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Last
week one of the famous online casinos on the net announced an
online benefit poker tournament. This tournament will be held
especially to raise money for the many victims of the hurricane
Katrina in
Louisiana.
This online
casinos event is held in cooperation with the Red Cross and all
the money that will be put in by participants of the tournament
will eventually go to the Red Cross.
Calvin Avre,
CEO and original founder of the online casinos company states
that he has great sympathy for all the innocent people that
became a victim of the hurricane and with this event he would
like to help out as much as possible. He claims that online
casinos should take the opportunity to lend a hand.
At the
moment there are thousands of people in the
Gulf Coast
area without power and many without a roof above their head. A
lot of people are re-located at the moment and will be not be
able to go back to their own homes for a long time. Last reports
were that about eighty percent of the city New Orleans is
standing under water. The number of victims of the hurricane
keeps on rising every day. The damage that the hurricane has
done to the area at this moment is estimated at more then $25
billion. People need food, clothes, housing, but above all, lots
of money. One thing is obvious; the people of Louisiana can use
all the help they can get, so the money of the online casinos is
more then welcome.
More online
casinos are giving the helping hand lately, setting up online
tournaments and raising money for the victims of Katrina. It's a
good opportunity for the online casinos to create a more
positive image for themselves, showing the world that they are
on the good side. There are also online casinos who are
donating money out of their prize money, just to show they care.
It is
definitely not the first occasions where online casinos are
setting up charity events, since
the 11th
of September 2001,
many online casinos are into charity tournaments and events.
In July
this year there was another event sponsored by this specific
online casino, set up to support the
U.S.
troops. This online casinos event was held in
Honolulu,
Hawaii,
and was called "Salute the Troops, A Tribute to American
Heroes". It was a celebrity poker tournament with a big music
concert at the end, held for 8,000 military members and their
family members.
This online
casinos tournament will be held from the 8th until
the 12th of September and players from all over the
world can participate.
These
charity events and tournaments that are being held by online
casinos are an interesting trend in the online gaming business.
Supporting charity organizations worldwide is not only helping
the needing, it is also a great marketing tool for the online
casinos, giving them a more respectable image. |