Rodman won on eBay

Andrew Edwards

Somebody won a trip to Las Vegas with Huntington Beach resident

Dennis Rodman, but as of this week, the winner’s real name was not

released.

An eBay auction to spend a weekend in Las Vegas with Rodman ended

shortly after 8 p.m. last Thursday, a bidder identified only as

cj2anywhere ended up on top of the pile with a $13,800 bid.

He, or she, has six months to claim the prize, Rodman publicist

Shannon Barr said.

If all goes to plan, 100% of the money cj2anywhere bid will be

donated to charity efforts, most to relief efforts related to the

South Asian tsunami disaster and 10% slated to be given to the

Generation Gametime Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit that

enlists retired athletes to promote study and physical fitness in

schools.

Rodman’s agent, Darren Prince, said he had relayed bidding updates

to the former rebounding champion throughout the 10-day auction.

Prince said Rodman was satisfied with the outcome, though he would

have welcomed more cash for charities.

“It went pretty good,” Prince said. “We were hoping for a little

more money.”

The person behind the cj2anywhere moniker won an all-expense paid

trip to Sin City, where the winner and a guest will receive $5,000 in

cash and Rodman’s company for two nights. The cash value of the

vacation is about $10,000, said Drew Black, marketing director for

GoldenPalace.com, an Internet casino that sponsored the auction.

The winner will likely have a memorable time hanging out with a

known party animal, Black said.

“I’m sure that’s something someone will have to tell to friends

and family for years,” he said.

GoldenPalace.com, which Black said will pay for the prize, is

known for marketing antics that are about as wild as Rodman’s image.

The GoldenPalace.com website boasts pictures of streakers who have

disrupted sporting events including the Olympics and Super Bowl with

the casino’s web address painted on their bodies.

The auction was not Rodman’s first charitable activity with

GoldenPalace.com or tsunami relief. In July, Rodman ran with the

bulls at Pamplona, Spain in an effort that garnered about $50,000 for

multiple sclerosis research.

Last month, the Burbank Leader, a sister paper to the Independent,

reported that Rodman donated an autographed Chicago Bulls jersey,

along with the wedding veil and gloves he wore during a 1996

publicity stunt, to an auction that would raise money for

tsunami-related aid.