EXHIBIT 99.6


             CONSENT OF PHILIP GUNN TO BE NAMED AS DIRECTOR NOMINEE


                                January 22, 1999



eLottery, Inc.
478 Wheelers Farms Road
Milford, Connecticut  06460

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-1
                        9,967,824 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

Gentlemen:

         I, Philip Gunn, hereby consent to be named as a director nominee of
eLottery, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in the Company's
Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
in connection with the Company's registration of 9,967,824 shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company.

                                     Very truly yours,

                                     /s/ Philip Gunn
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                                     Philip Gunn