Online Casino Buys Naughty Kids' Gifts

Mon Dec 27, 8:44 AM ET
- AP

HOUSTON - An online casino that bought a cheese sandwich said to bear the Virgin Mary's image and a cane sold to banish a young boy's fear of ghosts has struck again — this time paying a man $5,300 for his naughty children's Christmas gifts.

The Pasadena man said last week that he decided to auction the three Nintendo DS game systems because his sons, ages 9, 11, and 15, had misbehaved.

The family's decision made national headlines, intriguing GoldenPalace.com, casino spokesman Monty Kerr said.

"Everybody knows Santa doesn't come to naughty kids," Kerr said Sunday.

The Antigua-based casino agreed to bid on the game systems as long the family promised to donate the proceeds to charity, he said. The family told him it will buy a new heater for its church and do other renovations.

The casino plans to donate the game systems to a needy Houston family, Kerr said.

The father, who has been identified only by his eBay seller name magumbo_2000, could not be reached for comment.

The casino has paid about $108,000 for eBay oddities in just more than a month.

This place clearly has quality money-management skill. Remind me to trust them with large payouts.

Idiots. This guys are like the stories of dot-com wonders gone broke.

very funny and sad at the same time

They have money, they can buy stuff off ebay but takes weeks to pay casino customers.:WTF:

Not to mention the fact that they need 4 forms of ID, a fbi backround check, and retna scan to process your cashout.

Damian- Is this true? They have so much money it's sick and they slow pay?They spent a million bucks just on boxers backs last year.

monty kerr sounds like a retard. he definatly isnt french.

Yes its true krackman, and baseball guys is correct, then sometimes they act like it lost. I believe they in the top 500 sites and they can pay out 5 fig quick for bull crap, but take two weeks to pay there casino clients.