The NCAA Football 09 $1,000,000 Challenge, sponsored by House-Kidder Entertainment, is a national tournament that gives NCAA Football 09 video gamers the chance to compete against each other in single-elimination competition on the Xbox 360 game system for a shot at a Grand Prize that could be as much as $1,000,000. The actual amount of the prizes will be determined based on the number of participants in the Challenge.

The Official Logo for the Challenge

The inaugural Challenge will be limited to 65,536 participants nationwide and is open to US residents eighteen years of age or older who pay the one hundred fifty dollar entry fee. A portion of the proceeds from the tournament will be donated to Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center located in Memphis, TN, and a second National Charity to be named in the next few weeks.

The Challenge will feature 64 Preliminary Session Tournaments in 32 major metropolitan cities around the United States. Preliminary Session Tournament cities include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia and 26 others. For a complete list of Challenge cities visit the Challenge’s official website at http://www.housekidder.com.

The winner of each Preliminary Session Tournament will win a cash prize and an expense paid 6 day/5 night vacation to Orlando, FL this summer to compete against the other Preliminary Session winners in the Championship Finals. The winner of the Championship Finals will win a Grand Prize that could be as much as $1,000,000 depending on participation in the Challenge.

The Challenge is now accepting entries and registration will remain open until April 5, 2009. Actual Tournament Sites, Dates, and the Prize Package amounts will be announced on the Challenge’s Official Website no later than April 11, 2009.

When asked why they are sponsoring the Challenge, Jon House, Tournament Organizer, said "We thought that this would be a fun way to raise money for Le Bonheur’s. Plus, it would be cool for the winner of the Challenge to be able to tell their parent’s ’See, I wasn’t wasting all that time playing video games!’"

For additional information about the NCAA Football 09 $1,000,000 Challenge please contact Jon House or visit the Challenge’s official website at http://www.housekidder.com. EA Sports, Electronic Arts, Xbox and Microsoft have no Involvement, Participation or Sponsorship of the NCAA Football 09 $1,000,000 Challenge.