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Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Zone4Play Presents the World's First Cross Platform Multi-Player Texas Hold'em Poker Solution for iTV, Web and Mobile

Zone4Play Presents the World's First Cross Platform Multi-Player Texas Hold'em Poker Solution for iTV, Web and Mobile

WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 31/PRNewswire/ -- Zone4Play, Inc. (OTCBB: ZFPI), a leading provider of multi-platform gaming solutions announced today the world's first cross platform multi-player poker solution as an answer to the worldwide multi-player Texas Hold'em Poker boom.

With the worldwide poker-playing community estimated at nearly 100 million people and growing, Zone4Play is leveraging its unique cross-platform gaming expertise to launch the following services for interactive TV (iTV), Internet and mobile over the coming months.

More than 60% of industry experts surveyed believe that online Texas Hold'em poker will be the dominant offer in online gambling in the next years. The amount gambled on poker websites around the world in 2005 is estimated to exceed US$ 60 bn, and the commission revenues will be around US$ 3bn (around 60% of the Las Vegas strip revenues).

The first ever iTV multi-player Texas Hold'em poker will be available on Sky's interactive system and accessible from more than five different channels, including Avago, The Poker Channel (sponsored by Party Poker), channel Five and other major broadcasters. The solution will be initially launched on a play for fun mode, ultimately being replaced by a real gaming solution, based on legislation changes in the UK.

Other iTV deployments to be launched later this year include one of the largest cable operators in the US and the largest hospitality provider in the world.

Zone4Play's exciting multi-player Texas Hold'em Poker is the first and only poker game available for iTV. Zone4Play has managed to overcome some major technological barriers in order to present the market with a swift and easy to use product.

In the Internet realm where Texas Hold'em poker is recognized as being the hottest product, Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc. ("CTE") (NASDAQ: CTCO), is set to launch an online version of the multi-player Texas Hold'em poker game in Q3.

Additionally to the iTV and Internet deployments, Zone4Play is currently developing a mobile version of the multi-player Texas Hold'em poker for one of UK's leading bookmakers. The Mobile MP Texas Hold'em Poker will be introduced to the market later on this year and will enable play for real and play for fun versions of the popular game.

Zone4Play hosts the game on a unique hosting environment platform, allowing a competition between players who plays on Mobile, iTV and the web. Like its Internet counterparts, the exciting game brings all the stimulation of a real card hall to iTV and mobile subscribers: the super-fast pace, the intense competition and camaraderie, and all the adrenaline pumping action of a real Texas Hold'em poker game.

Having evolved significantly since its emergence in the 1920's, Texas Hold'em Poker now involves mass multi-player tournaments with millions of dollars at stake. According to Zone4Play Senior VP Marketing and Sales, Idan Miller, "With the worldwide Texas Hold'em poker phenomenon growing at an incredible pace, providing multi-platform access is quickly becoming a basic necessity for everyone in the industry."

About Zone4Play Inc.

Zone4Play Inc. (OTCBB: ZFPI) develops interactive game technology that provides an end-to-end solution, allowing service providers to deliver games to their subscribers over multiple network platforms such as interactive TV, wireless networks and the Internet, internally run, by the provider, or accessed from Zone4Play hosting environment. Zone4Play's cross-platform technology enables a subscriber to play a game on different platforms, with the same virtual account balance and user information, allows games to be played across service providers and allows their subscribers to interact with other subscribers from different service providers.

Safe Harbor

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Zone4Play only, and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: changes in technology and market requirements; decline in demand for Zone4Play's products; inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications; loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition, which could cause the actual results or performance of Zone4Play to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. Zone4Play undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of the risk and uncertainties affecting Zone4Play, reference is made to Zone4Play's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Further information:

Zone4Play Idan Miller SVP Marketing and sales +1-646-220-3595 imiller@zone4play.com

Source: Zone4Play Inc.

Further information: Zone4Play, Idan Miller, SVP Marketing and sales, +1-646-220-3595, imiller@zone4play.com

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