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Golden Palace Gets a Leg Up in Latest eBay Auction

In a recent auction Golden Palace won advertising space on a young woman’s cleavage. Always looking to strike a balance in its strategy, the marketing innovator has now won the right to advertise on a model’s leg.

The online casino’s win will get them advertising on one of Florida’s heavily crowded beaches for at least one hour a day — every day — for 30 days! The seller, Debra, has got it all: beauty and brains. How else could she manage to get paid to work on her tan while hanging out at the beach?

Golden Palace Casino does it again! Look for a gorgeous hand-painted leg at a beach near you.

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Winner of Presidential Election goes to Space

ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA, NOVEMBER 2, 2004 - The President George Bush and Senator John Kerry one-of-a-kind Cabbage Patch Kids have been purchased on eBay ($1,030 for President Bush, and $1,225 for Senator Kerry) by Internet casino GoldenPalace.com, who will send the winning candidate's doll into Space in the upcoming launch of the Ansari X Prize Wild Fire spacecraft.



The dolls were hand-crafted by Florida-based Play Along Toys, and bear a remarkable likeness to the candidates. Play Along has said that all proceeds from the auction will benefit the Red Cross. The toy company also agreed to match the winning bids up to $10,000.

'We are pleased to have the opportunity to raise funds for such a needy cause,' said GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe. 'With the recent hurricane-caused disasters in Florida, the Red Cross needs all the help and funding they can get and we're happy to do our part.'

GoldenPalace.com recently made headlines with the announcement of the Golden Palace Space Program, powered by the daVinci Project. The program will launch a spaceship to sub-orbital space as part of the Ansari X Prize Competition; the winning candidate's doll will be part of this historic flight.


Other recent eBay purchases to raise money for charity were the Ellen DeGeneres Cabbage Patch Kid and the 'Beckham Ball'. These two items will accompany the winning candidate's doll into Space in order to increase their value, and they will subsequently be used to raise even more money for charity.

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Golden Palace Buys Evil Kermit

The eBay auction header says it all:

“Evil Kermit Needs a New Home- Fraternity or Mob House. He drinks, parties, plays with knives…A BAD INFLUENCE!!”

That was all the incentive GoldenPalace.com needed to take possession of Evil Kermit from the family that claims the stuffed frog has terrorized them -- that and the fact that the Kermit doll’s auction page received over 57,000 hits since being posted. For whatever reason, people seem to be fascinated with the idea of an evil, sentient, stuffed Kermit doll. The casino bought Kermit for $192.50.

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Internet Casino Buys $16,000 Hockey Mask For Charity

ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA, NOVEMBER 15, 2004 - In the recent Hockey Hall of Fame auction held on NHL.com, Internet casino GoldenPalace.com was the winning bidder for the Don Cherry One-of-a-Kind Goalie Mask paying $16,010, making it the world's most expensive goalie mask.

The revenue generated by these masks will be directed to 'Shoot for a Cure', a hockey-focused fund-raising campaign for spinal cord research. Its goal is to raise awareness of spinal cord injuries in hockey as well as promoting prevention of hockey-related spinal cord injuries. It started as a specific campaign of the Canadian Spinal Research Organization (CSRO) in 1999 and is focused on and led by the hockey community.

Outspoken, outrageous, and at times outlandish--Cherry has been called many things during his 24 years with Canadian network CBC's Hockey Night in Canada, but he's never been accused of being at a loss for words.

'I don't have any hobbies,' says Cherry. 'I don't golf. I don't fish. I don't have any other interests in life except hockey.'

A front-runner in the CBC 'Greatest Canadian' contest, Cherry painted the goalie mask with help from his daughter. As a player and then a coach in the NHL, Cherry has now parlayed his broadcast success into a line of popular videos, a chain of restaurants, a syndicated radio show and lucrative endorsements.

At a time when hockey is at a standstill due to a lockout, GoldenPalace.com is bringing some good news and some good will to the sport.

