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10November2005Thursday

Golden Palace.com’s Guerilla Marketing Goes Rodzilla

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You may be asking yourself, what’s in the coffin? What’s with the hot chicks in half the slutty witch Halloween costumes? And then you see the Golden Palace.com sticker emblazoned on the side of the coffin and(of course) on the ladies’ chests. Then you realize that the most fantastically tasteless gambling website is sponsoring something. Something big. And then the coffin opens up and it’s…

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Dennis Rodman. Dressed as Beetlejuice. Promoting his new book. Stunning.

Rodman’s Book Signing [Deadspin]

26October2005Wednesday

Golden Palace Hits the Knocked-Up Jackpot

READ MORE: Golden Palace, Online Casinos, Pregnant Ladies

gp-pregnant.jpgUtterly deplorable gambling site Golden Palace has come up with another ridiculous promotional campaign as it’s hired three(desperate)pregnant sisters to tattoo the company’s emblem on their distended bellies:

“Ann Zemen, Amy MacDonald, and Kathleen Van Dyck auctioned their bellies off to the highest eBay bidder, who turned out to be none other than the Internet casino and poker room GoldenPalace.com. The gaming site paid $5000 for the advertising space.

Living close to Raymond James Stadium and the St. Pete Times Forum - home of the Buccaneers and Lightning respectively - the three sisters plan to exhibit their bellies at as many games as possible as part of the auction agreement.

‘We want to corner the market on innovative advertising,’ said GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe. ‘As we have seen with our previous pregnant belly billboards Amber Rainey and Elise Harp, this kind of advertising gets a massive amount of attention. We are pleased with this opportunity to promote our brand as well as help out the mothers-to-be with their future baby expenses.’ “

That tattoo is going to look so sweet once their bellies flap back into place. Especially if any of them have C-sections? That’s straight up gangsta.

Online Casino Scores Hat Trick With Latest Ad Campaign [Online Casino News]

17August2005Wednesday

Golden Palace Duped by eBay Sniper

READ MORE: Ebay, Golden Palace, Online Casinos

A failed shameless self-promotional attempt by online casino huckster Golden Palace.com has sparked investigations into eBay sniping. Golden Palace placed what they thought was a winning bid on an Iraqi candy wrapper stolen from the museum, but it turns out it was just a scam. The Iraqi Museum International monitors all sales of Iraqi artifacts on E-bay in an attempt to get some of the stuff back that was stolen during the looting and revealed the ruse.

Online Casino Falls Victim to E-bay Sniper Trap [PressBooth (via Gamblog)]

12August2005Friday

Oddjack’s Men Of The Week: Take That Golden Palace

READ MORE: Golden Palace, Man Of The Week, Scott Harper

YANKEENET.jpgFollowing the lead of the marketing geniuses at Golden Palace, Nine.com makes the news two days in a row with another gimmick - $5k in scholarship money to the New York moron who jumped from his Yankee Stadium seat into a net “just to see if it would hold.” 18 year-old Scott Harper ended up on a stretcher and in trouble with the law, but five grand is five grand no matter how many bones you break to earn the loot.

His foolish gamble persuaded executives from Nine.com to educate him so he will know how to distinguish the difference between a smart and senseless bet in the future.

“This kid isn’t the brightest, but he’s certainly got a sense of adventure,” said Jack Abrams of Nine.com. “We’d like to see him channel that sense of adventure into something positive; education is the key.”

Congratulations to Jack Abrams and the guys at Nine.com. For your bravado, and willingness to capitalize on the profound stupidity of others, you are our ODDJACK MEN OF THE WEEK.

A stupid human trick in New York? [Kansas City Star]