• Swiss Gambler Banks Record Cheque From InterCasino

InterCasino Deutschland player "Scouti" deposited a record cheque into his Swiss bank account when he became Switzerland's largest-ever online MEGA-Jackpot winner. Scouti, a deutsch InterCasino player since 2003, won an unprecedented EUR160,438.36 (248,444.39 Swiss Francs) MEGA-Jackpot in his native German language at InterCasino Deutschland. "I started gambling online about five years ago at Casino-on-Net, but when I saw that InterCasino Deutschland was voted 'Best Online Casino' in 2003, I made the switch," said Scouti. Scouti's lucky day began playing InterCasino Deutschland's brand new Multi-player Progressive Blackjack.... "I always felt that I have a good chance to win at multi-player blackjack," said winner Scouti. "I had just come back from an hour on an exercise bike and I had fifteen minutes before my next meeting. I thought I would play a few hands of blackjack to pass the time," regales Scouti. "I got to play just one hand before I hit the Jackpot!" he exclaims. Scouti doesn't always play an extra coin for the progressive, but he was feeling particularly lucky and bet the extra Euro. "I had a lucky feeling; not that I thought I would win the entire jackpot, but I thought I would win something," tells Scouti. "This was my second time playing the new progressive blackjack game, it might be beginners luck." What is Scouti going to do with his newly banked EUR160,438.36? Oddly enough he is going to take some of it and head off to Las Vegas - not to gamble mind you - but to fulfil he and his girlfriend's dream of eloping to Las Vegas with a handful of friends. Thanks to InterCasino Deutschland, Scouti is going to be able to fulfil his wildest dreams.

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• Count The Ways Of Craps And You'll Know The Whys

Pairs of dice can land 36 ways. Some players find this puzzling, since rolls such as 4-2 and 2-4 are indistinguishable yet count as two ways. To understand it, assume for the sake of argument that the dice are of different colors, red and green. Say red shows a one. Green can then be anything from one to six. That's six ways right there. Now pretend red lands with two-up. Green can again be anything from one to six. That's six more ways. In all, there are six ways red can finish, each accommodating six green results. The total is six times six or 36. You can figure how many ways each number can be formed. A four, for example. Red can show a one and green a three, red a two and green a two, red a three and green a one - three ways. The chance of throwing a four is therefore three ways out of the 36 possible combinations. This is three out of 36, which by short division is one out of 12 and long division 8.33 percent. What about a seven? Red can show a one and green a six, red a two green a five, red a three green a four, red a four green a three, red a five green a two, and red a six green a one - six ways in all. So the chance is six out of 36; or, invoking the advanced math of grade school arithmetic, one out of six or 16.77 percent. Craps is built around the prospects of various numbers hitting, or for "hardways" and "hops" bets, forming. For any wagers, payoffs are multiples somewhat shy of the odds overcome to win. The margin between the two gives the house its edge. [...]

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• Banks Oppose Net Bet Card Ban

BANKERS have dismissed a proposal to block Australian punters from using credit cards at online casinos, arguing their customers should be allowed to "spend their money how they choose". A proposal to enforce the ban on foreign online gambling sites by blocking credit-card transactions is being considered by the Federal Government as part of a review of the Interactive Gambling Act. A spokeswoman for Communications Minister Daryl Williams said the much-anticipated review would be completed "shortly". The 2001 legislation made gambling at casino-style sites illegal, but many internet users are flouting the restrictions by using foreign sites. The Australian Bankers' Association has rejected the transaction-block plan, warning banks should not be forced to become moral arbiters. "We don't think the payment system should be used to block transactions, because if it's used in one area it could be used in others," an ABA spokeswoman said. "If the Government decides to block a gambling transaction it could be used to block other transactions — we don't think the payment system should be used for that. "You choose to spend your money how you choose — why should anyone direct you?" [...]

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• The Gang That Beat Las Vegas - Part III

In a room alone, just he and his computer, Michael Kent was simply another technology dweeb. But plug him into a network of bettors, and now, with the flick of a switch, Kent was utterly brilliant, a mastermind. These dozens of betting agents, or beards, as they are called, were as essential to Michael Kent as the electrical juice that drove his computer. He could not begin to succeed without them. And so, each day, without equivocation, he turned over his forecasts of the upcoming games to Dr. Ivan Mindlin, who then passed them on to his New York partners, Stanley Tomchin and Jimmy Evart, who, until 1984, were responsible for placing the majority of wagers for the Computer Group. Dr. Mindlin had been making personal bets through Tomchin and Evart long before the Computer Group was formed. According to a partner in the group, Mindlin had built up a debt of some $100,000 to Tomchin and Evart when Michael Kent came along in 1980. By offering Kent's computer information to them, Mindlin was able to work off his debt quickly. [...]

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