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GameColony Inc. Announces Release of the New Pyramids Card Game

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GameColony Inc. Announces Release of the New Pyramids Card Game










Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) June 3, 2006

GameColony.com, an online provider of multi-player skill-based tournaments, announced today that it has introduced its 20th online game — Pyramids. Pyramids game is an exciting twist on a classic Tri-Peaks Solitaire card game. Pyramids game features engaging animations built around the theme of ancient Egyptian Pyramids.

Although the game has been at GameColony.com site for no more than 2 days, it has already proved to be extremely popular with players. Playing the Game is very simple — the goal is to earn points by clearing the pyramids. Players click on the cards that are 1 point higher or 1 point lower than the ‘cut’ card displayed next to the deck.

Players can get higher scores by clearing long runs of cards. The color or suits make no difference. Ace card is considered to be 1 point away from both King and Two. If no card can be played, players can use the draw pile or a single wild card (Joker) that can be matched with any open card. The game ends when (a) the time runs out or (b) if there are no more draw piles or (c) if there are no more moves.

Pyramids has 3 decks of cards to clear. Although it’s a simple game, it has both strategic and tactical dimensions, requiring players to be skillful in order to win. Players who remember the cards used, are able to make a better choice of a move: at times it may even be advantageous to sacrifice a wild card in order to get a longer run or to finalize an intermediate deck. Players can also try to strike a balance between clearing card sequences and finalizing individual decks on time.

Aside from 3-D graphics and cool animation and sound-effects, there’s a whole new dimension for players — they can compete in various on-site tournaments to win cash prizes. GameColony’s Java games can be played on any Windows, Macintosh or Linux computers with any browsers.

About GameColony:

GameColony has replicated the real-world tournament-playing environment and created an online community where users from all over the world can compete with each other to win cash prizes. The company continuously expands its operation with new game offerings and has already awarded over $ 1,000,000 in prize money to players.

20 real-time games of skill are currently available at GameColony.com: Gin Rummy, Backgammon, Cribbage, Dominoes, Canasta, Pool, Solitaire, BuckMan, Pyramids, FreeCell, Rush 21, Poker-Rush, Pharaoh Treasure, Mahjong, Darts, Chess, etc. Players enter online competitions by contributing entry fees. The winner collects a cash prize based on the percentage of the resulting tournament prize-pot.

For more information on GameColony.com, please visit the web site at http://www.gamecolony.com.

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Donald Rumsfeld? Satirize Him

admin / October 1, 2011 / One comment

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Donald Rumsfeld? Satirize Him










Gilford, NH (PRWEB) August 1, 2006

Donald Rumsfeld is about to discover two things that won’t make him very happy this week. The first is that some hack reporter stumbled upon his diaries and has released them to the public. The second is that these same diaries are the centerpiece of a guerrilla “Political Action Pak,” the goal of which is to get Rumsfeld fired from his post as U.S. Secretary of Defense once and for all.

Satire site editor Allen Voivod is the man behind a revealing “Creative Investigative Report” aptly called “The Rumsfeld Diaries,” available at http://www.RumsfeldDiaries.com. Part truth, part fiction, all shocking, “Diaries” chronicles the torrid relationship between Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein over the last 25 years. It also exposes the political machinations of the two Iraq wars, the personalities involved, and the conspiracy theorists trying to understand it all.

“It’s the ‘Spoonful of Sugar’ theory,” says Voivod, who’s been the editor of news and pop culture parody site DeadBrain.com since 2003. “Americans don’t want to read a bunch of boring court documents and analyses. But if we’re being entertained and the truth clocks us on the side of the head during a guffaw, we’ve been known to rally to action.”

“Diaries” weaves documented historical events, anecdotes, and quotes through the heart of one of the most common universal themes around: A tragic and unrequited love affair between two star-crossed lovers. But in what’s sure to inspire the most social and partisan controversy, this time the star-crossed lovers are none other than Rumsfeld and Hussein themselves.

As co-creator of the “Political Action Pak” – which features digital downloads for immediate access, including form letters to media and public servants, “Take Action” cheat sheets and check lists, and key resources for “news junkies, unconventional activists, law-abiding mavericks, and political satire fans” – Voivod is hoping his work will ultimately goad “Rummy” into early retirement. Voivod’s also putting his money where his mouth is, by splitting 10% of all earnings from this first-of-its-kind multimedia kit between Amnesty International and Human Rights First.

