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Electronic Game Card, Inc. Files 10-Q for Period Ending September 30, 2009

IRVINE, Calif. and LONDON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Electronic Game Card, Inc. ("EGC") (OTC Bulletin Board: EGMI), filed its SEC Form 10-Q for the three-month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 after the close of the market today.

As previously reported in a press release issued on November 12, 2009, the Company reported revenues for its third quarter of $4.2 million, a 39 percent increase over the comparable prior year period. In filing Form 10-Q, the Company revised its estimate of U.S. tax loss carry-forwards based upon having recently filed its 2008 US income tax return. Revenues reported in Form 10-Q for the periods ended September 30, 2009, and the amounts reported in the November 12 press release are unchanged, with expenses substantially unchanged. Both items are outlined in the table shown below.

As a result of including the tax provision, the Company reported third quarter 2009 net income applicable to common stockholders on its Form 10-Q of $1.7 million or $0.03 per fully diluted share as compared to its previously reported $2.9 million or $0.04 per fully diluted share. Included in the revised third quarter results is a provision for income taxes of $1.1 million, or 35 percent of pre-tax income.

The preparation of financial statements for any period requires management to make estimates based upon the best information available at the time. With the filing of the Company's U.S. tax return, management revised estimates of available tax loss carry-forwards available to offset estimated year-to-date income taxable in the U.S.

Similarly, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, Electronic Game Card's comprehensive net income applicable to common shareholders was $5.5 million or $0.09 per fully diluted share as compared to its previously reported $6.6 million or $0.10 per fully diluted share.


Periods ended September 30, 2009  Three Month Period  Nine Month Period
--------------------------------  ------------------  -----------------
                             Previously              Previously
                              Reported     Revised    Reported     Revised
                             ----------    -------   ----------    -------
Revenue                        $4,238      $4,238     $10,246      $10,246
Income from Operations         $2,515      $2,465      $6,114       $6,064
Pre-tax Income                 $2,857      $2,807      $6,596       $6,647
Provision for Income Taxes          0      $1,073           0       $1,073
Comprehensive Net Income       $2,857      $1,734      $6,596       $5,473
EPS                             $0.04       $0.03       $0.10        $0.09

Kevin Donovan, Interim Joint Chairman and CEO commented, "As we continue to improve upon our organization from all fronts, we also intend to institute the most conservative of procedures. We are instituting our first provision for income taxes for this quarter. This figure is an estimate based on U.S. taxation on the entire worldwide income and, therefore, may be lower once we file our year-end tax statements in other jurisdictions where the company may apply its tax loss carry-forwards. We maintain our guidance for the full year of $0.14 which is based upon pretax figures."


    Contact:
    Yvonne L. Zappulla
    Managing Director
    Grannus Financial Advisors, Inc.
    (212) 681-4108
    yvonne@grannusfinancial.com

    or


    Kevin Donovan
    Chief Executive Officer
    Electronic Game Card, Inc.
    (888) 341-3421
    investor.relations@electronicgamecard.com

About Electronic Game Card, Inc.

Electronic Game Card, Inc., (OTCBB: EGMI - News), develops, produces and markets innovative games to the promotional industry worldwide, toys and games, casinos and lottery. The Company's lead product is the EGC Electronic GameCard(TM), a unique credit card-sized pocket game combining patent and patent-pending proprietary technology of interactive capability with "instant win" excitement. The EGC Electronic GameCard(TM), Know-it-All QuizCard(TM), iQuizCard(TM), and ePLAYCards for Education are completely customizable and can be programmed to suit a variety of gaming, promotions, and education applications including skinned to popular licensed intellectual property brands in a variety of popular cultures in sports, music, movies, entertainment, fashion, history, geography, and many other genres.

EGMI's client base is across the $100 billion global market of, sales promotion, education, gaming and casinos, Indian gaming and state and national lotteries markets. EGMI develops sales and marketing relationships with agents and distributors globally and currently has agents and distributors in North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, South Africa Australia, New Zealand and Japan. For further information please visit www.electronicgamecard.com

This news release contains disclosures that are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as "continue," "efforts," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "forecasts," "strategy," "will," "goal," "target," "prospects," "potential," "optimistic," "confident," "likely," "probable" or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations or beliefs and include, but are not limited to, statements about maximizing gross profit dollars, the Company's potential to achieve top and bottom line growth. Statements of historical fact also may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. We caution that these statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of important factors, including, among others: the company's ability to meet its obligations under existing and anticipated contractual obligations; the company's ability to develop, market, sell and distribute desirable applications, products and services and to protect its intellectual property; the ability and willingness of third-party manufacturers to timely and cost-effectively fulfill orders from the company; the ability of the company's customers to pay and the timeliness of such payments, particularly during recessionary periods; the company' ability to obtain financing as and when needed; changes in consumer demands and preferences; the company's ability to attract and retain management and employees with appropriate skills and expertise; the impact of changes in market, legal and regulatory conditions and in the applicable business environment, including actions of competitors; and other factors as may be discussed in the documents filed by the company with regulatory authorities, including without limitation, EGC's annual report on Form 10-K for December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other filings that identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Financial Statements Follow


