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                           CASINOVATIONS INCORPORATED
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                           CASINOVATIONS INCORPORATED
                               6830 Spencer Street
                             Las Vegas, Nevada 89119


                              INFORMATION STATEMENT


             This information statement is furnished to holders of record of the
    common stock of Casinovations Incorporated, a Nevada corporation (the
    "Company"), in order to comply with the requirements of Section 14(c) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
    Regulation 14C under the Exchange Act. The purpose of this information
    statement is to inform all stockholders of the approval of the amendment and
    restatement of the Company's Articles of Incorporation providing for a
    change in the corporate name from "Casinovations Incorporated" to "CVI
    Technology, Inc." This information statement was first mailed or delivered
    to you on or about April ___ , 2000.

             WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY, AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO
SEND US A PROXY.

             We are not seeking consent, authorization or proxies from you since
    the Company has obtained the written consent of certain stockholders holding
    a sufficient number of shares of the Company's common stock. The number of
    shares of the Company's common stock outstanding as of March 21, 2000, is
    10,746,144 shares; the number of shares that voted to approve the
    aforementioned actions is 7,352,652, representing 68.42% of the outstanding
    shares of the Company. The Company proposes to file the amendment and
    restatement to the Company's Articles of Incorporation (the "Amended and
    Restated Articles") with the Nevada Secretary of State twenty days after the
    mailing date of this information statement, which the Company anticipates
    will be on or before April 30, 2000.

                            CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME

             The Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") has approved a
    proposal to amend and restate the Company's Articles of Incorporation,
    herein incorporated by reference, such that the corporate name of the
    Company will change from "Casinovations Incorporated" to "CVI Technology,
    Inc." The purpose for the change of corporate name is to reflect the
    expansion of the Company's business to industries outside the gaming
    industry. The corporate name change will become effective upon the filing of
    the Amended and Restated Articles with the Nevada Secretary of State.

                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

             We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and
    other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports,
    statements or other information that we file at the SEC's public reference
    rooms in Washington, D.C., New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. Please
    call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information regarding the public
    reference rooms. Our public filings are also available to the public from
    commercial document retrieval services and at the Internet World Wide Web
    site maintained by the SEC at "http:\\www.sec.gov."




             We are "incorporating by reference" a form 8-K which the Company
    will file with the SEC within thirty days of the filing of this information
    statement. Incorporation by reference means that we can disclose important
    information to you by referring you to another document filed separately
    with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part
    of this document, except for any information superseded by information in
    this document.

             The Form 8-K which is incorporated by reference will contain the
    complete text of the Amended and Restated Articles, and we intend to file
    certain amended and restated Bylaws to grant broader discretion to the Board
    to set future meetings of stockholders. Once the Form 8-K is filed, any
    stockholder will be able to obtain copies of these documents by contacting
    the SEC, retrieving copies from the SEC's Internet World Wide Web site or by
    contacting us. You may obtain current documents mentioned in this
    information statement by requesting them in writing or by telephone to the
    following:

                                 CVI Technology, Inc.
                               6830 Spencer Street
                             Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
                                 (702) 733-7195

            Attention: Stacie L. Brown, Corporate Counsel & Secretary

             Documents which may be incorporated by reference after the date of
    this information statement are available from us without charge, excluding
    all exhibits unless specifically incorporated by reference as an exhibit to
    this information statement. If you request documents from us, we will mail
    them to you by first class mail, or other equally prompt means within one
    business day of our receipt of your request.


                                            By order of the Board of Directors,

                                            /s/ Stacie L. Brown
                                            ---------------------------
                                            Stacie L. Brown, Secretary