“Tom ‘The Hammer’ Delay, I. ‘Scooter’ Libby, Mike ‘Hurricane Katrina’ Brown – all these guys lost their jobs because they either broke the law or met with the wrath of public disapproval,” explains Voivod. “Rummy has ‘allegedly’ authorized torture, violated the Geneva Convention, and made dire choices for most of his political career. Why is he still getting his text-messaging overages paid for by the tax payers?”

Voivod says he’s developing strategic partnerships that will get “Diaries” into the hands of people who appreciate good satire, want to ignite social change, will benefit from Rumsfeld’s resignation, or all three.

“Being a man of great integrity, my dream team includes other like-minded raconteurs like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Arianna Huffington, George Clooney, Al Franken, Air America, and The Onion,” says Voivod. “But I’d spend a week at Abu Ghraib for a windfall of financial backing from the ACLU and the Democratic National Committee.”

Voivod has already scored an exclusive interview with veteran news reporter and political humorist Hart Seely, author of the well-received “Pieces of Intelligence.” The book, a cunning work of satire on its own, features selected quotes and speeches by Rumsfeld in various poetic forms, such as Zen verse, sonnets, lyric poetry, and haiku.

Mr. Seely just returned from his second trip to Iraq in late July, and speaks to Voivod candidly about his perspective on the war, life as a writer, and the state of humor and satire in politics today. The interview is just one of the bonuses available to those who go to http://www.RumsfeldDiaries.com and support this uniquely packaged effort to overthrow the top dog of the greatest military power in the world.

About Epiphanies, Inc.

Possibly the only corporation ever born out of a love letter, Lani and Allen Voivod incorporated Epiphanies, Inc. in 2004 as a “creative content enterprise” specializing in brand-friendly, highly-targeted Web content for corporations and small businesses. In 2006, they’ve re-focused their energies to help budding entrepreneurs and small biz dynamos “A-Ha Themselves” by championing distinct voices and niche skill sets that can be used to catapult dreams and businesses. Learn more and sign up for their “Inciter” Ezine at http://www.EpiphaniesInc.com!

About DeadBrain.com

Originally founded in Britain in July 2001 (at http://www.deadbrain.co.uk), the DeadBrain brand expanded to the U.S. with DeadBrain.com in August 2003. As “America’s Least Reliable News Source,” the sharp-witted parody site earned a record 21 Satire Awards in 2005, and its editor, Allen Voivod, was featured on NPR-affiliate WEVO in their half-hour interview show “The Front Porch” (http://www.nhpr.org/view_content/9365/). To read more about the DeadBrain story, go to http://www.deadbrain.com/propaganda/article_2006_01_01_1138.php.

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GameAccount Launches £10,000 SuperCash Skill Gaming Tournament

admin / September 30, 2011 / One comment

GameAccount Launches £10,000 SuperCash Skill Gaming Tournament










London, UK (PRWEB) July 23, 2005

The world’s largest Solitaire tournament begins today, hosted by leading online skill gaming provider GameAccount (http://www.gameaccount.com). The £10,000 multicurrency cashpot will attract over 16,000 players from 130 countries to compete in 14 rounds of the popular card game Pyramid Panic.

The unique tournament structure allows large numbers of players to participate, with minimum outlay and maximum chance of rewards. It costs only £1 to enter, you may re-enter as often as you like. The tournament offers bigger prizes with each round, and any player only needs to beat 14 opponents to win the Grand Prize.

According to Kevin O’Neal, Marketing Director at GameAccount, the SuperCash tournament is just the beginning of the company’s massive campaign to take the skill games market to unprecedented new levels.

“We intend to make remote skill gaming the ‘new poker,’” said Mr. O’Neal. “By the end of the year we plan to launch the first £100,000 skill gaming tournament, which will certainly generate tremendous attention and boost the position of skill games in the online sector.”

Skill gaming has been rapidly maturing in player size, revenues and cash prizes over the last 3 years; GameAccount alone paid out over £1 million in cash winnings last month. The pioneering skill gaming provider has reported that next generation games and knockout tournaments are increasing average stakes and lifetime customer value, thus greatly contributing to the booming online games market.

For more information on GameAccount or Skill Gaming contact:

Megan Whiteside

Lyceum Media on behalf of GameAccount

+44 (0) 207 828 6988

Kevin O’Neal

Marketing Director, GameAccount

+44 (0) 207 659 2500

About GameAccount

GameAccount is the #1 skill gaming provider for sportsbook, casino and poker operators seeking a single-wallet Skill Gaming solution. The company’s proven portfolio of dynamic games attracts recreational gamers and is the perfect vehicle to build and sustain a broad user audience. GameAccount powers leading online partners such as Sportingbet, Paddypower.com, Sky Bet, FHM.com, Maxim, Wanadoo and The Sun.

