• Net Element, Inc. shares registered an initial increase of over 300 percent after the announcement of a new blockchain unit
• The project will be executed in partnership with Bunker Capital
• Net Element’s move follows several similar announcements and the growth of the cryptocurrency market to over $600 billion in December 2017

Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) saw an increase in shares of over 300 percent on December 19, 2017, after the company announced the launch of a new blockchain-based business unit. Eventually, the initial increase slowed down, but company shares were still up around 254 percent at the time of Market Insider’s report the next day (http://dtn.fm/fKUr5).

Net Element is a technology-driven enterprise aimed at developing specialized mobile payment solutions and transaction services. Some of the company’s key developments include restaurant point of sale solutions, retail and mobile point of sale solutions, analytical tools, sales partner solutions, online payment tools and mobile transaction technologies.

The blockchain-focused business unit will become a decentralized ecosystem that will establish the framework for the provision of new Net Element value-added services. Blockchain technology will be relied on to establish the direct connection between a buyer and a merchant. Thus, the efficiency and simplicity of transactions in the system will increase.

Additionally, Net Element has announced that the new unit will invest in new projects aimed at decentralizing payment processes. These projects will preferably combine real world applications and blockchain cryptocurrencies to address a growing market need.

In November 2017, the global cryptocurrency market surpassed the $300 billion mark (http://dtn.fm/TYIj5). The new development was the result of a massive surge in the price of bitcoin, as well as ethereum. As of December, the market capitalization for cryptocurrencies reached $600 billion, a remarkable surge from $17 billion in January 2017 (http://dtn.fm/1Wmzv). The rapid upward shift is demonstrative of the growing interest in blockchain adoption and cryptocurrency payments.

Experts predict that major cryptocurrencies are here to stay (http://dtn.fm/uaY38). Some also suggest that brand new cryptocurrencies will enter the big game in 2018 and beyond. While it’s impossible to determine how many blockchain protocols will survive and thrive, the market still has room available for new players.

Net Element CEO Oleg Firer said that we’re currently at the dawn of an evolution that focuses on innovative digital payment methods. The creation of the company’s new blockchain unit will increase transparency and compliance assurance. The unit will also enable the provision of value-added services to over 20 million ecommerce clients that are already relying on Net Element services.

The deployment of Net Element’s blockchain technology unit will occur in partnership with Bunker Capital – a company that describes itself as a cryptocurrency pioneer. The company’s range of services includes preparation and promotion of ICOs, as well as strategic investment banking and consulting in the field of cryptocurrency adoption. Bunker Capital CEO Remy Jacobson said in a news release that the company is looking forward to its joint project with Net Element for the purpose of developing innovative blockchain solutions in the payment industry.

Net Element’s announcement isn’t the first one in the field of blockchain technology adoption. A Chinese company called Future Fintech Group (NASDAQ: FTFT) previously announced that it will be making a switch from selling juices to cryptocurrency financial technology development. Company shares saw an almost immediate increase of 221 percent.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.NetElement.com

• New cryptocurrency app allows cannabis dispensaries to accept electronic bitcoin payments
• Legal marijuana market predicted to hit $24.5 billion in North America by 2021
• Convergence of cryptocurrency and cannabis industry meet in SingleSeed subsidiary

Publicly traded holding company SinglePoint, Inc. (OTC: SING) and its innovative SingleSeed app – designed to allow cannabis dispensaries and customers to exchange funds using debit and credit cards via the vehicle of bitcoin – is singled out in a CNBC article highlighting the industry’s ongoing need for an alternative banking solution (http://dtn.fm/eZr6X).

Three years ago, SinglePoint placed terminals in medical marijuana dispensaries, so consumers could use a debit card to make purchases. The convenient terminals “were going great,” SinglePoint CEO Wil Ralston states. “Then overnight the banks shut them all down. There were no guidelines about how banks were supposed to interact with the cannabis industry. They didn’t want to risk it.”

It was obvious banks didn’t want to handle legal marijuana transactions, Ralston notes, which meant cannabis retailers and consumers were forced to bring cash to the table, and it was apparent that an alternative payment form was desperately needed. The addition of the SingleSeed app to the cannabis market could solve the industry’s glaring “unbankable” problem, since dispensaries and consumers alike could use the app to accept and make purchases using bitcoin.

