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missphinx
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 		Last Call Poker press
Business Wire, September 26, 2005

Dead Man's Estate Funds Free Online Poker Site; Eccentric Millionaire Goes ''All In'' One Last Time

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2005--Today LastCallPoker.com (www.LastCallPoker.com) a free Texas Hold' Em Web site designed and funded by deceased millionaire, Lionel "Lucky" Brown was launched on the Internet. Last Call Poker uses the web's most sophisticated poker system, featuring a no-download Flash engine, an in-game chat system, and a level of graphic design and interactivity unmatched in the online games industry.

Brown, upon his death, willed five million dollars of his fortune to the creation of LastCallPoker.com to facilitate the development and maintenance of this online game site. Lucky Brown always said that a hand of poker he won at the end of the War gave him the seed money for his fortune.

As his final resting place has been kept secret, an undisclosed amount of money has been set aside for "wakes" to be held in cemeteries nationwide where poker fans will play Tombstone Hold 'Em, a poker variant Brown invented while serving in Europe at the end of World War II. Graveyard Games are currently scheduled for cemeteries in San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles and others to be announced. Rules for Tombstone Hold 'Em and a calendar of events can be found at www.LastCallPoker.com/allin .

About LastCallPoker.com

Built with a dead man's money, Last Call Poker (www.LastCallPoker.com) is a 100% free poker site that offers Texas Hold' Em gameplay without the requirement of downloading from the Internet. More information is available at LastCallPoker.com.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:09 am
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Dr_Pangloss
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 		Incredible find!!

I am willing to bet that this is a planted story.

I'm going to call the contact number....
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:42 pm
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eb
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Joined: 30 Aug 2004
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 		I tried it and posted my results in another thread titled "Phone Numbers".
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12404

Results:
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It's a voice mailbox with "Tom" answering. He says leave a message. I'll get back to you. Thanks.

After creating a message press 9 and you have other options.
One option is to press * and then you can try other extensions.
I tried a couple other mailboxes but they do not seem pertinent to the game.

But here's what I found.

6985 blank mailbox. no greeting

6987 A voice mailbox for Clayton Homes (Clayton Holmes?) at present all sales reps are busy please leave a message.

6988 Asian language? Long message…. I hung up before listening to it all.

6989 Arleen Shu

5289 (LUCY) Invalid mailbox.


Enjoy!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:43 pm
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anaerin
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 		Odd, that this is posted under "E3 News"... Something coming up for E3? Another game launch, perhaps?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:44 pm
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Phaedra
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 		Also interesting: Jane will apparently be speaking on ILB and LCP on October 27th.

I don't think there's anything new here, but an Indian news site has noted it.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:39 pm
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addlepated
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Phaedra wrote:
Also interesting: Jane will apparently be speaking on ILB and LCP on October 27th.

I'll be covering the game conference for ARGN.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:54 pm
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Fi
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Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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Location: London

 		There's an article on Last Call in Gamasutra. Don't read if if you don't want to know who's behind the game.
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