GameAccount’s Financial Services Platform supports full multilingual white-label solutions with seamless login and real-time exchange rates. Multiplayer games include Gin Rummy, Pool and Backgammon. Competitions include the world’s largest knockout tournament and progressive jackpots.

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New Column Brings Newspaper Readers to ‘The Game Table’

admin / September 15, 2011 / One comment

New Column Brings Newspaper Readers to ‘The Game Table’










Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 2, 2006

Over four hundred board games were produced for the North American market last year. This news may well surprise many and Ward Batty hopes to remedy that with a new weekly column. “The Game Table” is devoted to covering board games and unique card games, debuted in newspapers and online Wednesday, February 1, 2006.

“As unlikely as it may seem, during the ascendancy of the videogame, the humble board game has been experiencing a renaissance of its own,” writes Batty. Many of these games were designed for the European market and have been brought over in English by US publishers. These are unlike the games you played as a kid. They are called designer games or social board games and tend to be shorter and not have a “gotcha” element. Players are often competing more against the game itself in a race against the other players than taking money or other things directly from other players. Players are rarely eliminated from a game. This creates an experience that is more social, and therefore more enjoyable for all the players.

The card games covered do not use the standard 52-card deck. “There’s nothing more versatile than a standard deck of cards, but the card games I’m going to cover are created to each use a their own deck, the freedom not to be locked into four suits of thirteen has given designers a chance to create some wonderful new games.” says Batty, “and yet many still have familiar aspects that fans of rummy or bridge will recognize.”

“The Game Table” will feature news from the world of board games, as well as game recommendations and discussions with top game designers about their games and how they create them. The Game Table is self-syndicated by the author. Two of the first newspapers to sign up for the column were on the Florida coast and in Hawaii, so Batty notes that the column already is available “from coast to coast.”

Ward Batty currently writes a monthly column about the business of board games for Comics & Game Retailer, a trade magazine, as well as reviews and feature articles for The Games Journal, Knucklebones, Scrye, Boardgamenews.com and Games International. He has over thirty years experience in publishing and retail, as well as over twenty years playing these games and will bring all these experiences and industry contacts to the column.

Newspapers interested in carrying the weekly column can contact Ward Batty directly. Readers who are interested in seeing the column in their local paper should contact the managing editor of that paper and request they add it. “Coverage of these games in the mainstream press has been limited so far,” Batty admits, “But I think this creates an opportunity for a column like ‘The Game Table.’”

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Gin Rummy Is A Fun and Exciting Card Game

admin / September 7, 2011 / One comment

Gin rummy is a fun, exciting, fast game that’s great to play with friends for a relaxing night, but it’s even more fun when you start winning. The rules in this game are simple; the tactics, however, are more complex. There are several things you can do to increase your odds:

One of the fun things about playing gin rummy is the wide range of variations you can play.

Kalooki: Jamaican Gin Rummy

Kalooki is a contract-based version of gin rummy, in which players are contracted to what they are going to collect in the next round. Here are the variations from the standard game

Oklahoma Gin

Oklahoma Gin is much closer to standard gin rummy than Kalooki. It uses the standard deck, and is limited to two players. You can learn how to play oklahoma gin and get some oklahoma gin rummy strategy tips.

Gin Rummy Rules

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Know the basic rules. A no-brainer, but here they are:

in Rummy, you’re working toward same-kind sets or straight runs in the same suit. The deck is the standard 52 cards (in some cases, jokers are added as wild cards). Players receive six cards in a hand. You build “melds” (that’s the same-kind sets and suit-matched straight runs) of three or more cards, which get laid down. One card is drawn each round, and one discarded; the draw can be from the deck or from the top of the discard pile. The winner of the hand is the first person to get rid of all his cards, and the losers count up the values of their cards (number value, plus ten points for each face card) and award you the “deadwood” points. Play is to a set point value. In the basic game, aces count as ones, you have four players, and point play is to 500. There are several variations.

Pay Attention! More than in any other card game, you need to be aware of what cards have been played. Because you’re playing with a single deck of cards, the likelihood of any discarded card coming up again is pretty low; if you’re counting on the Queen of Hearts and she’s down low on that pile, you’re probably not going to see her and you need to change your strategy.

