Starting at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm GMT / 8am AEDT today, basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal will be hosting The White House Competitive Gaming Event on Twitch.

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The gaming marathon event is aiming to raise awareness of the importance of healthcare coverage in the US. You can watch on the GetCovered Twitch channel when it begins later today.Twitch partners such as ActaBunniFooFoo, Annemunition, bijoudemi, darkness_429, Elspeth, imcoty, LifeWithLaughs, Okaydrian, and thatchickparker will be streaming games live at the event.There will also be a Street Fighter V Plus, there'll be a Rocket League Pro-Am Showmatch, featuring Fireburner, jacobRL, and sad_junior from the NRG Esports team, being joined by streamer Moses, with commentary from Goldenboy.Earlier this year, the Games Done Quick summer marathon raised over $1 million for charity. Plus, IGN UK's team ran something akin to (but not actually) an actual marathon benefiting SpecialEffect.

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