We have recently received three U.S. patents (#6,322,446, #6,383,078 and # 6,869,358) broadly covering Internet retailing of state lottery tickets. On September 5, 2005, the company’s patent #6,322,446 was granted in Mexico. Foreign patents for this operating system are also filed and pending in 18 other countries. The success of eLottery will be affected by its ability to design, develop and market new products and new or enhanced applications. The patent ability of such new products or applications is evaluated and patent applications are filed where necessary to protect unique developments.

eLottery has registered or applied to register its trademarks when it believes registration to be important to its ongoing business operations. In addition, eLottery has registered and owns numerous Internet domain names that it is using or may use in the future in its business. eLottery has secured all appropriate Internet domain names to operate eLottery.com, and other specific new business initiatives in the U.S.

eLottery also generally claims copyright protection for its software used in connection with its products and relies upon trade secret, contract and copyright laws to protect its proprietary rights in its software, designs and documentation.