Florida resident Diane Duyser's prized possession was a 10-year old toasted cheese sandwich that amazingly never decayed and, even more remarkably,bore an 'image' of the Virgin Mary.
In November 2004, Diane decided to cash in on her sacred snack by auctioning it online. By the time her unlikely auction closed the listing had received over 1.7 million hits. The winning bidder, online casino GoldenPalace.com, paid US$28,000,(£19,000) for the sandwich. Mind you it could afford to after that twat of a Nebraskan dropped $70,000,000!
I take back what I said a few posts ago about the £3,000 brick. Now, where did I put that cheese?
If there was a prize for the biggest gambling debts, Terrance Watanabe would be a clear winner. At the casino tables of Las Vegas, however, he was quite the opposite, racking up £77million of debts in an astonishing year-long losing streak.
Now the 52-year-old Nebraskan - who made his money by selling his father's toy import firm - faces criminal charges over nonpayment of his debts. Throughout 2007, Watanabe, 52, practically lived at the two casinos, betting a stunning total of $825million (£500m) His playing was so bad that in 2007, Watanabe lost £3million in one 24-hour binge.
Watanabe's paid over £70 million but is being sued for the additional £7 million, but he says he WAS DRUNK AT THE TIME in contravention of GAMING RULES!
FUCK ME, I once lost £100 playing three card brag and I DIDN'T SLEEP FOR A WEEK!