ding ding ding ding ding - we have a winner!

malcybood

I was driving home from a weekend trip to York this weekend (4 hour drive home) and decided to stop for a little break tonight and have a bite to eat / rest from driving etc

After I had some food I thought I would have a go in the arcade and started the Deal or No Deal slot machine. I put £3 in and got onto the Deal or No Deal board where I was offered £22.50.....I took the deal

There were a few other vegas style slot machines with the cartoon like reels which I didn't notice was £1 per play until I put the first £1 in.

Anyway as I was "up" £20 from playing deal or no deal I thought I'd continue playing for a few £££ more. I spun the reels on my 4th play and it seemed to enter some type of secret game for 3 kings coming in on the winline on reels 1, 3 and 5 (i have no idea what happened lol)....the next thing I know I had 5 different values £10, £20, £50, £100 & £150, they all disappeared and then £150 came back up.....I had no idea what was going on but it turned out I had won £150, which followed with another £11......Had to pinch myself as I had £161 in the bank.

As soon as my plays ran out I collected the £161 in POUND COINS, shoveled them into my pockets and ran back out to the car to get on my way! Need to exchange them for notes tomorrow at the bank hehe

I know this is nothing to do with IT but I just thought I'd share my good fortune with you guys

I'm planning on buying a new mountain bike anyway and looking around at the moment, so I'm putting the money towards that....now my budget is £650 as opposed to £500 - happy days!

Anyone else ever had a big win on a slot machine or a casino? (i know this is not a big win really compared to casinos etc, but it is in my world!)

Cheers
Malc

Mrock4

My brother was pretty big into texas hold em', and in his first tourney pocketed like $3,000 for a decent finish (for a new guy). He now goes down to Vegas once in a while and cleans house! I'm jealous, although I've never had luck gambling, so I avoid it.

malcybood

3 grand wow....puts my £150 to shame! ah well i only put my spare change in to pass some time

I don't gamble myself or play texas, blackjack or anything like that as I'm too scared that I'd get hooked!

Some of my friends play online texas and claim some days they're "up" 500 on the "beginner" tables etc.....Don't really buy it myself, it's never that easy to make that kinda money!

........Plus I've seen that film "21" ha ha

Slowhand

My parents used to live in an area with a lot of casinos, and I've had similar experiences. I went to have dinner at one, (since they're really cheap,) and I spent $2 on nickel-slots, ending up with over $250 in my pocket after I hit a nice little jackpot.

Gambling a little bit with a fixed amount of money can be fun. As long as you don't get addicted or spend money set aside for things like food or school, it can be a nice little distraction.

darkerosxx

That's the coolest thing when u just throw some change in and get some big winnings. I go on gambling trips every few years or so and always end up losing my winnings trying to have fun and keep playing.

Mrock4

malcybood wrote:

3 grand wow....puts my £150 to shame! ah well i only put my spare change in to pass some time

Don't worry, it pisses me off too! I teased him about being a gambler, since he played online for free for a long time..then he went and won some big bucks, and I was like ..lol...

It's all good. That's £150 more than you had before!!

I can see it now..the Techexams yearly trip to vegas.

nel

Woah malcolm mate, well done....bet you were just on your way back from the york races after a big weekend too

On that note i could so with some spare change for my bus trips to uni...you know how miserable the bus drivers in edinburgh get when you dont have the exact change

malcybood

Mrock4 wrote:

I can see it now..the Techexams yearly trip to vegas.

Yeah but let's be honest, a techexams yearly trip to vegas, we'd probably be more interested in the Casino's network infrastructure than gambling after losing the first $20 on the slots

malcybood

nel wrote:

Woah malcolm mate, well done....bet you were just on your way back from the york races after a big weekend too

On that note i could so with some spare change for my bus trips to uni...you know how miserable the bus drivers in edinburgh get when you dont have the exact change

It was luck....not beginners luck as I've probably lost more than £150 in my life in slots with the odd £ here and there in the pub!

Have you resorted to the bus out of spite since your parking ticket?

Mrock4

malcybood wrote:

Yeah but let's be honest, a techexams yearly trip to vegas, we'd probably be more interested in the Casino's network infrastructure than gambling after losing the first $20 on the slots

I'm sure you're right..as horribly depressing as it is to admit. Maybe it should be more like, the Techexams yearly trip to NASA or something a little more geeky. Vegas might be too cool.

Ahriakin

I won a dartboard when I was 12!.....other than that not so much of that winning thing.....

Edit: I just remembered, it was my older brother who won it and my mum made him give it to me because I was upset I'd lost....My whole life has been a lie!!!!!!

nel

malcybood wrote:

nel wrote:

Woah malcolm mate, well done....bet you were just on your way back from the york races after a big weekend too

On that note i could so with some spare change for my bus trips to uni...you know how miserable the bus drivers in edinburgh get when you dont have the exact change

It was luck....not beginners luck as I've probably lost more than £150 in my life in slots with the odd £ here and there in the pub!

Have you resorted to the bus out of spite since your parking ticket?

Ha!!! im rebelling! COME ON!!!! just wait till i see that dude!....that reminds me i still havent paid the parking ticket yet!

sprkymrk

Over 20 years ago I bought 3 lottery tickets for $3. First 2 were losers, third one won a free ticket. That ticket won me $3. I quit at that point, having broke even. My big gambling story.

cisco_trooper

I smoked the Blackjack table for $500. Went with $100 and left with $600. That was about two months ago...

Mishra

I play Texas Holdem online at Pokerstars. I'm doing a lot better at the tables I play at.

I deposited 50 bucks and I'm up to 63 after 100 games. BTW it doesn't sound too impressive because I play at the way lowest stakes... If I played at any reasonable stake table it would be more like deposited 50 and have 100. So even though it is only 13 bucks, that is a lot of wins VS losses.

cisco_trooper

Mishra wrote:

I play Texas Holdem online at Pokerstars. I'm doing a lot better at the tables I play at.

I deposited 50 bucks and I'm up to 63 after 100 games. BTW it doesn't sound too impressive because I play at the way lowest stakes... If I played at any reasonable stake table it would be more like deposited 50 and have 100. So even though it is only 13 bucks, that is a lot of wins VS losses.

At pokerstars I smoked a dude for 250K in play money. He had Kings full of Aces. I had the other two Aces.