For immediate release
Vienna/Canberra, 5 March 2010

Casino Canberra is delighted to announced that it will be hosting a major ANZPT poker tournament over the long weekend from 11-14 June 2010 that will carry a prize pool of around AU$500,000. The PokerStars.net ANZPT Canberra tournament is part of the very successful Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) and is expected to attract over 200 players from around the region.

This is the first time the ANZPT has come to Australia’s capital, and Peter Cursley, Director of Marketing at Casino Canberra, believes that the tournament will give a great boost to poker in the region. He also anticipates that many of the region’s poker clubs will buy seats in the ANZPT Canberra to use as prizes in their own club tournaments.

In the run-up to the event, Casino Canberra will itself run weekly tournaments each Thursday at 7.30pm from 25 February until 20 May 2010. The winners of these satellite tournaments will also have the chance to win a seat in the main event.

The buy-in for the ANZPT Canberra main event is AU$ 2,200, while the buy-in for the satellite tournaments is AU$ 120.

For more information, go to ANZPT Canberra 2010.

About Casino Canberra
Casino Canberra is located on the eastern side of Canberra’s CBD in beautiful Glebe Park adjacent to the National Convention Centre. The world-class gaming and entertainment on offer at the casino includes an extensive selection of popular casino games, three welcoming bars and the renowned The Grill Brasserie restaurant overlooking the park. Casino Canberra prides itself on being the “heart and the soul of the city” and is known for its good corporate citizenship and support for the community. Since opening in 1992, Casino Canberra has contributed over AU$ 235 million to the ACT Government, trained nearly 3,000 staff and welcomed over 8 million visitors.

About ANZPT
ANZPT is part of the PokerStars series of tournaments which includes the European Poker Tour (EPT), the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). Each tour stops at the world’s most exclusive destinations to play for huge prize pools, giving players the ultimate live poker experience. For further information, go to www.anzpt.com.

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For further information please contact:

Peter Cursley
Director of Marketing
Casino Canberra Limited
21 Binara Street, Canberra
Phone: +61 2 6257 7074
casino@casinocanberra.com.au
www.casinocanberra.com.au