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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

                    AMENDED AND RESTATED CONSULTING AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CONSULTING AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered
into as of this 28th day of September 2001 by and between VIRTGAME.COM CORP., a
Delaware corporation ("Company"), and R. STEPHEN SARLI, an individual
("Consultant").

                                  R E C I T A L
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     The Company and Consultant have previously entered into that certain
Consulting Agreement dated July 2, 2001 that they now find desirable to amend
and to restate, as so amended, by way of this Agreement.

                                A G R E E M E N T
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     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set
forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed as follows:

     1.   Duties; Consultant Representation. During the term of this Agreement,
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Consultant shall provide consultation on behalf of the Company in connection
with the (i) evaluation and structuring of potential merger and acquisition
opportunities for the Company; and (ii) other business strategies. In
performance of these duties, Consultant shall provide the Company with the
benefits of Consultant's best judgment and efforts. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to limit or restrict Consultant in rendering services of a
similar nature to others, provided, however, that during the term of this
Agreement, Consultant covenants not to provide consulting services to, or to
engage in, directly or indirectly, any business competitive with that of the
Company without the consent of the Company. The duties to be performed by
Consultant pursuant to this Agreement may be performed at a location determined
by Consultant and at such times as may be agreed to by Consultant and the
Company.

     2.   Term and Termination.
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          (a)  Term. This Agreement shall commence on July 2, 2001, and shall
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remain in effect until December 31, 2002, unless and until the Agreement is
earlier terminated by the Consultant or the Company. Either party may terminate
this Agreement effective on five (5) days prior written notice.

          (b)  Obligations Upon Expiration or Termination. Upon expiration or
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termination of this Agreement, Consultant shall promptly return to the Company
all material owned by the Company. Expiration or termination of this Agreement
shall not relieve either party of its obligations regarding Confidential
Information under Section 4 below.

     3.   Consideration. As consideration for Consultant entering into this
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Agreement and Consultant's services hereunder, the Consultant has previously
received 500,000 shares of the Company's common stock at a value of $125,000 and
shall be entitled to receive an additional 500,000 shares of the Company's
common stock valued at $0.25 per share, all of such shares

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having been earned by Consultants. All shares shall be issued pursuant to a Form
S-8 registration statement pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933
("Act").

     4.   Disclosure or Use of Confidential Information.
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          (a)  As used herein, the term "Confidential Information" means any and
all trade secrets or other confidential information of any kind, nature or
description concerning any matters affecting or relating to the business of the
Company that derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being
generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value
from its disclosure or use and which is the subject of efforts by the Company
that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, operations and
financial information concerning the Company's business; customer names,
addresses, buying habits, needs and the methods of fulfilling those needs;
supplier names, addresses and pricing policies; and the Company's pricing
policies. The term "Confidential Information" does not include information which
(i) is already in Consultant's possession, provided that such information is not
known by Consultant to be subject to another confidentiality agreement with or
other obligation of secrecy to the Company or another party, or (ii) becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by
Consultant or his agents or advisors, or (iii) becomes available to Consultant
on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or its
advisors, provided that such source is not known by Consultant to be bound by a
confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to the Company or
another party.

          (b)  Consultant will keep confidential and will not directly or
indirectly divulge to anyone (except as required by applicable law or in
connection with the performance of his duties and responsibilities as a
consultant hereunder), to the extent practicable, or use or otherwise
appropriate for his own benefit, or on behalf of any other person, firm,
partnership or corporation by whom he might subsequently be hired as a
consultant or otherwise associated or affiliated with, any Confidential
Information.

          (c)  All documents, memoranda, reports, notebooks, correspondence,
files, lists and other records, and the like, specifications, computer software
and computer equipment, computer printouts, computer disks, and all photocopies
or other reproductions thereof, affecting or relating to the business of the
Company, which Consultant shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess or
control (the "Company Materials"), shall be and remain the sole property of the
Company. Upon termination of this Agreement, Consultant shall deliver promptly
to the Company all such Company Materials.

     5.   Independent Contractor. The relationship between Consultant and the
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Company is that of an independent contractor. The Company shall have no right or
authority to control or direct the manner in which Consultant renders his
services hereunder. In furtherance of this independent contractor relationship,
the only compensation owed by the Company hereunder is that contemplated by
Section 3, and the Company shall have no liability or obligation with respect to
any federal, state or local taxation or withholdings with respect to Consultant,
all of which liability and obligation shall be borne solely by Consultant and
Consultant shall indemnify the Company and hold it harmless against any such
liability.

