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Former Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Joins the Winners Internet Network, Inc. Board of Directors. S
T. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb 16, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE).
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(COMTEX) B: Former Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Joins the Winners
B: Former Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Joins the Winners Internet Network,
Inc. Board of Directors
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb 16, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- David C. Skinner,
Jr., President and CEO of Winners Internet Network, Inc. (WINR),
www.winr.net, announced today that WINR has appointed the former Prime
Minister of Liechtenstein, Markus Buechel, to the Company's board of
directors.

The Honorable Markus Buechel began his career by studying law at the
University of Berne in Switzerland and the University of Munich in
Germany. After a few years of legal practice with two of
Liechtenstein's leading law firms, he was asked by the Liechtenstein
Government to represent the country in its European Union negotiations
with the primary responsibility in financial services. The treaties
with the Liechtenstein Union were successfully concluded, and are one
of the major reasons for a steady two-digit growth rate of
Liechtenstein's banks.

Following his successful negotiation of the Liechtenstein Union,
Buechel was elected to the Liechtenstein Government as Minister of
Finance and subsequently as the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He was then voted Prime Minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein
in a general election.

Since Buechel's retirement from public office, he is active as a board
member of a management consulting firm and two European
telecommunication companies. Buechel's distinguished career in the
public sector also resulted in the Prince of Liechtenstein awarding him
the country's highest honor for his services to the nation.

"The appointment of Markus Buechel is an explosive development in
WINR's corporate growth and a major addition to our expanding European
business structure that insures credibility, representation and
integrity within the firm," commented Mr. Skinner. "With Markus now
serving on our board of directors, he is in the position to lead
Winners Internet Network into the nations of Europe by leveraging his
expertise in the region's markets and extensive contacts with prominent
European leaders."

"Markus' long standing relationships with highly regarded politicians
and businessmen throughout Europe brings substantial value to Winners
Internet Network," Mr. Skinner continued. "This in-depth knowledge of
the community, and its citizens' needs, is of particular benefit to the
Company given our current efforts to establish solid operations across
Europe and to introduce Cyberbank as a leading Internet bank focused on
providing quality services and the world's highest encryption
technology to European consumers."

"We are also very impressed by Markus' present positions as a director
of various European firms -- companies that have synergistic positions
relative to the market expansion pursued by Winners Internet Network.
His position on the board of directors of a Italian Telecommunications
Company, for instance, considerably strengthens our expansion in the
telecommunications and security fields, and clearly illustrates the
strategic nature of his appointment to our board of directors. We
welcome Markus to WINR and believe that our shareholders will rapidly
understand the substantial degree of assistance that he is able to
provide to the Company," concluded Mr. Skinner.

About Winners Internet Network, Inc.

Winners Internet Network (www.winr.net) services the rapidly
expanding, e-commerce sector with online financial transaction software
that is both advanced and secure: thereby providing its vendors and
customers with safe, secure and confidential financial transactions
online. Winners Internet Network develops and owns the proprietary
software and technology that enable secure processing of financial data
over the Internet.

Winners Internet Network recently acquired a significant interest in
SupraNet AG. Both companies jointly market the Supra Secure Mail system
(SSM), which is the most advanced, encryption technology available. A
security protocol gives users the ability to have a 448 bit key, which
exceeds encryptions available elsewhere in the world.

Winners Internet Network, Inc. is a public company trading on the OTC
Bulletin Board under the symbol 'WINR.' The Company has also filed an
application for a German listing of its shares in order to introduce
WINR to the European stock market and investment community.

Disclaimer

Information contained in this news release -- other than historical
information -- should be considered as forward-looking, pursuant to the
"safe harbor" provisions of the of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, and subject to various risk factors and
uncertainties. For instance, Winners Internet Network, Inc.'s
strategies and operations involve risks of competition, changing market
conditions, changes in laws and regulations affecting these industries;
in addition to numerous other factors discussed in this release.
Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those in any
(other) forward-looking statements.

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CONTACT: Winners Internet Network, Inc.
David Skinner Jr., 800/358-4242
[e-mail]
or
Investor's contact for the U.S.
Columbia Financial Group, Inc.
Kevin Holmes, 888/301-6271
[e-mail]
or
Investor's contact for Europe
World of Internet.com, AG
Torsten Prochnow and Dennis C. Hass
011-49-172-4031383
011-49-172-4062621
www.worldofinternet.com

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