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What's the most you've ever won in a lottery, raffle or other contest?
6/15/2012 10:41:27 AM
To be clear, the question is about winning as a result of "chance" and not a skill based contest..
6/15/2012 10:43:44 AM
I won this in one of the monthly newsletter contests. 
$3,000 in value
$3,000 in value
6/15/2012 10:44:11 AM
Very nice!!
6/15/2012 10:44:21 AM
$62 in the Texas Lotto.
6/15/2012 10:44:37 AM
$5
6/15/2012 10:44:38 AM
I won two cakes in cake walk contest in 1st grade. They weren't that good so the value wasn't very much.
6/15/2012 10:44:47 AM
I think I won $ 40 on some football board in a bar
6/15/2012 10:45:00 AM
$10 on a scratch-off.
6/15/2012 10:45:59 AM
S&W AR-15 at the NRA banquet last spring.
6/15/2012 10:46:05 AM
Originally Posted By mdguy90:
I won this in one of the monthly newsletter contests.
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/bigg089/dd.jpg
$3,000 in value
I won this in one of the monthly newsletter contests.
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/bigg089/dd.jpg
$3,000 in value
You reported it as income and paid Uncle Sam right?
6/15/2012 10:46:09 AM
Made $1,200 in a craps game in Vegas a few weeks ago. The shooter rolled 13 points at a $5 table. Had he rolled for even a minute or two longer that amount would be double. I was pressing it up big time each step of the way. When he rolled out, I probably had $400 on a table (started with $15). I guess that's the best I've ever done.
6/15/2012 10:46:20 AM
I won $25,000 in a (random drawing) contest last year.
I also won $800, a years supply of Omaha Steaks ($1000), and a bunch of smaller prizes last year.
This year I haven't had much luck so far.
6/15/2012 10:46:56 AM
I have never bought a lotto ticket. They are a great example of mathematical illiteracy.
6/15/2012 10:48:46 AM
Just this week I won $333.33 in a local fundraising raffle.
What should I do with it?
We are in a position so that I should probably use it on bills.
What should I do with it?
We are in a position so that I should probably use it on bills.
6/15/2012 10:49:46 AM
I won a microwave at my high school prom.
6/15/2012 10:49:53 AM
Originally Posted By dryroasted:
I have never bought a lotto ticket. They are a great example of mathematical illiteracy.
I have never bought a lotto ticket. They are a great example of mathematical illiteracy.
What has 6 balls and screws the poor? The lottery.
6/15/2012 10:50:34 AM
I won a C. Crane crank radio once as a door prize at a barrister's ball.
6/15/2012 10:51:06 AM
$5,000 through an online banking sweepstakes
6/15/2012 10:51:45 AM
$8 on lotto
I'm pretty damn good with math, but I still play.....it's a game, not an investment.
Originally Posted By dryroasted:
I have never bought a lotto ticket. They are a great example of mathematical illiteracy.
I have never bought a lotto ticket. They are a great example of mathematical illiteracy.
I'm pretty damn good with math, but I still play.....it's a game, not an investment.
6/15/2012 10:51:56 AM
I won $100 on a scratch off from a Christmas stocking. Its the only time I play the lottery. I won a Sega Game Gear when they first came out. My orthodontist threw parties every six months and invited all of his patients, that was the big door prize that year.
6/15/2012 10:52:52 AM
I went skiing awhile back at Tahoe and a few miles before the cabin we stopped to get beer. I don't know what made me buy a scratcher but I did. After buying my beer and waiting for the guys I scratched it. I won something like 75 bucks, walked back in and turned that into more beer. That trip had no shortage of beverages.
6/15/2012 10:53:28 AM
200 hundo on $10 scratch offs (monopoly) Florida.
6/15/2012 10:54:32 AM
Originally Posted By dubBinSEA:
200 hundo on $10 scratch offs (monopoly) Florida.
200 hundo on $10 scratch offs (monopoly) Florida.
200 hundo would be $20k.
6/15/2012 10:55:26 AM
Paid $5 at a gun show for NRA Youth Shooting raffle and won a Henry .22 lever action.
6/15/2012 10:56:05 AM
$25 on a scratch off Lotto ticket
6/15/2012 10:57:45 AM
I won a LaRue Stealth upper and all sorts of goodies in the monthly contest a few years ago
Oh, and $500 on a lotto scratcher a couple of years ago. I don't count that as "winning" anything, though...it was simply the state paying me back a portion of what I've spent on lotto tickets over the years
Oh, and $500 on a lotto scratcher a couple of years ago. I don't count that as "winning" anything, though...it was simply the state paying me back a portion of what I've spent on lotto tickets over the years
6/15/2012 10:58:07 AM
I won a free satellite dish once at the local fair.....
