Britney Spears' positive pregnancy test has been sold for charity - by an Internet casino website which claims the test was found in the bathroom bin of a Los Angeles hotel where the pop beauty recently stayed.

A spokesman for the online gambling emporium Goldenpalace says Canada's radio station New Hot 89.9 initially purchased the test from a "connection" the station has at the unnamed hotel where the kit was found, reports iMDB.com.

Goldenpalace bosses say they have auctioned the stick she urinated on to confirm her pregnancy suspicions.

The proceeds from the Britney Spears pregnancy kit auction will be donated to US charities The Candlelighter's Childhood Cancer Foundation and The Easter Seal Society, which helps disabled children.

Canadian-based casino Goldenpalace.com is famous for auctioning such dubious items as David Beckham's football ball with which he missed a penalty and Celine Dion's shoes.

Britney Spears, 23, announced last month that she is pregnant with her husband Kevin Federline's baby. 

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