Newsletter: 1st July 2006

Hello and welcome to another edition of The Insider. You wont be surprised to hear that weve been busy working on the site over the last couple of weeks and so, without further ado, lets show you what weve been up to!

In this issue: Hit The Jackpot! NEW Hi-Score Accumulator Tournaments for Blackjack and Panic Solitaire! Brand New Gin and Backgammon Lobby!Be a Winner with our 3 x Daily Free-to-Enter Knockout Blackjack TournamentsPlay our New-Look Pyramid Solitaire Game! NEW Blackjack Bonanza Tournament

Be a World Cup Winner with World Cup Solitaire!

It's quarter-final weekend at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and 8 teams are hoping to last another week in a bid for World Cup glory. Similarly, thousands of players are eagerly awaiting the outcome of their weekend's play - to see if they've won big money in our World Cup Solitaire game!

We've already paid out over 5,000 / 7,200 / $9,000 / A$12,000 so far and we've still got too big pay-outs to go! The third weekly tournament ends this Sunday at Midnight GMT and then you'll only have one more week to be a World Cup Winner! Remember, if you finish on top of the table we'll send you an official World Cup football AND an official World Cup football shirt for the team of your choice! And there's one further treat! For every entry you make into the World Cup Solitaire tournament, you'll receive DOUBLE LOYALTY POINTS! That's right, you can enter as many times as you like into this fantastic tournament and we'll pay you even more back into your account at the end of the week!

Be a Winner with our 3 x Daily Free-to-Enter Knockout Blackjack Tournaments

That's right - you're eyes aren't decieving you! FREE TO ENTER! We're running 3 separate 32 Player Knockout Blackjack Tournaments every day each with a guaranteed prize fund of £20 / €29 / $37 / A$50 and payments going out to the Top 2 players. Entry is open to all real money players - and you won't have to spend a penny! You can only enter once per tournament but you'll have to be quick - as soon as we've got our 32 players the tournament's full-up and you'll have to wait for your chance to be a winner for free!

32 Player Free-to-Enter Knockout Blackjack Tournaments open at:
UK & Ireland:- 8am, 1pm & 8pm
Europe:- 9am, 2pm & 9pm
North America:- 3am, 8am & 3pm
Australia:- 5pm, 10pm & 5am

So make sure you're online to win on time - and it won't cost you a dime!

New-Look Pyramid Solitaire!

It's all change for Pyramid Solitaire as we've revamped this fantastic game to make it even better! With brand new graphics and music, this game is bound to have been a Pharaoh Favourite! The basic gameplay stays the same as you unstack the Egyptian pyramid of cards in this superb variation on the traditional Solitaire game. Just select cards that add up to 13, clear the stack as quickly as possible and build up that point totals to be a winner - in this case, 13 really is the lucky number!

As well as the game design, we're still running a number of great tournaments for Rookie, Amateur and Pro Pyramid Solitaire players as well as a selection of Hi-Roller Tournaments where you can win a big money payout going one-on-one against another player. Check it out now and see if you can win enough for a real Eygptian Holiday!

Hit The Jackpot! NEW Hi-Score Accumulator Tournaments for Blackjack and Panic Solitaire

Can you hit the Jackpot and guarantee a massive cash payout? There's only one way to find out - give our fantastic new Blackjack and Panic Solitaire tournaments a go! Our new Jackpot Hi-Score Accumulator Tournaments are the perfect way to use you skills to pay the bills! Just enter and play either Tournament Blackjack or Panic Solitaire and if you reach the Jackpot Target - you win the entire minimum guaranteed pot of £150 / $270 / €210 / A$370! And as this Prize Fund grows with every entry, the more you play - the more it will pay.

Each target is easily achievable ($40,000 for Tournament Blackjack and 1,000,000 points for Panic Solitaire) so you'll have to get in there quick because as soon as it's hit, the Jackpot starts from scratch! You can enter as many times as you like so make sure you give it another go - you could be a real Jackpot Winner!

Brand New Gin and Backgammon Lobby

We're always eager to hear any feedback that you may have to offer and when we launched the Gin Rummy and Backgammon lobby in January, we actively encouraged players to let us know what we got right (and what needed improvements!). Many thanks to all the players who took the time to contact us and let us know exactly what we could do to give them the best gaming experience online. So, after months of tireless hard work from both our technical and design teams, we're proud to present our brand new Gin and Backgammon Game Lobby!

What's Changed?

As well as a variety of technical tweaks that will ensure the game runs as smoothly as possible, we have amended the lobby to include:

NEW Look - Brand new lobby, table and instant message graphics

• NEW 'View Info' Pop-Up - check out a detailed profile of other players in the lobby
• NEW 'My Account' Pop-Up - see how much funds you have without leaving the lobby
• NEW Chatroom - meet and chat with friends from all around the world in our fantastic chatroom
• NEW Special Users List - challenge our fantastic online Bots or contact Customer Services
• NEW Auto-Challenge Reject Option - Turn off other player challenges and ensure you only receive game invitations from your friends.
• NEW Player Search Tool - search through our entire database of players to look for friends to chat and challenge
• NEW Auto-Reconnect - if you get disconnected from a game for whatever reason, the lobby will continually attempt to reconnect you.
• NEW Hypergammon Bot - take on our automated opponent for a Hypergammon game of up to 10 / $18 / 14 / A$24!

The brand new Lobby is up and running right now so take a look and get involved in the action. We'd love to hear any comments you have about the changes - just email customerservices@gameaccount.com and let us know what you think!

NEW Blackjack Bonanza Tournament

Have you tried the new Blackjack Bonanza 6 Round Knockout Tournament? If not - why not! You'd be mad to miss out on a share of the guaranteed £70 / $125 / €100 / A$170 Prize Fund!

Just play Tournament Blackjack over 6 exciting rounds and if you end up on top, you'll pocket an instant 50 / $90 / 70 / A$120! What's more, there's £10 / $18 / €14 / A$24 availalable for second place and a further two prizes of £5 / $9 / €7 / A$12 also up for grabs! So, have you the got best Blackjack skills? Do you have what it takes to be a serious winner?

Refer-a-friend and get paid cash!

Fancy taking on your brother at Backgammon? Or playing your partner at Pool? Eager to beat your boss at Blackjack or keen to show-up your sister at Solitaire? Well, why don't you let them know about the site and you can show them exactly what kind of player you are! What's more, you can earn some free cash in the process!

Just log in and Refer-a-Friend to the site and we'll pay YOU instantly! It's as simple as that! All we ask is for the email address of somebody who you think would enjoy the winning opportunities we offer and we'll do the rest. Then, if they sign up as a real money player, we'll give you £20 / €30 / $30 / A$48 instantly! Remember, any new players will also receive a bonus of up to 100% on their first deposit so, at the end of day, everyone will be in the money!

But that's not all! The Top 3 players with the most referrals every month will each get £200 / €350 / $350 / A$480 extra! So you'll have the opportunity to take on your friends in all of our fantastic games and earn yourself cash for introducing them!

So start getting your friends involved now

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,
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+44 (0) 800 652 5056