PRESS RELEASE

ELECTRONIC GAMECARD SECURES ORDER FROM UK 'S LARGEST GAMING CENTRE OPERATOR

NEW YORK , LONDON (3rd February, 2006) Electronic Game Card, Inc. ( OTCBB: EGMI), the US rewards based games company, is pleased to announce that it has signed an initial order with Talarius plc ( AIM : TLS ), the UK's largest High Street slot machine operator.

Currently operating 164 Quicksilver Gaming Centres ('AGCs') across the UK , Talarius is looking to use Electronic Game Card's “Pocket Slots” GameCard in a major promotion initially targeting 30 of its Gaming Centres across Britain .

Phil Gibbs, Marketing Manager at Talarius plc, commented:

“The Pocket Slots Electronic GameCard works like a mini gaming machine. As such we see it as a perfect sales promotion tool for reaching our Quicksilver customers. We are confident it will be a significant driver of foot-fall into our centres.”

A spokesperson for Electronic Game Card added:

“Gaming Centres represent an important segment of the offline gaming market in a broad range of jurisdictions across the globe. Electronic Game Card will continue to focus a significant element of its sales activity on providing sales promotions solutions for the offline and online gaming market.”

The Talarius promotion featuring the “Quicksilver Pocket Slots” branded Electronic GameCard is set to break in the UK early March 06.

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About Electronic Game Card

Electronic Game Card, Inc., is a listed corporation (OTCBB: EGMI) distributing reward based digital games. Electronic Game Card owns a unique proprietary pocket sized digital platform with a range of extended play games with multiple applications across several markets. Apart from the casino and gaming industry these include the "instant" lottery and charitable markets where the GameCard can be sold directly to the consumer through approved outlets, and the reward and competition markets for branded sales promotions for which EGC has developed its XOGO TM brand. For further information please visit www.electronicgamecard.com.

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