PartyGammon.com Million Tournament

PartyGammon.com Hosts Tournament PartyGammon.com Million at the famous Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in The Bahamas, on January 21st-25th , 2007 and announces the biggest prize pool in the history of backgammon.

In the backgammon tournament will participate players who directly buy-in to the tournament and the other half will be filled by online qualifiers. The location chosen for the tournament is quite familiar for veteran backgammon fans because it was the scene where the World Championships of Backgammon was at its top of popularity between 1975 and 1978, when the legendary Paul Magriel became the leading champion.

The US$500,000 guaranteed first prize of the PartyGammon.com Million is anticipated to go over this year's World Championship top prize five times over! Expected to become the game's most fascinating event, many of the globe's top champions and international celebrities will attend the PartyGammon.com Million, designed to complement the flourishing new era of popularity in the game. The PartyGammon.com Million will be broadcasted at key television networks around the world.

PartyGammon.com spokesman Warren Lush says "The PartyGammon.com Million takes the game to a new level, veteran players and champions will have at last a tournament worthy of their skills and with prize money to match. For new players, they are coming to the game just as it makes a huge leap onto the worldwide stage with this US$1 million televised event."

PartyGammon.com is the latest offering in the PartyGaming Plc's mounting collection of online games, and since its appearance on the gaming arena in June, has quickly moved to become the favorite of online backgammon players. The PartyGammon.com Million will set the new world standard for backgammon tournaments.

The tournament's first prize is a lip smacking US$500,000 while the remaining half million dollars will be dispersed to other finishers in the main and consolation event. Players will arrive on January 21 2007 to a Welcome Cocktail Party, followed by an exciting exhibition match between two former World Champions. The following morning participants and guests will be present at a motivating lecture by a top player, who will also answer questions on game strategy. Beside the Main Event, there will be plenty of side action. The Grand Finale on January 25 2007 will be followed by a Gala Dinner and the Awards Ceremony.

Atlantis Paradise Island is a lavish, exotic and one of the Bahamas' most spectacular resorts, filled with activities sure to thrill and delight everyone. The Island features a 34 acre waterscape, the world's largest outdoor aquarium, 11 exhibit lagoons with over 200 species of tropical fish, cascading waterfalls with a rope suspension bridge, Predator Lagoon with sharks, barracudas and stingrays, including a 100-foot viewing tunnel, and a lazy river ride for rafting.