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     6.   Insider Trading. Consultant acknowledges that he may receive from time
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to time material nonpublic information concerning the Company and other parties
involved with the Company. Consultant, on behalf of itself and its affiliates,
acknowledges that he is familiar with the Federal securities laws and
regulations outlawing insider trading and represents and covenants that it shall
act in strict accordance with such laws and regulations at all times.

     7.   Entire Agreement and Waiver. This Agreement contains the entire
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agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the consulting services to
be rendered to the Company by Consultant, and supersedes all prior and
contemporaneous agreements, arrangements, negotiations and understandings
between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. No waiver of any
term, provision, or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or
otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or shall
constitute, a waiver of any other provision hereof, whether or not similar, nor
shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver, and no waiver shall be binding
unless executed in writing by the party making the waiver.

     8.   Enforcement; Severability. If in any proceeding, a court shall refuse
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to enforce any provisions of this Agreement, whether because the restrictions
contained herein are more extensive than is necessary to protect the business of
the Company or for any other reason, it is expressly understood and agreed
between the parties hereto that this Agreement is deemed modified to the extent
necessary to permit this Agreement to be enforced in any such proceedings. The
validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions or portions of this
Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable
to the fullest extent permitted under applicable laws.

     9.   Amendments. No supplement, modification or amendment of any term,
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provision or condition of this Agreement shall be binding or enforceable unless
executed in writing by the parties hereto.

     10.  Applicable Law. This Agreement and the performance hereunder and all
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suits and special proceedings hereunder shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of California.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the date first above written.

                              "Company"

                              VIRTGAME.COM CORP.,
                              a Delaware corporation

                              By:_______________________________________________
                                  Scott A. Walker, Chief Executive Officer

                              "Consultant"

                              ____________________________________
                              R. Stephen Sarli

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.48
ADC  Applied Data Communications

                                                               December 15, 1997

Mr. Stan Berney
Berney Properties, Inc.
18750 Hale Ave.
Irvine, CA 92714

Dear Stan:

In consideration for your forgiveness of certain debts, as defined below, owed
by Applied Data Communications, Inc. (the "Company") to Palais Group, Inc.
("Palais"), the Company hereby proposes (the "Agreement") to exchange shares
(the "Shares") of the Company's Preferred Stock, Series B convertible into
Common Stock for such debt at an exchange rate equivalent to $1.00 of debt
forgiveness per share of Common Stock.  All debts owed to you by the Company
aggregate approximately $1,029,411.  By accepting this Agreement, you hereby
acknowledge that the $1,029,411 of debts described hereinabove, constitute the
entire amount of debt owed to you by the Company as of the date of this
Agreement.  The debts owed to you by the Company that you hereby forever forgive
and discharge in consideration of the Company's delivery to you of the Preferred
Stock (as described below) evidenced by an appropriate stock certificate, and
registered in the name of Palais Group, are as follows:

(i) all past due rent, accrued but unpaid by the Company to Palais, relating to
the Company's occupancy of that office and warehouse facility located at 14272
Chambers Rd., Tustin, CA, owned by Palais, such unpaid rents totaling an
aggregate of approximately $310,000 in principal amount excluding accrued
interest on such amount, totaling an aggregate of approximately $106,289 as of
December 31, 1997, for a combined total of $416,289, and

(ii) all property and assets that you gave up through foreclosure initiated by
the mortgage holder on such property, such foreclosure necessitated by failure
of the Company to make the aforesaid rent payments on a timely basis.  The fair
market value of such property and assets, net of applicable mortgage, has been
determined to aggregate approximately $429,000, excluding accrued interest on
the fair market value (net) of such property and assets, totaling an aggregate
of approximately $128,003 as of December 31, 1997, for a combined total of
$557,003, and

(iii) various legal expenses related to the seizure of said property by the
mortgage holder, the National Bank of Southern California, billed by Jackson,
DeMarco and Peckenpaugh, to Palais Group, and paid on their behalf by Palais,
Mark Alexander and Berney Properties, totaling $56,118.82 plus $10,082.00 in
interest for a total of $66,200.82.

Pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will exchange these debts owed totaling
an aggregate of $1,039,493, exchangeable at the rate of $1.00 per share of
Common Stock, for 10,395 shares of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock
("Preferred Stock"), equivalent to 1,029,411 shares of common stock.  A summary
legal description of the Shares is included in the attached private placement
memorandum.  This document is being used in conjunction with ADC's current
private placement offering to potential investors in the Company, and is
provided to you for your information.
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In exchange therefore, Palais shall release ("Release") ADC from all debts
heretofore incurred by ADC from Palais. The Release shall be effective upon both
the execution and delivery of this document and delivery of the Shares
identified in paragraph 1 above. The Release shall continue to be effective
despite the possible discovery of facts different from or in addition to those
that the parties to this agreement now know or believe to be true with respect
to the matters herein released. Palais and ADC acknowledge that they have been
informed by their respective attorneys of the import of Section 1542 of the
Civil Code of the State of California. Section 1542 provides as follows:

           "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor
           does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of
           executing the release, which if known by him must have materially
           affected his settlement with the debtor."

Palais and ADC do hereby waive and relinquish all rights and benefits that each
of them may have under Section 1542 of the Civil Code.

Please sign below to indicate your acceptance of this Agreement for Exchange of
Debt.

                                   APPLIED DATA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Date:   12-15-97                             By: /s/ Walter J. Kane
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                                                 Walter J. ("Pat") Kane
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

                                   PALAIS GROUP

Date:   12-30-97                             By: Berney Properties, Inc.
        --------                                 General Partner
                                                 /s/ Stanley J. Berney
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                                                  Stanley J. Berney
                                                  Treasurer

Date:   12-30-97                             By: /s/ Walter J. Kane
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                                                 Walter J. "Pat" Kane
                                                 General Partner
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                       Applied Data Communications, Inc.
                       Computation of Principal/Interest
                               Palais Group Rent

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Principal                                  Interest
                                           Beginning    Add        Delete    Ending    Beginning   Add        Delete   Ending
<S>                               <C>      <C>          <C>        <C>      <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>      <C>
Balance Accrued, April 1, 1992             $102,000                         $102,000    $                              $
  Additional Rent, FY93                                 $169,000            $169,000                                   $
  Payments, FY93                           $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY93                  7.70%                                                                                $

Balance, March 31, 1993                    $102,000     $169,000     $      $271,000    $          $           $       $

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1993             $271,000                         $271,000    $                              $
  Additional Rent, FY94                                 $ 39,000            $ 39,000                                   $
  Payments, FY94                           $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY94 (9 mo.)          7.70%                                     $                      $16,776             $ 16,776

Balance, March 31, 1994                    $271,000     $39,000      $      $310,000    $          $16,776     $       $ 16,776

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1994             $310,000                         $310,000    $ 16,776                       $ 16,776
  Additional Rent, FY95                                                     $                                          $
  Payments, FY95                           $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY95                  7.70%                                     $           $ 23,870                       $ 23,870

Balance, March 31, 1995                    $310,000     $            $      $310,000    $ 16,776   $23,870     $       $ 40,646

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1995             $310,000                         $310,000    $ 40,646                       $ 40,646
  Additional Rent, FY96                                                     $                                          $
  Payments, FY96                           $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY96                  7.70%                                     $           $ 23,870                       $ 23,870

Balance, March 31, 1996                    $310,000     $            $      $310,000    $ 40,646   $23,870     $       $ 64,516

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1996             $310,000                         $310,000    $ 64,516                       $ 64,516
  Additional Rent, FY97                                                     $                                          $
  Payments, FY97                           $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY97                  7.70%                                     $           $ 23,870                       $ 23,870

Balance, March 31, 1997                    $310,000     $            $      $310,000    $ 64,516   $23,870     $       $ 86,386

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1997             $310,000                         $310,000    $ 86,386                       $ 86,386
  Additional Rent, FY98                                                     $                                          $
  Payments, FY98                           $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY98 (9 mo.)          7.70%                                     $           $ 17,903                       $ 17,903

Balance, December 31, 1997                 $310,000     $            $      $310,000    $ 86,386   $17,903     $       $106,289
</TABLE>
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                       Applied Data Communications, Inc.
                       Computation of Principal/Interest
                           Palais Group Capital Loss