'We are pleased to contribute to the Shoot for a Cure campaign,' said GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe. 'We are hoping that this will be a step forward for the sport as well as help raise awareness for Spinal Cord Research.'

The online casino recently made headlines when they purchased the ball the David Beckham sent sailing over the goal in the Euro 2004 tournament, as well as one-of-a-kind Cabbage Patch Kids resembling talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres, President George W. Bush, and Senator John Kerry on eBay. All items have since been used to raise over $200,000 for various charities.

This marks GoldenPalace.com as the first online casino to be in the Hockey Hall of Fame, where the mask will remain on display until April 1, 2005.

For more information, go to www.ShootForACure.org.

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Ellen DeGeneres' Kid Goes to Space


ST. JOHNS, Antigua, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ellen DeGeneres one-of-a-kind Cabbage Patch Kid will be launched into outer space, courtesy of GoldenPalace.com.

In an ongoing effort to raise funds for charity, GoldenPalace.com purchased the doll at an eBay auction that ended this afternoon, benefiting The American Red Cross and Noah's Wish.

GoldenPalace.com recently made headlines with the announcement of the Golden Palace Space Program, powered by the daVinci Project. The program will launch a spaceship to sub-orbital space as part of the Ansari X Prize Competition; the doll will be part of this historic flight. Accompanying the doll will be the 'Beckham Ball', another GoldenPalace.com eBay win which has been used worldwide to raise funds for charitable organizations.

Even though the X Prize has been claimed, GoldenPalace.com will launch in an effort to raise funding and bring awareness to the charities and space travel. The cyber casino plans to raise even more for the charities when they re-sell the doll after its journey into space.

Cabbage Patch Ellen is a hand-made 16' Kid that has been customized to capture the essence of Ellen DeGeneres, the well-known comedian and talk-show host. The Kid's outfit includes: A hand tailored suit out of fine Italian wool, custom made shirt with fine pink pearl buttons, signature boxer shorts, trendy shoes, diamond necklace, Timex watch and a 'Dory' (from 'Finding Nemo') doll. The hair has been hand styled and specially designed to capture Ellen's own hair style.

To commemorate this event, GoldenPalace.com will design and supply this first commercial space tourist with her very own space suit.

GoldenPalace.com has made contributions to help: find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis, The Retired Boxers Foundation, support a neo-natal hospital for children, and fund schooling for children.

The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund -- Enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to disaster victims nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.redcross.org.

Noah's Wish -- A non-profit, animal welfare organization. For more information, visit http://www.noahswish.com.

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Beckham Ball Scores For Charity

September 5, 2004, Warsaw, POLAND -- Only a few weeks ago, GoldenPalaceCasino made headlines worldwide by winning the eBay auction for The Beckham Ball, and announcing plans to use The Ball to raise money for charities worldwide.

The online casino has already launched the first phase of The Ball's tour around the globe, helping to raise approximately $160,000 for charity at a Polish football match last Friday. And further post-event activity is likely bringing this sum even higher!

The Ball was famously sent rocketing over the crossbar by David Beckham during England's playoff loss in the Euro 2004 tournament, dashing the country's hopes of winning a world title. It landed in the arms of a fan who auctioned it on eBay. The Ball was eventually purchased by GoldenPalace.com for €28,000.00 (approx. USD $35,000).



The online casino is raising money for charity by allowing people worldwide the opportunity to do what Beckham couldn't; score a goal in penalty shoot-out style competitions.

TVN Poland, one of the bigger commercial stations in the country, set up a charity football promotion which included the entertaining Beckham Ball Shoot-Out to raise money for the University Hospital for Children, in Krakow.

The match involved the two best Polish football teams, Warsaw Legia and Wisla Krakow. The Ball was used at the start of the match for about five minutes before it was substituted with a replacement ball. The Golden Palace Beckham Ball Shoot-Out took place during the halftime intermission of the match, which had been heavily promoted over the past week throughout Poland.

