Who Said The Online Casino Gambling Industry Had No Heart?
Published: Friday, January 14, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
WHO SAID THE ONLINE CASINO GAMBLING INDUSTRY HAD NO HEART?
Vegas Partners Lounge group joins fund raising for tsunami survivors
The Vegas Partner Lounge online casino group has joined the growing list of Internet betting operations trying to help the victims of the SE Asian tsunami disaster.
The group is donating 25 percent of online casino profits on two of their most popular games to help the stricken areas.
For one week all seven Vegas Partner Lounge online casinos (Crazy Vegas, Sun Vegas, Cinema, 777 Dragon, Maple, Casino US and Arthurian Casinos) will donate 25 percent of online casino profits on two of their games: Double Magic and Hi Five, to UNICEF, earmarked specifically for the disaster region.
UNICEF has already targeted the worst hit areas and distributed planeloads of supplies to affected families. The organisation is reportedly aiming to raise $81 million to cover the cost of basic care.
Meanwhile, the Casinomeister and Got2Bet advertising space auction in aid of the disaster passed bidding levels of $59 000 as online casino and poker companies vied for top spot.
On the sportsbook front Beton Sports.com showed its caring side as CEO David Carruthers announced that the company would match every customer dollar donated to the UNICEF Relief Fund for Tsunami Survivors. The book started the ball rolling with a $25 000 donation of its own.
The similar Pokerstars.com initiative we reported last week has reportedly raised well over $150 000 which will shortly be handed over to the Red Cross, we understand, and popular e-cash processor Neteller has set up a donations facility on its site for the same organisation.
Hollywood Poker.com is hosting a Tsunami Relief Tournament on January 25 and will match every dollar in the prizepool in a donation to the Red Cross Tsunami Fund - movie celebrity James Woods will be just one of a number of star personalities at the tables, pulling the players in.
