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February 15, 2000 NEWS RELEASE dot com Entertainment Group Inc. Olympic Tower, 300 Pearl Street, Suite 200 Buffalo, New York 14202dot com enters European on-line gaming market with "turn-key" license deal BUFFALO, NY: FEBRUARY 15, 2000 - dot com Entertainment Group, Inc. ("dot com") (OTCBB: DCEG) a leading technology company specializing in low denomination Internet based gaming systems, announced today that it has entered into a letter agreement with Intercontinental Cyber Ventures Limited of Nassau, Bahamas ("ICV") to develop and implement two suites of Internet casino games, including low-denomination games such as Bingo, Keno and Pull-Tab games. ICV will focus the majority of its marketing and promotional efforts on the rapidly expanding on-line Internet gaming markets in Scandinavia and other European countries. The agreement provides for the delivery of the first suite of games on or prior to May 31, 2000, with a start-up date which is expected to be within two months from delivery. For its development and license of its award winning low-denomination games technology, dot com will receive a royalty payment which will extend over the life of the license agreement and will continue as long as the software is used by ICV. ICV is expecting to add a second suite of dot com Internet game technology to their on-line entertainment products after the successful launch of its first suite of products. dot com will benefit from this arrangement through enhanced revenue streams and royalty income. It will also realize additional corporate branding, marketing and promotional benefits as its software is used and reviewed by new player-bases in Scandinavia and Europe where a significant convergence from land-based to Internet based gaming systems is expected. The agreement with ICV is the most recent of many license agreements which dot com is working on, confirming its expansion into European markets. This agreement allows dot com to further realize its business model, which is to be the leading supplier and first mover of low-denomination Internet gaming systems. dot com will assist ICV in the establishment of operational, marketing and related strategies and the support and maintenance of the technology throughout the license agreement. "We are quickly establishing ourselves in Europe as a leading supplier of on-line entertainment technology and enhanced support, marketing and operational systems" said Scott White, dot com's President. "In addition to finalizing the preliminary terms of our agreement with ICV, we are working on the consummation of other technology license deals in Europe and the United Kingdom, as we view this market as a huge growth opportunity for our company. We clearly are recognized as a first mover in development and support of low-denomination internet gaming technology." The dot com web site can be visited at www.dceg.com. This site has links to the CyberBingoT game system (www.cyberbingo.net), which operates 24 hours per day, 120 games each day, and is played by players from countries throughout the world. dot com has taken steps to expand the reach of its Internet and commercial software throughout 1999 and 2000 to become a leading provider of Internet entertainment software products and services. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Scott White, President at dot com Entertainment Group, Inc.: (416) 366-1444 (swhite@decg.com) Investors Contact: Matthew Emery or Brock Daem 1 877-722-5656 This press release may contain forward-looking statements, particularly as related to the business plans of the Company including the company's ability to supply the software and ICV's ability to use the software, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by these sections. Actual results may differ materially from the Company's expectations and estimates