Have you won anything lately? Or ever? (Page 1 of 2)

We had a rather surreal night at the bingo hall several years back. I won $1199 on one game and shortly after that my wife won $1199 on another game. About 30 minutes later we played a progressive jackpot bingo game called "Poker Ball." They put 4 extra balls in the hopper for that game, one for each suit of cards. Each one of these 4 "suited" balls corresponds with one of the rows on your bingo card, ie: Spades for the B row, Hearts for the I row, etc. If a ball comes out for one of the rows, and on the next ball you bingo in that row, you win the progressive. Let's just say I'll never forget seeing B-11 pop up. It was good for $54,000.

My first time in a casino, I hit 4 deuces on a "Deuces Wild" video poker machine.
It was 7AM, and I was sitting at the bar, drinking coffee and waiting for the guys I traveled with.
Lights were flashing and bells were going off...I had to check the pay scale a few times to make sure I was seeing it correctly...$1000! I was playing a $1 machine.
Later that weekend, I won $250 hitting 4 deuces on a quarter machine.

Beginner's luck??

Our rod and reel club has a raffle every month at our meetings with about $1000 retail on the table consisting of nice reels, rods, and assorted tackle. I get $20 in tickets each month while others get as much as $100 or more. I win so often it has become a running joke. I've accumulated over $25K worth of winnings. My garage is full of very nice rods and reels. This is expensive deep water big fish gear. Two speed reels, custom rods, the works.  I'm so far ahead it is sick.
Rick

Congrats - well deserved - can i believe that ? ..... yes i can

As for me.... yes, i've won stuff in the past - but nothing i want to shout about here.

I have been to a casino exactly once in my life, Gulfport MS I think. Got up early about $170 and frittered it away but came home with $60 net winnings. I never win anything, but this one time the casino lost.

Tomorrow a friend of mine is playing in a "head-cutting" guitar contest to win his son a Vinnie Moore signature Dean guitar. I will be filming it and I'll post a link tomorrow and let everyone know how it turns out.

Aside from the obvious winnings (online and live, well into 6 figures) associated with my screen name Ive won:

$20,000 slot jackpot that was immediately reinvested in a $10k poker buy in (and taxes, ugh)
$10,000 blackjack win, starting with $25 bets, and a good thing because I left my wife's garment bag home and had to pay Vegas prices for substitutes.
A trip to Toronto/Niagara area with tickets to Dallas/Buffalo Stanley Cup Finals and a video camera.
The hearts of many wonderful people.   "Ohhhhh What a Lucky Man....."

LOL Jane! ...that cheered me up! ...if you ever do realise i'd love to know!

...picked up the United States Gymnastic's coach tonight that needed to be at the venue real quick! ...a dash across London from the Westbury Hotel in Mayfair to the O2 ...a fete that required some tactical driving and ultimately a jump of a red traffic light ...but got him there! ...unfortunately the red traffic light was performed in front of an unmarked police car and supposedly i'm up in court in 7 days on a "dangerous driving" charge!? ...but i'll be in Spain at the time so i'm not sure if i won this one or not?!?  ...fuzz 'em! ....i'm flying towards the sunlight regardless!