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Preference Acquires Real-Time Sports Betting Odds, Handicapping Information.


Business/Sports Editors & Internet Writers

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2000

Preference Technologies(TM) Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:PFER) today announced that it has signed multi-year content agreements with DBC See dBA.

(language, parallel) DBC - A data-parallel bit-serial C based on MPL. SRC, Bowie MD.

E-mail: <maya@super.org>.
 Sports, a division of Data Broadcasting Corp. (Nasdaq:DBCC DBCC Daytona Beach Community College (Florida)
DBCC District Business Conduct Committee (NASD)
DBCC Desert Breeze Community Church (Glendale, AZ, USA) 
), and Trushel Sports Consulting to provide information for MySportsGIG(TM), Channel Two on the Global Information Gateway(TM) (GIG(TM)).

DBC Sports provides the GIG Instant Odds (ION) datafeed, which consists of dynamically real-time updated odds, news, injuries, weather conditions, time changes, scores and other pertinent information for each sport from Nevada casinos and Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States.  Sports Consultants.

Trushel Sports Consulting and Tim Trushel, president, will contribute a weekly column outlining sports matchups and making various game predictions as well as offering insights in a weekly interview on the GIG's QSN QSN I Heard You (radiotelegraphy)
QSN Queue Sequence Number
 broadcast feature. Trushel is considered one of the top sports betting Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event. Perhaps more so than other forms of gambling, the legality and general acceptance of sports betting varies from nation to nation.  handicappers in Las Vegas and one of the world's premier sports-line makers.

"The ability to view real-time sports betting and handicapping information is important to sports fans," said Bill Louden, president and COO of Preference Technologies. "With the addition of these content providers, our users will have one of the most complete betting information services See Information Systems.  available."

About MySportsGIG

MySportsGIG is not a Web site, it is a free, downloadable desktop portal. As Channel Two on the GIG, MySportsGIG uses proprietary Internet technology to provide customizable real-time sports score updates, real-time sports betting odds and related news through an interactive experience that only the GIG provides.

In addition to real-time sports reporting, MySportsGIG users have access to the Internet's most comprehensive sporting information. Users are able to access information for any major professional or collegiate sport including every major automotive racing circuit, football, baseball and basketball leagues This is a list of current and defunct Basketball Leagues. Current Leagues
The league names are listed below. Men's Leagues

Leagues from the U.S., Canada, Mexico

  • ABA - American Basketball Association (Official Page)
, tennis, and golf tours, as well as support information for regionally based sports.

In addition to the many MySportsGIG features, users are able to access the information on the other active GIG channels and news on any topic they want. Users also have access to the GIG's Quantum Source Network (QSN) broadcast feature, which provides more than 200 sports, business and entertainment interviews from today's most talked about personalities. To download Channel Two of the GIG, visit www.mysportsgig.com.

About the Global Information Gateway (GIG)

The Global Information Gateway is a software product that acts as a communications and information aggregator, delivering real-time, customizable information to a user's desktop. The product is composed of multiple channels that organize and present information by different lifestyle aspects (e.g., business, sports, entertainment, etc.). The first two channels on the GIG are MyMoneyGIG and MySportsGIG.

In addition to leading the next generation in accessing information on the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises  GIG provides traditional, and non-traditional, businesses a direct communication link to consumers, facilitating more efficient, effective and interactive targeted marketing programs.

About Preference Technologies Inc.

Preference Technologies Inc., a Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol)
MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy)
MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test
MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy
MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade
) Certified Solution Provider, is a Las Vegas-based Internet technologies company. For more information on the company, visit www.preferencetechnologies.com.

Statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in the news release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. The company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.

Note to Editors: Preference Technologies, Global Information Gateway, GIG, MySportsGIG, MyMoneyGIG and the Preference Technologies logo are trademarks of Preference Technologies Inc. Other companies' products may be trademarked by their respective company and therefore are protected by law.
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