# The DMarks Win $14,000! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272 "2005-02-03T23:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/1 "2005-02-03T23:06:00Z")
Yes, it is true. Went to the local casino (Green Valley Ranch) last night for dinner and played some video poker afterwards. I was winning a bit and my SO was losing, so he kept taking some of my winnings and dumping them in his losing machine. About fed up, he slapped the last bill in the machine and a few minutes later suddenly said, “look! I got a Royal Flush…$1,000!” I looked and said, “no…you got a sequential Royal and that pays $12,500!!” (For those who don’t know, some video poker machines have a huge payout if you are ridiculously lucky enough to get a Royal, and also get it in the exact sequence of 10,J,Q,K,A or A,K,Q,J,10.) Sure enough, the casino floor workers came over (and freely admitted they didn’t see this happen very often) and next thing you know, we were led to the high rollers section and they paid us out in cash. They then took us back to our machines that had been “guarded” while we were gone, so we could play out the remaining money. MY SO had about $20 left in his machine and I had under $20. The floor workers left and about three minutes later, I got another Royal for “only” $1000! And about 5 minutes later, my SO won an additional $500. Total of $14,000 which we then deposited straight into our local branch office of the bank a mile away. I celebrated and bought a new laptop computer (Fujitsu N6000) and a printer. The rest of the money will be used for some huge dental and medical bills that we have been paying off. Still, just thought I would pass the word that every once in awhile, someone actually does win a nice chunk of change at a Las Vegas casino! ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/2 "2005-02-03T23:20:36Z")
Big congratulations to you !!! I wish I could win money like that. ::sigh:: Congrats to you and yours! Have fun spending/saving/paying off bills! 🙂🙂🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/3 "2005-02-03T23:31:49Z")
That’s fantastic! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/4 "2005-02-03T23:41:23Z")
WooHoo! Congratulations. Enjoy your largess ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/5 "2005-02-03T23:57:23Z")
Don’t forget to put some aside for taxes, though! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/6 "2005-02-04T00:20:02Z")
WOOHOO! **DMark**! Congrats on the win! So, was there some “celebrating” after y’all got home? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/7 "2005-02-04T00:37:13Z")
You are a plant, aren’t you? Paid to tell everyone you know that you WON BIG…leading us TOOLS to want to RUSH to the nearest casino ( Indian or Mob owned) to put our hard earned nickels/quarters into the slots. Trying desperately to WIN BIG when really we are just FLUSHING our money Away. Cause every time I walk into a casino, the person nearest me at a slot machine hits it big. It’s all so very suspicious… YAY **DMARK** one of my favoritist dopers! You need to go to KaDeWe! (with Me!🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/8 "2005-02-04T00:55:51Z")
That is sooo awesome. I am really jealous. Congratulations guys! Its great when someone who really needs the money wins big! ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/9 "2005-02-04T01:01:08Z")
That is awesome! I won $800 last time I played, on a nickel machine. I love those non-taxable payoffs best, but I surely wouldn’t turn down 14 big ones. Big congrats, and as was mentioned earlier, don’t forget to save some for the tax man. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/10 "2005-02-04T01:44:39Z")
Congratulations to you two! I love gay couples! Go y’all! WRS ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dmarks-win-14-000/288272/11 "2005-02-04T01:44:44Z")
Congrats! You need to sock away around 25%-30% of that for taxes on the winnings. [Don’t make the mistake one winner did.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297640&highlight=richard)