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Buzztime Texas Hold 'em is currently available in over 1,000 locations of
the NTN iTV Network where Phil Gordon, world -class poker player and co-host of
Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown", provides players with on-screen tips
throughout each game. Credits do not transfer from
table to table or game to game.com. All forward-looking statements included in this release
are based on information available to us on the date hereof.igda.

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menus list all game functions and play options, for which Buzztime has
installed Texas Hold'em key shortcuts to make game navigation easy and quick. The IGDA's mission is to strengthen the international game
development community and affect change to benefit that community .

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Buzztime
Texas Hold'em gives each new player the virtual amount of 2000 points when
they join a table., a subsidiary of NTN Communications, Inc.

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About Buzztime Entertainment
Buzztime Entertainment, Inc.

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DTI Software, the National Football League and others. The Sex SIG, which has been in the making since the 2005 Game
Developers Conference last March, will provide an outlet where information can
be shared among developers and those who wish to enter the field.

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Created for advanced and beginner poker players alike, Buzztime Texas
Hold'em follows the same rules as the popular No-Limit Texas Hold'em. These statements
speak only as of the date hereof, and NTN does not undertake to publicly
update or revise any of its forward-looking statements even if experience or
future changes show that the indicated results or events will not be realized.

For further information, please contact:
Tyrone Lam, Buzztime Entertainment, 760-930-1159 or ty@buzztime .

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For more
information on the IGDA, please visit info@igda.

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Players
receive two pocket cards and use five community cards to form the best
five-card poker hand.

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by Adding Virtual Game Tables to Its Play-Along TV(R) Technology

CARLSBAD , Calif. Buzztime Entertainment has agreements with Media
General, Inc. The company website is located at http://www. These risks and uncertainties include the risk of changing
economic conditions, failure of product demand or market acceptance of both
existing and new products, delays in closing of sales or agreements,
unforeseen and uncontrollable increases in expenses or costs and the impact of
competitive products and pricing.

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Buzztime Texas Hold'em games on digital cable have no set time limit; game
play continues as long as players have credits and remain at the table.

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Buzztime Entertainment, Inc.,
the Play-Along TV(R) community and a subsidiary of NTN Communications , Inc. The NTN iTV Network reaches over 3,600 restaurants and
sports bars in North America.
This initial offering of Buzztime Texas Hold'em is built for
Scientific-Atlanta's PowerTV(R) platform with plans to port to other iTV
platforms.
"Buzztime Texas Hold'em and our new virtual game table technology are
great examples of how we will build game communities around the TV," said
Tyrone Lam, president and COO, Buzztime Entertainment.

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Buzztime will demonstrate the game in their booth
(#40, GameNET Pavilion) at the National Cable Television Association Show
(NCTA) April 3-5 in San Francisco. "We recognize that the
majority of casual game play on the internet is multiplayer, and Buzztime is
pushing the frontier to bring the most valuable two-way games to digital cable
TV for the 'couch gamers'. Individual participation continues until a player's points
run out.
Additionally , each player's turn is timed to maintain the game's pace.

International Game Developers Association Forms Sex Special Interest Group

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Buzztime(R), the Play-Along TV(R) community for multiplayer games and
competitions on digital cable for players of all interests and ability levels.
"Sexual content in video games is not a new phenomenon," said Jason Della
Rocca, Executive Director, IGDA."
For more information on the IGDA's Sex SIG, please visit:
http://www.

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Players are seated at a virtual table, which appears -- along with their
pocket cards, the community cards, and point totals -- on their television
screen at all times.

Buzztime's trivia and Play-Along TV sports games have been available to
millions of players in restaurants and sports bars via the NTN iTV Network for
almost 20 years .

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The enhanced Play-Along TV
Technology is also designed to support future Buzztime multiplayer games . Buzztime Entertainment, Inc. The company owns one of the world's largest databases of iTV
trivia and operates an interactive broadcast studio where it produces
multiplayer trivia game shows, live sports prediction games -- such as QB1(R)
Predict the Play(R) football -- popular arcade and classic games across iTV,
mobile and PC platforms.com

The group is also working on several initiatives to fortify
adult content representation, including conference lectures and white papers
outlining responsible development practices and how to promote appropriate
access to content.

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Buzztime(R) Texas Hold'em invites players within the home,
across town and across the country(TM) to join in live poker games from the
comfort of their couch using only their remote control and digital cable set-
top box to play along. Blinds are set at 10 points and 20 points.

This release contains forward-looking statements which reflect
management's current views of future events and operations , including, but not
limited to, statements pertaining to the availability of Buzztime Texas
Hold 'em on digital cable, the ability to deploy multiplayer products,
technology and features, the ability to launch additional games as a premium
service, are all based on current expectations and assumptions that are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially .

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This new feature automatically places new players
into one of up to ten open seats at virtual game tables and creates new game
tables after each table is filled with players."
Buzztime intends for this to be their first fee-based product offering on
cable where the operator and Buzztime share in the consumer subscription
revenue. No prizing or
awards are offered for this product to comply with individual state gaming
regulations. Buzztime
Entertainment's iTV studio and broadcast operations center are headquartered
in Carlsbad, California.org.

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The player may then enter into another table , again receiving a
2000 point credit, and start game play anew.

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The availability of Buzztime Texas Hold'em marks the first time Buzztime
has introduced virtual game table technology into its Play-Along TV(R)
multiplayer game platform.
Players use their digital cable remote control to play along. Group to Address Issues Related to Development of Adult Content in Games

SAN FRANCISCO, A Sex Special Interest Group
(Sex SIG) has formed within the International Game Developers Association
(IGDA) to address the challenges and possibilities for adult content within
games.

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Continuing Buzztime's tradition of player recognition onscreen, point
leaders and round winners are displayed after every hand. Other important factors that may cause
actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements are
discussed in the "Risk Factors " section and other sections of NTN's Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004, which is on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.org/sex

About the International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit membership
organization that advocates globally on issues related to digital game
creation.

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Buzztime(R) to Debut Multiplayer Texas Hold'em for Cable iTV at the National Cable Television Association Show

(Photo: http://www. Buzztime will support the game's marketing launch through
cross-promotion to its millions of players on the NTN iTV Network already
familiar with and actively enjoying Buzztime Texas Hold'em.
"The Sex SIG will serve as an arena for developers to address the issues
and challenges facing the use of adult sexual content in video games," said
Brenda Brathwaite, Sex SIG Chair/Founder and Lead Designer on Playboy: The
Mansion from Cyberlore Studios.

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The Sex SIG will serve as a source for related industry news and will
provide an online discussion forum and mailing list to promote developer
interaction.

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, Buzztime Entertainment, Inc.
(Amex: NTN), announces the debut of multiplayer Texas Hold'em for digital
cable television. "Recent events are merely intensifying the
attention to the topic, further validating the need for developers to connect
on these issues.

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(Amex: NTN), is the developer and distributor of Play-Along Television (TM)
technology and programming. "Our main objective is to encourage
responsible development.