Obama ‘s Convention Speech Becomes a Fund-Raising Game

“Jobless,” “broken,” and, of course, “change.” Based on which of those — and hundreds of other — words Barack Obama uses during his speech to the Democratic National Convention tomorrow night, a charity could stand to win thousands of dollars.

Two Denver businessmen have created an online bingo game for philanthropic convention watchers. Participants pay $10 for a bingo card that includes squares listing words from Mr. Obama’s speeches. They also choose their favorite charity from a list of 581 groups.

The Web site will capture Mr. Obama’s speech and match the words to the playing cards. The first bingo card to capture five squares in a row will be declared the winner, and money raised from sales of the cards will go to a charity chosen by the winner.

All of the money the game raises will go to the charitable organization, according to the http://obama-bingo Web site.

“With enough visibility driving traffic to Obama-Bingo.com, tens of thousands of dollars could be donated to one of the selected charitable organizations,” said Jaxon Repp, who developed the game. “It’s our hope that Obama supporters will participate in the game and do some good in the world at the same time.”