore bank processing from WorldNet Gaming. These strategic partnerships
 provide WorldNet Gaming with both initial license revenues as well as long-
 term profit sharing annuities.
 WorldNet Gaming, pioneer of Casino games and services for the Internet, is
 the leader in developing Casino games that are easy to access, exciting to
 play and safe and secure to use. For additional information about WorldNet
 Gaming or this press release, please visit their web site,
 www.worldnetgaming.com or e-mail Andy Ruppanner, VP of Marketing and
 Communications at andy@worldnetgaming.com or 1-800-548-0010.
 Certain statements herein that are not historical are forward-looking
 statements involving risks and uncertainties. Investors who seek more
 information about the Company's business and relative risk factors may wish to
 review the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission including, but not limited to, its most recent Annual Report on
 Form 10-KSB and Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB.
 
 SOURCE  WorldNet Gaming Inc.
 
 /CONTACT:  Andy Ruppanner, VP of Marketing and Communications, WorldNetGaming,
 800-548-0010, or e-mail, andy@worldnetgaming.com/
 
 /Web site: worldnetgaming.com
 
 Jan-28-1999 07:19 GMT
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