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           Principal                                  Interest
                                             Beginning     Add        Delete    Ending    Beginning   Add        Delete    Ending
<S>                               <C>        <C>           <C>        <C>      <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>      <C>
Balance Accrued, April 1, 1992                $                                $           $                              $
  Additional Loss, FY93                                                        $                                          $
  Payments, FY93                              $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY93                     7.70%                                                                                $

Balance, March 31, 1993                       $            $            $      $           $          $           $       $

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1993                $                                $           $                              $
  R.E. Value                      2300000                                      $                      $                   $
  Debt Appl Mar 94                1000000     $                                $           $                              $
  Palais %                          33.00%                 $429,000            $429,000                                   $
  Interest, FY94 (9 mo.)             7.70%                                     $                      $ 4,129             $  4,129

Balance, March 31, 1994                       $            $429,000     $      $429,000    $          $ 4,129      $      $  4,129

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1994                $429,000                         $429,000    $ 4,129                        $  4,129
  Additional Loss, FY95                                                        $                                          $
  Payments, FY95                              $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY95                     7.70%                                     $                      $33,033             $ 33,033

Balance, March 31, 1995                       $429,000     $            $      $429,000    $ 4,129    $33,033      $      $ 37,162

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1995                $429,000                         $429,000    $37,162                        $ 37,162
  Additional Loss, FY96                                                        $                                          $
  Payments, FY96                              $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY96                     7.70%                                     $                      $33,033             $ 33,033

Balance, March 31, 1996                       $429,000     $            $      $429,000    $37,162    $33,033      $      $ 70,195

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1996                $429,000                         $429,000    $70,195                        $ 70,195
  Additional Loss, FY97                                                        $                                          $
  Payments, FY97                              $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY97                     7.70%                                     $                      $33,033             $ 33,033

Balance, March 31, 1997                       $429,000     $            $      $429,000    $70,195    $33,033      $      $103,228

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1997                $429,000                         $429,000    $103,228                       $103,228
  Additional Loss, FY98                                                        $                                          $
  Payments, FY98                              $                                $           $                              $
  Interest, FY98 (9 mo.)             7.70%                                     $                      $24,775             $ 24,775

Balance, December 31, 1997                    $429,000     $            $      $429,000    $103,228   $24,775      $      $128,003
</TABLE>
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                       Applied Data Communications, Inc.
                       Computation of Principal/Interest
                              Palais Group Legal

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          Principal                                    Interest
                                               Beginning  Add         Delete     Ending     Beginning   Add       Delete    Ending
<S>                                 <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>       <C>
Balance Accrued, April 1, 1992                 $                                 $          $                               $
  Additional Loss, FY93                                                          $                                          $
  Payments, FY93                               $                                 $          $                               $
  Interest, FY93                     7.70%                                                                                  $

Balance, March 31, 1993                        $          $           $          $          $           $         $         $

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1993                 $                                 $          $                               $
                                                                                 $                                          $
                                               $                                 $          $                               $
                                                          $                      $                                          $
                                                                                 $                      $                   $

Balance, March 31, 1994                        $          $           $          $          $           $         $         $

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1994                 $                                 $          $                               $
                                                                                 $                                          $
                                               $                                 $          $                               $
                                     7.70%                                       $                      $                   $

Balance, March 31, 1995                        $          $           $          $          $           $         $         $

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1995                 $                                 $          $                               $
  Expense Incurred                   May                  $56,119                $56,119                                    $
  Payments, FY96                               $                                 $          $                               $
  Interest, FY96                     7.70%                                       $                      $2,161              $2,161

Balance, March 31, 1996                        $56,119                           $56,119    $           $2,161              $2,161

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1996                 $          $56,119                $56,119    $2,161                          $2,161
  Additional Loss, FY97                                                          $                                          $
  Payments, FY97                               $                                 $          $                               $
  Interest, FY97                     7.70%                                       $                      $4,321              $4,321

Balance, March 31, 1997                        $56,119    $           $          $56,119    $2,161      $4,321    $         $6,482

Balance Accrued, April 1, 1997                 $56,119                           $56,119    $6,482                          $6,482
Additional Loss, FY98                                                            $                                          $
  Payments, FY98                               $                                 $          $                               $
  Interest, FY98 (9mo.)              7.70%                                       $                      $3,241              $3,241

Balance, December 31, 1997                     $56,119    $           $          $56,119    $6,482      $3,241    $         $9,723
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