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Old 09-28-2009, 06:25 PM   #1
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My gramma won a 1/2 million once, my friend won 160,000 my old boyfriends mom won a Mill.. 2 cousins one 10,000 each on scratchies..and today I was in Mac's and the guy in front of me won 1,500~ the most I ever won was back in 1984 and I won 50 dollars. Anybody here ever win a big amount of cash?
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:27 PM   #2
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I won $50 on my 2nd lotto I bought. Have never won anything "big" though.
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:33 PM   #3
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I won 12,000 last year.
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:34 PM   #4
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The laws of probability.
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:39 PM   #5
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I won a plastic model of a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost when I was in grade 1. My mom threw it out.
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:41 PM   #6
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I don't think the question should be why you don't win anything.... instead, it should be.. "Why the F does everyone around you win stuff?".

Seriously, knowing that many people with large winnings defies all normal odds.
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:47 PM   #7
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I won a Sega Genesis when I was a kid. I was the only one to actually enter the contest.
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:51 PM   #8
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I won a cabbage patch kid when I was 7. That's about it for me. My husband has won three Flames jerseys - or is it four?
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:53 PM   #9
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I bought a "Twist-A-Pepper" bottle of Dr. Pepper every day for lunch for an entire year. Odds of winning a free one were supposedly 1 in 12. I never won a single one.
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Old 09-28-2009, 06:55 PM   #10
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I never get anything when Tim Horton's has its Roll up the Rim contest. I think it's a conspiracy and all the winning cups are kept out east.
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:05 PM   #11
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I never get anything when Tim Horton's has its Roll up the Rim contest. I think it's a conspiracy and all the winning cups are kept out east.
I can confirm that, that's not true . . . at least not on the East Coast
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:08 PM   #12
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I won a meet and greet with In Flames on last year's Gigantour. I don't know if that counts, though, since I'm a part of their fan club, and they randomly picked five fans, and I was one of them.

Aside from that, I won a free Coke Zero once.
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:13 PM   #13
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A few years ago me and my ex g/f went to this thing at the round up center called Toys for Boys and Pearls for Girls. We both entered a few contests and I won a car alarm from some local business, but the cheap asses wanted me to pay for install. Since my old beater truck was worth less than the alarm, I didn't bother. But my stuipd ex won a set of custom golf clubs. I was pissed.
Other than the car alarm, all I've ever won is free coffee during roll up the rim.

People who win stuff piss me off.
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:20 PM   #14
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I've won a whole lot of Senator tickets including trips to Toronto and Florida/Tampa to see them play there.
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:25 PM   #15
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I once won tickets to a Celine Dion concert at a staff Christmas party. The best part was all the cougars at work were fighting over who got to go the concert with me
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:26 PM   #16
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I once won tickets to a Celine Dion concert at a staff Christmas party. The best part was all the cougars at work were fighting over who got to go the concert with me
Shoulda just traded 'em for a beej.
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:29 PM   #17
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Shoulda just traded 'em for a beej.
Lets just say I was 22 years old at the time and she was 38 and hotter than hades. I don't remember the concert but afterwards.....
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:33 PM   #18
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I won two trips from work. Although, i had to work my freakin a$$ off to win them. Nevertheless Hollywood/Miami Florida was super fun and the 2nd trip was cancelled thanks to this lame economy. I got a cash prize instead. (i would've rather had the trip).
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:35 PM   #19
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I won a bike helmet once.

Yaaaaay...
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Old 09-28-2009, 07:39 PM   #20
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In uni. I won a keg fridge and a dvd player all in one week.. should have bought a lottery ticket because I haven't won anything since.
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