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To: DAY TRADER who wrote (13027)	7/30/1999 2:02:00 AM
From: ciVic	Respond to of 108040

ABET NR!! 649.COM patents pending, lottery website open!! 649.com Inc. Makes Announcements THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1999 3:21 PM - BusinessWire DANA POINT, Calif., Jul 29, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) -- 649.com Inc. (the "company") (OTC BB:ABET) hereby makes the following announcements: 1. The company has completed its patents pending filing as of a June 24, 1999 filing date. "Method and Apparatus for Conducting Instantaneous On-line Lotteries" -- Serial No. 09/339,256. The patents cover the company's unique methods of playing 6/49 "for free" and "for money," both on the Internet and on stand-alone "video lottery machines." The concept is based on playing and immediately having the six numbers drawn in front of you to see if you have won a major prize of $5 or $10 million instantly. 2. The company has completed its acquisition of 100 percent of 649.com Inc., an Alberta corporation and the shareholders at the EGM approved the business plan, name change and stock split. 3. The Web site is now open and may be accessed and www.649.com. The Web site and the software are being designed by Mindquake Software Inc. The Web site is to be completed by Aug. 21, 1999 and the software ready for beta testing by Sept. 7, 1999. 4. Additional information regarding the appointment of new directors, appointment of company auditors, location of the company's overseas office, completion of negotiations with the insurance company and with the company processing the financial transactions will be announced shortly. Statements made by the company may be forward looking in nature. Actual results may differ from those projected. The company believes that the information in this release is from sources considered reliable but cannot guarantee that the statements presented herein are accurate or complete. Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. -0- CONTACT: 649.com Inc. Rene Poole, 604/602-1717 E-mail: investor_relations@649.com WEB PAGE: businesswire.com GEOGRAPHY: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY CODE: ENTERTAINMENT INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET