One of the oldest online poker rooms has announced it is giving away free merchandise as prizes to customers for gambling on its site.

PlatinumPoker.com said that players are randomly selected every day to win 500 Chip PlatinumPoker poker chip sets, luxurious combed cotton long sleeve VIP shirts emblazoned with the now famous PlatinumPoker logo, sweatshirts, t-shirts and logo playing cards.

The only requirement for entry into the draw is that customers must be playing at a real money table or tournament at PlatinumPoker.com.

PlatinumPoker said that every Wednesday night there is a free stuff freeroll where the winner will walk away with some premium prizes, such as Laptop Computers, iPods, WSOP Super Satellites, $3 million in monthly guaranteed tournaments and FreeRolls and a new VIP programme are also among the prizes.

Michael Kogan, the spokesperson for PlatinumPoker, said: "There are many places to play poker on the internet so PlatinumPoker makes it a point to distinguish itself from the others by showing its appreciation to its many loyal players."