Soft launched in mid-November with an emphasis on the marijuana industry, the SingleSeed app can also be utilized by any business (http://dtn.fm/n4UwO). Ralston notes that 14 percent of the nation’s population doesn’t have access to a traditional banking system either because they don’t have credit or are involved in a high-risk business.

“Blockchain is applicable to any industry,” Ralston said. “We’re letting consumers know, this is just an additional way to pay.”

Legal marijuana sales are on track to hit $9.7 billion in North America by the end of 2017, a 33 percent increase over 2016, with industry analysts predicting that the market could fetch upward of $24.5 billion in sales by 2021, according to an article in Business Insider (http://dtn.fm/Uk7hc). Marijuana is legal in some form in 29 states and the District of Columbia, while Canada is poised to make the highly regulated plant legal for nationwide adult-use sales by July 2018. Cannabis remains illegal on the federal level in the United States.

SingleSeed is fully KYC-AML compliant and can be used by any business. For marijuana vendors specifically, it can be utilized within any of the states where marijuana currently has a legal status. It is designed as a payment service that enables instant bitcoin-powered purchases using credit and debit cards. Through a user-friendly signup form and ID verification, customers can set up accounts online prior to visiting a cannabis merchant, or they can sign up in just seconds at the point of sale (http://dtn.fm/9wbNd).

The cannabis industry could be one of the first to fully blend cryptocurrencies into its day-to-day business operations. For those seeking alternative forms of payment, SinglePoint’s unique SingleSeed app offers an intriguing option.

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• U.S. medical and recreational marijuana sales are projected to reach $24.5 billion by 2025
• REFG has pioneered a first-of-its-kind payment system tailored specifically to the underserved legal cannabis industry with planned expansion to integrate cryptocurrency payments
• Growth trends continue amid widespread legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational use

As trends continue toward increased awareness regarding the potential health benefits of cannabinoids, as well as widespread legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational use, Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions (OTC: REFG) is positioned as a pioneer at the forefront of a multi-billion dollar market. Serving both medical and recreational dispensaries and related businesses, the company is able to compete in various and widely-underserved verticals with solutions specifically tailored to the cannabis industry.

Within the current multi-billion dollar and rapidly-growing industry (New Frontier Data projects U.S. medical and recreational marijuana sales will reach $24.5 billion by 2025) (http://dtn.fm/8hK4d), REFG is a frontrunner in the booming market that is vying to match growing demand with full spectrum solutions.

In response to the need for a private encrypted digital solution, REFG is positioned in the industry as a first-tier merchant processing pioneer. REFG, through subsidiary StateSourced, has launched the first and only comprehensive card processing system of its kind. With considerable investment in market research and product development, the company specifically tailored the new technology to serve cannabis industry vendors and end users with security, convenience and sector-specific customized tools. The result is a completely-integrated, state-of-the-art platform that empowers businesses by leveraging capabilities to track sales and tax collection with industry-customized tools and advanced capabilities for comprehensive client management.

Within the system, REFG will earn revenues in the form of a percentage of all financial transactions. In addition, the company is further expanding processing options to enable cryptocurrency payments. To bring this solution to market, REFG has partnered with First Bitcoin Capital Corporation (OTC: BITCF) to integrate Weed Coin cryptocurrency (“$Weed”). This expansion will provide more options to meet the changing demands of the market, as well as current and comprehensive payment methods to enable payment processing via both debit cards and prominent cryptocurrencies like $Weed and bitcoin.

With projected growth trends, widespread legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational use and increased opportunities to effectively participate in commerce with a variety of prominent payment processing options, REFG is well-positioned as an industry leader in the rapidly-growing market.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.MedicalCannabisPaymentSolutions.com

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• Global mobile gaming revenues expected to reach over $40 billion in 2017
• Mobile gaming revenues forecast to grow at a CAGR of 6.2 percent through 2020
• Tapinator has developed over 300 mobile games, which have been downloaded more than 450 million times

Mobile gaming is the fastest growing sector in the gaming market, and a recent study predicts that worldwide 2017 mobile gaming revenues will reach over $40 billion, representing a 33 percent increase over 2015 (http://dtn.fm/6lqkP). This market is driven by exponential growth in sales of smartphones and tablets, the corresponding increase of mobile device use and rising income levels. A Global Games Market Report issued by Newzoo forecasts that mobile gaming will soon form over 50 percent of the total gaming market, growing at a CAGR of 6.2 percent through 2020 (http://dtn.fm/87fB3).

