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15 January 2006
888 Online Casino To Sponsor
World Snooker Championship
Snooker's
World Championship has a new sponsor after the sport's
governing body signed a lucrative multi-million pound
deal.
World
Snooker have
announced a new five-year deal with Online
Casino and poker
company 888,
with a view to the agreement being extended in the
future.
The news comes on the back
of a new sponsor for the Masters, which began on Sunday at
the Wembley
Conference Centre.
SAGA Insurance came in at the 11th hour to back the game's
most prestigious invitation event.
But with a sponsor secured
for the World Championship, the final of which attracted
7.8million television viewers last year, the future of
snooker looks healthy.
It is hoped both new deals
will help attract sponsors for future events, and in
addition help the growth of the sport worldwide.
It is also hoped that
there will be an increase in prize money next season, and
even more ranking events in the near future.
Embassy sponsored the
World Championship for 30 years, before being forced to
withdraw their support following legislation which banned
tobacco advertising.
However, World Snooker
have worked tirelessly to secure 888 as the World
Championship title sponsor, an agreement welcomed by
chairman Sir Rodney Walker.
"This new sponsorship deal
is very exciting and significant for World Snooker," said
Walker. "The World Championship is one of the highlights of
the sporting year and I'm delighted to welcome, what I
believe will be, another successful sponsorship partnership.
We have agreed a multi-million partnership with 888 and are
looking forward to establishing a long and prosperous
partnership. This agreement marks a milestone in snooker in
the UK and comes at the end of nine good months for the
sport. We've announced a good profit, signed a five-year
deal for television coverage with the BBC, and 2006 will see
us open our first snooker academy, to be based at the
English Institute of Sport in Sheffield."
John Anderson, 888's chief
executive, has also welcomed the new deal. "We feel the
sport has tremendous opportunities," he said. "I am
personally delighted and it's an amazing opportunity to get
into something big. We're looking forward to developing a
beneficial and successful relationship."
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