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To: Joe Copia who wrote (12109)	2/18/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: Fred Briggson	Respond to of 25711

USVO News MYSTIC, CONN. (Feb. 18) BUSINESS WIRE -Feb. 17, 1999--USA Video Interactive (NASD:USVO) has added high-end, state-of-the-art wavelet-based compression technology to its patented Video-on-Demand(tm) technology, allowing full-screen, high-speed, high-quality streaming video and video on demand via the Internet using existing telephone lines and standard TV-cable. It also allows USA Video Interactive to optimally utilize fiber-optic cable, which is being installed worldwide. The addition of wavelet compression to USA Video Interactive's technology provides video images significantly faster and at a higher degree of resolution than previously available methods such as those used by Real Networks and others. The wavelet compression being incorporated by USA Video Interactive was developed on a proprietary basis for the United States Navy and is just now becoming available for commercial use. When incorporated into the USA Video Interactive technology, it significantly overcomes bandwidth restrictions and eliminates the blockiness and slowness of current technologies, all at a lower cost. It allows extremely high compression ratios while retaining broadcast quality, an essential feature of the USA Video Interactive technology. USA Video Interactive also will use the wavelet technology in creating and encoding digitized content that is self-contained, and thus does not require a plug-in or other special equipment for the user. USA Video Interactive has agreed to pay a royalty on future sales of products that utilize this combined technology. USA Video Interactive is an international designer and supplier of high-tech Video-on-Demand(tm) systems and services. The USA Video Interactive technology allows users to view streaming video or to access digitized video libraries, including movies, sports, other entertainment, educational resources, corporate training seminars and other archives. The USA Video Interactive technology gives users full-screen video; the unique flexibility of standard, VCR-like controls of play, fast forward, reverse and pause; and it uses a standard internet-browser format for access. USA Video Interactive was established in 1989 and has offices in Mystic, Connecticut and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. USA Video Interactive Corp. US Office: 70 Essex Street; Mystic, CT 06355; (800) 625-2200; (860) 572-1560. Canada Office: 837 West Hastings Street; Suite #507; Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1B2; (800) 321-8564; (604) 685-1017. Trading symbol on the US NASD OTC BB: USVO; SEC 12g3-2(b) Exemption: #82-1601. Trading symbol on The Alberta Stock Exchange: US. Video-On-Demand(tm) and Video Yellow Pages(tm) are trademarks of USA Video. The Alberta Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. www.usa-video.com

To: Joe Copia who wrote (12109)	2/18/1999 9:54:00 AM
From: Dave Gore	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25711

TLTG running....news coming says the thread....was $2.80 last week, now $1.80 but running

To: Joe Copia who wrote (12109)	2/18/1999 9:59:00 AM
From: xbrent	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25711

Markets heading south today, IMO find a short. MER is good if you want to short the Dow.

To: Joe Copia who wrote (12109)	2/18/1999 10:09:00 AM
From: Joe Copia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25711

THREAD ALERT>>>>RIHI NEWS February 18, 1999 10:00 RIHI and WorldNet Gaming Reach Agreement to Merge Forming a New Publicly Traded Company WorldNet Casinos.com Inc. LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 1999--Ranes International Holdings Inc. (OTC BB:RIHI) announces that it had reached a definitive agreement to merge with WorldNet Gaming Ltd. To form WorldNet Casinos.com Inc. WorldNet Casinos.com will continue to provide industry leading Internet Casino gaming software through its WorldNet Gaming(TM) brand. As a public company, WorldNet Casinos.com will be able to capitalize on over $6 million of proprietary software and infrastructure development to grow its existing revenue stream at the fastest rate in the industry. "The financial markets this past year, were dominated by Internet related stocks that demonstrated incredible gains for investors. Now we plan to offer our investors the same opportunity -- with the added attraction of being in the fastest growing segment of E-commerce." said Kelly Arruda, President of WorldNet Casinos.com. According to Datamonitor, online gambling turnovers have the potential to dwarf those of other interactive services, tapping into an existing traditional gambling market valued at over $700 billion in Europe and the U.S. alone. Casinos, lotteries and sports books dominate the new market, allowing customers with an Internet connection and a credit card to gamble literally anywhere in the world. With the most successful services turning over more than $1 million per week, the current market value of $600 million is just the tip of the iceberg CNET Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET) has risen from $45 to $105 in the past two months, a gain of 133%; Excite, Inc. (Nasdaq:XCIT) has risen from $25 to $118 1/5, a gain of 374%; Infoseek (Nasdaq:SEEK) has risen from $20 to $78 1/4 over the past four months, a gain of 291%; America Online Inc., (Nasdaq:AOL) has risen from $30 to $175 in the last year, a gain of 483%; Lycos Inc., (Nasdaq:LCOS) has risen from $25 to $137 in four months for a gain of 448%; TheGlobe.com Inc. (Nasdaq:TGLO) has risen from $30 to $66 1/16 in the past two months, for a gain of 120%; Xoom.com Inc. (Nasdaq:XMCM) has risen from $22 to $58 in less than 12 months for a gain of 150%; At Home Corp. (Nasdaq:ATHM) has risen from $40 to $125 in the last 3 months, for a gain of 212%. On Friday, Jan. 29, 1999, Shop at home, Inc. (Nasdaq:SATH ) had the number one increase of all Internet stocks, with a gain of 44%, moving up $5.25 to $18 5/8, with a trading volume of 10,959,600 shares. Arruda continued, "We feel that this attention to Internet stocks combined with our high quality Casino software products, will only help fuel interest in WorldNet Casinos.com." WorldNet Casinos.com, 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 please visit our web site worldnetcasinos.com, e-mail press@worldnetcasinos.com or call John Kirk, investor relations at 877/899-9950. Note: Certain statements herein that are not historical are forward looking statements involve risk 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 SEC including, but not limited to, its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K/SB and Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB. CONTACT: Ranes International Holdings Inc. John Kirk, 877/899-9950