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BackgammonMasters.com recently checked their system for accounts using famous names and found out several players using names such as Prince William, Madonna and Tom Cruise which were all proven to be fake. This drive was caused by a recent incident involving a certain Fouad Mourtada who was sentenced of 3 years imprisonment by the Moroccan government after found guilty of using the name of Moroccan Prince Moulay Rachid for a facebook profile.

Spokesperson for http://www.backgammonmasters.com says, ”We’ve seen a trend in the industry for people to register popular names, as we call them “Gold usernames” such as backgammonking, pokerking, blackjack king and celebrity names which are just as popular. We see people in game forums even buying and selling these usernames. For these people its status, kind of like having a custom license plate. As long as the games are for fun, we are not concerned.”

Mourtada was released after 43 days of serving his term due to a huge pressure coming from petition signers and human rights groups all over the world.

Though popular blackjack and poker game companies like BackgammonMasters.com, a leading online backgammon site sees the players only enjoying the fun money games, they still keep an eye on these type of accounts after the extreme case of Fouad Mourtada involving a major company which is facebook.