Distinguishing Personality Traits

Ditzybrunette says, "This is our 8-year-old Calico, Marzipan J. Kat. Marzipan is not very vocal when she wants attention, but by sitting in the water bowl she certainly expresses her opinion about it being empty. She will watch you walk around the room, never leaving the bowl and giving you dirty looks until you refill it for her. We have two rescue dogs that she does not tolerate any nonsense from. Marzipan will sit on the dining room chairs under the table and whack the dogs on the tail as they go by. These are not small dogs--one is a Golden Lab and the other is a Shepherd/Beagle mix. Seeing as how the chairs are pushed in they cannot get to her to retaliate! Marzipan loves to simply eat, sleep and train her owners."

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From time to time we get a lot of weird requests and spam mail in the GV Members Inbox. We decided the best way to deal with all the spammers isn't to just "Send To Trash" but to share in the fun of openly mocking them with you, the GV community! Today we received a hot tip about some electronics parts from Marc...

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Hey Joseph,

Thanks for reaching out for advice! Unfortunately, at this time, we're not offering grants or low-interest loans. Although, our recent winners will vouch that you can make some quick dough off us playing our free game shows.

Even though Gamesville HQ is quite far from Murrieta, California (2,978 miles to be exact, according to Google Maps), we're nothing if not helpful -- so here's the skinny on your intended destination (based on 5 minutes of internet searching). First, you should know that according to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $78,883, and the median income for a family was $90,930 (thanks Wikipedia). Also, Murrieta ranked as the 44th safest city in the nation and remains the safest city in Riverside County, so you've made a great choice!

Very best in your search!

- Oh! Ryan Kelley
Gamesville Community Manager

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• Your response to the spammer
  

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The cash prizes were wheeling and dealing over the holiday weekend starting with Beautifuljuliet's of Phoenix, AZ, and her BIG win in Three-Eyed Bingo where she took home a staggering $2,283 jackpot on Thursday!

The action in Gamesville's hottest new poker game show, Quick-Draw Poker has been just as fast and furious. Just ask Valerie04462 of Millinocket, ME, who took home $152 on Wednesday--the second largest pay out in Quick-Draw Poker since the game's launch! Then there was Lauragreeneyes1 of Sylvania, OH, who won $65 and Skiddylake of Elizabethton, TN, who took home $56 of her very own.

The action continued over the weekend as Cinswan1 of Henry, IL who won $69 on Saturday, followed shortly by Minnow5 of Tigard, OR, who scored a sweet $130. It was then Ac6954 of Colorado Springs, CO, who struck it rich for $61 and finally (last and certainly not least) Renie433 of Sinking Spring, PA who TODAY took home $126.

CatchUp CoverAll has been heating up, too, as Jackie1396 of scored big last Wednesday and walked home with $428 in cold cash! Not to mention Carol12347 of Delia, KS, who won $375 on Sunday along with a set of "Lucky Ball" winners: Sewgran70, Jaqyee, Doni49, and Gramma_8 who each won $25.

The good times keep rolling here at Gamesville, so stop into your favorite game room today and don't let this cash win fall leave you behind!

Distinguishing Personality Traits

Terriiwamoto says, "These are my boys Sammy and Co-Co. They are both lazy bums that can always be found just hanging out all day. These two are best buds and chase each other around for most of the day. They gorge themselves with food and have become typical male couch potatoes. Co-Co is the brown pretty boy; he is good looking and knows it. He's always strutting his stuff in front of the windows and attracting all the neighborhood cats. Sammy is my 'potty mouth' and trouble maker. You can always find him on the toilet trying to drink it dry. When all is said and done at the end of the day they curl up together and talk about what kind of havoc they can cause tomorrow!"

Want to share photos of your own favorite pet with the Gamesville community?

Send photos to: members@gamesville.com

In addition to your pet's picture, please be sure to include:

• Your Gamesville member name
• Your pet's most distinguishing personality trait

If we publish your pet as a "Best Pet," we'll give you 5,000 GV Rewards. Submit your pet today!

We have a Mystery Box winner!

