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This month marks the second anniversary of my big move to Deutschland, and one
thing I've noticed is that the winters are much colder and darker than San Diego,
California's. Another thing I've noticed is that Germans really need a holiday for November.
They go straight from Halloween sales to Christmas sales. There is no escape (at least they
haven't started playing Christmas music in the stores yet!). Americans have Thanksgiving to
distract them in November; I have no idea what the Brits or the Aussies have. Perhaps their shopping
"centres" are Santas run amuck just the same. Anyway, in getting into the spirit of festivities and
gimees, I've set up a "Wish List" at Amazon.uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/wishlist/LPC6M66OBTOZ/ref%3Dwl%5Fem%5Fto/026-4896243-2169211
If you ever wanted to show your appreciation to Casinomeister, now's your chance! You can actually buy
me something! Be aware that the amazon.co.uk site charges English Pounds (silly Brits), but it will show
up on your credit card for whatever monetary unit your bank uses. Nevertheless, I will be most appreciative
and I'll even set up a running thank you note on the front page of Casinomeister! You'll be famous!
Guess I better put the winter tires on!
Greedily yours,
Bryan
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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. Mystery Charges: And What to Do About Them... *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ 1. So, what's new at Casinomeister:
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And now for the humor......
The psychiatrist waited until the patient became comfortable on the
couch, and then said, "Why don't you start at the beginning?"
The patient said, "Okay. In the beginning I created the heavens and
the earth...."
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A snail slithered into a bar, climbed up to the counter and said to
the barkeep, "I'll have a beer please."
The bartender picked him up and without saying a word, threw the
hapless snail out the window.
Two years later, the same snail slithered back into the bar, climbed back
up to the counter and said to the barkeep, "What did you do that for?"
ha ha ha
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Casinomeister's Forum: Online Casinos: My Experience with
Grand Casino Venice
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By lacenbear (lacenbear) on Monday, November 12, 2001 -
03:57 pm:
Its my understanding that Grand Casino Venice is relatively
new to the online gaming industry so I thought I'd relate my
experience there with the rest of you.
I took advantage of the free $10 offer quite some time ago
(over a month, I'm sure) and loved some of their games. I
know most of these games are the same as any other but I
just thought the custom look on some were fun. I was given
my free money right away. I lost my $10 but did enjoy
playing.
On the night of November 6th and 7th, around midnight
central time, I bought in for $50. Had a great time, going
up and down but happy to be playing for such a long time on
such a small amount of money. Went into the game with the
bullets (High Noon?) and hit three 7's for $800. Cashed out
at $800 too.
The next morning, I called Grand Casino Venice to see if
there were any requirements that I missed. Everything was
fine. Although I was told that if I had my money sent to a
paypal account, it would speed up the process. I already
had an account so I was told to write email to the
accounting department with my email address and if the
address on paypal matched the address I used when I
registered on Grand Casino Venice, then they would be able
to process the cash in with no problems.
On November 9th, I received an email requesting a copy of
both sides of my debit card, a copy of a bank statement or
utility bill with address on it, and a copy of my photo ID
(drivers license). There was also a statement I needed to
sign which said:
I, __________________, hereby agree that the charges made on
my credit card(s) listed below are legitimate, and that I
have received all services due to me in lieu of these
charges.
I faxed all of these documents to the accounting department
(SF-e-Processing Services Ltd) that same day. On November
10th, I called Grand Casino Venice and verified that they
had received these documents. The accounting department
was closed for the weekend but Laia verified that the
documents were there.
I called again this morning, November 12th and Laia told me
that my money would be paid to my paypal account today,
however, due to the time difference and the fact that
statements only post once a day, it could be up to 3 days
before I actually see it in Paypal. Makes sense to me. I'm
not sure how many hours difference it is between myself and
Grand Casino Venice but I do know its at least 12 hours.
That could account for one day, then consider that
statements only post once per day and that could account for
another day, then Paypal receiving and updating and that
COULD be three days.
All in all, as long as that cash shows up in Paypal (which
it honestly seems as if it will), my experience with Grand
Casino Venice was definitely a positive one!
Just thought you'd like to know for future reference.
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5. MYSTERY CHARGES
And what to do about them...
Players have once again been experiencing problems this week with false
charges to their credit cards used exclusively at casinos - specifically those
which use Gateway Financial Services e-cash. These are usually for relatively
small amounts designed to be easily overlooked or dismissed and in most
cases they emanate from porno sites on closer investigation.
The sixty four thousand dollar question of course is how a porno site has your
financial details when you have confined use of that card to a casino. The obvious
answer is that the casino, or its e-cash provider has not taken appropriate care of
your information.
When that happens, here's some sage words of advice from the OPA's
The Original Mary: "Call your credit card issuer and ask for information
about the merchant. They should be able to give a phone number. Then
contact the merchant and discuss the charges: as you do all this, keep a
running log on your computer. You will either encounter an answering machine
and never talk to a live person, or, you will talk to a live person who will agree
to reverse the charges.
If they do not do so, file a fraudulent charge complaint with your credit card
issuer; include a copy of your log to show that you attempted to contact the
merchant.
You should have no problems getting the charge reversed and it will not affect
your credit history with casinos.
It will be, however, a black mark on gfsonline, and they may find themselves
blocked as a credit card processor because of letting through these kinds of
bogus charges. This is not the first time this has happened. Some credit card
companies will not process gfsonline charges now."
I personally believe that the relevant software provider has an obligation to investigate
and if necessary dismiss their e-cash supplier, so copy any complaint you have to
them, too.