Charity Kudos To Poker Provider Excapsa

Published: Monday, November 28, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

CHARITY KUDOS TO ONLINE POKER PROVIDER EXCAPSA

Online poker provider supports worthy causes

Kudos to online poker provider Excapsa, which has made facilities and software available to a new initiative designed to use the popularity of online poker to generate charitable funds.

Benefit Poker.org, recently became the first non-profit organisation formed to use online gambling to raise funds for the needy or ill.

Charities that register with the site face no financial risk by having a tournament on the site, and Benefit Poker reports that groups are lining up to get economic support that they might not otherwise have received. Over 80 percent of all funds generated during online poker tournaments at the sikte are donated directly to charities.

Benefit Poker's executive director, Michael Perrier believes that the site will have an impact on the charities involved and on the lives of people in need.

"Many charities are faced with significant coasts and risks when putting together fundraising efforts. Whether the client is a charity that wants to run a tournament using their donor lists or a corporation that would like to offer its employees the opportunity to raise funds in a unique and interesting way, BenefitPoker.org provides an online venue for fundraising with little cost associated," he says.

Excapsa Software Inc. is providing assistance with the project. The Toronto-based company has generously donated the online poker software used by BenefitPoker.org, which joins the growing network that currently boasts around 1.5 million active players.

According to Excapsa's CEO Jim Ryan, the move is the company's way of giving needy charities relief. "We are proud to be able to include this site among our poker network and educate the online poker community about their many fundraising efforts. Excapsa has always been committed to giving back to our communities and have run many charity events for many causes."

Readers interesed in running an online poker tournament for charity, can make arrangements at info@benefitpoker.org