Founded in 2013, Tapinator, Inc. (OTCQB: TAPM) is uniquely positioned to capture a leading role in this growing market, having already developed and published over 300 mobile games that have been downloaded more than 450 million times from Google Play, the App Store and Amazon platforms. The company aims to solidify and increase its market share by focusing on mergers and acquisitions within this sector.

Tapinator has created a selection of best-in-class, full-featured games that includes ‘ROCKY™’ and ‘Solitaire Dash’, providing in-depth and unique content that promotes long-term player retention and targets high ROI. The company envisages the potential for full-featured games to have a product lifespan of over five years, producing franchise-type revenues of more than $100 million. It uses proprietary processes for games development and marketing, which factor in projected player retention and profitability.

Tapinator’s team of developers, strategists and product specialists focuses on combining gameplay elements with best-in-class monetization methods. It recently launched two full-featured titles, ‘Big Sport Fishing 2017’ and ‘Dice Mage 2’. ‘Big Sport Fishing 2017’ experienced more than 520,000 global downloads during its first seven days following launch. The company also has new titles scheduled for release in Q4 2017 and the first and second quarters of 2018, including ‘Divide and Conquer’, ‘ColorFill’ and ‘Fusion Heroes’. It also recently launched ‘Fidget Spinner Superhero’ and ‘Scary Shark Evolution 3D’, two highly popular games within its Rapid-Launch Games division.

To accelerate its growth, Tapinator is investigating opportunities to develop virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) games, as recent reports predict that the VR market will reach $30 billion and the AR sector $120 billion by 2020. On November 28, 2017, the company reported that its Rapid-Launch game ‘Virtual Mom: Happy Family 3D’ ranked among the top 100 games in the United States on Google Play. This game was downloaded by more than 600,000 players since its launch on November 8, and it was featured as the number 34 top game in Brazil, number 97 in Russia and number 102 in China. In a news release, Tapinator CEO Ilya Nikolayev disclosed the company’s intention to build on this success by releasing extra content and expanding its ‘Happy Family’ game series.

Apart from the direct revenue realized from game downloads and app store purchases, Tapinator derives 54 percent of its revenue from advertising placed within mobile games. Advertising is restricted to placements between game levels, and the company runs rewarded video ad units, tied directly into the currency of each game. Tapinator has set its sights on achieving an annual booking growth target of over 30 percent for the period from 2017 to 2019.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Tapinator.com

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• Gaming industry forecast to generate revenues of $128.5 billion by 2020
• 42 percent of global gaming revenues will be generated by mobile gaming
• AppSwarm has developed proprietary review process to assess the benefits of new apps

The global gaming industry is expected to grow by almost eight percent over 2016 and to generate a total of approximately $110 billion in revenues this year, from 2.2 billion games worldwide, according to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report released in April 2017 (http://dtn.fm/sFUV0). The largest market is in the Asia-Pacific region, with China generating a quarter of all revenues in 2017. Newzoo predicts that this industry will show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2 percent to reach $128.5 billion by 2020. Furthermore, the report forecasts that mobile gaming will generate 42 percent of gaming revenues worldwide, with over three quarters of this derived from smartphone gaming. AppSwarm, Inc. (OTC: SWRM) has made major inroads into this industry by acquiring apps for all devices from developers who need assistance with marketing their products.

The company recently acquired the game ‘Soccers’, which is available from the iTunes store, from TGTStudios. This soccer game is an interactive app that allows gamers to choose from a number of teams, with five levels of difficulty. AppSwarm also acquired ‘Komandir’ from the Russian app development agency Shooterboy Entertainment. It’s a virtual reality game providing an intense gaming experience that has become popular with gamers globally. The game can be downloaded from both Google Play and the Apple App Store. By acquiring ‘Komandir’, AppSwarm is tapping into the fast-growing virtual reality market, which is expected to reach $7.2 billion in revenue worldwide this year, according to Greenlight Insights (http://dtn.fm/O2a41). The growing trend is likely to continue over the next few years, the Greenlight analysis shows, indicating that the virtual reality sector will become a major marketplace worth more than $74.8 billion by 2021.

