Newsletter: 12th May 2006

We’re back with the 78th edition of the GameAccount Insider and this week promises to be a corker! We’ve been particular busy introducing new games and tournaments, updating existing games and, unfortunately, getting rid of others but rest assured we’ll make sure you’re in the know on everything that’s happening with the site!

In this issue: Introducing New Panic Solitaire! Brand New Pennies to Pounds & 6 Round Knockout Tournament! New Hi-Score Instants! NEW Daily Frantic Five's and Famous Fifteen Blackjack Tournaments! Backgammon Improvements – The Best just got better! Play to the Max – Increase in Maximum Deposit Amounts! Reload - Get up to 40%!, Refer-a-friend.

Introducing New Panic Solitaire!

As mentioned, we’ve been pretty busy recently and you can see the fantastic results of our efforts with the NEW Panic Solitaire game now online!

This fast paced and exciting version of Solitaire will have you hooked in minutes! Cards are stacked in a pyramid and need to be cleared off the screen. Unstack the pyramid and you’ll advance to the next hand. Be quick! The faster you clear the pyramid, the more points you’ll score.

What are the features of Panic Solitaire?

Superb graphics: including fantastic in-game animations – lose yourself in a whole new world of Solitaire!

• Atmospheric music: including Terminator-style voice announcements to make sure you don’t miss a thing
• Fast, frantic gameplay: no need to download any software, just log-on, play and you could be a winner!
• 100% secure-server technology: Play swiftly and securely. Online gaming has never been so safe!

How do I play Panic Solitaire?
The object of the game is to get all of the cards in the pyramid down to the discard pile. To move a card down click on the card that is one higher or one lower than the top card on the discard pile. You can lay a KING on an ACE and an ACE on a KING. If there is no card to remove from the pyramid, click on the top card on the draw pile. If you clear all cards from the pyramids you will advance to the next level. The game is over when you cannot clear all cards from the pyramids when the deck runs out. You can use the space bar or 'B' key to flip cards.

You'll receive the points on the points slide for each card you clear. As well as this, bonus points are available for each card in a run of cards that you clear. The longer the run the higher the bonus points get. Clear the top card in the pyramid and get a 5000 point bonus!

Brand New Pennies to Pounds & 6 Round Knockout Tournaments!

Fancy winning big cash prizes for a small entry fee? Of course you do! Well we've got two fantastic Panic Solitaire Tournaments that will test your skill with the added bonus of real money prizes!

Pennies To Pounds does exactly what it’s name suggests and can pay you big money for a small stake. With entry set at 200 gamers, we’ll guarantee payments to the Top 10 players so join now, post your highest score and see if your luck is in!

However, if you fancy building up to a big cash win, our 6 Round Knockout Tournament is undoubtedly the game for you! Face off against other players from all over the world and if you beat their individual score, you move up to the next round. With £50 / $80 / €80 / A$130 available for the Tournament winner and other prizes of £10 / $16 / €16 / A$26 and £5 / $8 / €8 / A$13 also up for grabs, what better way of paying the bills than using your Panic Solitaire skills!

NEW Daily Frantic Five's and Famous Fifteen Blackjack Tournaments!

Love our weekend Blackjack Tournaments but occasionally find yourself missing out due to other commitments? Well, we've got some great news - that'll never be the case again!

That's right, we've seen how popular the Frantic Five's and Famous Fifteen Tournaments are on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, so we have now extended them to run 12 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK! Everyday we'll be kicking off a number of scheduled Tournaments that will run every five minutes from 12:00pm - 12:00am BST, and that means even more chances for you to win real money!

We'll be running 4 fantastic variations of our Frantic Five's Tournament throughout this period, each offering outstanding winning opportunities every five minutes!

Frantic Five's Regular - With a minimum prize fund of £50 / $80 / €80 / A$130 and the pot increasing with every entry, 10 top players will each win a superb cash prize in this great Tournament game! What's more, it's completely risk free! If you're lucky enough to be the only entrant, you'll get a 1.8x payout on your entry fee!

• Frantic Five's Fixed Prize - The winner takes all in this quick-fire £10 / $16 / €8 / A$23 Fixed Prize PayOut!
• Frantic Five's Minis - It may only have a £5 / $8 / €8 / A$13 minimum prize fund but that will increase with every entry and only the Top 2 players will claim what could be a fantastic cash prize!
• Frantic Five's Accumulator - There may be no prize seeding here but that only means greater payout ratios to be either split between the Top 2 or to be all won by one top player!

