Auction Game Background Page
Welcome to the auction game. Here's the situation: Your brother, Billy, needs an operation to save him from an otherwise painful and prolonged death. Unfortunately, the family has no insurance and the operation costs more money than the family can afford. You are trying to raise money to help the family. However, you only have two dollars, and your were just laid-off from your job. You decide to go to your local church because they have options that seems like it might let you win enough money using only your two dollars. The church hosts an auction game called "the dollar auction." In the dollar auction the church has no stake--it merely runs the game. Instead of gambling, you bid against strangers in an auction for a cash sum. When you click on the next link below, you will be taken to the auction page where you will anonymously bid against other players in auctions to try and raise money for Billy. Your goal is to parlay your two dollars into a large sum for Billy. Follow the instructions, and thanks for playing. Click next.