| Online Casino Lucky Nugget - Online Casinos Lend a Helping Hand19 Jan 2005
The tsunami disaster has unified the countries around the world in their efforts to assist the South-East Asia. This has been a source of inspiration for online casinos, which have decided to lend a helping hand. The industry has been one the success stories in recent years, and this made two highly respected gaming portals and consumer watchdogs, Casino Meister and Got2Bet, realise they were in a unique position to raise some serious money for the relief effort . Last week,
Operators of the two online casinos respectively, Bryan Bailey and Ted Loh, joined forces and decided to auction off a prime advertising banner spot on each of their sites. The highest bidder, they said, would get to own the coveted banner spots for twelve months and 100% of the proceeds will go to the tsunami fund. The auction prompted a frenzy of bidding from the industry big hitters and within minutes of launching, bids had reached $20,000. When the auction closed one week later, the total stood at a staggering $111,000, with popular site Inter Casino and its sister casino VIP Casino taking the top spot.
Casino Manager at Inter Casino, Ryan Hartley, said: Were really pleased that weve won the bid and we hope the money weve pledged will make a difference to peoples lives. UNICEF does such an important job around the world. The auction was a great idea and we hope that it will inspire our players to get out there and give them support .CasinoMeister Bryan Bailey said the success of the auction surpassed his wildest dreams. Im absolutely excited and enthused .We raised more than I ever expected and its all going to such an important cause. UNICEF has been tireless in fundraising and delivering relief to all areas affected by the disaster, and helping children all over the world.
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