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Casinomeister's Newsletter The Most Informative Newsletter On Online Casinos in Existence http://www.casinomeister.com *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ *^*^*^*^*^*^* *^*^*^*^* *^*^* *^* * 17 January 2002 Issue #96 weekly Forward this to a friend! *You are receiving this newsletter because either you have subscribed, or someone unscrupulously subscribed in your name. If you feel you are receiving this newsletter in error, please send the nastiest most obnoxious message you can possibly think of to: Casinomeister-@topica.com. Your name will be cordially deleted from our database. * End of redundant disclaimer (but thanks to email spam trash, we gotta put it there!) *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Don't have enough time to read this newsletter? Print it out and bring it to work! *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Dear Readers, Well, I'm getting ready for the big International Casino Exhibition in London next week. Last year was great, and really I'm looking forward to this one. London is a bitchin' place too. Lots of stuff to do, and everyone speaks English which is a relief for me. Living in a little village in Northern Bavaria doesn't allow one to discus the latest episode of Friend's or the significance of the original Star Trek. And I'm looking forward to catching a couple of movies with the original soundtrack (Everything here is dubbed; you'd think you're watching a bad Godzilla movie). Anyway, if you're going to be in "Londontown" next week and want to catch up with the Casinomeister, drop me a line and perhaps we can meet up. Til then, I'll be dreaming of greasy fish 'n chips and warm beer. Mmmmm. Hungrily yours, Bryan *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ In this issue: 1. What's New at Casinomeister 2. This Week's Humor 3. Forum Highlights 4. Gone Gambling's casino account giveaway 5. The OCMA Is this a Joke or What? *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ 1. So, what's new at Casinomeister? Listen to My Show at Casinogazette.com The End of the OPA? The Online Casino Managers Association is evil Lots More! Check it out here! http://www.casinogazette.com <a href="http://www.casinogazette.com">AOL</a> A New Casino at Casinomeister! That's right a new casino has joined the ranks of our reputable casino section (it's unique custom built pages will be up on Monday) Vegas Country Casino, a fine Microgaming casino http://www.casinomeister.com/cgibin/adcycle1.15/adclick.cgi?manager=adcycle.com&gid=11&cid=86&mid=247&id=356 They're offering a really cool 100% match bonus up to $70 for new accounts. They'll even throw in an additional $25 if you open up with a Paypal account. Check them out! They are also sponsoring this month's Scavenger Hunt! 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The young bride approached her awaiting husband on their wedding night and demanded $20 for their first lovemaking encounter. In his highly aroused state, he readily agreed. This scenario was repeated each time they made love for the next 30 years, he assumed it was a cute way for her to buy new clothes, etc. When she arrived home around noon one day, she found her husband in a very disturbed and drunken state. Over the next few minutes she heard him tell of the ravages of financial ruin coming down on them as a result of corporate down sizing and it's effects on them as a 50 year old executive and wife. The calm-headed wife loaded him into her car and drove down to the local hospital; pointing to that fine structure, she informed him that he owned the land it was built on and that they were paid $6000 per month rent. She handed him a bank book showing deposits and interest for 12 years that totaled nearly $1 million dollars. Pointing across the parking lot she gestured toward the local bank and handed him stock certificates worth nearly $2 million dollars and informed him that he was also the largest stockholder of the bank. She told him that for 30 years she had charged him each time they had sex, and all this was the results of her investments. By now he was very distraught and began beating his head against the side of the car. She was amazed and asked him why he was so seemingly disappointed at such good news. He replied, "If I had known what you were doing, I would have given you all of my business! ha ha ha thanks Stuart! *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* 3. Forum Highlights ------------------------------------------------------------- Casinomeister's Forum: Online Casinos: Player Privacy alert: OCMA is back up ------------------------------------------------------------ By opa_mary (opa_mary) on Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 10:05 pm: Probably as a result of the OPA dissolving, The Online Casino Managers Association has been resurrected. This association, founded by the owners of Magic Oasis/Windows casinos Tony Friedman and Avi Goldman, will distribute player information to member casinos.