Pay attention, too, to the cards your opponent tosses. These cards are of no importance to him, and you can figure out what they do want through process of elimination if you observe carefully and have a good memory.

Discard high cards if you’re getting close to the end game. Most games end halfway through the deck, so when you’re at that point in play, dump high cards to eliminate the deadwood count.

Only draw from the discard pile if you’re sure you’re going to be using the card soon in a spread. Use immediately if possible. One old pro at the game never, ever drew from the discard deck unless he was going to use it immediately. Why is this a rule? Because when you draw from the deck, your opponent has no idea what card is in your hand, while one from the discard pile gives him a clue as to what your other cards are, as well as the card you just drew – he now knows what may be important to you! Don’t fall into this trap.

Work toward three-of-a-kind (or four), not straights. The odds are approximately the same, but you’re less likely to be working against another player trying to get an overlapping straight. The worst sequence to work with: a gutshot, where you have the 7 and 9 and are trying to get the 8. This halves your odds.

Sit in a seat that allows you to play before the smartest person at your table, if possible. This will allow you to work at countering his plays before he even makes them. Watch the other players too, especially if you’re using a joker-loaded deck; even professionals have trouble hiding a smile when they draw a good card.

Practice online. Gin rummy is starting to overtake the top online games poker and backgammon today, and you’ll find opponents of all levels to play with.

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GameColony Announces Release of the New PackMan-style Game — BuckMan

admin / August 19, 2011 / One comment

GameColony Announces Release of the New PackMan-style Game — BuckMan










Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) March 18, 2006

GameColony.com, an online provider of multi-player skill-based tournaments for cash prizes, announced today that it has introduced its 19th online game — BuckMan. BuckMan is an exciting twist on a classic Arcade favorite, PacMan.

Aside from 3-D graphics and cooler sound-effects there’s a whole new dimension for players — they can compete in various on-site tournaments to win cash prizes. GameColony’s Java games can be played on any Wndows, Macintosh or Linux computers with any browsers.

About GameColony :

GameColony has replicated the real-world tournament-playing environment and created an online community where users from all over the world can compete with each other to win cash prizes. The company continuously expands its operation with new game offerings and has already awarded over $ 1,000,000 in prize money to players.

19 real-time games of skill are currently available at GameColony.com: Gin Rummy, Backgammon, Cribbage, Dominoes, Canasta, Pool, Solitaire, BuckMan, FreeCell, Rush 21, Poker-Rush, Pharaoh Treasure, Mahjong, Darts, Chess, etc. Players enter online competitions by contributing entry fees. The winner collects a cash prize based on the percentage of the resulting tournament prize-pot.

For more information on GameColony.com, please visit the web site at http://www.gamecolony.com.

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Jaded Players of Bridge, Texas Holdem, and Canasta Turn to Hollywood Screenwriter Instead of Reaching for their Wii

admin / August 17, 2011 / One comment

Jaded Players of Bridge, Texas Holdem, and Canasta Turn to Hollywood Screenwriter Instead of Reaching for their Wii










Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) September 2, 2007

Mark Moran teaches card players how to hold fast to their lifelong fascination with traditional card games especially when their passions seem burnt out and society on the verge of writing off traditional, four-suited card play in favor of electronic games, with the publication of 52,000 Hands Later. Appropriately, Moran is a screenwriter at Breadwin Productions (http://www.breadwinproductions.com), Hollywood’s first shingle whose edgy movies sharpen their edges not through Hollywood’s own familiar practice of sniping at tradition but rather from the reverse: through all the best of what’s to be found in traditions wherever they exist.

52,000 Hands Later is a step-by-step guide to helping card players learn either of two intriguing, entirely novel card games, one the easier to master and the other the more difficult, and through learning them rekindle their passion for card games. The two card games were inspired by an earlier card game (called Porcio) introduced in a recent issue of nationally syndicated Games magazine. The book includes detailed rules, ideas about strategy, and comparisons to its famous “elder cousin” card game, Contract Bridge.

Mark Moran wrote 52,000 Hands Later to help himself and others whose lifelong love affairs with the 52 cards in a conventional deck seemed at an end. He immersed himself in the book, between script writing projects, after Breadwin Productions colleagues realized the synergism between a card game tradition worthy of promotion and the film production shingle’s ongoing efforts to edify tradition on celluloid and video. 52,000 Hands Later is available for purchase at Amazon.com, Booksamillion, Lulu.com and other book merchants online and off.

