Golden Palace Online Casino Selling The Pope Mobile

2007 April 02, Elyshia P.

Online casino Golden Palace is selling the car that broke eBay records when it was listed for auction in 2005, the car that once belonged to Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.

Ten millions visitors logged onto the eBay auction page when this car was listed for sale by its owner, Benjamin Halbe. Benjamin likely thought he picked up a real bargain when he bought the car but he only realized the car's true worth when he discovered that the car had previously belonged to Carndinal Josef Ratzinger, who had since been voted Pope by the Cardinals of Rome.

Golden Palace Casino has a long history of buying items which generate public interest as a marketing ploy and were always going to be interested in this auction, eventually winning with a bid of EUR188,938 after a fierce bidding war.

Golden Palace Online Casino has just announced they are re-listing the car on eBay with all proceeds from the sale going to charity, specifically Habitat for Humanity Great Britain.

Golden Palace have been widely criticized for their aggressive marketing stunts, including having someone crash the Olympics closing ceremony stage brandishing their logo, but what many people don't realize about Golden Palace is that they have also generated millions for worthy charities around the world.

The Pope Mobile auction is currently running now on eBay – search for item number 280099096259.