organized forum of online casino operators, owners and managers. The purpose of the organizaiton is to battle player fraud through shared information as well as to educate its members about dishonest and fraudulent practicies in order to make online casinos a better places for honest gamblers. Every month hundreds of thousands of dollars are lost by online casinos as the result of player fraud. The most common scams are credit card based tricks. Scammers wonder from one online casino to another in search of free money. Once their tricks are dedected they move on to defraud another casino. Together by sharing information we can reduce fraud and stop the con artists! This organization was founded by several casino managers in 2000 to stop the wave of online casino fraud. Any casino manager, owner or pit boss can be a member. Membership is FREE. MEMBERS HAVE THE FOLLOWING PRIVILIGES: Access to casino cheaters' list Access to the names of notorious chargebackers Access to the list of online casino frauds/scams Access to our regular online discussions There's much more. check out what's going on here: http://www.casinomeister.com/cgibin/discus/show.cgi?4/2759 <a href="http://www.casinomeister.com/cgibin/discus/show.cgi?4/2759 ">AOL</a> *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* 4. Gone Gambling's Casino Account Giveaway! Enter for Free for the chance to win a $50 Online Casino Account. Winners will be drawn every day, so lodge your entry now. There's no questions to answer and no personal details are required. Just type in your email address and click on the competition entry button and you're in the draw. Couldn't you use a $50 Casino Account? Lodge your entry by clicking on the following link: http://www.gonegambling.com/addlist/addlist.html <a href="http://www.gonegambling.com/addlist/addlist.html">AOL</a> *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* 5. Online Casino Managers Association Is this a joke, or what? It's kinda funny, as soon as the OPA seemingly disbanded, the OCMA reared its ugly head up once more. We thought that this "organization" had tucked its tail between its legs and scampered off to rogue heaven when the OPA put pressure on this "entity" to shut down last May. But it's back. What a coincidence that this happened right when the Online Players Association had shut its doors. The OPA was very vocal against what the OCMA was doing; and rightly so. Perhaps this is just a cyber "nose thumbing" from a somewhat defunct group. This group, an association headed by Tony Friedman of Windows Casino fame, offers these services: "You can have access to our most up to date black list. It contains, the names, address, email addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses, and credit card numbers of players who play fraudulently or charge back." There is a list of about 79 sites, but only about 46 exist. And several of these sites are portals (what do portals need this information for?). I would recommend that everyone contact the casinos listed and tell them to cancel their membership of this organization. The sharing of credit card information goes against most casinos' privacy policies, as well as Firepay and Paypal's as well. Now I am all for protecting one's business against scamming players who are out to rip casinos off, but this is taking it a bit too far. There are other ways in which to conduct a professional organization. For a complete list and instructions on how to contact these casino members, Click here: http://www.casinomeister.com/ocma.html <a href="http://www.casinomeister.com/ocma.html">AOL</a> Oh and by the way, I tried to join and this is the response I received from egamingcommission.com Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:39:42 -0600 To: webma-@casinomeister.com Subject: Online Casino Managers Association Mail From: EGamingCommission <in-@egamingcommission.com>; Dear Bryan Bailey! Thank you for your application to become a member of the Online Casino Managers Association. Our administrator will evaluate it within a working day. We only accept employees of functioning online casinos. You are going to have access to lot of sensitive information, that we want to keep from the general public. If you are using an email account that contains a domain name that is not a functioning online casino or sportsbook, your application will not be accepted. As soon as you are accepted we will send you an email. Best regards, Tony Friedman http://www.onlinecasinomanagersassociation.org Damn! Just gimmee those credit card numbers and I'll be happy! Listen about my thoughts on this on this week's radio show! http://www.casinogazette.com <a href="http://www.casinogazette.com">AOL</a> *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^* Complaints? Kudos? Please let me know. Peace, Bryan Bailey Webmeister Casinomeister http://www.casinomeister.com |