Bingo.com Announces Brand Management Strategy

Transaction Offers Multi-Site Cross-Marketing and Co-Branding Opportunities; Creates Strong Platform for Proposed Online Lottery Ticket Sales. Company Will Assume a New Name and Leverage Its Popularity To Build a Family of Websites, Products and Services

MARINA DEL REY, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Bingo.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BIGR) a fast-growing entertainment site and game application service provider (ASP), today announced that it intends to change its name as part of the company’s revised focus to build and acquire a number of websites, products and services that will appeal to its established yet expanding clientele. As previously announced, a first step in this plan is the proposed merger with Lottery.com (The Lottery Channel).

The new company, whose name will be determined in the first quarter of 2001, will include Bingo.com, Lottery.com, DollarBill.com, WaveGames.com, GameLand.com and all products, services and websites developed or acquired in the future that appeal to the company’s consistent and established group of demographics.

In a letter to shareholders, Shane Murphy, Bingo.com’s chairman and CEO, said, “Our anticipated merger with Lottery.com is the first step in our revised plan to become a brand management company. This merger gives us additional opportunities for cross marketing and co-branding of our current websites, a chance to participate in Lottery.com’s proposed expansion into online lottery ticket sales, and greatly enhance the company’s cash position following the closing of the deal.”

Murphy added, “We have established a popular brand in Bingo.com. Now it is time to direct this ever-increasing traffic flow to an expanding line of products, services and sites, including e-commerce based websites. Ultimately, we will build a family of popular material from which to draw advertising, licensing and e-commerce revenues.”

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Bingo.com, Inc. Launches E-Store Bingo.com Branded Merchandise Available Online

VANCOUVER, Canada, December 12th, 2002 – Bingo.com, Inc. (OTC BB: BIGR), operator of the Internet’s pre-eminent bingo portal, today announced that it has launched an online store for its members.

Bingo players can choose from a variety of Bingo.com-branded products including t-shirts, mugs and baseball caps. The launching of the online store is a direct result of Bingo.com reacting positively to the demands of its membership. Bingo.com intends to monitor closely the buying patterns, and requests from its membership, and expand the product selection accordingly.

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Bingo.com, Inc. Partners With Lavalife Inc. To Offer Online Personals To Its Members

VANCOUVER, Canada, October 15, 2002 – Bingo.com, Inc. (OTC BB: BIGR), operator of the Internet’s pre-eminent bingo portal, today announced that it has partnered with Lavalife Inc., the world’s largest independent provider of technology-based dating services for singles, to offer online dating services to members of Bingo.com.

For the first time on Bingo.com, Bingo singles will be able to click with other singles from within the millions of profiles viewable at Lavalife. The two communities will form a powerful synergy with over 900,000 members of Bingo.com and over 4 million members in Lavalife’s database.

One of the strengths of Bingo.com is the commitment of our customers to friends and community, said Tarrnie Williams, CEO of Bingo.com. Introducing Lavalife’s dating service is the next logical step in providing our players with a one-stop online experience.

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Bingo.com, Inc. Holds Annual General Meeting

Shareholders Approve All Proposed Resolutions

VANCOUVER, Canada, October, 10, 2002 / Bingo.com, Inc. (OTC BB: BIGR), operator of the Internet’s pre-eminent bingo portal, held its annual general meeting in Vancouver on Tuesday, October 8th, 2002. Sixty-seven percent of the shareholders were represented either in person or by proxy and passed all the proposed resolutions by at least a 97% majority.

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Bingo.com, Inc. Partners With Walter Drake, Inc. To Offer Online Shopping To Bingo Players

Members to Receive Discount Coupons at Leading Online Retailers

VANCOUVER, Canada, August 19, 2002 / Bingo.com, Inc. (OTCBB: BIGR), operator of the Internet’s pre-eminent bingo portal, today announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Walter Drake, Inc. the leading catalog and online retailer and operator of the popular shopping destinations Wdrake and The Home Marketplace.

Players of Bingo.com’s bingo, poker, and slots games receive Bingo Bucks for winning games. Now they will be able to use their Bingo Bucks to purchase coupons for up to 15% off all the merchandise available at these sites. In exchange for the increased traffic and promotion, Walter Drake will pay Bingo.com a percentage of the gross sales made by bingo users.

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