“Actors have been playing Gin Rummy for countless years. Gamblers have been playing Poker for ages. It took years to outgrow the shock that a form of game around for more than 500 years, on numerous continents worldwide, in almost every language, was verging on extinction. But it has only taken me a few months to recover from the more recent, and happier, shock to find out that the extinction of card games, unlike what happened to the dinosaurs, is only an urban myth,” said Mark Moran. “The sports TV networks, taking advantage of the new technology to reveal the private niche of a card player’s hand, are in fact capitalizing on a resurgence of interest in people sitting down not with patented Yugio cards but with traditional Kings and Queens, hearts and spades, diamonds and clubs, around a good, old-fashioned card table. Now is hardly the time to abandon your dog-eared deck of playing cards: now is the time, rather, to learn something with the potential to be to the 21st century what Contract Bridge was to the 20th century.”

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28Mahjong.com Debuts

admin / August 16, 2011 / One comment

28Mahjong.com Debuts










(PRWEB) August 24, 2006

Vegas Partner Lounge expands into the Mahjong market and launches 28Mahjong.com. A subsidiary of the CrazyVegasCasino.com brand, 28 Mahjong.com caters to players looking to play the popular oriental game – especially Hong Kong style Mahjong.

Mahjong is a Chinese tile game, which embraces a similarity to the card game Rummy. At 28Mahjong.com the Hong Kong style is on offer and is played with tiles. A basic game uses 136 tiles, for greater challenge 8 bonus tiles are added. Many rules and variations on tile play and scoring are available so selecting the perfect rule to your strategy is of great necessity. The 28Mahjong.com website offers the rules, how to play and even a glossary and is ideal for beginners to learn how to play.

Like all Vegas Partner Lounge Casinos, 28Mahjong is powered by Microgaming software, which ensures smooth Mahjong game-play for hours of enjoyment. 28Mahjong.com is launched on a Flash platform, allowing players to play instantly after logging in to the colorful Mahjong Lobby and registering a real account. Once logged into the 28Majong.com Lobby players also has the convenience of playing Flash casino games at CrazyVegasCasino.com.

To accommodate Chinese players, the 28Mahjong Lobby as well as the website is available in Chinese. As with all Vegas Partner Lounge casinos, 28Mahjong is backed up with 24-hour support consisting of toll free help lines or e-mail.

For the ultimate in Mahjong magic visit:

http://www.28mahjong.com/index.asp?btag=pr_28Majong

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VIP.com Casino Announces Release of 27 New Games

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VIP.com Casino Announces Release of 27 New Games










Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (PRWEB) January 22, 2007

A new year has brought plenty of new features to VIP.com Casino (http://www.VIP.com). Already one of the premier online destinations for casino games, VIP.com Casino is reinforcing its commitment to continually improving and expanding its casino offering with the announcement today of multiple new features and games.

Many of the VIP.com Casino download table games will have a new overall look, as 14 of them have been given eye-catching new designs. Along with the new look, the tables will offer players a bevy of exciting new features, including an easier-to-use navigation bar, an added chip tray and money slot, new chip animations, new and improved dealer voices, a rules tab, and much more. The 14 games that are part of the table re-design include Baccarat, Blackjack, Caribbean Hold’em Poker, Caribbean Stud Poker, Face Up 21, Let’em Ride, Match Play 21, Pai Gow Poker, Pontoon, Red Dog, Super 21, Tri Card Poker, Vegas Three Card Rummy and War.

VIP.com Casino has also added three brand new slots to their wildly popular Real-Series video slots collection to better serve players – namely Crystal Waters, Enchanted Garden and Treasure Chamber. All three of these entertaining new games include 1-20 paylines and have a random jackpot that could be won on any play, at any time. VIP.com Casino will continue to focus on their slots offering as an area of increased development in the future.

Additionally, VIP.com Casino has added a whopping 10 new Flash games including slots such as Derby Dollars, Mister Money and Red Sands. Also just added are five different types of Flash Video Poker, some of which are multi-hand, including Bonus Deuces Wild, Double Bonus Poker and Joker Poker. These games were formerly only available in download, but are now available in Flash as well in order to accommodate those casino players that prefer the instant-play games.

VIP.com Casino now boasts an amazing 92 games among their downloadable software casino offerings, 35 different flash games that require no download to play, and an additional 36 instant-play Java games to round out its robust, industry-leading online casino offering.

