Finally, were up and running-Hurrah For Hollywood.

HollywoodSportsbook · Sep 25, 2003

As of midnight last night our internet site went up. Hopefully this will be a permament solution. We spent a great deal of money hiring the best network people money could buy. Once again we at Hollywood would like to thank all the good people that supported us through this crisis.

[This message was edited by Hollywood Sportsbook on September 25, 2003 at 11:42 AM.]

[This message was edited by Hollywood Sportsbook on September 25, 2003 at 11:42 AM.]

TheGeneral+ · Sep 25, 2003

Glad to hear guys.

All the best

Jazz · Sep 25, 2003

One can only hope other books, even those who paid the ransom money, will follow your example. Hollywood - kudos to you

PanchoSanza · Sep 25, 2003

Its about time.

I think you guys took the right approach by not caving in to theifs.

Dante · Sep 25, 2003

WIL...GREAT job !

IntuitionBET · Sep 25, 2003

Hollywood - Congrats on NOT giving in to those DOS Punks.

Any clue to when these low life creeps are going to be caught?

Do these creeps think that just because online gambling is not legal YET in the U.S. that no law enforcement will go after them?

THE SHRINK · Sep 25, 2003

Angelle · Sep 25, 2003

YAHOO!

bucsfan67 · Sep 25, 2003

CONGRATS WILL.....

GLAD TO SEE YOU ARE BACK UP....

ITS SAYS THE BIGSCORE CONTEST IS NOT AVAILABLE.....IS THAT DOWN WHILE THIS IS GOING ON?

OR ARE YOU STILL DOING IT?

THANKS FOR YOU EFFORTS.....

AND GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND

krackman · Sep 25, 2003

Good deal!

Glaken · Sep 25, 2003

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD

HollywoodSportsbook · Sep 25, 2003

Guys thanks a whole bunch for all the posts of support. They came at times when the feeling of frustration was almost unbearable.

This finally comes after loooooong hours of work, a substantial amount of money invested in technological solutions and lots of team work.

We'd very much like to thank all of you by name, but I'm afraid I might forget somebody in the process and it wouldn't be fair. But we have received a lot of e-mails and phone calls from players just to let us know they were with us through all this shit. From techie guys, who wanted to pitch in with their ideas. From posters who wanted to create a Hollywood fund

. From players signing up with us to show us they were behind our decision of not paying these extortionists.

To all of you, thank you. Sincerely.

And as a little token of our appreciation, we'd like to announce that for this weekend only and for all our esixting post-up customers, we'll be dealing:

All lines for NFL and NCAA foots @ -105

If you've an account with us, you will automatically receive this perk. We hope you guys will enjoy this little perk.

Will
Hollywood International
1-800-220-0002

HollywoodSportsbook · Sep 25, 2003

Almost forgot...

Bucsfan67:

The Big Score Contest will be up and running very soon. We're still working on some little details, my man.

Will

Glaken · Sep 25, 2003

Great job Will

drunkguy · Sep 25, 2003

as usual you guys are a class act. May try to scrape up some money and post up with you guys this week.

Thanks for doing the right thing

IntuitionBET · Sep 25, 2003

Hollywood Sportsbook - any comments on my questions above?

HollywoodSportsbook · Sep 25, 2003

Glacken & Drunkguy:

Thank you very much for the props guys. We're sincerely hoping this will be a permanent solution. One thing is for sure, the extortionists are definitely NOT happy and that might have further implications for us. But we shall see.

Intuition Bet:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Any clue to when these low life creeps are going to be caught?

Do these creeps think that just because online gambling is not legal YET in the U.S. that no law enforcement will go after them?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

We'd be more than glad to answer your questions, my man. But I'm afraid that we might give away the edge we have if we disclose this information in a public forum, as we know for a fact that these guys are reading.

We hope you understand our position.

Will
Hollywood International

IntuitionBET · Sep 25, 2003

Hollywood Sportsbook - Thanks for the reply. I understand and respect your actions. Go get 'em Hollywood!

It's good to know you're on top of the situation.

I have a hunch that there is one particular sportsbook behind this that is funding/supplying these guys with info etc.

Java · Sep 25, 2003

Will-
Hope you catch those bastards. Obviously, you cannot reveal your methods.

Quick question, now that we can access the Hollywood site: is an attack going on at this moment that you are successfully defending?

The reason I ask is because I can't tell if the hackers are taking a break before the weekend or if your new hardware/software/magic_shield is actually stopping an attack already in progress.

I hope that it is the latter. This will generate more confidence that these guys can be thwarted.

I don't consider this information would be a secret, since the hackers know whether or not they are engaged in an attack and even how many machines they are using against your defenses.

monicus · Sep 25, 2003

Hollywood,

I am glad to hear you stood up to those terrorists and didn't cave in even though that certainly was the easy way out. Financially this must have been very painful with little return but you did the right thing in the long run. To help alleviate your financial distress just a bit I would like to sign-up with your book in recognition of your suffering for the good of all of us. I also would like to penalize those who did not fight the good fight in the same motion. My question to you is will be able to process a book-to-book transfer from Pinnacle?

Monicus