Gambling In the Vatican

A Popemobile is an informal name for the specially designed motor vehicle used by the Pope during public appearances. As many of you may remember, Pope Benedict XVI used for many years a Volkswagen Golf as his Popemobile, and that's exactly what the Golden Palace Casino is offering these days for auction on eBay. According to the site, all of the proceeds will be going to charity, which only makes the auction much more interesting and important. It had previously bought the car on eBay from German student Benjamin Halbe, 23, in 2005. Halbe himself bought the car for �00 and also kindly donated some of the money he made to charity

As of this moment, the auction has already reached large sums, and it will certainly end up on a nice sum for the chosen charity, Habitat for Humanity, which is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry, founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller. This organization seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. As for the car itself, according to the auction it has over 46,000 miles on the clock and it hasnt been driven since 2005.

Of course this isnt the first time that the Golden Palace carries out elaborate publicity stunts such as this. It's worth while to follow these extremely colorful marketing efforts that never fail including even last year's stunt when the casino bought the football that David Beckham missed a penalty with in Euro 2004 for $35,000. Some years earlier the online casino also ended up buying a grilled-cheese sandwich that contained a resemblance to the Virgin Mary for $28,000. Besides putting for auction interesting artifacts, the site, which exists since 1997, offers his players more than 80 games in 9 different languages, making it a wonderful option for online gamblers worldwide.