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Video Game Tournament Charity Benefit

United We Game will be holding a Video Game Tournament and Charity Benefit New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Play time begins at 2 p.m. New Year's Eve and lasts until 3 a.m., while the tournament begins at noon New Year's Day and lasts til midnight.

Tournements will be held for Call of Duty Black Ops, Halo Reach and Madden NFL 11. A total of $2,500 in case will be given away to winners, and there will be hourly raffles where gamers can snag Nintendo Wii's, iPod Touch's and flat-screen HD TV's. Food and drinks will be provided for particpants. Free t-shirts are also available for participants.

A $100 entry fee is required to participate in the tournament and to be eligible for giveaways, a portion of which will be donated to a local charity.

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