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Byerleyturfclub.com First to Use Turfcast.com to Show Historic Races From Ireland

28 September 2000

LISTOWEL, Ireland—(Press Release)-- Sept. 28, 2000 -- Byerley Technologies Plc announced today that on www.byerleyturfclub.com , the world's premier Race and Sportsbook, Irish Horse racing from Listowel, Ireland was the first Irish racing event to be shown over the Internet. A U.S. company, Precision Media of Plymouth Meeting, PA provided the broadband video streaming services.

Byerleyturfclub.com is utilizing Interactive Gaming Corp's (IGC) (OTCBB: GWIZ ) Turfcast.com product, which is a plug-in to IGC's ToteMaster wagering module, the world's first complete online pari-mutuel wagering system. The two components put together give byerleyturfclub.com the ability to have punters/bettors from all over the world view the races and place horse and sports wagers through the website or by FreeFone in selected areas.

Byerleytrufclub.com will soon be conducting pari-mutuel wagering on U.S. tracks, supported by live viewing of those respective races. Further news will be released as it becomes available.

Pat Tobin, company spokesman, Byerley Technologies stated, ``we are very excited to be releasing this product into the marketplace and to make history with Irish horse racing was a great benefit. We expect to see as advertising and promotions are ramped up within the next two weeks, a dramatic increase in turnover, which inturn should increase the company's bottom line. Byerley's goal is to be a global leader for live event viewing, sports and pari-mutuel wagering and IGC's products gives Byerley the ability to establish a strong foothold in the multi-billion dollar online gaming market.''

Additionally, ``using IGC's ToteMaster and Turfcast plug-in has made the processes and the possibilities of quick market penetration and large pari-mutuel pools realistically achievable.''

Mr. Tobin also stated, ``under byerleyturfclub.com's and IGC's five year software license and revenue sharing agreement, as Byerley grows so does IGC, it's a win-win situation for both companies.''

Byerleyturfclub.com received an average of over 10,000 hits per day and received calls complimenting the service from South Africa to Australia to Hong Kong to the United States.

The site was said to have a wide variety of world sporting events to wager on and having the online pari-mutuel with live racing pictures would be an added bonus. With the prospects of adding additional tracks and live pictures respectively, it was said it is nice to have a new arrival to the online betting market that punters/bettors from around the world will be able choose from.

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