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BETTING Y'ALL

Mr_Lee_PHDMr_Lee_PHD 2,042 Posts
edited March 2011 in Strut Central
Went to Cheltenham Horse Races yesterday for the first time.

Bet ??120 in total and won ??80 over all, so I'm 40 quid down... still, had a blast.

Any strutters ever won a schittload of money from betting and/or some kind of gambling / lottery win ?

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  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,955 Posts
    Been to the gee-gees a few times, someone always has a tip for the first race, my advice is to go with that tip. Been a few hundred up at that point and lost a chunk on tips on later races. Next time, I am stopping after the first 3 races if I am up and getting bollocksed on the proceeds.

    Was playing the slots in Vegas and dropped a jackpot. All the lights and bells went off, I was expecting it to pay for the wedding but it was 5,000 x value of what you'd gambled - I was playing for nickels so it was only $250. Paid for a slap-up meal and yags doe (top of the Stratosphere).

    I must be due a lottery win soon.
  • cookbookcookbook 783 Posts
    i've brought home near a thousand from a day at the track, i had bachelor party luck on my side. but based on the money i have lost there in the past, can't really call it "winnings" (DUH)
  • leonleon 883 Posts
    I won a cake a few years ago. A deodorant bottle last year.

    Like Jimster said, "must be due to a lottery win soon"...
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    Depends on what a "schittload" comprises. The only time I played poker in a casino I ended up a little over $200 in the black, not a schittload in reality, but to me at the time it was. And I've hit a vid poker machine for the royal flush jackpot a few times, $400 a pop there.
  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
    I go to the local ponies occasionally, but I started betting on Triple Crown races 2 years ago through Twinspires.com and am 5 for 6 for the win. I find the races really exciting, but am too afraid to bet on other things like card games. I have a very short attention span when it comes to that
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    we used to hit the track here almost weekly on sundays with a few other couples, but the trip was mainly for the social aspect of having drinks and talking over the actual gambling. i DID however win $1200 on last years queen's plate picking win/place/show without a box. :beerbang:

    also, i won $1500 playing WAR [yes, that one] at one of the casino's nearby.
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    edith head said:
    I go to the local ponies occasionally, but I started betting on Triple Crown races 2 years ago through Twinspires.com and am 5 for 6 for the win. I find the races really exciting, but am too afraid to bet on other things like card games. I have a very short attention span when it comes to that

    Start your readups yet for this year? Uncle Mo is the early chalk.

    I do alright with the bets.
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