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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC™) Prizes Now Available on Zen Gaming Network

Experiential Prizes, Tickets VIP Passes, The Octagon BookTM and more up for grabs
New Game Software, New Partners, Increased Cash and Prizes Announced


Las Vegas, NV (October 19, 2009) Zen Gaming, LLC. The parent company of The National League of Poker (www.nlop.com) casual gaming portal announced a new series of prize tournaments that will be starting October 21st, 2009.  The Zen Gaming Network has become one of the fastest growing casual gaming sites on the Internet and now reaches over 100,000 monthly users, and continues to add well-known brands to its stable of partners.

“We are pleased that UFC has extended their relationship with us,” said Mark Brown CEO of Zen Gaming. “ Just recently UFC announced their network affiliation with us with the launch of the UFC.com Poker room (www.ufc.com/poker). With these tournaments players that register with UFC and players that are part of the Zen Gaming network will all have access to this expanded prize pool offering”. This further extends our position as the #1 free-to-play site for US-legal online poker.

“We have been impressed with what the Zen Gaming Network brings us in terms of brand extension,” stated Dana White, President of UFC. “ Their network is one-of-a-kind and allows us to interact with our constituency through casual gaming in a new and interactive way”. “ We are excited to provide the public with the opportunity to compete and win in-event packages and experiential prizes that are priceless---in a fun and free casual gaming environment.” I look forward to the battles in the UFC Poker OctagonTM and meeting the winners at our live UFC events

Starting October 21th, players on the network can play for cash and prizes that include TapoutTM merchandise, UFC Tickets and airfare, the limited edition UFC OctagonTM book, UFCstore.com gift certificates, 1-year UFC Fight Club memberships, and more. 

“The Zen Network continues to solidify its position as the place to play compelling online poker tournaments with no financial risk”, said Vincent Zaldivar, President of Zen Gaming  “Adding another new partner like UFC and increasing the available prize on the network, furthers our goal to become the largest poker-centric free casual gaming portal.



ABOUT Zen Gaming

www.zengaming.com
www.nlop.com

The National League of Poker is a wholly owned division of Zen Gaming. Zen is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, and also has offices in Framingham, MA. Zen provides legal, free-to-play online gaming through it NLOP division and compliments that with proprietary poker games offered through its New Poker division. New Poker already has had two new poker games approved by the Nevada Gaming commission and are ‘on-the-felt’ in multiple Nevada-based casinos. Zen enables companies looking to open new revenue streams to leverage their proprietary technologies and offer MMOG contests on a turnkey and outsourced basis or to connect with their NLOP.com social gaming community on a co-branded basis.


Contact Information:
Michael Clebnik
COO, Zen Gaming
1-508-405-2224 ext 224
michael@zengaming.com