Poker Stars Joins ‘Oceans 13′ for Darfur Charity
The biggest online poker site, Poker Stars has announced that it will make a $1 million donation to the Dafur humanitarian crisis in Africa in support of a major fund raising effort by the stars and cast of the upcoming gambling movie “Ocean’s 13”
The donation will be presented during the Cannes Film Festival in France. Furthermore, Poker Stars has created a series of special events to generate additional contributions for the fund in the coming weeks.
Stars and cast of the latest gambling film will received the million dollar that will help boost to their Not On Our Watch [NOOR] initiative, a non-profit body established by several of the “Ocean’s 13″ principals George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle, together with producer Jerry Weintraub. NOOR was created to aid the victims of the Sudanese conflict.
“We’re thankful for PokerStars’ contribution and their desire to support the cause to help save Darfur,” said Clooney, the Ocean’s 13 headliner. “PokerStars.com has decided to ‘go all in’ for Sudan and we’re grateful for their support, knowing the immense impact these funds will have to provide food, clothing and shelter to women, children and those most in need.”
This is not the first worthy cause the poker site has supported. Previous Poker Stars assistance projects have included Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina relief, the Virginia Tech tragedy, and support of the 2007 Life Ball, a major European fundraiser in the battle against AIDS.
To give its players opportunities to augment the big donation, PokerStars has introduced two “Ocean’s 13 Darfur Charity Tournaments,” which started on May 13 and provided four winners with trips for two to the May 24 film premiere in Cannes.
The second event will start May 27 with similar prizes, but to the US premiere of the movie on June 5 in Los Angeles. A third Stars fundraiser is on the drawing board and as yet no date has been set. This will have a prize of note for poker fans - a poker table cover signed by the top “Ocean’s 13″ stars.
In each of these promotions, PokerStars will match the donations generated by the entry fees to the NOOW fund. Top Poker Stars players including Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, and Joe Hachem will also give donations directly to the NOOW Darfur fund.
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Tags: Poker Stars, Ocean’s 13, George Clooney, Brad Pitt
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