For more information please contact:

John Olsen

VIP.com Casino Manager

+599.9.737.4777

About VIP.com Casino

VIP.com Casino (http://www.VIP.com), powered by Real Time Gaming’s best of breed software, provides access to exciting online casino action in both download and Flash versions. VIP.com Casino offers over 150 of your favorite casino games including blackjack, slots, video poker and much more in a safe and secure setting. VIP.com was among the first wagering sites online and is legally licensed in the Netherlands Antilles.

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Five Goes Live with GameAccount

admin / July 25, 2011 / One comment

Five Goes Live with GameAccount










London, UK (PRWEB) July 7, 2006 -–

GameAccount, the #1 online skill gaming provider (http://www.gameaccount.com), and Five, the UK’s fifth terrestrial television and media channel, have joined forces to launch a dedicated skill gaming portal called Five Play and Win. The live portal can be found at playandwin.five.tv and will also be accessible via http://www.five.tv

The unique partnership marks the first time a leading commercial terrestrial television channel has chosen to expand its platform by integrating with a full product network of person-to-person (P2P) skill-based games. Five can now offer their viewers a rewarding user experience by allowing them to register and play for fun or real money on the site.

Launched in 1997, Five currently boasts around 50 million UK viewers across all platforms watching some of the nations’ favourite programs, with a share of total viewing across the commercial networks of over 67.3%. Five are leaders in their field pertaining to commercial airtime, including sponsorship, interactive and advertiser-funded programming.

Online skill games are proving to be a significant growth area and GameAccount’s status as the leading industry provider offered Five a one-stop opportunity to enter the market. By leveraging their commercial reach to a wide audience, Five aim to generate significant player revenues as well as building a vibrant online gaming community.

GameAccount will power the skill gaming area on the Five portal, offering a full suite of non-download classic multiplayer and ‘heads-up’ games such as Gin Rummy, unique P2P variants of other games such as Mah Jong, 8-ball Pool and an impressive variety of popular Solitaire formats. The network also supports bespoke tournaments on demand – including the world’s largest knockout tournament with over 16,000 entrants.

“Skill Gaming is a new frontier for Five. We want to offer innovative and engaging online experiences for our viewers. We are aiming to tie in our broadcast capacity with our skill games offering in order to open up new revenue channels and further narrow the gap between online and TV.” said Laura Bowes, Commercial Development Manager at Five.

Kevin Dale, Chief Executive at GameAccount, sees significant cross-over opportunities for media companies looking to expand their platforms.

”Television is proving to be a winner for GameAccount. Skill Games provide a low barrier to entry into cross-media advertising channels and appeals strongly to audiences who like to play recognisable games for real money, comparable to the Bingo or Poker phenomena. We’re seeing very healthy player conversion rates and revenues from this type of deal.”

GameAccount is now emerging as a strong player in the television arena, having implemented services for Skybet, a division of British Sky Broadcasting Limited (BSkyB), as well as an advertising agreement and dedicated site with Mintplay.com. The company aims to acquire further customers through effectively marketed branded portals associated with the world’s leading media companies.

For more information on GameAccount or Skill Gaming contact:

Meir Moses

Marketing Manager, GameAccount

+44 (0) 207 659 2519

For more information on Five contact:

Laura Bowes

Commercial Development Manager, Channel 5 Broadcasting,

020 7550 5542

About GameAccount

GameAccount is the #1 skill gaming provider for content sites, sportsbook, casino and poker operators seeking a single-wallet Skill Gaming solution. The company’s proven portfolio of dynamic games attracts recreational gamers and is the perfect vehicle to build and sustain a broad user audience. GameAccount powers leading online partners such as Sportingbet, Paddypower.com, SkyBet, FHM.com and Wanadoo.

GameAccount’s Financial Services Platform supports full multilingual white-label solutions with seamless login and real-time exchange rates. Multiplayer games include Gin Rummy, Pool and Backgammon. Competitions include the world’s largest knockout tournament and progressive jackpots.

For more information please visit: http://www.gameaccount.com

About Commercial Development at Five

In response to an increasingly diversified broadcasting marketplace Five launched a specialist Commercial Development division in September 2004 to explore revenue opportunities outside of traditional spot advertising. Key commercial development areas include sponsorship, telephony, brand licensing, red button interactivity and web partnerships. http://www.five.tv is an engaging and content-rich site that gives the viewer the opportunity to interact with the channel, our programmes, presenters and commercial partners, delivering content across areas such as motoring, homes and properties, cricket and poker.

http://www.five.tv is an integral part of our commercial portfolio, highly valued by both viewers and advertisers and Five’s strategy is to fully exploit and develop this channel.

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