MA. State Treasurer Backs Celebrity Calamity Tournament

September 14, 2010

Massachusetts State Treasurer (and gubernatorial candidate) Tim Cahill, and the Doorways to Dreams Fund, have teamed up for the Celebrity Calamity video game tournament. The Celebrity Calamity tournament is a statewide financial entertainment game competition for residents of the Bay State.

Celebrity Calamity is a casual game that teaches financial literacy. Players become the business manager for three celebrities (an actor, an athlete, and a musician) who spend beyond their means. Players must effectively use a bank account, debit card, and credit card to be successful as well.

During the tournament, players earn points that qualify them for a chance to win gift cards being given away weekly. The highest scoring player during the tournament period (September 1 - 30) receives an Apple iPad and recognition on October 9 at the Boston Money Conference.

The Financial Education Department, a program of the State Treasurer's office, funds the tournament. Treasurer Cahill oversees the Treasury's Financial Education Department, which sponsors a variety of activities related to financial literacy in the state.

The non-profit D2D Fund is a national organization whose mission statement is to expand access to financial services for financially vulnerable families.

You can sign up at www.masscontest.financialentertainment.org. You have to be a resident of Massachusetts to enter the tournament.

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Re: MA. State Treasurer Backs Celebrity Calamity Tournament

Submitted by lordlundar on Tue, 09/14/2010 - 18:25.

Bah! If they don't give me a clue by four to knock some sense into them, then there goes my strategy.

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CMiner: Oh, I agree that the decision to make the kinect mandatory/always listening is terrible.06/18/2013 - 11:48am

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