at was the most money u won?..

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  • maqsmj
    maqsmj Posts: 697
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    the only thing i won in my life was a collection of tea and coffee on my company lotto for Christmas presents :'(
  • SweetxCatastrophe
    SweetxCatastrophe Posts: 593 Member
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    $50 on a $3 scratcher
    $247 at a casino (by putting just a 20 in the machine)
    $300 designer denim shopping spree from a magazine sweepstakes (in total, I've won around $600 in goodies from this mag over the past year, and no I won't say which one since I don't want the entry pool to increase :tongue:)
  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
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    Greatest single amount was $100 on a $1 scratcher. Happened about 2-3 times in 10 years. Only play scratchers a couple times a year.

    Greatest "return" was $77 for a 25 cent bingo game. Since I used my own money, my mom let me keep all the money. Don't remember my exact age (single digit) but I remember counting the money (all singles) for 2-3 hours. Organized over and over again by mint letter (e.g. 'E' for Richmond), later by serial #, another time by mint date... I was friggin' obsessed.
    I bought a few token groceries (egg, bread, cold cuts) to surprise Mom. I spent about $30 for a wooden basketball backboard for backyard (fiberglass was better, but would've cost $90). The rest when in the piggy back.

    I remember it like it was... yesterday.... yesterday... yesterday <cue flashback music>
  • ekkand
    ekkand Posts: 592 Member
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    $1000 on a $10 scratcher
  • Cespuglio
    Cespuglio Posts: 385 Member
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    My dad often likes to tell this story as it's his favorite. I was 8 years old and having one of those dreams that caused me to sit up and talk in my sleep (creepy, I know). I startled my parents awake who came to check on me. Apparently, I was arguing with my teacher about the "number 47" that she wanted me to erase from my notebook because it was incorrect. According to my dad, I was insistent and refused to erase this "47" because I was SURE it was right. My dad says he turned to my mom, quirked an eyebrow and suggested they play the number at one of those local bodega lotteries where the main number wins you the most money. Well, it worked. He won $10,000 dollars and we moved apartments and I acquired my NES :bigsmile:
  • ynotcycle
    ynotcycle Posts: 121 Member
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    $180,000
  • aliceb39
    aliceb39 Posts: 84 Member
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    $5,000 in one of those be-the-100th-caller in a national radio contest.
    Also won free airfare to Hawaii from a local baseball team contest. At the time, that was worth about $1,200.
  • gkwatra
    gkwatra Posts: 431 Member
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    $240 at Vegas - Love Wheel-Of-Fortune!

    ETA - My husband and his parents think I'm lucky - I win a lot at these games although not a lot of money. I need to be luckier!!! :wink:
  • plynn54
    plynn54 Posts: 912 Member
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    I won free ice cream for a year when i was younger....probablly the start of my weight problems lol
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
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    I donated $5 to a religious radio station and won $100 in their random raffle drawing plus a tour of the radio station. :)
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
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    I won $2 on a $0.05 wager on a penny poker machine.

    JM
  • tedrickp
    tedrickp Posts: 1,229 Member
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    I bet on sports online...only bet 5-10 bucks a game though.

    I noticed one day they had a casino at the same site I use. I went in it with $20 bucks, played blackjack, a buck a hand for about 34 seconds before I was already down to my last 50 cents.

    So, then navigated to a slot machine on the site, put the 50 cents in...and before I pressed the button, I heard my brother come in so I called him and said "watch me lose my last 50 cents". Pressed it - Hit three red stars (I think) - total payout $690, would have been $2 grand if I had another quarter to "max it out".

    I cashed $600 out of the account instantly (well after a "site review" that took like 20 minutes) and haven't been back in the casino part since.
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
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    I won $150 on a Powerball ticket last year.
    holyrap do u know what the odds of that is!!!!! lol even though it was just 150 on powerball u beat out a load of people!!!!! lol..
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
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    I win lots of things all the time on blog giveaways! This is my latest win: http://www.jlucina.com/push-present/signature-collection/signature-pendant/14k-white-gold

    Wish I knew how to post photo's here?
    u type the url

    to make it work u put [ i m g ] before the url then after u put [ / i m g ] but u make sure there are NO spaces... I added spaces to show u how its done :) easy i learned the other day
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
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    My company had a work outing at the horsetrack one year, gave everybody $20 to play with. I made $120 betting on horses with cool names. Had a nice steak dinner that night!
  • Ninja_Tamia_Woop_Woop
    Ninja_Tamia_Woop_Woop Posts: 139
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    $2,000 on slot machine, $5,000 on same slot machine just after the $2,000
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
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    about $2500 playing blackjack over 12 hours. only reason i stopped was because they stopped serving me alcohol because i was too drunk. when i went to cash out i thought i had won about 500 and was pleasantly surprised when the dealer said the total.
    haha ya i bet u won more but u spent it while u were drunk probably playing more haha!!! thats funny..... even when im to drunk i never get cut off... crazy... lol... that must have been a good thing 4 u then!
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
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    $2,000 on slot machine, $5,000 on same slot machine just after the $2,000
    wow!!!! thats alpt of money!!!! 7000!! ur lucky!!!!! lol... what did u do with the money
  • jesswait
    jesswait Posts: 218 Member
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    This wasn't money, but it's the most valuable thing I've won. I won a set of tickets twice by answering trivia on a theater promoter's facebook page. Once for 'Burn the Floor' and once for 'Avenue Q' they were decent seats both times, so I guess they were worth a few hundred.
  • lovelyMYlovely
    lovelyMYlovely Posts: 1,066 Member
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    My dad often likes to tell this story as it's his favorite. I was 8 years old and having one of those dreams that caused me to sit up and talk in my sleep (creepy, I know). I startled my parents awake who came to check on me. Apparently, I was arguing with my teacher about the "number 47" that she wanted me to erase from my notebook because it was incorrect. According to my dad, I was insistent and refused to erase this "47" because I was SURE it was right. My dad says he turned to my mom, quirked an eyebrow and suggested they play the number at one of those local bodega lotteries where the main number wins you the most money. Well, it worked. He won $10,000 dollars and we moved apartments and I acquired my NES :bigsmile:
    haha!!! this story is cute!!!!!! good job!!!

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