Dear Readers,

Well, it's issue 100! Wow! And how far we've come since issue number 1. We started publishing our newsletter in September of 1998 (every two weeks) from a two bedroom apartment in the Hillcrest district in San Diego California. We now overlook an apple orchard in a little Bavarian village (you can always check out my view here). So we moved, but the newsletter has remained more or less unchanged since the beginning, always a joke, most always an article or news story or two, always informative (not a bluster of banners and ads) and almost always entertaining. And I'm always open for suggestions. Is there something you'd like to see, or something that you'd like see changed? Please let me know by writing to our suggestion box.

On a side note, most of you know that I dedicate much of my conscious moments trying to help out players who are having difficulties with online casinos, moderating our forum, and keeping all sections of Casinomeister up to date. Some of you have been waiting patiently for me to get to your complaints that have been submitted in our "Pitch a Bitch" section. Have no fear; I'm getting through to them. And I'll do what I can to get your complaints resolved.

But what you don't want to do is to use me as your stooge. I recently had a player try to get a casino to honor a cashout that she purportedly "earned". The casino courteously responded to my inquiry, and provided about eight different aliases that this player had used where she tried to weasel bonuses out of this casino. I'm tempted to publish these names for all to see, but the casino had asked me to keep it confidential. I commenced to check my records and found that this same player had used these aliases as well at Casinomeister. Ich bin nicht Blöd and you don't want to waste my time. The player knows who she is; one of her aliases is subscribed to this newsletter. If the shoe fits, wear it. And don't tread on me.

Unquestionably yours,

Bryan

Some tips, a little trivia, and progressive updates; check him out here!

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So "Who Wants to be a Casinomeister?
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My Radio Show at Casinogazette
Hey, a new show is up! You gotta hear this one:

• Bringmeluck.com Credit Card Scandal
• Premiere Casino lies
• King Solomon Casino redeems itself
• Vibrator Recall
• lots more...

The Online Players Association
And While your checking out my radio show, take a look around Casinogazette and realize the the Online Players Association is taking shape there. Join up today! (membership is free) And become a member of one of the most important online gaming communities in existance!! The OPA

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1. Never give yourself a haircut after three margaritas.
2. You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the tape.
3. The five most essential words for a healthy, vital relationship are "I apologize" and "You are right."
4. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
5. When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm.
6. The only really good advice that your father ever gave you was: "Go! You might meet somebody!"
7. If he/she says that you are too good for him/her--believe them.
8. Learn to pick your battles; ask yourself, 'Will this matter one year from now? How about one month? One week? One day?'
9. Never pass up an opportunity to pee.
10. If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance!
11. Living well is the best revenge, really. Being miserable because of a bad or former relationship just might mean that the other person was right about you.
12. Work is good, but it's not that important.
13. And finally ... be really nice to your friends and family. You never know when you are going to need them to empty your bedpan.

1CNP ??????? You have got to be kidding, what a ripoff crock ! Not only that, this place once threatened to plaster my confidential credit card information over the 'net, and I dared them to.

So if they threaten one of their customers in this manner, how many others? and you're advocating doing business with this place?

You a casino shill ??? come on, 'fess up.

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Whatever happened to...?

King Neptune's Casino.com The rumours abound but no-one can get a response from this big, Microgaming-powered casino which has been offline since January, when a notice went up that players with over $20 in their accounts would be paid out and the casino would be "unavailable for several weeks" for an upgrade. Several weeks for an upgrade? Unlikely in our view and as we went to press the site was still silent and inoperative. A persistent rumour is that a major management changeover is in process which will entail relocated servers, but who knows?

Gemstone Casino.com This was at one time a Chartwell-powered Java casino in bed with the notorious Wind 'n Sea outfit headed by Craig Williamson alias Shaun Brady. It has disappeared and the site now re-routes to a Grand Virtual- powered site owned by Universal Amusements Inc and branded Imperial Casino.com.

City of Emeralds.com is no longer available either. The page gives an email address that goes to etmarketing.com - Emerald Technology had a number of casinos a while back with identical designs and layouts to Mike Raufeisen's Universal company, although he denied any connection.

Premiere Casino.com This IGS-powered casino belongs to the Golden Palace group and was this week caught fibbing about it's software. The site carries the following assurance:

"Premiere Casino's software is examined and certified by the Interactive Gaming Council at www.igcouncil.org"

Since the Interactive Gaming Council does not examine nor certify software, such a misrepresentation is disgraceful, and to prove it we contacted the IGC 's executive director Rick Smith and confirmed that that body does not examine, certify or approve the software of ANY of its members... (ed. note: This is the newest addition to our rogue section.)

Cash My Bet.com This is one of those infuriating casinos which launch and then become strangely coy about who supplied their gambling software and which e-cash provider they are using. After ten days and four emails we gave up on them and must assume that they have something to hide. This is fundamental information that the public is entitled to know.

Empire of Gold group efficiency seems to have dropped off dramatically according to posters on several message boards this week. The Empire consists of King Solomans, Columbus and Lucky Liner casinos which changed to the mysterious "Cytech" software when they pulled away from Microgaming last year. It doesn't look as if the change has wrought any improvements - in fact quite the contrary. Players are complaining about poor and slow service, ignored emails and even slower payouts. In today's tight business conditions and a competitive market this is not the time to be going off the boil...

But Bring Me Luck.com gets the prize for the biggest mystery of all this week. Shocked players started receiving presumably hacked emails from the casino manager inviting them to inspect a link which has since been removed. On the link was a website where details of some 500 Bring Me Luck players' credit cards, personal addresses and gambling histories were displayed - gross infringments of privacy all. The site went down and the email went dead leaving players to speculate on what had gone wrong. As we went to press the issue remained a mystery, with the site back up offering a fifty percent "re-up" bonus and apologising for "many unlucky happenings" but no response to email queries. Was it a hacker? Or a disgruntled employee? BML has a chequered track record. For example it was found carrying unearned, unlinked and unrewarded OPA, IGC and other approval badges by the Casinomeister late last year. Shortly after drawing their attention to this blatant dishonesty the Meister found himself inundated with porno spam he had not signed up for, and he was obliged to take action against the BML ISP to stop it. According to the "who is" the BML domain belongs to one Steve Smith of San Jose Costa Rica. Which isn't much help....