EC Development, Inc. Signs Agreement to Move Forward With Second Shipboard Installation of Its Tahoe Casino Management System With MSC Cruises

SHAWNEE, OK--(Marketwire - Apr 5, 2012) - EC Development, Inc. (OTCQX: ECDI) (OTCBB: ECDI) announced today it has completed an agreement with MSC Cruises to provide its Tahoe Casino Management (CMS) and Tahoe Interactive Player (TIPS) systems to a second ship in the MSC Cruises fleet. EC Development recently completed the installation of the MSC cruise ship Sinfonia and will begin installation of a second ship in the MSC fleet, the Divina, within the next 30 days. The company anticipates revenues for this installation in excess of $300,000 over the duration of the three-year agreement.

"We are very pleased to continue working with MSC Cruises," said Gene Estep, CEO of EC Development. He continued, "We had great success with our first shipboard installation in the MSC fleet and look forward to many more successful installations throughout this next year with MSC Cruises."

EC Development's flagship Tahoe CMS (Casino Management System) technology, brings speed and efficiency to casino gaming by providing customers a packaged, fully modern, fully computerized slot accounting, promotions, marketing, and reporting system which allows a casino to run virtually any vendor's games on one system, completely eliminating disparate systems while enabling the use of some truly cutting edge marketing tools.

The Tahoe Interactive Player System (TIPS) boasts a fully customizable player interface to create a personalized experience for each casino customer. With TIPS, each player not only has real-time access to their player rewards and progress, but can opt in to any number of real-time events such as raffles, tournaments, drawings, etc. Players can even request drinks and service through the system, further adding to their experience and enjoyment.

About EC Development, Inc.

EC Development, Inc. (ECDI), founded in 2005, designs, developments and markets software for the U.S. and international gaming and casino markets. The software monitors, audits, analyzes and manages all financial transactions and customer activities for casinos and other gaming related environments.

Its flagship technology, the Tahoe CMS (Casino Management System) is a complete class 2 and class 3 game accounting system and offers customers a packaged, fully modern, fully computerized slot accounting, promotions, marketing, and reporting system which allows a casino to run virtually any vendor's games on one system, completely negating the need to have disparate systems while also enabling the use of some truly cutting edge marketing tools.

For more information on the company, please visit www.ecdevonline.com.

About MSC Cruises

Following several years of unprecedented growth, MSC Cruises is the market leading cruise company in the Mediterranean, South Africa and Brazil. MSC Cruises sails throughout the year in the Mediterranean and offers a wide range of seasonal itineraries in Northern Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the French Antilles, South America, South and West Africa, and the Red Sea. The 12 ships comprising its ultra-modern fleet will carry in 2012 over 1.4 million guests.

This number is expected to reach over 1.5 million in 2013. MSC Cruises is a privately owned European company, employing 12,000 staff around the world and present in 45 countries.

For more information on the company, please visit www.msccruises.com.