GoldenPalace.com

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File:Plecturocebus aureipalatii.jpg
The "GoldenPalace.com monkey", which the website bought the naming rights to.

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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.<ref>Jimmy Jump : The World's Greatest Streakers : A Documentary Film by Dan Emery, Mathieu Wacowich, and Jon Deitcher. Streakerfilm.com.</ref>

GoldenPalace.com is also well known for its winning internet auctions, mostly for bizarre items. Notable examples include a $28,000 grilled cheese sandwich purportedly displaying an image of the Virgin Mary,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a $75,100 plastic French fry from a McDonald's Super Bowl commercial,<ref>Fry fetches $75,100. CNN/Money, 18 February 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2006.</ref> a car previously owned by Pope Benedict XVI,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and William Shatner's kidney stone, for which it paid $25,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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, with "aureipalatii" literally translating into "of the golden palace" in Latin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> GoldenPalace.com also paid a woman to permanently tattoo their domain name on her forehead in 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Lester Haines, Online casino tattoos woman's face, July 1, 2005 (The Register)</ref>

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