A big congratulations to Candyg009, who today became our first Gamesville Mystery Box winner! And what exactly did she receive? Well as our big winner she'll be taking home a treasure trove of goodies, including the following items:

1. One $250 gift card to Amazon.com.
2. One $25 iTunes gift card.
3. "Saving Grace" season one on DVD ($39.98 retail value)
4. Penguin plush toy ($25 retail value)
5. Penguin "Poke Me!" pin ($1.25 retail value)
6. One pack of Gamesville-branded playing cards ($6.50 retail value)
7. Luau Drinking Visor ($9.99 retail value)
8. Gift certificate for 1 24-pack of Soy Wax Tarts from DreamTarts.com ($20 retail value)
9. Autographed copy of "Before It Had A Name" by Jacqueline Barry ($16.95 retail value)
10. Official "Lycos.com" umbrella ($20.00 retail value)

Congratulations once again to our BIG winner Candyg009 and best of luck to all our Gamesvillers over the holiday weekend!

July is all about grabbing your favorite beverage and getting out of the house to enjoy the nice summer sun. So this month we're helping you catch some rays and relax with an exciting new prize in July's GV Rewards Sweepstakes. 

Stretch out and cool off from the comfort of your back yard with a chance at this Pawleys island hammock. Take a mini vacation and enjoy the hand-woven luxury of this hammock that is carefully designed to insure the greatest strength and comfort. We'll even throw in a custom hammock stand so you don't have to worry about finding two trees to hang it up on!

Congratulations to Prelaford of Craig, CO, who won our stylish Triton three-wheeled recumbent bike in last month's monthly GV Rewards sweepstakes.

Bang-bang-bang!!! Is that opportunity knocking on your door? YES. In the form of Quick-Draw Poker, the only game show whose "barrell" is LOADED with cash prizes!

Just ask fingrlksny of Canandaigua, NY, won $118 just a few moments ago, in the web's luckiest video poker game show. And she's not alone!

Yesterday, perky1946 of Greenbay, WI won $114. And Sunday was a two-fer, with cb5953 of Loves Park, IL, taking home $56 and windleykey8 of beautiful Islamorada, FL scoring a cool $57 of her own.

Poker not your thing? I bet onlyforwild of SaintPaul, MN, would recommend CatchUp CoverAll. And why not?

On Friday, she won $388 playing the bingo sensation that's sweeping the nation. So would downtrodensoul of Jamestown, NY, who won $446 along with a "Lucky Ball" crew of madoreb, jazz2hot.brat, bevh33, and cazc82 who each won $25.

Good times, good friends, and cash prizes by the truckload. Dive into the fun today. And tell 'em Chris sent you!

Sincerely,
Chris Cummings
Manager, Gamesville.com

Billy Mays -- the gregarious infomercial pitchman who could making anything sound like a blast -- passed away on Sunday, June 28, according to The New York Times.

Probably most well-known for his OxiClean commercials, Mays, 50, will be greatly missed. Although not a game show personality, his larger-than-life presence definitely made him feel like part of the family.

Below is a clip of Mays parodying himself in a bit for the Electronic Retailers Association's 2008 Awards...

Congratulations to our lucky Gamesviller Puppylady1955 of Kaplan, LA, who hit the BIG jackpot TODAY playing Magic 21 and took home $4,125 in cold hard cash!

In unrelated news, this may come as a shock to some but the Gamesville blog has primarily one contributor: me! And while I try to keep the blog updated daily with GV news and fun announcements I'll be away for a week or so on a much-needed vacation. I've queued several posts for the week such as Best Pets and Weird Wire so check back for your GV blog fix every once in a while.

Looking forward to seeing a slew of new winners' names up in lights when I return. Until then, good gaming everyone!

- Oh! Ryan Kelley
Gamesville Community Manager

Ed McMahon passed away this morning at age 86

Show business lost one of the greats today with the passing of Ed McMahon. The former Tonight Show sidekick and host of the talent show Star Search passed away early Tuesday morning at the age of 86.

McMahon rose to stardom as Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show, from 1962 to 1992. During his tenure with the show McMahon aided Carson's jokes and skits, and was famous for the his rendition of the late night host's introduction, "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!"

A little-known fact is that McMahon began his career as a bingo caller in the state of Maine at age 15.

Read more about the life of Ed McMahon...