what was the most amount of money that you've won?

TallBill

Lifer
Apr 29, 2001
46,017
62
91
Gambling.. $600 In my lifetime on friendly poker games I'm probably up a little bit. But in casinos im down $500 lifetime.
 

I Saw OJ

Diamond Member
Dec 13, 2004
4,923
2
76
I won 120 bucks playing a nickle machine while drunk one weekend. Greatest day of my life!
 

jupiter57

Diamond Member
Nov 18, 2001
4,600
3
71
I once won a $15 pair of boots at a Wal-Mart Grand Opening.
Other than that, I remember winning $6 one evening in a Pool Game, turned around and lost it all the next night.
 

will889

Golden Member
Sep 15, 2003
1,463
5
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10.5K in Vegas in blackjack, then $300.00 and a videocard in a local case modding contest.
 

pontifex

Lifer
Dec 5, 2000
43,804
46
91
i would guess $20 or $25
1st time i ever played poker with friends. was nickel/dime/quarter type game. beginner's luck i guess.
 

TeeJay1952

Golden Member
May 28, 2004
1,532
191
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I used to shoot craps regularly because all the books I read on the subject talked about how everyone at one time or another turns $100 into $10,000 sooner or later. I practiced, managed my money, (only bought in for $400 and left once that was gone) and went 2 or three times a month for a year. I saw a dude roll 14 straight 6's and 8,s. I raised bet every 3 hits and took full odds. After the baloon popped I had $1,600. I went home and was splitting the money into 4 piles to continue the quest and thought to myself that I was caught in a spinning wheel with no way out. That was my last time to the casino.
 

cKGunslinger

Lifer
Nov 29, 1999
16,408
57
91
My wife has won us a $1800 travel agency gift card (used it for a Caribbean cruise a few years back,) as well and many, many $20-200 scratch-off lotto tickets.

As far as pure luck goes, I've never really "won" anything that I can readily think of. I did win a graphing calculator for my HS science project 12 years ago.
 

NuclearNed

Raconteur
May 18, 2001
7,881
378
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when I worked at Sears in college, I won a nationwide sales contest ($1000)
$1250 on a slot machine (I played only one coin :()
several hundred dollars in one sitting at blackjack (I don't know any exact amounts)
 

kef7

Diamond Member
May 11, 2001
4,090
0
76
Two weeks ago won $500 on a scratch-off. Not that I play often but won $25 last week and $50 today.
 

Pastore

Diamond Member
Feb 9, 2000
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$50 bucks on a scratch-off. Won a $300 dollar raffle one time, and a different time won a $600 dollar TV, but took the cash value.