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BackgammonMasters recently hosted a Backgammon freeroll tournament in honor of the UEFA Champions League Final. The freeroll tournament was held online at http://www.backgammonmasters.com after the game in Russia, along with a private party in Moscow City.
The UEFA Championship Final was between Alex Ferguson's Manchester United and Avram Grant's Chelsea (owned by the Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovitz) and the game was estimated as having a worldwide viewership of over 35 million. BackgammonMasters knows that many viewers will be sitting at home after the game on their computers looking at live interviews and stats on their favorite teams. BackgammonMasters also aimed for participation in their post game 5K freeroll in the spirit of healthy competition and championship skill games. A spokesperson for BackgammonMasters said, "We find that we have a huge increase of traffic to the site after big sporting events in Europe because people are at home and they are already in game mode, and our site is the place where they come to release post game tensions and basically have some competitive fun." It seems like BackgammonMasters will offer more interesting freeroll tournaments in the future. So the next time a huge sporting event is on, get your game on and be ready for some exciting events courtesy of BackgammonMasters! Best of luck, The PokerNews Team Related articles
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