Today we're talking with Rockerbear of Lansing, MI, who on May 28th became our first Quick-Draw Poker 2009 jackpot winner! 

What does her member name mean? And what did it feel like to claim the crown of the first Quick-Draw Poker winner? Read on...

What will you spend your winnings on?
I will probably take the winnings to have a casino day--or save it until I can afford one.

What do you do for a living?
I am a young retiree who will probably have to go back to work. The best thing about my situation is being able to be a Grandmother to my grand kids all of the time!

If you were stranded on a desert island what three items would you bring with you?
I would bring some books, a computer and a camera.

What did it feel like to become the first Quick-Draw Poker jackpot winner?
Unbelievable! I was a fan of the old version of Quick-Draw Poker and was anxious for it to start. I was so excited when I found out one of my favorite games on Gamesville had been turned into a free game for cash prizes!

What does your Gamesville member name mean?
It is my Pomeranian dog's name--his name is Rocker and when he was a puppy and would stand up on two legs and looked like a little bear.

What game would you like to see Gamesville make next?
Maybe a new slot game and go back to smaller cash drawings so more people can win.

What do you think of the new Quick-Draw Poker?
Bingo was my first love here at Gamesville and now it's grown into cards games. I really like the new Quick-Draw Poker and now play that even more than your bingo games.

Thanks, Rockerbear - and congratulations once again on your win!

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 delightful note from "Charity!"...

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Hey Charity!

Thanks for writing us! We're actually in tip top health and really enjoying the New England weather that this time of year brings. We're happy you're on the site as evidenced by you checking out our "profile" (I'm assuming you mean my Gamesville profile). What do you think of the site? What is your favorite game so far?

Anyways, what's your VERY important news? Does it have to do with our new game Quick-Draw Poker? Or is it maybe a thought about our new monthly sweepstakes? Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Best,

- Oh! Ryan Kelley
Gamesville Community Manager

Have some funny spam mail? Share it with the Gamesville community!

Forward terrible spam messages to: members@gamesville.com

In addition to your spammed message, please be sure to include:

• Your Gamesville member name
• Your response to the spammer
  

If we publish your mail in our "GV Spam Bag" we'll give you 5,000 GV Rewards. Submit your spam today!

Today we had another BIG jackpot win by Yankeewoman of Lewistown, PA, who won $378 in CatchUp CoverAll. And the payouts continued to rage on this weekend in Quick-Draw Poker, as FOUR more lucky Gamesvillers took home cold, hard cash!

Congratulations to: Wishing2win, Turtlepopper, Dreamingwolf333, breezy888, and all this weekend's lucky winners!

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A woman in California tried to sue PepsiCo recently because she was led to believe that Cap'n Crunch's Crunchberries contained actual berries. The U.S. District Court judge had to inform her of the sad truth before dismissing the case. Read the full story here...

The action at Quick-Draw Poker continues fast and furious! A few short hours ago, Amandarenee21 scored a DOUBLE JACKPOT--and took home $132 in cold, hard cash!

Congratulations, Amandarenee21--and gaga2222hehe, pukinbuzzard, smiles2u2day, and all this week’s lucky Quick-Draw Poker winners!

Remember: You can’t get massively multiplayer video poker for real cash prizes ANYWHERE but Gamesville. So what are you waiting for? Play the all-new Quick-Draw Poker today!

Gamesville Community Manager Ryan Kelley presenting Sharon with her check

Armed with a giant novelty check and some special treats (including a live check for $4,999), we knocked on Sharon's door. Sharon met us with her mother (Gamesviller Ms-dee58) and was delighted to chat for a bit about her win and pose for some photos.

Our lucky winner Sharnlee222 and her mom Ms-dee58

Gamesville: Sharon, congratulations on the big win! What was it like when you realized you won?
The 'jackpot!' screen came up and I was completely shocked! The whole chat room was going nuts and congratulated me. Some GV friends that were playing in other rooms even came into my regular chat room to say congratulations. It was all very special.

How will you spend your winnings?
I'm about to go deposit this in the bank and do a little shopping for myself. Both of my children have birthdays in June and July so I'm sure I'll spend some on that. My mother and I are also planning a trip to Vegas in this fall so I'll save some to spend on that as well.

An ecstatic Sharon will be depositing her real check for $4,999 soon

What do you do for a living?
Full-time mom, part-time cashier for a local grocery store. Sometimes it provides a vacation away from the kids.

Are you a morning person or a night person?
Definitely a night person. I work 'til midnight most days, come home and unwind with Gamesville.

What adjective would a close friend use to describe you?
Shy at first. Fun. And a workaholic!

What game would you like to see Gamesville make next?
I'm loving the new Quick-Draw Poker right now and would love to see more card games and even more word or puzzle games. I'm really into gaining GV rewards and new badges and wish there were more more ways to earn GVs!

Thanks for being such a great sport Sharon -- and congratulations again on your win!

Two weeks ago we previewed a BIG update to the Gamesville homepage. Today the new Gamesville homepage has finally arrived!

The all-new design includes some enhanced social features such as the ability to see which games your friends are currently playing and the Top 5 Games ranked by jackpot payout as soon as you login.

Like it? Love it? Questions about it? Check out the new homepage and let us know your thoughts in the comments!

In all the excitement and WINNING in the web's latest poker craze (that'd be Quick-Draw Poker, for the uninitiated, natch) -- we'd be completely remiss if we didn't mention all the other lucky members in other games winning cash left and right. So without further ado...

Last week we announced another BIG jackpot win by Mommabear292 of Hellertown, PA, who won $413 in CatchUp CoverAll. What we neglected to mention was there were four other Lucky Ball winners who took home cold hard cash as a result of Mommabear292's jackpot. Congratulations to our four Lucky Ball winners: Grand1111, Ungracefullyaging, Mountaingal3, Momof2jocks.

And who could forget...

We're not through with the celebrations just yet! Because another BIG congratulations are due to Azngrl0813 of Azusa, CA who joined the party last week and took home a cool $4,275 in Magic 21!

But that's not all!

One more BIG congratulations to Kimprice8 of Clanton, AL, who won our super hot Nintendo Wii Console with a brand new Wii Fit in last month's GV Rewards Sweepstakes!

Congratulations to these folks--and all our lucky winners--in the month of May!

Please note: Gamesville will be offline for a few minutes this afternoon as we perform routine maintence. The outage should last only about five minutes. Thank you for your patience, and see you back in the games shortly.

Sincerely,
Chris Cummings
Manager, Gamesville.com

UPDATE - 12:05PM

The site is back online and games are now available to play.

The cards in Quick-Draw Poker are ON FIRE! Since Rockerbear's $200 DOUBLE JACKPOT WIN last week, THREE MORE poker players scored some fast money in Quick-Draw Poker! Congratulations to:

Gumby427 won $63 on Sunday

Masteroanh won $76 on Saturday

Quick-Draw Poker is fun, free, and fast--just the way we like 'em. And if you go Gold, you get larger chat and automatic double jackpots!

Either way--don't leave this red hot action on the table! Try your hand at Quick-Draw Poker today!