Monday, May 12, 2008

San Manuel Casino Event Raises Big Bucks for Darfur

Hundreds of poker players showed up at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino on May 8 for a tournament to raise funds for and awareness of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, where violence, disease and starvation has claimed at least 400,000 lives since 2003. While tournament players, which included some Hollywood celebs, a few sports stars and pro poker players, were the attention-grabbers, it was the tribe that was the real champion with its $500,000 donation to the cause. All proceeds are going to Ante Up For Africa’s Not On Our Watch Project (NOOW). NOOW, founded by actors George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt, is a non-profit organization that focuses global attention and resources toward putting an end to mass atrocities around the world. The crisis in Darfur is the group’s inaugural campaign.

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  1. In most jurisdictions worldwide, gambling is limited to persons over the age of license 18 or 21 years of age in most of the United States and 16 to 21 in most other countries where casinos are permitted

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