founded 1997 website goldenpalace.com goldenpalace.com is an online casino that operates under a license granted by ciga cura ao internet gaming association . they are well known for their publicity stunts . they are also known for large bonuses that had to be wagered up to fifty times before claiming . on several occasions this led to controversy when the site refused to pay players seen to be only playing in order to claim the free money and not for the entertainment value . one key incident led to the site s former software provider microgaming terminating their agreement . 1 2 this led goldenpalace and its sister casinos to move to rival playtech software in 2003 . starting with december 2013 golden palace has moved to igsonline for both gaming solution and affiliate platform . contents 1 promotions 2 bids at internet auctions 3 notes 4 external links promotions edit the casino has paid many boxers to wear temporary tattoos on their backs promoting the site . goldenpalace.com has also been accused of far more disruptive ambush marketing stunts . the casino sponsored serial streaker mark roberts in several of his escapades including his performances at the 2003 uefa cup final and super bowl xxxviii in 2004 ; at both events he wore a temporary goldenpalace.com tattoo . 3 individuals sporting temporary tattoos for the casino have also disrupted other sporting events including the 2004 summer olympics and the 2006 winter olympics . famed free climber alain robert also wore such a tattoo when he climbed the sydney harbour bridge in 2003 . in equally controversial acts it sponsored both roberts who was fully clothed and former nba star dennis rodman s participation in the 2004 running of the bulls as a fundraiser for multiple sclerosis charities . it also has sponsored several competitive eaters and competitive eating competitions one of which was profiled on the a & e tv show airline a grilled cheese sandwich eating contest likely referring to a sandwich with the image of the virgin mary that the casino purchased . it also sponsored the da vinci project s attempt to fly a reusable manned spacecraft for the ansari x prize and was the cash prize sponsor on the surreal life fame games . bids at internet auctions edit goldenpalace.com is also well known for its winning internet auctions mostly for bizarre items . for example on july 22 2004 goldenpalace won its first bid buying a david beckham missed penalty kick ball for 28 050 . on november 23 2004 the site paid 28 000 for a grilled cheese sandwich purportedly displaying an image of the virgin mary . 4 on march 3 2005 they paid 650 000 for the naming rights of the recently discovered madidi titi monkey . the goldenpalace.com monkey was officially named callicebus aureipalatii aureipalatii literally translating into of the golden palace . on march 30 2005 the casino paid terri iligan 15 199 to change her name to goldenpalace.com . on may 5 2005 it paid 188 938.88 244 524.73 to german student benjamin halbe for a volkswagen golf car which formerly belonged to cardinal joseph ratzinger now better known as pope emeritus benedict xvi . with over 8.5 million visitors the auction became the most often viewed auction on ebay.de . 5 on june 30 2005 karolyne smith sold the right to permanently tattoo their domain name on her forehead for 10 000 6 or 15 000 . 7 in 2006 it paid 25 000 for william shatner s kidney stone . 8 notes edit wizardofodds . wizardofodds june 8 2000 . winneronline . winneronline november 17 2000 . jimmy jump the world s greatest streakers a documentary film by dan emery mathieu wacowich and jon deitcher . streakerfilm.com . virgin mary toast fetches 28 000 . bbc news . november 23 2004 . pope s old car makes more than 128 000 on ebay . the guardian . the guardian . retrieved 22 august 2014 . http deseretnews.com article 1 5143 600145187 00.html lester haines online casino tattoos woman s face july 1 2005 the register william shatner january 20 2006 . getting stoned . william shatner . retrieved february 5 2007 . external links edit goldenpalace.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title goldenpalace.com & oldid 729943774 categories gambling websiteshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse mdy dates from september 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 july 2016 at 17 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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