Stay tuned with the happenings in the gaming world - news, advice, tips, games, deals and more..

If you like this issue, please forward a copy to your friends who are new to internet and interested in online gaming.

Dr. Gee, Editor

Found on the Web at http://www.cogg.net/news/issue14.htm
Back issues archived at http://www.cogg.net/news/

Issue 14 - Apr 2000

C o n t e n t s
1. Welcome
2. Did you know?
3. Game Corner
4. News
5. Advice and Tips
6. Links
7. Books
8. Promotions
9. Sponsors

Sponsors

1. WELCOME

A warm welcome to all new subscribers to COGG.NET's mailing list. Thank you for subscribing to COGG's newsletter. The newsletter - a free service provided by COGG, will be sent monthly. We welcome your feedback/comments/suggestions in making this newsletter useful and fun. Please forward your emails to feedback@cogg.net

2. DID YOU KNOW?

Last year, a major casino company released the results of an extensive survey of the American public's views on gambling. One of the questions asked was, "Why do you gamble?" The top two responses were "entertainment" and "social interaction." Coming in a distant third was "to win."
Source: Casinoplayer.com

3. GAME CORNER

Latest Puzzle:

Unscramble the 6 letters below to find an English word:

IS CN AO

The game corner is found at:

http://cogg.net/page.cfm?page=games&PageID=8

4. NEWS

Australia PM to Pursue Total Online Gaming Ban - April 20, 2000

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, concerned over the growing number of problem gamblers, vowed on Thursday to pursue a total ban on Internet gambling despite strong opposition around the country.

http://news.excite.com/news/r/000420/07/net-australia-gambling

------ City Attorney Won't Prosecute Ditka - April 20, 2000

The city attorney refused Thursday to prosecute Mike Ditka on a criminal charge filed by a former casino pit boss who claims the former New Orleans Saints coach hurled a lighted cigar into his face during a dispute over a craps throw.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000420/sp/fbn_ditka_casino_row_1.html

------

Mirage Resorts Profits Up 16 Percent - April 19, 2000

Mirage Resorts Inc., a luxury casino operator, on Wednesday reported a 16 percent rise in first-quarter earnings, easily beating Wall Street forecasts, as revenues from hotel rooms and its food and beverage operations surged.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000419/bs/mirage_earns_1.html

------

Imperial Palace and 15 Others Sign Contracts With Global Cash Access - April 18, 2000

Two Imperial Palace properties and 15 other gaming properties have signed contracts to utilize the technologically advanced products and services of Global Cash Access (GCA), the leading provider of cash access, financial management and customer relationship marketing technologies to the gaming industry.

http://news.excite.com/news/bw/000418/ca-global-cash-access

------

Boss Media To Create Swedish Internet Casino - April 12, 2000

Svenska Spel has contracted Boss Media to develop the custom Internet casino software for its subsidiary, Casino Cosmopol. Svenska Spel is a gaming company owned by the Swedish government-serving 43% of the total Swedish gaming market.

http://www.casinowire.com/archive/200004/1703.shtml

5. ADVICE AND TIPS

How to Play Pairs in Blackjack

Pairs are two of the same cards in you starting hand. By playing correct basic strategy you reduce the house edge.

Look at the dealers up card.
Look at the pair in you hand.
If you have a pair of Aces or Eights: Always split.
If you have a pair of twos or threes: Split if the dealer has 2 - 7, otherwise hit.
If you have a pair of fours: Split if the dealer has 4 or 5, otherwise hit.
If you have a pair of fives: Double if the dealer has 2 - 9, otherwise hit.
If you have a pair of sixes: Split if the dealer has 2 - 6, otherwise hit.
If you have a pair of sevens: Split 2 - 7, otherwise hit.
If you have a pair of nines: Split 2 - 6, and 8 or 9. Stand if the dealer has 7, 10 or Ace.
If you have a pair of tens: Always Stand.

- These rules are for 4- 8 deck games when doubling after splitting is allowed.
- Always check the rules of the game before playing.
- Learn the different strategies for single or double deck games.

------

Submit your tips to COGG. The tips selected will get free gift of US$50. Diamond Club Casino is offering free credits worth US$50, upon your first purchase.

6. LINKS

The House Of Cards is a central resource for all information related to playing cards, including rules to card games, links to other card game sites on the web, links to card games of every type, and information on playing cards themselves... http://www.thehouseofcards.com

------

Nevada's "Black Book". Officially known as the "List of Excluded Persons," the state's list of notorious gamblers names 35 people who are considered so unsavory to legal gambling that they are prohibited from setting foot in a casino... http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/business/packages/feature1/index.html

------

2000 World Series of Poker. The dream Benny Binion had - bringing the world's greatest poker players together for the planet's best poker tournament - continues to thrive and flourish. Between April 20 - May 18, the richest, most prestigious card game on earth will once again take place at the House Benny Built. One Million dollars - maybe more - will be taken home by this year's World Champion... http://www.binions.net/

------

Join ten friendly, animated characters, each with their own personalities, playing styles, and skill levels as you experience authentic Vegas-style excitement. Benefit from the inclusion of professional winning strategies from Hoyle's comprehensive tutorial, practice on your own, or jump right in and start the action with nine Vegas-style games in over 350 variations... Description by eToys. http://www.etoys.com/video_game/g/product/400/06/77/

7. BOOKS

"Education of a Poker Player" by Herbert Yardley. Originally published in 1957, it was written by a controversial U.S. codebreaker once described as playing poker with a "compulsive intensity wherever and whenever he could." The book probably triggered the interest in all forms of poker among two generations of players.

Recommended by: Howard Schwartz, marketing director at Gambler's Book Shop

http://gamblersbook.com/howardsgreatesthits.htm

------

"Poker Strategy" by A.D Livingston. Here are tips and strategies to keep all serious players on the winning side of the game. There are only two kinds of poker players: winners and losers. In Poker Strategy, A. D. Livingston advises the more than 50 million poker players to start winning, or else quit the game-and then shows them how to win. Beginning with the principles and strategies behind the game, Livingston goes on to explain poker's often intricate mathematics, and includes handy odds tables to guide the reader's way.

C o n t e n t s 1. Welcome 2. Did you know? 3. Game Corner 4. News 5. Advice and Tips 6. Links 7. Books 8. Promotions 9. Sponsors

Sponsors

C o n t e n t s
1. Welcome
2. Did you know?
3. Game Corner
4. News
5. Advice and Tips
6. Links
7. Books
8. Promotions
9. Sponsors