Olympian Received Sponsorship From Online Poker Room

During the ad campaign for the 2012 London Olympic bid, young British gymnast Ben Brown garnered plenty of attention from the depiction of him jumping over a building. When the funding to sponsor Brown’s training ran out, it seemed that the young gymnast would not make the 2012 Olympics. He appeared on radio ads describing his plight, which caught the attention of online poker room King Solomon.

Now young Brown will have the money he needs to continue training, and the better he does, the more money King Solomon will foot - a bit of added incentive, if Olympic gold was not enough…

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Mon, April 17th, 2006

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