GOCA.com Announces $3,088,381 in Record E-Commerce Revenues for February 1999, a 49% Increase Over January 1999.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999-- GOCA (Graphics Object Content Architecture) See MO:DCA. .com Adds Four More Languages to Begin Multilingual Marketing Campaign Go Call Inc. (www.goca.com), (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:GOCA) Tuesday announced that its Internet casino licensee has experienced a new record in wagering revenues and begins multilingual marketing campaigns for the Go Casino.com site by adding the Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese languages. Go Call Inc.'s E-commerce division which processes transactions for Go Casino.com, has set a new record in wagering revenues of $3,088,381 for the month ended February 1999. This is an increase of 49% from the previous month. Wagering revenues are the total amount of funds wagered by the casino players. Since its inception on Sept. 11, 1998, Go Casino.com's players have wagered $7,124,814. The casino's success can be attributed to its aggressive marketing campaign that includes a free Caribbean vacation at Go Call Inc.'s wholly owned Caribbean Resort in the Dominican Republic, to all new players at the casino. Gaming research analysts predict online gaming to become a $25 billion market by the year 2002. Some of Go Call Inc.'s competitors within the Internet gaming market include Cryptologic Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CRY.TO), GLC Limited (Nasdaq:GLCCF), Anchor Gaming Inc. (Nasdaq:SLOT), Harrah's Entertainment Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HET), International Game Technology Inc. (NYSE:IGT IGT impaired glucose tolerance. ), and Starnet Communications International Inc. (OTC BB:SNMM). Go Casino.com continues to enhance its services to the casino players by adding four more languages to the site. The multilingual marketing campaign will witness the addition of the Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese languages. Go Casino.com intends to capitalize on the fastest growing segment of the Internet gaming industry -- that being the overseas market, by adding other languages in the near future. Go Call Inc. is also in the final developmental stages with INDEXUS(tm) (www.indexus.com), a comparison shopping search engine. INDEXUS(tm) is a cross between an Internet portal, similar to Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Excite (Nasdaq:XCIT), Lycos (Nasdaq:LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) A technology used to make microdisplays for rear-projection TVs and head-mounted displays (HMDs). Each LCoS chip hosts a grayscale LCD shutter sandwiched between a cover glass and a mirror. ) or America Online (NYSE:AOL) and a shopping network such as Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ), E-Bay (Nasdaq:EBAY), Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL), or USA Network Inc.'s (Nasdaq:USAI) Home Shopping Network “HSN” redirects here. For other uses, see HSN (disambiguation). The Home Shopping Network (HSN) is a mostly 24-hour shopping network that is seen on cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the United States. . Once development is completed, online shoppers will be able to compare prices on more than 30,000 different items and purchase goods in their own local area, including refrigerators, stereos, computers, cars and airline tickets. In addition, Go Call Inc.'s advertising division, Go Banner Ad.com, (www.gobannerad.com) now has an advertising network of more than 6,000 web sites. Link Exchange Inc. (www.linkexchange.com), a direct competitor of Go Banner Ad.com, was recently acquired by Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) for $250 million. Other competitors include Double Click (Nasdaq:DCLK) and 24/7 Media (Nasdaq:TFSM). Go Call Inc. develops, markets and manages secure, progressive and profitable ventures springing from the Internet entertainment and E-commerce revolution. The statements in this news release may contain forward-looking statements, which involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated or described herein as a result of certain factors and circumstances. |
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