Probably not, neither can it cure AIDS, Nevertheless, backgammon can, in some roundabout way, promote co-existence between Arab and Jewish children in Israel and treat African HIV carriers.

One to One Children’s Fund had hosted its 9th annual Omar Sharif One to One backgammon and poker charity tournament on the 10th of May in Sketch Restaurant, London in the company of many local celebrities including Take That’s Mark Owen, Radio 1 DJ Colin Murray, Guy Ritchie’s favorite actor Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch) and others. Each participant paid £365 entry fees (the cost of £1 donation a day), while non playing spectators paid only £100 for the company and the champagne and gourmet finger foods.

At the end of the day, the backgammon/poker tournament raised £100,000, which will be split between the Middle East projects, designed to bring closer children of three religions in Israel, and the Africa projects, that provide medical treatment to kids with HIV or AIDS.

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