David Shrem was the winner of GameColony.com $1,200 FREE Entry to World Series of Gin Rummy in Las Vegas, NV gin tournament held May 21, 2008 at The Orleans Hotel. See more information and pictures

In addition to Java-based Gin Rummy game, GameColony has just launched one more gin rummy program: Fast Gin Rummy for Windows It works with all Windows computers except a very old Windows 95. This new Windows Combo Program offers a gin rummy-centric interface to all GameColony games. It also offers a very fast non-java gin rummy.

GameColony.com has introduced online Spades -- an exciting card game of skill which becomes a 23d online game of skill offered by GameColony.com. Play Spades Online

The American Cribbage Congress will hold it's Grand National Cribbage Tournament in Portland, Maine from September 28 through September 30. The following six GameColony Members will be receiving their eMaster awards from the ACC during the awards banquet on September 29th: loosespokes, MrB_IA218, netview85, mfetchCT425, pegfast, olney11 Over 400 peggers from around the US will be attending this great event; many are members of GameColony. American Cribbage Congress holds its internet cribbage tournament program at GameColony.com

GameColony.com is now a "home away from home" for many of the world's strongest and the most experienced cribbage players. Below are cribbage hints (tips) and suggestions by Robert (Bob) Milk (player handle: Moojus aka Moo) - a dedicated GameColony player and the current Commissioner for American Cribbage Congress (ACC). Bob has originally posted his cribbage hints separately one-by-one in GameColony's public forum.

The dynamic table icons now appear in the table list and the players' avatars are now shown in all player lists and invitations. These new features were introduced for all multiplayer games: Gin Rummy, Backgammon, Cribbage, Dominoes, Canasta, Pool, Chess.

GameColony.com, a premier provider of tournament-quality, competitive multi-player games of skill announced today that it has entered into an exclusive online affiliation with American Cribbage Congress ("ACC") to leverage its expertise (in their respective online/ land-based fields) by forming an alliance to provide a fun and fair place to play Cribbage online and to compete in online tournaments. Under the terms of this agreement, GameColony.com will provide co-branded online gaming content to ACC, and the two firms will share the revenues generated from hosting online matches and tournaments.

GameColony.com, an online provider of tournament-quality, competitive multi-player games of skill announced today that it has entered into an exclusive co-branded affiliate agreement with Professional Domino Association ("PDA") a prestigious Land-based Dominoes Tournament host. Under the terms of this agreement, GameColony.com will provide co-branded online gaming content to PDA, and the two firms will share the revenues generated from hosting online matches and tournaments.

ESPN sports network has declared dominoes the next big spectator sport and is strongly promoting dominoes as both a cultural touchstone and a highly competitive game, complete with rankings, formal tournaments, celebrity events and sponsors. Encouraged by the success of televised poker, ESPN network has begun combing New York City for top players and colorful domino clubs for its television coverage of dominoes. ESPN has been taping segments on formal domino tournaments as well as casual neighborhood domino games. Hour-long domino shows now run on Tuesday nights on ESPN's Spanish-language sports channel ESPN Deportes. Starting in June 2006, the network is planning to show similar English language dominoes broadcasts, with the hope that the game will be also popular with English-speaking viewers.

Backgammon can be learned quickly and requires only two players. Backgammon game can be played either in a friendly, social way or very competitively. At GameColony.com you can easily find a backgammon opponent online day or night, at all different skill levels, in a variety of types of competition. Free games are available as well as various tournaments for cash prizes.

As Microsoft Zone is closing its online cribbage on June 19, 2006, American Cribbage Congress (ACC) that was previously associated with Zone's cribbage has now launched its new co-branded cribbage site powered by GameColony.com. Co-branded ACC/GameColony.com site is now live and linked via cribbage.org home page (ACC@GameColony) to www.gamecolony.com/acc Both ACC and GameColony.com will continue promoting cribbage and have online cribbage games and tournaments offered via their co-branded site. Both free games and games for cash prizes are available.

Are you a social gin rummy player or a budding gin rummy pro? Both land-based and online gin rummy tournaments offer cash prizes to those skillful enough to win! Gin rummy is a great social card game that first appeared in the United States at the beginning of the 1900s. Gin Rummy is now well known throughout the world but it is still especially popular in the United States. Annual land-based Gin Rummy tournaments with considerable cash prizes are held in Las Vegas Riviera Hotel. This year, it is expected that 300-400 of the world's finest gin players will compete for the title. Registration and more information is available at www.ginrummytournaments.com. Ken Chase, the 2005 Gin Rummy Champion, also frequently plays Gin Rummy online at www.GameColony.com (also known as GinColony.com). Another occasional online gin player at GameColony.com -- a famous gin rummy player John Hainline, a president of Gin Rummy Association, who won more than 20 gin rummy tournaments. John Hainline is widely considered to be one of the two or three best players on the planet.

Jan 13 2006 GameColony.com, an online provider of multi-player skill-based tournaments, announced today that its existing line-up of 18 online games is now fully compatible with the latest Mac OS X platform and Apple's Safari browser.

Jan 2 2006 GameColony.com, an online provider of multi-player skill-based tournaments, announced today the newest game addition to its existing cribbage game -- a 5-card cribbage variation Just like other online games at GameColony.com, cribbage can be played for free or for real money prizes. Camecolony.com's main cribbage variation - 6-card cribbage has already proved very popular with online players.