Rapid Growth in Poker Reaches Corporate World

Ad agencies and marketing orgs are rewarding customers and motivating employees

RENO, Nev.,(PRWEB) October 26, 2005 -- "There is growing interest in attracting customers and rewarding employees with poker chip sets, playing cards, poker tables all carrying logos or even company colors," according to Joseph Popolo, CEO of Normandy Group, Inc. "The publicity from the World Championship of Poker ™ and the World Poker Tour™ has caused somewhat of a renaissance in poker after being rather dormant for a number of years."

“We've seen corporations like Molsons and Burroughs-Wellcome have us provide logos on everything from poker tables to embossing of poker chips. Customized playing cards have extended production times to meet the demand,” said Popolo. The Normandy Group Inc. provides screen printing of poker tables and Texas Hold’em layouts, and custom playing cards and embossed chips.

The GamblersGifts internet site (www.gamblersgifts.com) was established in early 2002 to provide Las Vegas casino quality gaming products to the home market.. The site grew rapidly as it continued to add products for the "Las Vegas aftermarket." Now over 3 ½ years old, the growth and interest in poker, driven by the interest in televised poker tournaments, has put the Nevada company into the customized poker tables, playing cards and poker chips for use by companies to attract more customers or motivate employees.

About GamblersGifts.com:

GamblersGifts.com is a business unit of the Normandy Group Inc. which is headquartered in Reno, Nevada. The four-year Company markets gaming supplies to the U.S. and Canada. Gamblers Gifts (www.GamblersGifts.com) provides an online shopping website for the sale of poker chips, playing cards, poker tables and hundreds of gaming supplies for the “Las Vegas aftermarket.”

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