In order to enter the penalty shoot-out style competition, participants sent a SMS text message, which was charged the equivalent of $0.25 cents per call. The money generated by the SMS messaging will be given to charity. Three of the entrants were selected to take part in the penalty shoot-out. Some 300,000 SMS calls were recorded in support of the event.



Poland's population of over 38 million greeted the contest with phenomenal public response. The stadium was a complete sell-out, making Friday’s event an overwhelming success. A young polish man, a 'soccer novice', won the penalty shoot-out which was broadcast live on Polish television countrywide. During the post-event reception, Golden Palace CEO Richard Rowe presented the charity with a cheque for an additional $25,000, and was clearly delighted with The Ball’s tour lift off. Hospital director, Maciej Kowalczyk, personally thanked Rowe for the contribution. Kowalczyk was overwhelmed, as this was the very first time a commercial company has made a personal contribution to his hospital.



Subsequent stops on The Ball's tour schedule include a similar penalty shoot-out style event in the UK. It will then travel across the Atlantic to Canada where it will soar 100 kilometers above the earth into sub-orbital Space. The spaceflight is part of the Ansari X Prize competition. GoldenPalace.com provided the necessary funding to complete The GoldenPalace.com Space Program: powered by the da Vinci Project.



'We're very excited about bringing The Ball on tour around the world, especially our trip into Space,' said Rowe. 'We would like to continue raising significant sums of money for charity, as we have been doing for quite some time with other promotions.'

The final match score was 4:0 to Warsaw Legia.

Press Contact:

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Shoe Shopping For Breast Cancer Research



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Internet Casino Goes Shoe Shopping For Breast Cancer Research

ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA, NOVEMBER 1, 2004 - Internet casino GoldenPalace.com went on a shopping spree this weekend at the online Stuart Weitzman Celebrity Shoe Auction for Breast Cancer Research, purchasing shoes decorated by: Celine Dion, Hilary Duff, Destiny's Child, Jessica Simpson, Cher, 50 Cent, Queen Latifah, Pink, Peter Frampton, Alicia Keys, and Macy Gray.

The music stars put their own personal touch on each of the shoes such as rap artist 50 Cent's white and pink crystals on a gray pump along with a 50-cent piece affixed at the heel, and Queen Latifah's regal pump in bright magenta, with a crown adorning the toe.

The total amount spent by GoldenPalace.com to buy the shoes was just over $18,000, with all proceeds going to fund Breast Cancer research in the hopes of advancing treatment and finding a cure for the deadly disease.

The online casino recently made headlines when they purchased the Beckham Ball and the Ellen DeGeneres one-of-a-kind Cabbage Patch Kid through eBay. Both items have since been used to raise over $200,000 for various charities.

In order to increase the value of the items, which will be used to make even more money for charity, GoldenPalace.com intends to send the shoes into space along with the other items they have bought through auctions. As part of the Ansari X Prize, GoldenPalace.com has sponsored the da Vinci Project which will send a commercial spacecraft into sub-orbital space.

'We are pleased to have helped contribute to this cause and hopefully this will be a step forward in finding a cure,' said GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe. 'We intend to use these items to raise even more money for charity in the near future.'

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GoldenPalace.com Buys Authentic Titanic Artifact For $10,000



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ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA, NOVEMBER 21, 2004 - An authentic plate from the doomed ship Titanic has been sold on eBay, through DoorToDoorAuctions.com, for $10,000 USD to GoldenPalace.com, the Internet casino that recently made headlines when it bought the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich and the Ghost Cane from the online auction site.

The seller Jay Sherman, a homeless man with no money or computer skills, inherited the plate from his great aunt Eva, and sold it on eBay through intermediary DoorToDoorAuctions.com, an easy full-service online auction solution that helps sellers use the eBay auction system.