                    ELECTRONIC GAME CARD, INC.
                   CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                                         September 30,  December 31,
                                             2009           2008
                                        -------------   ------------
                                         (Unaudited)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
  Cash and cash equivalents                $12,696,691     $8,281,899
  Marketable securities                              -        876,186
  Accounts receivable                        3,668,448      2,757,685
  Deposit on inventory                       1,214,333         51,833
  Other receivables                            162,757        120,109
  VAT receivable                                14,658         25,916
  Common stock receivable                      628,761              -
  Deferred charges                                   -         38,119
                                             ---------     ----------
  Total current assets                      18,385,648     12,151,747
                                            ----------     ----------

Machinery and equipment                         70,794         68,900
Office equipment                                60,425         58,078
Furniture and fixtures                           1,118          1,017
Less accumulated depreciation                 (125,088)      (106,398)
                                              --------       --------
  Net property, plant and equipment              7,249         21,597
                                              --------       --------

OTHER ASSETS
Patents, net                                   593,111        258,321
Investments                                  8,087,470      6,497,470
                                           -----------    -----------
  Total assets                             $27,073,478    $18,929,135
                                           ===========    ===========


LIABILITIES SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/(DEFICIT)
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
  Accounts payable                            $769,578       $749,118
  Accrued liabilities                        1,358,264        268,748
                                             ---------      ---------
  Total current liabilities                  2,127,842      1,017,866
  Deferred license fees                              -        279,625
                                             ---------      ---------
  Total liabilities                          2,127,842      1,297,491
                                             ---------      ---------

Series A 6% convertible preferred stock,
 $.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares
 authorized; 2,840,163 and 4,464,628 shares
 issued and outstanding at September 30,
 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively    2,840,163      4,464,628
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY/(DEFICIT)
  Common stock, $.001 par value, 100,000,000
   shares authorized; 68,353,451 and
   57,137,661 shares issued and outstanding
   at September 30, 2009 and December 31,
   2008, respectively                           68,353         57,137
  Additional paid in capital                36,772,260     33,318,440
  Accumulated deficit                      (13,618,404)   (19,192,706)
  Accumulated other comprehensive loss      (1,116,736)    (1,015,855)
                                            ----------     ----------
    Total shareholders' equity              22,105,473     13,167,016
                                            ----------     ----------
Total liabilities and shareholders'
 equity                                    $27,073,478    $18,929,135
                                           ===========    ===========

                        ELECTRONIC GAME CARD, INC.
                   Consolidated Statements of Operations
                                (Unaudited)

                    For the Three Months Ended   For the Nine Months Ended
                     September      September    September       September
                     30, 2009       30, 2008     30, 2009        30, 2008
                     ---------      ---------    ---------       ---------

Revenue            $4,238,061     $3,043,566   $10,245,698     $7,823,870
Cost of revenue       924,799        744,000     2,163,741      1,905,589
                      -------        -------     ---------      ---------
Gross margin        3,313,262      2,299,566     8,081,957      5,918,281
                    ---------      ---------     ---------      ---------
Operating expenses:
  Sales and
   marketing           94,550         13,600       165,696         54,954
  General and
   administrative     256,276        123,639       619,751        451,237
  Professional fees   408,219        282,865       986,868        560,014
  Salaries and wages   89,047        104,407       245,728        277,397
                       ------        -------       -------        -------
Total operating
 expenses             848,092        524,511     2,018,043      1,343,602

Income from
 operations         2,465,170      1,775,055     6,063,914      4,574,679

Other income
 (expense):
  Interest income      80,799         87,014       232,932        210,059
  Interest expense    (50,228)      (147,747)     (219,313)      (443,241)
  Gain on sale of
   investments &
   marketable
   securities         542,704              -       569,769        122,900
                      -------            ---       -------        -------
Total other income
 (expense)            573,275        (60,733)      583,388       (110,282)
Net income before
 provision for
 income taxes       3,038,445      1,714,322     6,647,302      4,464,597
Provision for
 income taxes       1,073,000              -     1,073,000              -
                    ---------            ---     ---------            ---
Net income         $1,965,445     $1,714,322    $5,574,302     $4,464,597
Other comprehensive
 (loss) gain:
Foreign currency
 translation loss    (231,331)       (28,947)     (100,881)      (148,015)
Unrealized profit
 on marketable
 securities                 -              -             -              -
                          ---            ---           ---            ---
Comprehensive
 income            $1,734,114     $1,685,375    $5,473,421     $4,316,382
                   ==========     ==========    ==========     ==========
Net income per
 common share
 (basic)                $0.03          $0.03         $0.09          $0.08
                        =====          =====         =====          =====
Weighted average
 number of common
 shares outstanding
 (basic)           65,109,353     52,041,416    63,046,824     51,604,503
                   ==========     ==========    ==========     ==========
Net income per
 common share
 (diluted)              $0.03          $0.03         $0.08          $0.07
                        =====          =====         =====          =====
Weighted average number
 of common shares
 outstanding
 (diluted)         72,151,865     65,707,416    69,286,884     64,674,490
                   ==========     ==========    ==========     ==========

SOURCE Electronic Game Card, Inc.

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