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Online Casino Gambling News - by Gamblers Lodge
Online Casino Sponsors Charity Football Tour
The latest casino sponsored charity fund raising drive is
the Charity Shootout UK tour, sponsored by Golden Palace
online casino. Set to begin on December 4, 2004 during the
halftime of Aston Villa’s home game against Liverpool, the
proceeds will seek to raise money for charities worldwide,
including the NSPCC, which works to end child cruelty. In
addition, Golden Palace online casino will give away 100,000
pounds to one lucky winner of the shootout contest at the
culmination of the charity drive. The second stop on the tour
is on the very next day – Sunday the 5th – at the
home game of Crystal Palace vs. Charlton Athletic, which also
happens to mark the start of the tour within the London area.
The idea for the charity tour was conceived by the online
casino after it successfully won an eBay auction for the
soccer ball David Beckham fired over the goal during the 2004
Euro playoff game. The casino paid 28,000 euros for the ball,
which it now says it plans to use as a means for raising
charity money. Surprisingly enough, Golden Palace online
casino also purchased the notorious Virgin Mary grilled cheese
sandwich on eBay for a figure of $28,000. It plans to use the
icon to raise money for charity as well.
Throughout the tour, three draw winners will each have a
chance to kick the Beckham ball through a target to win
100,000 pounds in front of a packed stadium and a television
audience exceeding the millions. Golden Palace online casino
hopes the event will draw enough attention to bring in money
for the charity fund raising happening alongside the
competition.
If you are a UK football fan, you should have no trouble
finding out the status of the tour as it continues through the
year. In addition, the online casino news industry will be
following the tour, keeping fans and gamblers abreast of the
shootout’s status.
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