Summer solstice! It's the longest day of the year, so I can spend more time on this newsletter - NOT. The sun sets at around 9:30 tonight here in Bierland - too bad it's raining. Appropriately though - the Bierfest is in full swing. Scroll down for details.
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My attention is then directed by the payouts team to the following rule:
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NINE YEARS!!
Yep, Casinomeister is celebrating NINE YEARS ONLINE this month. And what better way to celebrate but with the CASINOMEISTER ANNUAL BIERFEST!!!
Yes, that's right! The Bierfest has officially started and will last until the end of the OKTOBERFEST (which is in September by the way). Throughout the summer months, you will be tasked to answer difficult questions. Some deal with music, some with film, some with bizarre trivia. And there will be a few casino contests along the way.
So, for our second quiz - it's a name that beer sort of thing. What famous beer is named after a part of the sun?
The first person who contacts me with the correct answer wins $50 in cash USD or $50 worth of beer - your choice.
Got it? Email me the answer to bierfest@casinomeister.com. First correct answer wins - and this is open to everyone 21 years or older. You must have a Paypal account to participate.
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The Smiths were dining out when his wife noticed a familiar
face at the bar.
"Honey," she said as she pointed the guy out, "that guy at
the bar has been drinking like that since I left him seven
years ago."
Her husband said, "That's silly, no one celebrates that much."
A woman answered her front door and found two little boys
holding a list.
"Lady," one of them explained, "we're on a scavenger hunt, and we still need three grains of wheat, a pork-chop bone
and a piece of used carbon paper to earn a dollar."
"Wow," the woman replied. "Who sent you on such a challenging
hunt?"
"Our baby-sitter's boyfriend."
ha ha ha
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LODGE WTO COMPENSATION CLAIM
With the June 22 deadline looming, who else wants a piece of the USA?
Following hard on the heels of news earlier this week that the EU has claimed compensation from the United States over its decision to withdraw certain World Trade Organisation commitments, the Caribbean media report that Antigua and Barbuda has also submitted a claim.
The island nation started the furore when in 2003 it took the United States before the WTO disputes panel in a David and Goliath argument over American moves to ban online gambling despite carve-outs within its own laws for Internet gambling by the state lotteries and horse racing industries.
Antigua and Barbuda claimed that the actions of the United States prejudiced it and were not in compliance with US trade commitments made when it joined the WTO.
After a protracted struggle, the World Trade Organisation finally ruled against the United States, whereupon the US Trade Representative moved the goal posts through a decision to remove online gambling from the original trade commitment of the US. This unprecedented action invoked widespread criticism.
However, WTO policies require a member country taking this unusual course of action to be subject to claims for compensation from other WTO members prejudiced by the withdrawal of commitments. The deadline for this is June 22 and the European Union has served notice that it intends to claim, saying it would seek commitments in other trade sectors to replace losses incurred by operators who had to exit the US market after the Act.
Bloomberg's news service indicates that Antigua will file its claim today (Wednesday) two days ahead of the deadline, and that up to $3.4 billion a year is the amount claimed, primarily through the suspension of global copyright and intellectual property rights (TRIPS) agreements.
The Antigua and Barbuda minister of finance, Dr. Errol Cort, has been deeply involved in the dispute with the US from the outset and is quoted as saying: "We feel we have no other choice in the matter, we have fought long and hard for fair access to the U.S. market and have won at every stage of the WTO process.
"This industry has been and can be regulated,'' he said, adding that the dispute isn't a moral issue, as claimed by the U.S.
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