I think Ameristar is state licensed. Not sure about tribal
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I think Ameristar is state licensed. Not sure about tribal
I always figured they operated like the shady casinos in vegas vacation that were way off the strip.
Well, you're not me, so that's a win
Just today I won $40 on a $30 scratcher, ended up getting another ticket and pocketed $10. Next ticket was a dud of course. I actually think this is the most I’ve ever won. I don’t play often though, usually get $5 scratchers every now and then, may when $5 or $10 here and there and that’s about it.
Good friend of mine won a brand new vintage 28ft car hauler with cabinets,lights,stereo off turbobullet. He honestly deserved it, he helps out a lot of people.
My fathers buddy won a red viper on a slot machine in Vegas, unbelievable.
My fathers buddy won a red viper on a slot machine in Vegas, unbelievable.
Guy in the very small town I grew up in won $1,000,000 on a scratch off last week in North Carolina.
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And it wasn't me.
The former manager at my Oreilly’s won a Don Prudhomme Super Snake. Then my godfather won some type of lottery I can’t remember which.
Pick your poison.
Pick your poison.
Like 10 years ago an 18 year old kid bought a scratch ticket and won over $80 million from the convient store down the street from me. Kid gave the money to his parents and they built a mansion in the next town over.
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I've pulled about 3-4K in prizes in the last 3 years via online contest/promotions.
That one that still irks me the most is I got myself and my dad into the top 20 to win a fully paid trip to Switzerland. So "we" had a 1 in 10 shot. Nothing.
WAIT...how about the paid trip to Yosemite I won, but then the "sponsor" didn't like that I won, scrapped the whole contest and picked the winner they wanted. So much for that popular vote contest.
That one that still irks me the most is I got myself and my dad into the top 20 to win a fully paid trip to Switzerland. So "we" had a 1 in 10 shot. Nothing.
WAIT...how about the paid trip to Yosemite I won, but then the "sponsor" didn't like that I won, scrapped the whole contest and picked the winner they wanted. So much for that popular vote contest.
When I was maybe 10 years old, I entered to win a bicycle. My odds were literally 50/50 as there was only one other kid in the drawing. I still lost.
I never win anything.
I never win anything.
Join the club - I call it "The World's Saddest Club".
I lost a full-ride scholarship in 2005 because someone else submitted late- I was the only one to submit on time. Family financials, which are 100% irrelevant when you're paying your own way, influenced the decision to give it to the other guy. He dropped out 1st semester. It was a Subway sandwich for lunch and dinner for the next several years.
I know I'm somewhat derailing the thread, but my negativity needs to balance things out.
On a positive note, I did hit one green light this morning but Dunkins gave me the wrong donut again.
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hey man, if you're not dying, it's a great day =) that's how I look at itJoin the club - I call it "The World's Saddest Club".
I lost a full-ride scholarship in 2005 because someone else submitted late- I was the only one to submit on time. Family financials, which are 100% irrelevant when you're paying your own way, influenced the decision to give it to the other guy. He dropped out 1st semester. It was a Subway sandwich for lunch and dinner for the next several years.
I know I'm somewhat derailing the thread, but my negativity needs to balance things out.
On a positive note, I did hit one green light this morning but Dunkins gave me the wrong donut again.
[Stoner Voice]: "Dude, but isn't life, like, just dying in slow motion? WHOA MAN."
Nothing big, twice a trip to Dearborn through work. What a prize lol.
Most memorable was someone left money in a pulltab machine. I was 10, at the grocery store and slapped the buttons. It spit out a 10 dollar winner. My mom cashed it in for me. Rollin big for a 10 year old.
Most memorable was someone left money in a pulltab machine. I was 10, at the grocery store and slapped the buttons. It spit out a 10 dollar winner. My mom cashed it in for me. Rollin big for a 10 year old.
Join the club - I call it "The World's Saddest Club".
I lost a full-ride scholarship in 2005 because someone else submitted late- I was the only one to submit on time. Family financials, which are 100% irrelevant when you're paying your own way, influenced the decision to give it to the other guy. He dropped out 1st semester. It was a Subway sandwich for lunch and dinner for the next several years.
I know I'm somewhat derailing the thread, but my negativity needs to balance things out.
On a positive note, I did hit one green light this morning but Dunkins gave me the wrong donut again.
These stories are a bit intriguing, if I’m honest.
There's also the "two day" curse. If I take more than two days off from work, bad things happen. I'm not talking "oh dang, I got a flat tire."
For instance, my wife and I had to cut our "honeymoon" short in 2013 because a large colony of wasps decided to eat through an exterior wall in our last house (her father called us as he was watching the house for us). We spent our first full weekend as a married couple tearing out a wall and removing a 3' wasp nest. Remediation after that mess costs us quite a bit since the chemical the exterminator used ate the carpet and part of the wall. Then a year later, a water line going to the 2nd floor burst in the same wall and ruined the living room again. Insurance said it was "maintenance related" and my response to that was "what type of maintenance requires you to tear into sheetrock?" They wound up taking about 30% of the cost and jacked my rates up 25%.
Or the "Great Mess of 2010" where I was in the middle of boxing up my belongings to move and the house flooded during some torrential rainstorms. Everything in boxes was ruined. I managed to salvage about a week's worth of clothing, my mattress, computer, and guitars. Moved in (my GT was already in the garage there) and found out my car had been scavenged for parts, scratched to hell, windshield cracked, and metal shavings/antifreeze in every cylinder... Took the rest of the year to get it running again.
Took 3 days off last year. Was extra paranoid and did as little as possible to avoid the curse (pretty much slept or lay on the bed the entire time). At the end of the mini-vacation, I go "wow, nothing bad happened!" Then my wife calls me and says she got in another car accident- some oblivious moron crossed lanes and drove into her. It took 3 visits to the repair center to get her 3 month old, brand new F150 repaired properly, and it still has door rubbing issues and two areas where you can see a buckle at the right angle.
Before my wife and I were married, I told her about my bad luck. She goes "well maybe it'll get better because I have good luck!" Now, 5 years later she says "what in the hell did you do in a previous life? I thought you were joking." Simply can't get ahead. Don't let the two cars in my sig fool anyone- they don't move simply out of paranoia. Can't enjoy the damn things because of all of these idiots driving around on the wrong side of the road down here.
Oh yeah, then there's this:
https://www.svtperformance.com/foru...7-horror-stories.1153029/page-4#post-15786997
I don't get it though- if I was an asshole to people, I'd say I deserve it. But man, I've always tried to be a good person, help those around me. Pay it forward, random acts of kindness, all that, never expecting anything in return. Well, maybe one thing- would be nice to have a week where life doesn't shit on us.
I hear euthanasia is legal in Canada. Might move there.
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Jesus, I will never complain again after reading that.
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