Casinobar Review

COA’s lawyers have contacted me and have implied that some of my writings were a bit too subjective and slanderous. Perhaps I made an insinuation that shouldn’t have been made and I apologize to all individuals involved or affected by this:

In fairness to COA, I should state that Michael Shackleford did NOT play at Casinoonair or any of the other casinos that use this same software. I hope that this clarifies the point that his findings only pertain to casinobar.com.

Dear Bryen,

Please find our enclosed respons to Mr. Shackleford’s report, which we demand to be published in your site.

Regards,
Gideon Levit, Adv.

Dear Gideon,

For one thing, it’s Bryan. In fact, you can call me Mr. Bailey if my first name is too challenging for you to get straight. And another thing, your last email was truly one of the most unprofessional responses I have ever received. “Demand”? There is a certain level of business etiquette that has been clearly abandoned on your part. Please note that my last email merely requested for you to be more specific on what you wished to be published at Casinomeister. For you to “demand” anything from someone who has simply tried to have something clarified is unnecessary. You are clearly bullying me, and the whole world (at least the online gaming world) is watching. If you wish to better serve your client, I would suggest backing off on the sabre rattling vocabulary.

I’ll post the material on Monday.

Sincerely,

Bryan Bailey

Thursday, June 06, 2002

To the attention of :
Mr. Michael Shackleford

Dear Sir,
Re: COA World Entertainment Limited

As the legal counsel of COA World Entertainment Limited (“COA”), we would like to draw your attention to the following:

1. COA is an online gaming operator having title to two main Internet sites, www.casinobar.com and www.casinoonair.com (the “Sites”).

2. COA has been in the gaming industry for nearly 4 years and has over 150,000 loyal play-for-real players and over 2 million fun players. COA is a reputable company and is renown for its promotions and the amount of bonuses it offers to the players, in spite of the fact that it faces many bonus hustlers, fraudulent and charge-back punters. Indeed, as you have stated in your report, mentioned hereunder, “they have good software, a nice website and otherwise seem a good organization”.

3. We are informed that on June 3rd, 2002, you published a report in www.thewizardofodds.com, titled “Casino Bar Experiment”.

4. Your report is tendentious and is of a slanderous nature. We can hardly comprehend how you could possibly reach these incorrect and misleading conclusions.

5. It should be noted, that it would be impossible for you to have used COA’s software code as it is only known to three of its major partners and is stowed away in a safe depository. If indeed you have used a software code, such cannot be COA’s and in all circumstances it is not the code by which COA’s software is operated. If after all, you have been using COA’s code, it would constitute a felony and you may thereby face legal action for dishonestly appropriating COA’s property. It is reasonably expected, that one, who pretends to perform a diligent analysis, would at least verify that the code is that of COA’s software.

6. Your harsh assertion, namely that “Casino Bar is cheating at blackjack” is based on unfounded allegations and conclusions drawn recklessly by inducing your findings over an unreasonable short period of time. In addition, you have recklessly related your analysis with respect to Casino Bar to COA’s other site, casinoonair.com, stating, “Casino-on-Air now uses the same software as Casino Bar” and yet asserting “I have not played at Casino on Air since they left Starnet”.

7. We are advised that your report’s slanderous nature has caused COA severe economic losses, actual and potential, to its business and goodwill. COA insists that it DOES NOT tamper with its software codes.

8. Due to the severe and enormous damage caused by your unsubstantiated allegations, we instructed COA to accept the appointment of an independent third-party expert to ascertain your allegations of which results would be published on the net. It is to note, that COA’s willingness in this regard, only demonstrates its full assurance in the credibility of its software and in its integrity and fairness in the way it conducts its business. Any failure to cooperate with COA in this respect and/or rescinding the unsubstantiated assertions raised by you, would only indicate its unprofessional and tendentious nature, which is also being unlawfully abused by sites slandering COA’s business.

9. We are instructed, to exhaust all available legal measures in order to avoid the publication and distribution of unsubstantiated information of which consequences may result in the loss of tens of jobs, without even affording COA the opportunity to prove otherwise.

10. We are, therefore, advised to inform you to immediately publish an appropriate apology to be circulated via the same media that served your report.

11. Unless you notify us immediately that you will promptly comply with the foregoing demands, we will be forced to take appropriate action to protect COA’s valuable legal rights.

12. Nothing contained herein will be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of COA’s rights or remedies, all of which are specifically reserved.

Very truly yours,
Abramovich, Yosef, Hakim

Gideon Levit, Adv.