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*On [[July 22|22 July]], [[2004]], GoldenPalace won its first bid, buying a [[David Beckham]] missed [[penalty kick]] ball for €28,050.
*On [[March 3|3 March]], [[2005]], they paid $650,000 for the naming rights of a recently discovered monkey species. The [[GoldenPalace.com Monkey]] was officially named ''Callicebus aureipalatii'', "aureipalatii" literally translating into "Of the golden palace".
*On [[March 30|30 March]], [[2005]], the casino paid Terri Iligan $15,199 to change her name to "goldenpalace.com".
*On [[May 5|5 May]], [[2005]], it paid €188,938.88 ($244,524.73) to German student Benjamin Halbe for a [[Volkswagen|VW]] Golf car which formerly belonged to [[Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger]], now better known as [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. With over 8.5 million visitors, the auction became the most often viewed auction on eBay.de.<ref>[http://www.presseportal.de/story.htx?nr=676375&ressort=1 PressPortal.de]</ref>
*On [[June 30|30 June]], [[2005]], Karolyne Smith sold the right to permanently tattoo their [[domain name]] on her forehead for $15,000 US. <ref>Lester Haines, [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/01/casino_tattoos_womans_face/ Online casino tattoos woman's face], [[1 July]] 2005 ([[The Register]])</ref>
*On [[September 27]], [[2005]], they paid [[NASCAR]] driver [[Robby Gordon]] $51,000 for a helmet which he had thrown at rival [[Michael Waltrip]] during a race. Gordon donated the proceeds to a relief fund for employees of [[Harrah's]] - one of Gordon's sponsors - who had been displaced by [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>[http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/drivers/news/rgordon.html]</ref>
*On [[January 18]], [[2004]], [[Richard Rowe]], CEO of Golden Palace.com, bought a 1994 toasted cheese sandwich with [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Mary]]'s image on the [[eBay]] auction website for $28,000. [[Florida]] resident, Diane Duyser stated that "the sandwich has never gone mouldy since she made it 10 years ago." Duyser claimed the [[sandwich]] gave her [[mystic]] luck - including a $70,000 win at a Florida casino.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4034787.stm news.bbc.co.uk, 'Virgin Mary' toast fetches $28,000]</ref>
*On [[January 16]], [[2006]] , [[Boston Legal]] actor [[William Shatner]] sold his kidney stone to GoldenPalace.com and raised money from other Boston Legal actors and bought a home for a Hurricane Katrina victim<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181962,00.html</ref>.
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