The Times launches new online share trading game

LONDON – The Times Online, the website for The Times and The Sunday Times, has launched a new six-week online Fantasy Shares game, in association with Comdirect, Europe's biggest online stockbroker.

is free to enter and has prizes on offer from Thomas Cook, including a five-star seven-night holiday for two on the island of Mauritius.

As well as weekly prizes to other destinations such as Monte Carlo and Florida, this year's new syndicate feature allows offices to challenge their colleagues, friends and family in private leagues with the winners picking up a trip for 10 to Amsterdam.

Each portfolio entered will have £1m in fantasy money to play the stock market for six weeks, taking advantage of three trading windows each working day.

The move comes on the back of last month's launch of The Times Online's first brand marketing campaign featuring the strapline "Where it's @ Times Online". The campaign, which is running throughout February, is focusing on three key areas of the : travel, appointments and business.

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