AC&G Software Ltd. Announces First Blackjack World Championship Played On Wireless PDA.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers TEL AVIV Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001 The stakes are high in the first global wireless blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. championship, launched late last week by AC&G Software Ltd. Players can download the game from the official BlackJack World Championship site, http://www.blackjackchamp.com, and play against each other for free on their Palm Pilots or Palm OS compatible PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). devices, vying for the monthly grand prize of $10,000 cash. The championship, developed and organized by AC&G Software Ltd., is the first to be created specifically for multiple players on a wireless platform. Players downloading the game to their handheld PCs are credited $500 in fun money. The more money a player wins in any given month, the better his or her chances of winning the $10,000 grand prize or any of several smaller prizes, including a big-screen television, a trip to Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , or casino chips. As players accumulate money, they enter their scores on the BlackJack World Championship site scoreboard. The board is updated each day at 4:00 p.m. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT . BlackJack World Championship is completely advertising supported, enabling players to download and play the game for free. The site offers both free and paid sponsorship opportunities; online casino Online casinos, also known as virtual casinos or internet casinos, are online versions of traditional ("brick and mortar") casinos. Online casinos enable gamblers to play and wager on casino games through the Internet. startup ElephantCasino.com (http://www.elephantcasino.com) is the game's initial sponsor. Free sponsors support the event by recruiting new players in return for valuable adveritising space. Those interested in downloading the game and participating in the tournament should log on to the BlackJack World Championship site at http://www.blackjackchamp.com. Competition cycles begin on the first day of each month, but new players may join at any time. About AC&G Software Ltd. AC&G Software Ltd. is a small, privately held software firm based in Haifa, Israel. BlackJack World Championship is the company's newest addition to its lineup of online gaming tools, including Beejack2021, a popular blackjack analysis program. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.blackjackchamp.com |
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