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VIPCasino’s $111,000 Bid for Tsunami Relief

VIPCasino.com win charity auction for a very important cause

Tuesday 25th January 2005

Inspired by the enormous worldwide humanitarian response to the tsunami disaster in South-East Asia, the online casino industry has been galvanized into lending their support. The industry has been one the success stories in recent years, and rising from this is two highly respected gaming portals and consumer watchdogs, CasinoMeister and Got2Bet.com.

Last week, Bryan Bailey and Ted Loh, operators of the two sites respectively, 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 VIPCasino (www.vipcasino.com), and its sister site InterCasino.com (www.intercasino.com), taking the top spot.

Casino Manager, Kate Berkeley, says the casino was spurred on to win the bid by the company philosophy: “VIP has always been about treating people well, and so I really hope that our donation can make a significant difference to people’s lives. This auction just goes to show that there are so many ways of raising money and that anyone can do it. We urge everyone to get behind UNICEF and the tsunami appeal in whatever way they can.”

'I am personally humbled and thrilled at the size of the donation that VIPCasino is making to UNICEF,' said Loh. 'It is wonderful to know that so many people will be helped by this sizable donation.'

UNICEF has been tireless in fundraising and delivering relief to all areas affected by the disaster as well as helping children all over the world.

For more information contact:

Kate Berkeley

VIP Casino Manager

www.vipcasino.com

casinomanager@vipcasino.com

support@vipcasino.com

USA & Canada: (+1) 866-578-8338

England: (+44) 0800-587-4039

International (national code) + 00 800 587 4039

Press Contact:

Lyceum Media

info@lyceummedia.com

+44 (0) 207 828 6988

Note to Editors:

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