# I won a $500 flight voucher in the office Melbourne Cup raffle

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 3, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-a-500-flight-voucher-in-the-office-melbourne-cup-raffle/516141 "2009-11-03T05:57:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-a-500-flight-voucher-in-the-office-melbourne-cup-raffle/516141/1 "2009-11-03T05:57:03Z")

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It makes up for the useless horse I got in the sweep which finished way back in the pack.

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**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-a-500-flight-voucher-in-the-office-melbourne-cup-raffle/516141/2 "2009-11-03T06:42:27Z")

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Well done! The only person who made any money watching the race in our house was our neighbour, who put money on every single horse for a win. (I think he’s still down overall though).