Kathryn McDonald claims victory in the $500,000 National
TournEvent of Champions® Championship. The 2015
National TournEvent of Champions campaign announces a $1.3 million purse.
Company Website:
http://www.tourneventofchampions.com/
LAS VEGAS -- (Business Wire)
An eventful evening at the XS Nightclub inside Wynn Las Vegas on October
1 saw Multimedia Games (NASDAQ: MGAM) crowning the new National
TournEvent of Champions® victor, the announcement of a $1
million grand prize for the 2015 TournEvent of Champions Championship,
and $30,000 awarded to various charities.
In the marquee event, Kathryn McDonald, representing the Snoqualmie
Casino in Snoqualmie, Wash. prevailed over 122 other top tournament
slots players in a loud and intense competition to become the 2014
National Champion in the National TournEvent of Champions. McDonald
walked away with an exquisite champion’s ring and a $200,000 winner’s
check.
In a day that kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, McDonald, a
two-time breast cancer survivor was all smiles as she celebrated her
victory with a crowd of well-wishers.
“My husband keeps trying to give me strategy,” she said, “but I told him
I would win by having fun, and I did. I’m just so happy.”
The National TournEvent of Champions finals pitted 123 finalists
representing 103 casinos from around the country in a high-energy battle
for tournament slots supremacy that started with qualifying TournEvents
as early as April of this year.
“Our casino partners all across the country did a great job at hosting
the qualifier events throughout the summer,” said Patrick Ramsey, Multimedia
Games® CEO. “And all the competitors here tonight for the
finals represented their casinos with fierce competitiveness, showcasing
the intensity of TournEvent. Our congratulations go out to Kathryn for
her exciting victory.”
Although just in its third year, the National TournEvent of Champions
has exploded in popularity and virtually doubled in size each year. And
2015 promises to do the same with an announced $1 million dollar grand
prize for a total purse of $1.3 million.
“The success of TournEvent of Champions really belongs to the casinos
running events throughout the year,” said Ramsey. “The format of the
event adds undeniable electricity to the casino floor, and the casinos
along with our promotions team, do a great job of drawing in big crowds
to compete — many of them competing for the very first time.”
Earlier in the evening, Multimedia Games kicked off the championships
with its first-ever TournEvent for Charity™ event in which a mix of
celebrities, and local and industry media members squared off on behalf
of their favorite charities. In the end, JC Fernandez of KMXB Mix 94.1
claimed victory and the $10,000 winner’s check for the Shine Family
Foundation. The remaining charities were winners in their own right,
sharing in the $20,000 total contribution made by Multimedia Games.
Planning for the 2015 TournEvent for Charity is already underway as
Multimedia Games aims to make the event an annual kickoff for the
National TournEvent of Champions finals. Starting next year, Multimedia
Games will partner with Save
A Warrior — a program dedicated to healing US veterans struggling to
cope with life after returning home from the battlefield — to make the
organization the charity of choice for Multimedia Games and TournEvent
for Charity. Multimedia Games capped the announcement with a $10,000
donation to Save A Warrior.
“Save A Warrior is honored, humbled and thrilled to be named Multimedia
Games’ national charity of choice,” said Ronald ‘Jake’ Clark, Creator
and Executive Director for Save A Warrior. “This charitable donation
only serves to make us seek to work harder, and to serve more active
duty and returning Warriors at risk for PTSD-related suicide. We are
immensely grateful for this benevolent partnership that will save lives
and will cause military families to stay together.”
About Multimedia Games Holding Company, Inc.
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Multimedia Games, Inc., Multimedia
Games Holding Company, Inc. ("Multimedia Games") develops and
distributes gaming technology. The company is a creator and supplier of
comprehensive systems, content and electronic gaming units for Native
American and commercial casinos. Revenue is derived from gaming units in
operation on revenue-sharing arrangements as well as from the sale of
gaming units and systems that feature proprietary game content and game
themes licensed from others. Multimedia Games also supplies the central
determinant system for the video lottery terminals ("VLTs") installed at
racetracks in the State of New York. The company was recently listed as
one of Fortune’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies of 2014. Please
visit www.multimediagames.com,
twitter.com/MultimediaGames
or facebook.com/MultimediaGames,
where Multimedia Games discloses important information about the
company, its sales, and its business.
About the National TournEvent of Champions
The National TournEvent of Champions is a collaboration between
Multimedia Games and top casinos across the country to bring
unprecedented competition, intensity and glory to the casino floor
through a national slot tournament, crowning the only Slot Tournament
National Champion. The first National TournEvent of Champions took place
in 2013 with 88 players, representing 77 casinos competing for the
national title and $100,000 grand prize. The 2014 National TournEvent of
Champions finals hosted 123 players, representing 103 casinos for a
chance at $500,000 in total prize money, including a National Champion’s
share of $200,000.
Contacts:
for Multimedia Games
Bonnie Caver, 512-832-8588
bonnie@caverpr.com
Source: Multimedia Games Holding Company, Inc.
© 2024 Canjex Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.