In a scenario right out of a Hollywood movie, Eva Freada Husted was heading back to the United States after she and her husband were visiting England in 1912. The ship she ended up on was none other than the ill-fated Titanic. Marveling at the beauty of the ship, she decided to take a china plate with her as a keepsake and hid it in her coat pocket. On April 15, when the ship was sinking and she was running to the lifeboats, she grabbed her coat and luckily escaped with her life. She later discovered that she escaped with a piece of history as well.

Accompanying the plate is a letter dated February 23, 2004 and signed by Denys Rusatmov, the Marketing Director of the Pirkenhammer Porcelain Company. In that document, he states unequivocally that the plate up for auction was manufactured by Pirkenhammer specifically for the Titanic porcelain plate set in 1911. The plates produced for the Titanic were not sold on the open market. The only place this Blackberry plate could be found by the public was in the 2nd class staterooms of the Titanic.

GoldenPalace.com has become familiar with eBay auctions lately, having recently purchased several items that have since been used to raise over $300,000 for charity including the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich, the Ghost Cane, and the ball that David Beckham kicked over the goal in the Euro 2004 tournament.

We are very excited by this purchase,said GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe. This plate truly is a piece of history, as the sinking of the Titanic is one of the most famous events of the last century. We are also very pleased that the money from this purchase will greatly help Mr. Sherman.

We are very pleased to have united Mr. Sherman with GoldenPalace.com through ebay,states Scott Hunter, DoorToDoorAuctions.com. Hopefully, Mr. Sherman will be able to replace rags with these riches and get a new start on life.

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First Ghost Sold on eBay – GoldenPalace.Com Buys Another Paranormal Item

ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA, DECEMBER 6, 2004 -- GoldenPalace.com, the online casino that recently bought the immensely popular Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich, has just bought another paranormal item on eBay, a haunted walking cane for an unbelievable $65,000.

The seller claims that the ghost of her dead father manifests the cane and has scared her five-year-old son repeatedly. The seller’s father died recently after battling lung cancer for over a year. He died peacefully in his sleep but the child claims to have been visited repeatedly by his apparition. In life, the deceased used the walking cane to tap the child when he was misbehaving.

“This is a fascinating situation, as the seller honestly believes in the supernatural nature of this item,” said Richard Rowe, CEO of GoldenPalace.com. “We felt that this would be an incredible opportunity to show the world the cane and let people decide for themselves. We also hope the seller’s family can now finally be at peace and we wish them all the best.”

GoldenPalace.com made headlines just last week when they purchased the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich from Florida’s Diana Duyser. The ten-year-old, remarkably mold-free sandwich bears the image of a woman’s face that many people see as being the blessed virgin. The casino is currently taking the sandwich on tour across the southern US to Las Vegas.

GoldenPalace.com has become familiar with online auctions, having recently purchased several items and using them to generate over $300,000 for various charities including raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis, The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, Noah's Wish, and the Shoot for a Cure foundation for spinal cord research.

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GoldenPalace.com Buys Autographed Celebrity Staplers In Online Auction For Charity

ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA, DECEMBER 6, 2004 -- Online casino GoldenPalace.com has purchased staplers autographed by Paris Hilton, Bill Gates, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Donald Trump, and NFL Quarterback Tom Brady, as part of the 'Staplers of the Stars' online charity auction created by Staples.

The money from the auction-approximately $12,000 total-will go to charities designated by the celebrities including City of Hope, Global Green, the Harlem Boys Choir, and Staples Foundation for Learning.

'We've made it easy to get a truly unique holiday gift for someone while supporting a charitable cause,' said Shira Goodman, executive vice president of marketing for Staples. 'We're grateful to all the stars who donated their signatures to make this fun and successful.'

GoldenPalace.com has become familiar with online auctions, having recently purchased several items and using them to raise over $300,000 for various charities including raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis, The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, Noah's Wish, and the Shoot for a Cure foundation for spinal cord research.

'This is another great opportunity to help out various deserving charities,' said Richard Rowe, CEO of GoldenPalace.com. 'We are happy to be a part of the Staplers of the Stars online charity auction and we will continue to do our best to give back to the community.'