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<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED
FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.
AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT.
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<INVESTMENTS-AT-COST> 452,712,827
<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 419,380,740
<RECEIVABLES> 4,906,523
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<OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS> 0
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<DIVIDEND-INCOME> 8,353,920
<INTEREST-INCOME> 832,658
<OTHER-INCOME> 0
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<REALIZED-GAINS-CURRENT> 4,515,520
<APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT> (22,021,458)
<NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS> (12,144,964)
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<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED
FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF AMERICAN CENTURY VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.
AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH REPORT.
</LEGEND>
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<SERIES>
<NUMBER> 61
<NAME> VP INCOME & GROWTH FUND
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<PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1999
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<DIVIDEND-INCOME> 4,109,162
<INTEREST-INCOME> 609,849
<OTHER-INCOME> 0
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<NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME> 2,869,694
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of VP
Advantage Fund, VP Balanced Fund, VP Capital Appreciation Fund, VP Income &
Growth Fund, VP International Fund and VP Value Funds, the six funds comprising
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc. (the "Company"), for the year ended
December 31, 1999, (on which we have issued our reports dated February 4, 2000),
we considered the Company's internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements and to comply
with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide assurance on the
Company's internal control. The management of the Company is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control, misstatements due to
error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projections of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods are subject to the risk that
the internal control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or
that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures deteriorate. Our
consideration of the Company's internal control would not necessarily disclose
all matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
A material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or
more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk that misstatements due to error or fraud in amounts that would be
material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not
be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving the
Company's internal control and its operation, including controls for
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of December 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management,
the Board of Directors of American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc., and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than these specifies parties.
February 4, 2000
Fund Issuer Ticker Principal Amount Amount PurchTrade(DatePrice Underwriter
Underwriting Spread VP Capital AppreciatioGenetech Inc DNA $ 2,134,000,000
$630,500.00 07/20/1999 $97.0000 JPMS 2.500% VP International Nippon Telegraph &
Telephone Co9432.T 1,586,032,000,000 213,248,000 11/08/1999 1,666,000 GSCO
1.650% VP Balanced United Parcel Service UPS $6,017,000,000 $165,000.00
11/09/1999 $50.0000 MSCO 3.500% VP Income & Growth United Parcel Service UPS
$6,017,000,000 $10,000.00 11/09/1999 $50.0000 DLJ 3.500% (split order)
$380,000.00 MSCO VP Capital AppreciatioFinisar FNSR $176,795,000 $5,700.00
11/11/1999 $19.0000 SNDV 7.000% (split order) $210,900.00 11/11/1999 $19.0000
MERR VP Capital AppreciatioAgilent Technologies A $ 2,160,000,000 $807,000.00
11/17/1999 $30.0000 MSCO 4.250%
