The online casino, Backgammon Masters has lead the way in terms of raising donations once again. This time, the site has managed to raise donations that are worth over a million dollars in a bid of helping survivors from the recent Chinese earthquake.

In fact, for every $1 that was donated by the members of the online poker, blackjack and backgammon game operator, the online site Backgammon Master has decided to pledge $45 to the cause.

So throughout the month, the players can donate to the cause by buying tickets for Blackjack and Backgammon tournaments which cost from $4.50 to $200. In addition to this, the players get a chance to compete in tournaments where 100% of the prize money is donated to UNICEF. This is a charitable organization that helps child survivors of the earthquake.

The tournaments on the site will be held throughout the month where players can log onto the online casino whenever they want, and get a chance to play for the cause. It is possible for players to donate the earnings they receive from other online games to the cause by depositing the money in the special donations account that has been set up in the online casinos site cashier.

Though there are other companies supporting this cause, this online casino is offering the highest match rate.

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This is the first time that anyone has amassed a win by losing! Yes, a mid-stakes online poker player who hails from Atlanta, Georgia recorded a great win for herself and others playing similar stakes, just by losing and not winning.

There are some tables offered by Absolute Poker where progressive bad beat jackpots are collected from the rake. So players playing these tables tend to lose with four of kind eights or sometimes by using both their hole cards. This is when the jackpot is unleashed.

This is when BUDYLOVE had lost with four nines to a straight flush of king high. With this, BUDYLOVE won $246K for the beat, while the winner of the pot received $131k. The other players of the hand and those playing same stakes for the lucky table shared more than $100k amongst themselves.

The latest win in the jackpot was a little less than the win of the previous Bad Beat Jackpot world record which was recorded by Absolute Poker the last year. It was in August 2007 that KADI, a player hailing from Australia had lost with a 10-high Straight Flush to a King-high Straight Flush.

With this, a Bad Beat Jackpot of $821,670.69 was released. Till date, Absolute Poker holds the record for the largest Bad Beat Jackpot that has been won in the history of online poker.

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