Golden Palace WAKE Up! BABIES?

[Casinomeister]

Me thinks they might be having one on us.

I think this may be an attention-getting ruse. Check out the "birth certificate" on the site. It looks like it may have been Photoshopped. Does anyone live in NJ and can verify that this baby was even born and named there? It would have been in the paper and also available via public records.

I'm starting to think it's a load of poo poo.

And if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

[Casinomeister]

The more I look at this, the more I think it's been faked.

It's the x's I think.

I've recreated the image and text (more or less) on a copy. Now I had to rotate "GOLDENPALACEDOTCOM" to line up with the original. I wrote "SILVERMAN" and did the same thing. It was the exact amount of rotation. But when I did the x's, they didn't line up. In fact all three x's are perfectly straight (the x's used in the check boxes). Now I repeated the rotation for an "x" that I placed in the "female" box; note that it looks more natural. Also note that all three original x's are in the exact same position in the boxes. You'd think there is a chance for a slight variation.

Conclusion: the graphic artist rotated the larger text to line up with the lines but didn't rotate the x's.

Some of you graphically inclined people can try this at home

Anyway, I'm not 100% sure, but so far it looks like it may be a fake.

[amandajm]

Hopefully you are right. Hard to keep up with what you mean to be honest, but don't let that surprise you too much heh.

[Webzcas]

Hmmmmm. Interesting, I know a few photoshop experts at 419eater.com , I'll get their opinion.

Still ruse or not, doesn't explain the reaction of Casino Blasters on Cap. GP will remain on my condemned list.

[paul02085]

If the kid is named Golden Palace.com doesnt that mean the parents will save alot of money on diapers?

[deaning]

Claims of charity are just laughable. They have not commented on my offer to auction my anus and tattoo on it the winning bids website. Anything else but a kid at the basis of this and I can assure you I would see the humour in it.

If it is a hoax then funny ha ha...it will have a far greater negative effect, any publicity is good publicity is a bit of a misnomer.

[jetset]

I agree - it would be an extremely hazardous and risky tactic to first of all go this baby-naming route at all or hoax the public. This story has attracted wide mainstream coverage and the result of a hoax would not be pretty.

[Petunia]

** Hmm, i'm starting to think that it might not be a hoax, but a bit of clever market research! If you are looking into doing something like this, you'd want to know how pple would react to this. What the implications are etc.
If not real, then this is a clever little marketing strategy... research and free exposure all rolled into one... come to think of it... It worked up the industry, caused a buzz and of course, give them good clues as to what might happen if they DO proceed with something like this!
or
It could be that someone has a bit of a 'hackle' with them, and are doing them a favour by giving them 'bad' publicity.
or
It is all true, in which case they have succeeded in a marketing strategy (at what cost though - one might wonder) and we won't be too upset at their next 'event' because "At least it is not as bad as naming a child after a casino.)

All in all, very clever. **

[Casinomeister]

There is nothing mentioned about this in the Atlantic City Press. Search results for "Golden Palace" only pulled up an article for Britney Spear's Pregnancy Test eBay auction:

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Kahnawakee nor GP have responded to my inquiries yet.

[Casinomeister]

Star-Ledger - nothing but the Pope-mobile article and cheese sandwich articles

Trenton Times – nothing at all

Jersey Journal – no Pope Mobile, Cheese sandwich, nada.

The Express-Times – nothing.

Contrary to a popular belief, it looks like GP isn’t getting much press at all.

I'm beginning to think this is a crock of poo.