# Woo HOO! I won MONEY! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711 "2002-12-19T01:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/1 "2002-12-19T01:37:18Z")
Some background, I never win anything. If there is a drawing at work, a coin flip for the tab or any other game involving luck I will lose. I accepted this fact years ago. Anyway… Today I went shopping with my Mom. After shopping we went to a buffet at one of the Casinos. When I finished eating I went to the restroom. On the way back to the table I got this sudden urge to play a video poker machine. A note, in my three years living in Vegas I have gambled three times. Each time was when friends came in from out of town. So I dig around in my pocket and come up with three quarters. I walk over to the nearest quarter video poker machine and pop them in and hit the deal button. Four 7’s come up. My eyes buldged out. I saved the 7’s and hit the deal button again. The machine rang up 80 quarters. I hit the payout button and walked away with $20! Take that Gods of Chance. I beat you, I WON! I FINALLY WON!!! The only down side is that if I would have popped in 5 quarters I would have won $100. But $20 is $20. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Kimmom2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Kimmom2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmom2)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/2 "2002-12-19T01:45:06Z")
I have been to Vegas 5 times, and its all about luck! I, like you never win anything. That changed one night as I decided to pop a couple of dollars in the dollar slot. I came away $300.00 richer after the second spin! Of course, that has never been duplicated! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/3 "2002-12-19T06:03:52Z")
I’ve never won any substantial amounts of money or merchandise, but there was this time when my friend Lauren and I were eating out at a Japanese restaurant. Since she spent more than $25, she was entitled to enter a draw. She happened to pick the one gold ball in a machine full of color-coded balls, where each color corresponded to a prize. The gold-colored balls had the most expensive prizes associated with them. (trip to Vegas, karaoke nights, gift certs for sushi, TVs, etc.) I’m not sure what she ultimately won… she told me a few weeks ago, but I forgot. Wasn’t the trip to Vegas, though. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/4 "2002-12-19T06:37:48Z")
I wiped people out at poker to the tune of $1500 already… ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/5 "2002-12-19T07:09:19Z")
\*\* Hastur\*\*, Poker at the tables is very different than poker at the video poker machine. I’d bet that I would come out even with you at a poker table. Poker at the tables is playing against the other people at the table. The house gets some money but you are not playing aginst the house you are playing against the schmucks around you. Skill is involved. When you play video poker games basically no skill is involved. Vedio poker is pure luck. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Flashpaper\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Flashpaper\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flashpaper_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/6 "2002-12-19T07:50:33Z")
I’m on a lottery winning streak at the moment. I won 10k on a state lottery scratch ticket on 9/10/01… I waited a full year to buy another ticket - that was a $500 winner in late September this year. I hadn’t bought a lottery ticket since then, and the powerball was at 160mil so I got a powerball ticket this morning … $35 winnner. I suck wind in Vegas though. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/7 "2002-12-19T07:52:30Z")
I won $750 at Bingo once. It ain’t just for blue-haired old ladies anymore! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/8 "2002-12-19T08:28:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sleestak \* > \*\*Some background, I never win anything. If there is a drawing at work, a coin flip for the tab or any other game involving luck I will lose. I accepted this fact years ago. Anyway… > > Today I went shopping with my Mom. After shopping we went to a buffet at one of the Casinos. When I finished eating I went to the restroom. On the way back to the table I got this sudden urge to play a video poker machine. A note, in my three years living in Vegas I have gambled three times. Each time was when friends came in from out of town. So I dig around in my pocket and come up with three quarters. I walk over to the nearest quarter video poker machine and pop them in and hit the deal button. Four 7’s come up. My eyes buldged out. I saved the 7’s and hit the deal button again. The machine rang up 80 quarters. I hit the payout button and walked away with $20! > > Take that Gods of Chance. I beat you, I WON! I FINALLY WON!!! > > The only down side is that if I would have popped in 5 quarters I would have won $100. But $20 is $20. > > Slee \*\* I just hope that your original 5th card wasn’t a Joker and you, thinking it was a bad card, threw it away! ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/9 "2002-12-19T18:02:40Z")
I’ve won a go-bot and (5) sony univeral remotes. I liked the go-bot. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/10 "2002-12-19T18:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CRorex \* > \*\*I’ve won a go-bot and (5) sony univeral remotes. > > I liked the go-bot. \*\* You won a GoBot? Which one? Leader-1? Cy-Kill? Scooter? I use to have a Crasher, but lost it over the years. Hey, now I need to go check E-Bay for a Crasher! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/11 "2002-12-19T23:44:47Z")
Here is a more fun way to sort of win money. Search the net for your state in this format “state of california unclaimed property” . So far every state I tried has an official state web site. You put in your name or your dad’s name in the property search box, etc & bingo, see if someone owes you money. I found about $100 this way … here is the one for Calif: [http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/](http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/) ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/12 "2002-12-20T00:44:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voltaire \* > \*\*I just hope that your original 5th card wasn’t a Joker and you, thinking it was a bad card, threw it away! \*\* Nope, it was 9. And the machine didn’t use wild cards. It was one of the standard Jacks or better machines. SLee ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-i-won-money/143711/13 "2002-12-20T05:39:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*Here is a more fun way to sort of win money… > here is the one for Calif: > [http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/](http://www.sco.ca.gov/col/ucp/) \*\* I just found $79. And _you_ can _too_!