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To: dwlima who wrote (229)2/9/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: Sober  Respond to of 245
 
No, I like dwlima better than dwboston, otherwise the Golden Lama award won't have the same meaning.

Just picked up a bit of TTLN. Did you see the release about gaming stocks on Yahoo, or this one about TTLN. Gambling on line is gaining momentum. Yes it is slow motion, but I believe it is coming.

"...Total Entertainment, Inc. Links With Amazon.com
RED BANK, N.J./MONTREAL, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1999--Total Entertainment Inc. (OTC BB:TTLN - news) a provider of Internet gaming software and E-Cash solutions, today announced that it has joined the Amazon.com (Nasdq: AMZN) Associates Program.

As an associate of the Internet's top retailer, Total Entertainment Inc. will feature select products from Amazon.com on the Onlinesportsbook.com Portal Site due to debut late February 1999. The relationship with Amazon.com enables Total Entertainment Inc., to considerably expand the number of third-party products it will offer on its new Portal Site, Onlinesportsbook.com/Infonet..."

biz.yahoo.com

essence of link above below...if you don't want to go to it..

Monday February 8, 1:44 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Internet Casino Memberships Doubled Again, and January Revenue Results Showed Continuing Rise in Combined On-Line Wagering Revenues
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999--GIC Global Intertainment Corporation (OTC BB:GGNC - news; located and licensed in the Commonwealth of Dominica), today announced that its month-over-month Internet casino wagering revenues increased 35% last month over the previous month.

The combined volume in January 1999 of transactions placed through the Company's www.cyberbetz.com on-line sports book (US$2,114,608) and its casino (US$4,645,928) was US$6.7 Million, compared with US$5.3 Million for December. CYBERBETZ recently was ranked No. 1 most popular Internet gaming site by www.gambleland.com and www.gamblebrains.com. The average number of hits per day registered in January on the Company's gaming web-site was 32,013. The total number of successful hits for this site throughout the first month of 1999 was 992,421. Memberships of the Company's Internet Casino doubled over the previous month, increasing from just over 3,000 in December 1998 to 6,450 last month.

and further on...

The potential of the Internet continues to increase each week. Forrester Research recently estimated that worldwide Internet commerce could reach as high as US$3.2 Trillion in 2003. The 1998 Casino & Gaming Business Market Research Handbook predicts that the Internet gaming market could reach US$100-200 Billion in annual revenues by 2005.

Barry