Monday, March 06, 2006

DailyNewsTranscript.com - Local / Regional News: Cashing in when the chips are down: Charities, nonprofits ride the wave of poker popularity to raise

DailyNewsTranscript.com - Local / Regional News: Cashing in when the chips are down: Charities, nonprofits ride the wave of poker popularity to raise money: "When parents of young football players and cheerleaders in Marlborough realized they desperately needed cash for equipment this fall, they bypassed bake sales and turned to the latest craze in fundraising: Texas Hold’em poker.
None of organizers of the Marlborough American Youth Football league is a poker aficionado, however, so the group looked to a new breed of businesses that have sprung up to serve this exploding market: charity poker experts.
They found Dan Brown’s Bay State Poker business while flipping through the pages of a newspaper. "

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