Tuesday, January 5, 2010

A Penny Auction with Casino Games

by Amanda Lee on January 5, 2010

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We just stumbled upon  MissPenny.com, “The world’s first fully licensed and regulated Penny Auction!”

The world’s first fully licensed and regulated Penny Auction

Gaming License: http://validate.cyberluck.com/validate/4b2e3f3f-30a4-4e45-8160-14760a00002a

In order for you to be sure that we supply safe, secure and fair auctions and games, Auctionbringer Investments N.V. is the first Penny Auction actor to hold a remote gaming license.

Auctionbringer Investments N.V, a fully owned subsidiary to Auctionbringer Ltd is incorporated in Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles, and conducts business in full compliance with the Netherlands Antilles laws and regulations. Auctionbringer Investments N.V. is licensed and regulated by the Government of Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles.

Hosted by Cyberluck, Curaçao’s premiere Regulating and Gaming Licensing & Hosting provider, Auctionbringer Investments N.V. operates under the gaming license of Cyberluck Curaçao N.V. issued by the Government of the Netherlands Antilles.

The Netherlands Antilles and Curacao are an Overseas Country and Territory of The Kingdom of the Netherlands (an OCT). Curaçao being an OCT of an EU member state, means that all Member States of the European Union are required to abide by the ruling that the internal market should be open for free movement of services.

The effect of which accords any designated entity such as Auctionbringer Investments N.V., operating under the gaming license of an EU-OCT all of the same rights to operate and market to residents of the Regulating State as are enjoyed by the licensees under its own licensing regime “Local Licensee” and such recognition applies for all such services as may be offered, whether or not the Regulating State regulates for the same scope of services or not.”

Number of items offered on MissPenny just today: 28? Including the Trip to the Sun (a sunny destination maybe Greece, Turkey, or Thailand?) $1350 cash, iPhone, $111 cash, a MacBook Pro, HD TV, various gift cards and more!

Number of bidders actively bidding on MissPenny.com: Tons, apparently.

Last 10 bids on the Trip to the Sun:

Time Bidder Price
1/5/10 9:47:52 PM UTC Lena €6.23
1/5/10 9:44:55 PM UTC g-bergman €6.22
1/5/10 9:41:58 PM UTC bikkembergs83 €6.21
1/5/10 9:41:51 PM UTC g-bergman €6.20
1/5/10 9:38:54 PM UTC Fredo €6.19
1/5/10 9:35:56 PM UTC g-bergman €6.18
1/5/10 9:32:59 PM UTC Fredo €6.17
1/5/10 9:30:02 PM UTC maria €6.16
1/5/10 9:27:10 PM UTC Fredo €6.15
1/5/10 9:24:13 PM UTC g-bergman €6.14


Last 10 bids on the $1,350 Cash Auction:

Time Bidder Price
1/5/10 9:49:19 PM UTC bichoonline €11.88
1/5/10 9:46:22 PM UTC jojocat €11.87
1/5/10 9:43:25 PM UTC MUSTAY €11.86
1/5/10 9:42:14 PM UTC olagranstrom €11.85
1/5/10 9:39:17 PM UTC MUSTAY €11.84
1/5/10 9:36:23 PM UTC olagranstrom €11.83
1/5/10 9:33:26 PM UTC bichoonline €11.82
1/5/10 9:30:49 PM UTC maria €11.81
1/5/10 9:27:56 PM UTC jojocat €11.80
1/5/10 9:24:59 PM UTC olagranstrom €11.79

Judging by the number of bidders it looks like MissPenny.com is  pretty popular.

MissPenny.com’s Alexa Ranking: 1,474,429, 9,424 in Sweden. (Alexa numbers are assigned based on traffic/popularity, Facebook’s Alexa ranking is 2.)

It also looks like MissPenny.com is the first penny auction site to combine bid-fee auctions for consumer items with casino games. On MissPenny.com’s penny auction site, users can really gamble on games such as Hunting Season, The Mob, Diamonds and Pearls, not to forget options for Blackjack, Table Games, Video Slots, Video Poker and Roulette.

Internet gambling is currently illegal in the United States.

What do you think of MissPenny.com?

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