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Originally Posted by cattywampus (Post 928689)

Hope your two cups full was the entire payout.

Had a similar experience at a Casino, years ago. All the Bells and Whistles went off
AND a light was blinking on top of the slot machine.

ME, the dumb guy was walking away with 2 buckets of coins.
A nice lady walks up to me and said
" stand at your machine, the pay off is MORE than the slot can spit out"

I asked how did you know that ?
She said "the blinking light on top is to alert you. Just wait at the machine,
someone will come out and open the machine and give you a slip to take
to the pay window"

Holy Crap, I almost walked away from enough to pay for the ENTIRE Vacation and a whole lot more.

The sweet lady ( with no makeup and stringy wet hair, wearing a sack dress) refused a 15 % reward from me.
Later I found out she was a VERY well known person.

The same happend when I won the 1,200. I was sitting at the machine, I think it was a nickel machine, and all of a sudden the bells and red light went off. Since my husband was in another area I called him and said "I think I won". He questioned why I thought that and I said "the red light is on and the machine said please wait for attendant." I had no clue how much I'd won. It was a good feeling once I found out what I'd won. I put most of it back into the slots......

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Originally Posted by Happinow (Post 928782)

I put most of it back into the slots......

That's where they get you, but it sure is fun.

Tom is still working on winning the lottery and I hope it happens before we're to old too enjoy it. He plays Keno lottery, along with others, the same numbers every week. Many years ago we went on vacation and he didn't play the Keno and those numbers came out.

In 2003 he filled out a card from Hot Bikes magazine to enter a contest and win a free motorcycle. Not long after we get a letter claiming he was the proud owner of a Cole Custom bike, but we thought it was a scam. It wasn't, and a few weeks later it was delivered to our house. I got on Ebay and sold it for 20 thousand dollars cash. That was a happy day.

I won a fortune in Las Vegas......however, I'm still down 4 fortunes.

When Powerball was first introduced in Indiana, I bought a $1 ticket and won $100. quit playing after that win. But, at Marriott in San Juan on morning of a Saturday checkout I stopped in casino at the hotel and kept winning at a $1 machine. Won so much I had to gather more buckets for the coins. Ended up having to get two attendants to help me carry 5 full bucket to cashier. Over $1,100 cash. (Wife chewed me out for being late back to room for our noon checkout! Which goes to show you just can't win.)