But what about the Famous Fifteen Tournament? Why wait until Friday when we're now running this Tournament TWICE DAILY!

Tournaments start at:-
United Kingdom & Ireland: 8pm & 10pm
Europe: 9pm & 11pm
North America: 3pm & 5pm (EST)

But remember, these tournaments are only open for the first 15 minutes of the hour! Enter as many time as you like and finish in the Top 10 to win a share of the fabulous £250 / $400 / €400 / A$650 PayOut!

So what are you waiting for?

Backgammon Improvements – The Best Just Got Better!

We certainly don’t like to rest on our laurels and we’re always looking for ways to improve the games on the site. Our technical boffins have been hard at work on our Backgammon game and the fruits of their labour are now available for all to see online!

So, what’s new?

We’ve embraced the best in Flash technology to produce the smoothest and most secure version of Backgammon available on the Internet.

Increased Stability - we’ve worked hard to ensure that the new Backgammon model is the most stable, multi-player online gaming experience available.

• Better Animations - new graphics that are so lifelike, it’s like you’re playing on a real board!
• Brand New Design - in-game options can now be permanently found in the top-left corner of the screen. This makes switching between the automatic bearing and the automatic dice rolling easier than ever before.
• No Pop-Up Buttons - we’ll show you exactly what your choices are and when it’s your go. No more clutter on the board, just a quick, clean Backgammon experience!
• New On-Screen Alerts - We’ll let you know in an instant if your opponent has accepted or declined a doubling offer.

What’s more, Backgammon can now be found in the same lobby as our fantastic Gin Rummy game.

New Hi-Score Instant Blackjack

Are you looking for a quick win? Do you want to get great cash prizes for only a few minutes play? Then New Hi-Score Instant Blackjack is for you!

Start playing the Hi-Score Instant Game on the Tournament Blackjack page and the higher you score the more you win! Just select your entry fee and you’ll start with $10,000. Build it up to the below amounts in the 25 hands and you could be a winner:

It’s never been easier or quicker to win at Blackjack!

Play to the Max with our new maximum deposit amount!

Frustrated at not being able to deposit as much as you would like? Well worry no more because we have increased our maximum deposit amount to £500 / AUD$500 / €500 That’s right; more than double the previous amount! That means you’re free to deposit more and the more you play, the better chance you have to win!

Re-load! Get up to 40% FREE!

Anytime this week-end, reload your account and take advantage of our FREE bonus money awards for all existing cash players. Get up to 40% extra bonus money when you deposit which is then released into your account the more games you play.

Spend it, wager it, withdraw it. What you do with your released bonus money is entirely up to you: The more you play, the more it'll pay!

Deposits of £10.00 to £20.00 get 20% extra bonus money

Deposits of £20.00 to £100.00 get 30% extra bonus money

Deposit £100.00 or more and get 40% extra bonus money

Currency Equivalent Awards
Supporting players around the world in USD, EUR or Australia's fine AUD$.

Deposits of $15 / € 15 / AUD$ 25 to $30 / € 30 / AUD$ 50
get 20% extra bonus money

Deposits of $30 / € 30 / AUD$ 50 to $150 / € 150 / AUD$ 250
get 30% extra bonus money

Deposits of $150 / € 150 / AUD$ 250 or more
get 40% extra bonus money

It Pays To Have Friends!

Bring your family members, office colleagues or long-time friends online to GameAccount. Refer a friend today & get paid in the process! Here’s how:

Head over to the section on the GameAccount homepage. Tap the email addresses of your friends into the boxes provided and we'll send them an email invitation to join on your behalf!

• When your friends sign up and deposit to play for prizes, they'll be awarded up to £10 / $15 / € 15 / A$24 as a first-time deposit-matching bonus.
• As the referring friend, you'll be automatically awarded with up to £10 / $15 / € 15 / A$24 as well for each friend who started competing for prizes.

Each month, the Top 3 Referrers are each awarded £100 / $150 / €150 / A$240 extra!

As always, call us on the telephone and let us know what you think. From the UK on 0207 292 6260, International 0044 207 292 6260 or the US on 011 44 207 292 6260.

Or simply email customerservices@gameaccount.com and let us know what you think!

We always love to hear from you (good, bad or otherwise).

The WhisperMan, inside GameAccount
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