6/15/2012 10:59:41 AM
$500 in a raffle once. Nothing too great but still awesome to win something
6/15/2012 11:00:00 AM
Custom knife ( by a local smith ) in a raffle the millwrights were holding at a plant I was working in West Virginia .
Remember the Kelloggs "Stick Up For Breakfast" drawing contests back in the 70's ? I won a 10 sp bike when I was about 7
Only new bicycle I ever owned .
Remember the Kelloggs "Stick Up For Breakfast" drawing contests back in the 70's ? I won a 10 sp bike when I was about 7
Only new bicycle I ever owned .
6/15/2012 11:01:07 AM
Originally Posted By jeffco55:
200 hundo would be $20k.
Originally Posted By dubBinSEA:
200 hundo on $10 scratch offs (monopoly) Florida.
200 hundo on $10 scratch offs (monopoly) Florida.
200 hundo would be $20k.
Yes. You are good at math.
And I suck at typing/spelling.
2 hundo...or $200.00
6/15/2012 11:01:12 AM
Glock 19 at a Friends of the NRA banquet once.
I only had about 900 dollar American invested over the years though.
I only had about 900 dollar American invested over the years though.
6/15/2012 11:01:38 AM
Suspension and rock rails (sliders) for my FJ
6/15/2012 11:02:47 AM
I'm going to win the Stock Market Contest from Centerfire. That will be my biggest win.
I did win 14 hands of blackjack in a row once. Dealer said he's never seen that before. I was only betting $5-10 hand.
I did win 14 hands of blackjack in a row once. Dealer said he's never seen that before. I was only betting $5-10 hand.
6/15/2012 11:03:11 AM
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6/15/2012 11:03:14 AM
I've won a radio flyer wagon from dairy queen, a tv/vcr combo from high school prom, various small monetary prizes and an insurance settlement worth $3500 when I was t-boned on a snowmobile.
6/15/2012 11:03:46 AM
$70 on one of those pull tab tickets in a bar.
6/15/2012 11:04:07 AM
1983, I won a Honda ATC110 through a Church raffle.
6/15/2012 11:04:26 AM
Walther PPQ
6/15/2012 11:06:38 AM
An RC helicopter at an IT conference drawing. The vendor is from the UK and they bought the helicopter there. It's illegal to use the transmitter in the US. 
6/15/2012 11:07:09 AM
won this last month as a door prize from NAPA.
A few months ago i got a $2.00 scratch off ticket as change from buying gas. It was a $500.00 winner. I didnt get to spend that money tho, she did....
6/15/2012 11:07:18 AM
$60 pair of aviator style sunglasses in the arfcom team giveaway
I wear prescription glasses and couldnt use them.
I wear prescription glasses and couldnt use them.
6/15/2012 11:08:38 AM
Originally Posted By JakeThePimp:
I'm going to win the Stock Market Contest from Centerfire. That will be my biggest win.
I did win 14 hands of blackjack in a row once. Dealer said he's never seen that before. I was only betting $5-10 hand.
I'm going to win the Stock Market Contest from Centerfire. That will be my biggest win.
I did win 14 hands of blackjack in a row once. Dealer said he's never seen that before. I was only betting $5-10 hand.
Odds of that happening are roughly 1 in 16,000.
Roughly...
6/15/2012 11:11:33 AM
$1000 on a wheel of fortune slot machine I put $0.75 in.
$500 gift card in a bingo game.
$250, $100 (3 times) in $5 scratch offs.
$500 gift card in a bingo game.
$250, $100 (3 times) in $5 scratch offs.
6/15/2012 11:12:01 AM
Originally Posted By dryroasted:
I have never bought a lotto ticket. They are a great example of mathematical illiteracy.
I have never bought a lotto ticket. They are a great example of mathematical illiteracy.
Actually one can have a clear understanding of the meaning of "1 in 170 million" and still purchase a ticket just for fun.
I know a guy who won 10 million back in the 90's...he lives in his mom's basement now.
6/15/2012 11:12:06 AM
$500 on the lottery.
6/15/2012 11:13:51 AM
$1000 on a scratch off
1998 Arctic Cat 580EXT in a raffle back in 1997.
1998 Arctic Cat 580EXT in a raffle back in 1997.
6/15/2012 11:15:26 AM
$450 on a dollar slot machine
A brand new modified smallblock 350 engine in a car show raffle
A brand new modified smallblock 350 engine in a car show raffle
6/15/2012 11:18:05 AM
$2200 in the CA lottery. Missed an early retirement by one number .
.6/15/2012 11:27:39 AM
A telegram that started "Greetings from the president"....
6/15/2012 11:29:46 AM
I never -EVER win shit.
6/15/2012 11:31:51 AM
I got 4 of 6 numbers on the lottery a few years ago.
I was ecstatic! Thought I'd won enough to be able to fix up my car and go on holiday!
£62.... £62
I was ecstatic! Thought I'd won enough to be able to fix up my car and go on holiday!
£62.... £62
