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JasonB
Cheryl Baker appears to be hosting tonight.....oh wait, it's Sally Jacks!
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JasonB
And this morning around 10.30am Sally Jacks was on Ideal World selling some pans!
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Tao
I kinda hope Greg Scott turns up on here; or a few other ex-QM presenters. Not likely, but a few familiar faces from that era would be nice. Not just a regurgitation of bid tv presenters (okay, I know Greg, Lee and Tim come under that umbrella, but still..., you know what I mean!)
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Interceptor
I think they need to find more ways of interacting with the audience. QuizMania had the advantage of having everyone call in - perhaps they could invite phone callers to hold after placing a bet and get through to the studio of they win?
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bilky asko
They had a couple of problems last night with the graphics. After bringing up an incorrect graphic, the phone charge notice disappeared from the screen. As a result, Andy Hodgson had to constantly read out the call charges until they could get it on screen in another way.

Addendum to previous post:

Sorry for the double post, but it appears that the Win Cash Live website is down. If only I hadn't withdrawn my money last night, they might have been able to pay the hosting bill.*

*It is entirely possible this is not why the site is down



It appears that the site isn't loading solely on the computer I am using now. I'm no William Squires, but I reckon it's down to a DNS server.
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Tao

It appears that the site isn't loading solely on the computer I am using now. I'm no William Squires, but I reckon it's down to a DNS server.


What a random (and very likely incorrect) theory.

Open up command prompt (start>run>cmd), type: nslookup www.wincashlive.com , and see what's returned. If it's: 212.62.4.133 - then it's not a DNS server problem.

Similarly, visit: https://212.62.4.133 - this will bypass DNS servers completely. (note that as SSL certificates are issued to subdomains/domain names, it might show an SSL error - but it's completely safe to proceed).
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bilky asko
Tao posted:

It appears that the site isn't loading solely on the computer I am using now. I'm no William Squires, but I reckon it's down to a DNS server.


What a random (and very likely incorrect) theory.

Open up command prompt (start>run>cmd), type: nslookup www.wincashlive.com , and see what's returned. If it's: 212.62.4.133 - then it's not a DNS server problem.

Similarly, visit: https://212.62.4.133 - this will bypass DNS servers completely. (note that as SSL certificates are issued to subdomains/domain names, it might show an SSL error - but it's completely safe to proceed).


Whatever the problem was, it has rectified itself between my last post and my reading of your post.

I now go straight to the site, instead of what happened earlier (and a few days ago).

redirected to ……..

123-REG-EXPIRED.CO.UK
18-May-2015 @ 14:01

I did try going to the site using HTTPS just after I made my post, which worked. Using HTTP still seemed not to work.
Last edited by bilky asko on 19 May 2015 11:37am
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bilky asko
Apologies for the double post, but Win Cash Live seems to have livened up a bit last night.

The games are still a little far apart for my liking, though the game to guess who was going to speak first on Big Brother after the break on Channel 5 did spice up proceedings.

It also appears the number of players and winners is up a little; I think it's safe to say he's currently the most popular presenter.





It does seem they have suffered from the odd graphical problem - the first image is the problem I mentioned earlier on this page; the second image was a strange glitch that appeared for a couple of seconds.






8 days later

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bilky asko
More WinCashLive bits...

The length of games is now a lot more flexible. The last game of the night was 90 seconds, for example; two people won on it. Player figures do seem to be up, and there appear to be quite a few regulars turning up now - including one person on Twitter who keeps sending in images of taxidermy.

I'd still wager that the vast majority of customers are ex-Bid viewers, especially with player names like "KettleSeller", "BaconSeller", "RandyHodgson", and "Web Bidder" popping up regularly.

Speaking of ex-Bid, you can tell that the graphics equipment is ex-Bid, as there are some days where the graphics don't key properly (especially noticeable with the shadow under the call costs), as often happened with the old Speed Auction equipment.
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Mouseboy33
Wow amazing.
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bilky asko
Wow amazing.


Yes. It is truly the forefront of gaming television.

10 days later

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bilky asko
I think the serious players/compulsive gamblers have arrived...


The "own games" haven't expanded yet, though the game for guessing what colour the first tie would be on Newsnight was, with the correct combination of bets, a guaranteed profit. So much so, "JeremyCorbyn" gave it a go.



The first image could mean two things - that there are a lot of losing bets being made that you don't get to see, or they're potentially losing quite a bit of cash.

I'm just surprised with the number of people who have actually found the channel, and I do wonder what the long-term plan is. The social media side of it seems to be active a lot more than the current crop of casino channels, so it could make potentially more agreeable viewing than roulette - and get a lot more casual players.

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