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Winners Internet Network Builds Portal as Heart of `-Plus' Network Providing Access to Qualified Online Retailers in Over 300 Categories.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000.
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Winners Internet Network Builds Portal as Heart of `-Plus' Network Providing
Access to Qualified Online Retailers in Over 300 Categories
Business Editors

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000--David C.
Skinner, Jr., President and CEO of Winners Internet Network, Inc.
(WINR), www.winr.net, announced today that WINR is building the new
e-commerce portal WINR-plus.com to serve as the central hub of its
rapidly expanding `-Plus' Network.
"The `-Plus' Network will eliminate the information overload
currently bombarding Internet consumers by directing them to the best
online provider or retailer in more than 300 product and service
categories," Skinner explained.
Rather than querying a search engine, which often retrieves
hundreds or thousands of retailers with no regard to their quality,
the `-Plus' Network will provide one-click access to those providers
and retailers that offer the most competitive rates and highest levels
of performance and service in each sector. Our team of management
advisors, including experts from Winners Internet Network and outside
the Company, will conduct the market research and comparative analysis
necessary to determine the leader in each sector that will receive the
WINR seal of approval.
"The `-Plus' Network thus creates an innovative solution to
online shopping, with tremendous advantages over Yahoo, AltaVista,
Excite and other traditional search engines, since we will provide a
targeted search with the benefit of expert advice - all at no cost to
the consumer," Skinner added. He also reported that the Company
recently registered another 30 `-Plus' Network urls, including
Accountants-plus.com, Attorneys-plus.com, Business-plus.com,
Taxes-plus.com and other urls related to services, products and
support.
The `-Plus' Network will encompass four overall category sites,
covering Internet financial providers (IFP), entertainment, e-commerce
businesses and services, that will break down into `-Plus' sites for
specific products and services within that category. For example,
www.ifp-plus.com will include 10 related sites such as
Banking-plus.com, Barter-plus.com, Commodities-plus.com,
Currency-plus.com, Futures-plus.com, IPO-plus.com, Loan-plus.com,
Mortgages-plus.com, MutualFunds-plus.com, and TradeStocks-plus.com.
The Company is currently working to complete all of the
categories and expects to launch the `-Plus' Network during the 2nd
quarter of 2000. The initial launch will include the WINR-plus.com
portal and the IFP category and subsections, with rapid deployment
anticipated for the entire `-Plus' Network of more than 300 online
retailers and providers.
"We are currently in negotiations with numerous companies that we
have selected for the `-Plus' Network regarding the encryption
technology and processing used for these e-commerce sites as well as
the linkage to our `-Plus' Network system and customer base," said
Skinner.
Ronald Oehri explained that the `-Plus' Network benefits from
WINR's processing and encryption package. This includes the
revolutionary new SSM technology, which provides the highest known
encryption technology currently available with a virtually
impenetrable proprietary code key encryption that changes every three
minutes and has a 448 bit key (versus the current industry standard of
only 128 and 256 bit keys). The Chief Technology Officer, Charles
Scott, explained the Company's package also includes its e-swipe(TM)
technology that provides seamless connection between online customers,
merchants and financial institutions. "Our e-swipe technology is
operational and is currently being used by Winners Internet Network in
processing transactions for e-commerce sites," Scott stated, "with
current efforts focused on quickly converting the Company's entire
system over to e-swipe."
Scott also commented further on development of the `-Plus'
Network, stating that it is being created as a vertically integrated
site pointing to a diverse range of product, service and support
providers. He also noted that WINR is establishing a consumer center
to track all customer feedback regarding the online retailers selected
as the `-Plus' providers in all product, service and support sectors.
"This will strengthen our ability to continually review selected
`-Plus' Network retailers in order to provide the best possible
service to our users."

About Winners Internet Network

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 any encryption available elsewhere.
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.
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
or
Investor's contact for the U.S.:
Columbia Financial Group, Inc.
Kevin Holmes
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
or
Investor's contact for Europe:
World of Internet.com, AG
Torsten Prochnow and Dennis C. Hass
Phone: [phone] or 011-49-172-4062621
Website: www.worldofinternet.com

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