Published: Friday, July 29, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
MAJOR SKILL GAMING TOURNAMENT PLANNED
16 000 players to vie for GBP 10 000 grand prize
Starting last Friday, one of the top providers of skill gaming, GameAccount is offering a online tournament of note to players across 130 countries.
Claimed as the world's largest Solitaire tournament, with a grand prize of GBP10,000 attracting an estimated 16,000 players, the competition format is 14 rounds of the popular card game 'Pyramid Panic.'
With minimum outlay and a good chance of reward, the skill gameing tournament has a GBP 1 for each entry. Players may enter as many times as they may wish to improve their chances. The tournament is structured to offer ever increasing prizes with each round, and players have to beat 14 opponents to win the grand prize.
Kevin O'Neal, Marketing Director at Game Account, the skill gaming tournament is just the beginning of a significant campaign to take the skill games market to new heights.
"We intend to make remote skill gaming the new poker" said O'Neal. "By the end of the year we plan to launch the first GBP 100,000 skill gaming tournament, which will generate attention and boost the position of skill games in the online sector."
Skill gaming has been rapidly maturing in player size, revenues and cash prizes over the last 3 years; GameAccount paid out over GBP 1 million in cash winnings in June this year alone. The pioneering skill gaming provider has reported that next generation games and knockout tournaments are increasing average stakes and lifetime customer value.