New Media Lottery Services PLC
19 May 2006


                                                                     19 MAY 2006


                         NEW MEDIA LOTTERY SERVICES PLC
                                ("the Company")

                             APPOINTMENT OF ADVISER

The Board of New Media Lottery Services PLC, the AIM listed (NMLS) supplier and 
operator of lottery systems and games for government sanctioned lottery programs 
and charities, today announces that it has appointed London-based Bishopsgate 
Communications Ltd as its Financial & Corporate PR and Investor Relations 
adviser.

Bishopsgate's initial role will focus on communicating the Company's market 
differentials, which includes: its proprietary lottery system;  its definitive 
corporate strategy; its continued development of lottery software for use on 
other new media platforms; and its niche position within the fast growing, 
global, opportunistic sector it operates within.

Today's appointment follows the Company's March listing on the Alternative 
Investment Market, of the London Stock Exchange.


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Enquiries:
New Media Lottery Services PLC                                (001) 540 437 1688
John Carson
www.nmlsinc.com

Bishopsgate Communications Ltd                                     020 7430 1600
Maxine Barnes                                                      07860 489 571
Dominic Barretto                                                   07930 450 156
www.bishopsgatecommunications.com


Notes to Editors:

New Media Lottery Services plc operates and markets a variety of lottery games 
for charities and other lottery licence holders which were developed by its 
parent company, New Media Lottery Services Inc. These games include electronic 
versions of popular lottery products such as instant games, keno and a variety 
of numbers games. NMLS has a suite of game offerings specifically designed for 
distribution through various digital media and provides the lottery management 
system to manage all digital lottery activities.

NMLS manages next generation lotteries in numerous countries and supplies 
digital lottery content and systems support to Europe's largest provider of
networked entertainment terminals. The NMLS products and services are available
to all licensed lottery holders.



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