AppSwarm has released several other games, among them a game called ‘Dead Uncleansed’, a tower defense game featuring zombies, as well as ‘Avenging Soldiers’ from well-known mobile games developer Freak X Apps.

The company is continually looking at applications from developers with the potential to market through a stock purchase agreement, outright purchase, partnership, joint venture or royalty agreement. AppSwarm brings its expertise in capitalization, business management, marketing and product development to the table to help young entrepreneurs get their innovative apps to market. The company assesses the viability of apps by using its proprietary screening process, the Swarm, which is a highly selective procedure that enables it to review and assess the benefits of each new app the AppSwarm team comes across. The company tends to focus on mergers and acquisitions through which it can apply its acumen in all areas of business in order to ensure a successful outcome.

On November 29, 2017, AppSwarm, alongside SinglePoint, Inc. (OTC: SING), announced the development of a joint roll-out of mobile applications for the purchase of cannabis using bitcoin payment options and blockchain technology, with a 50/50 share of all product revenues. This product will only be available in states where the purchase of cannabis has been legalized. The applications will be marketed through SinglePoint’s subsidiary, SingleSeed, while AppSwarm will provide application development expertise and technical support.

The company also sees an opportunity to develop e-commerce websites as consumers become more comfortable with processing online sales. Online sales are predicted to reach $523 billion by 2020, according to Forrester Research Inc. data, marking a huge 56 percent increase over the $335 billion in sales reported in 2015 (http://dtn.fm/7JITp). Smartphones and other mobile devices are forecast to be instrumental in driving this growth. With its expertise and proprietary assessment process, AppSwarm is well placed to take advantage of this future growth.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.App-Swarm.com

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• The company has concluded six new contracts for health care services to be launched in 2018
• These contracts with health care service providers are expected to earn the company $6.6 million in revenue in 2018
• Asset management predicted to move toward digital tracking with the adoption of IoT

Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010, the quality of health care in the United States has been improving, with a growing number of Americans affording health insurance, according to a report from the Harvard School of Public Health (http://dtn.fm/5aZj2). In 2011, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) drew up a national strategy to drive quality improvement at local, state and national health facilities by making health care more patient-centered, in addition to being more reliable, safe and accessible. The strategy also focused on reducing the cost of quality care for all stakeholders in both the private and public sectors.

RJD Green, Inc. (OTC: RJDG) has received six new contracts for health care and insurance support services that improve providers’ administrative performance or greatly enhance the management and processing of payments, collections, and disputed invoices. Under its IOSOFT, Inc. banner, there are four new contracts launching during the first quarter of 2018, offering greatly enhanced processing and collection of payment, along with simplified operating software for the health care provider.

IOSOFT applications are compliant with integration requirements for health care insurance companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Cigna (NYSE: CI). IOSOFT’s solution integration into health care provider networks will enable health care professionals and health insurance providers to work together seamlessly and more efficiently. A recent IDC Health Insights report has predicted that 20 percent of commercial back office operations will be operating on cloud-driven Business Process as a Service (BPaaS), which reduces administration costs while handling payment processing more efficiently (http://dtn.fm/snpA9). It is also predicted that hospitals and other health care facilities will track assets digitally, a feat enabled via the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) technology.

RJD Green expects to derive income of $6.6 million during 2018 from its initial contracts alone, which include IoSoft medical provider efforts and RJD Green medical-related efforts. The company will continue to negotiate with potential business partners and anticipates securing new contracts during 2018 in addition to those already concluded.

Launched in 2016 and operating as a holding company, RJD Green is focused on highly profitable acquisitions across three verticals via three separate divisions. The RJD Green Healthcare Services division is built on establishing long-term relationships with key health care providers. The second division, Earthlinc, allows the company to offer green technologies to solve environmental issues for businesses of all sizes. RJD Green’s third service division is Silex Holdings Inc., which was established to manage acquisitions with high-growth assets, specifically in industrial contracting, building material products and services. RJD Green’s focus is on assisting its business partners in maximizing their potential through the company’s business management expertise.

