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Nick Leeson plays at CelebrityPoker

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InfoPowa flagged the introduction of the celebrity poker site Celebrity Poker.com earlier this year, and it would appear to be flourishing according to an interview with the BBC by founder David Donavon.

The site was launched in April, and offers online poker players the chance to challenge celebrities who join the site.

Probably the most notorious Celeb is convicted rogue banking trader Nick Leeson, who apparently attracts a lot of questions through the website from people curious about the funds he managed to siphon from Barings Bank.

Donovan counts the signing of Leeson as one of the proudest moments of his career, "....the first has to be our initial celebrity we secured at CelebPoker - who happened to be 'The Rogue Trader', Mr Nick Leeson. Considering he lost GBP 860 million sterling, asking him to play and hoping he doesn't lose our money was quite novel."

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