The company is looking to form strategic alliances as either owners or joint venture partners in a wide range of business enterprises. RJD Green actively seeks to develop opportunities from business owners, investment bankers, private equity companies, wealth advisors, vendors and legal and accounting advisors. Its primary focus is to create profitability while enhancing shareholder value for it enterprises and joint venture partners.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.RJDGreen.com

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• Bitcoin ATMs added 106 new units worldwide in 2017— a 7.5 percent jump from the prior year
• U.S. and Canada, combined, have almost 73 percent of the global market with 1,104 bitcoin ATMs
• CIIX, in addition to agreeing to a bitcoin ATM installation at its San Gabriel, California, offices, also broadcasts ‘Bitcoin Multimillionaire’, a daily video on bitcoin news emanating from the NYSE

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) has jumped into the growing global market for bitcoin ATMs. According to Coin ATM Radar, installations of the ATMs are on pace to grow by 7.5 percent to 1,515 units across 19 countries this year (http://dtn.fm/dxd8K). CIIX agreed for Blockchain BTM, LLC, to add one such unit in the lobby of its San Gabriel, California, headquarters (http://dtn.fm/A2Zck). Blockchain BTM, with its CIIX location unit, increased the number of its installed machines to nine, all located in California (http://dtn.fm/Nc5of).

This installation also means a greater commitment by CIIX to bitcoin education and marketing. It is a strategy for CIIX to reach the Chinese-speaking community worldwide with bitcoin marketing, even though Chinese regulators have banned sales of bitcoin. At the same time, Chinese regulators see potential in the blockchain technology behind bitcoin, according to a report by CNBC (http://dtn.fm/omf2O).

CIIX is a diverse educational and consulting company to the Chinese-speaking community located in China and the U.S. Its primary revenue streams have been from subscriptions and investor relations services. It has also marketed a line of hemp oil-based cannabidiol (CBD) products under the OptHemp brand, as well as hemp-infused skin care products through wholly-owned subsidiary CBD Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Most recently, the company has offered educational and sales services related to bitcoin cryptocurrency. CIIX’s goal is to become the primary Chinese publicly-traded company that offers real-time information on its website. CIIX is planning to introduce new cryptocurrency subscription products for January 2018. It also offers a new, free website for bitcoin news and education under the domain name NewCoins168.com (http://dtn.fm/MMq9C).

Even as China itself has shut down most bitcoin trading, CIIX is now offering, in partnership with Wall Street Multimedia, Inc., a daily video on bitcoin from the NYSE, and it has also agreed to the installation of the bitcoin ATM in San Gabriel, California.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ChineseInvestors.com

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• Assets grew in first three quarters despite slump in oil sales
• Reported record EBITDA growth during the year
• Agreement in Cyprus positions company at crossroads of Middle East-to-Europe shipping

As the economies of some African nations show signs of new growth resulting from the ongoing production of their oil resources (http://dtn.fm/osPj9), Petrogress, Inc. (OTC: PGAS) is building on its years of networking with trading partners along the continent’s west coast and in the Mediterranean region while it expands its operations into Europe and the U.S. to create a diversified revenue stream in the oil and gas shipping industries.

Petrogress, Inc. began 2017 with a vision of increasing monthly deliveries of crude oil through the purchase of additional tankers to complement its fleet of five transports from Greece to western Africa, as well as the completion of oil exploration and refinery negotiations in Ghana. At the end of the third quarter, the company reported that it was negotiating the purchase of two Aframaxes tankers and a 55 percent interest in a shuttle tanker. Despite a recent slump in African crude oil sales (http://dtn.fm/5H7Gk) and the comparable effect on the company’s sales volume revenues and gross profits, Petrogress reported a rise in profitability from 3.82 percent to 13.14 percent with a record adjusted report of earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of just over $2 million at nine months’ end. Total assets grew during the period from $9.79 million to $14.03 million.

“We are generating strong operational and financial results in spite to the adverse oil market pricing… We are seeing strong indications of continued growth and remain confident in our ability to drive profitability and increase volumes across our platform to deliver enhanced shareholders value,” Petrogress President and CEO Christos P. Traios stated in reporting the results (http://dtn.fm/R6tEU).

“We put several pieces into place preparing for activities planned over the next several quarters,” Traios added in November when the quarterly Form 10-Q was filed. “We’ve pre-paid anticipated expenses and pre-positioned personnel and assets that we’ll use over the next six to twelve months building our business in Cypriot ports, pursuing important, government-sponsored joint ventures in Libya, and finalizing our offshore production and lease arrangements in Ghana.”

The formation in early November of PG Cypyard & Offshore Service Terminal Ltd. (“Cypyard”) through Petrogress’s wholly owned subsidiary Petrogress Int’l, LLC, provided the company with the means to conclude negotiations with the Cyprus Ports Authority for an operations and management pact in Hellenic Cyprus that includes a long-term lease with renewal options covering all in-place port facilities, such as floating dock and dry dock areas with cranes and scaffolding, construction and repair workshops and storage and the necessary on-site administrative office space.

Traios characterized existing facilities in the Port of Limassol as “in fairly good shape” and ready to operate with a minimal investment of time and money (http://dtn.fm/MxbI5). Cyprus and its confirmed energy reserves are located at the crossroads of sea lanes and potential pipeline routes linking Europe and the Middle East.

Petrogress, like other corporations in the oft-volatile energy industry, continues to make adjustments to its operations to accommodate changes in the world’s political and economic landscapes. Economic analysts predict that the price of oil will continue to rise in the coming years (http://dtn.fm/J5rYr), and the recent appointment of two industry experts to the Petrogress advisory board is expected to help the company capitalize on growth opportunities as it develops a comprehensive lobbying and government outreach program to further its business plans in the United States, European Union and African continent.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.PetrogressInc.com

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• Urban planning ‘Smart City’ solutions provider
• Interests in the LED and cannabis sectors
• XFIRE Smart Systems poised to win many contracts

As advances in digital technology continue to transform our private lives, they are, naturally, at the same time altering the way we congregate in villages, towns and cities. Cities may arise organically through random factors such as geography, natural resources and migration, but such ‘free growth’ left unchecked can result in disaster. There are indications, for example, that Houston’s ‘hands-off approach to urban planning… may have contributed to (the) catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Harvey’, according to this Washington Post report (http://dtn.fm/Xh9ey). To deal with such unintended consequences at the macro level, modern urban management is now embracing the concept of the smart city, a single entity designed to improve the quality of life of its citizenry through the implementation of user-friendly digital technologies. In response to this new paradigm, AV1 Group, Inc. (OTC: AVOP), through its XFIRE Smart Systems division, is offering a menu of urban development solutions to manage city assets and services more efficiently through the integration of cutting edge information technology.

The smart city concept is more than just hyperbole or hype. At the recently concluded (October 3-5) third annual Smart Cities Week in Washington, D.C., participants discussed the best ways to implement modern transportation infrastructure, offer Wi-Fi to the public, satisfy energy requirements and provide protection against a variety of violent threats. The smart city concept also embraces human psychology and mental health, a hot button topic given the recent spate in U.S. mass killings. One workshop had the theme ‘Happiness as a City Indicator’. Given the eclectic mix of services any modern city requires at present, only the most innovative companies like AVOP are offering the right solutions.

This menu of services includes the Apollo LED Series, which is more than an intelligent lighting solution. The Apollo has the capability to provide street-wide wireless access for many different applications. Its design includes an all-in-one housing that incorporates a wireless MESH radio. This allows remote access and monitoring of infrastructure but also allows for secure access to additional applications. One such application is the iSLC, an intelligent wireless controller that uses state-of-the-art self-forming and self-healing mesh networking. Economical enough for employment on individual lamps by remote operation, each iSLC provides dimming of LED lamps based either on programmable dimming schedules or inputs from motion and light sensors. The iSLC is powered using a DC input provided by the LED power supply and can work in conjunction with legacy lighting products.

Since the wirelessly-integrated Apollo iSLC Series can communicate on frequencies of 900MHz, 2.4GHz and 5GHz and has the ability to create a MESH network over a city block or a city-wide area, it is ideal for deployment in smart parking meters that will accept payments made electronically. The iSLC can also work with charging stations, which, as EV adoption grows, are likely to become as ubiquitous as gas stations are now. The same factors apply to utility meters. With the integrated Automated Meter Reading/Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMR/AMI) solution, municipalities can replace manual drive-by solutions with digital meters that MESH and link wirelessly to a central network. This will save time and costs while improving customer service and the ability to accurately monitor and control valuable resources.

Recently, AVOP announced it had initiated a pilot program for a major city in Michigan to design and implement its SMART City transition with an estimated order of approximately $5.5 million (http://dtn.fm/6s7Fe). XFIRE Smart Systems’ partner, Apollo Smart Lights, a provider of LED lighting solutions, will manufacture the lighting product for the projects. So far, the company’s XFIRE Smart Systems division has been awarded three lucrative contracts, and more are in the offing.

AVOP also has its fingers in other pies. Apart from the smart cities market, the company has subsidiaries in the LED and cannabis sectors. A recent Goldman research report highlighted these areas. It cited a July 2017 report issued by Markets and Markets that projects the outdoor LED lighting market enjoying a 13.7 percent CAGR from 2017 and reaching $21.95 billion in 2023. It also referred to ArcView data that projects the U.S. cannabis market growing by a tremendous 30 percent CAGR with revenue slated to leap from $6.7 billion in 2016 to $22.6 billion in 2021. The Goldman report has set a price target for AVOP of $0.75.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.AV1Group.com

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• U.S. national lottery market estimated at $80 billion
• Expansion plans include moving into 22 key U.S. states
• Proposals include creating unique lottery blockchain technology

Los Angeles-based LottoGopher Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: LTTGF) (CSE: LOTO) (FRA: 2LG) is disrupting the traditional experience of buying lottery tickets with its unique lottery messenger service that utilizes a secure online purchasing platform. The U.S. lottery market is described as one where 57 percent of American adults purchase lottery tickets, spending more than $80 billion on an industry that typically requires a cash-only, in-person purchase.

LottoGopher currently operates in the $6.3 billion California market (http://dtn.fm/G15ip) as a lottery messenger service that permits buyers to purchase state lottery tickets online via credit and debit cards. Members enjoy exclusive access to strategies, alerts and lottery news, and they can play alone with a single ticket or join online public or private groups to pool winnings. LottoGopher’s streamlined, mobile-friendly social platform and automated email follow-up system give California members the security of knowing that their chosen lottery tickets are in their personal accounts.

Customers of LottoGopher pay a subscription fee to use the service, much like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Dollar Shave Club. Once a subscription plan is selected, users pay the same price per ticket as if they had gone to all the trouble of driving to a retail location, standing in line, and handing over cash. LottoGopher’s team then does the legwork by securing the selected tickets from a lottery retail partner. User account balances are updated after a drawing, which makes it literally impossible to misplace that winning ticket.

LottoGopher recently signed well-known actor and personality William Shatner as its new spokesperson (http://dtn.fm/G5Rww), bringing Shatner’s pop icon status and popularity with the public to the company’s marketing campaign (http://dtn.fm/xO8aM). LTTGF’s goals by 2020 are annual sales of nearly $50 million on a paying subscriber base of approximately 500,000 users as it grows into 22 more states from its current market in California (http://dtn.fm/gNC7J).

“In the past few months we have seen an uptick in subscriptions and we want to continue this momentum,” James Morel, LottoGopher president and CEO, noted in a recent news release.

LottoGopher is also positioning itself to leverage blockchain technologies in the online lottery market. To that end, the company has retained blockchain investor and media strategist Jeff Koyen as an independent adviser (http://dtn.fm/rl5I0). The proposed lottery blockchain could increase trust and visibility in the ownership of the actual ticket, Koyen said, adding that a “Lottery Blockchain” could be beneficial to both traditional and online lotteries. In fact, Bitcoin News Service calls the combination of cryptocurrencies and online gambling a “match made in heaven” (http://dtn.fm/7FRzk).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LottoGopher.com

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