How is this for a bit of arse? No not Selena Williams connected Mike. :o)

[4bee]

Just had my S in L call in to show me a cheque for $8000: 00 she won on the Pokies at a local Community Club.

ANZ Cheque looks genuine. The fact that I reckon it had cost her $15000 to win it didn't matter.

Just had to share my "Good News"[biggrin] Bastard! The fact that my B inL opened a bottle of Paracombe 2012 Cab Sav (sooooooooo Smooth) helped me get over it.

[p38arover]

Back in 1992 when we were living on Norfolk Island, the local police sergeant knocked on our door. At first I thought "What has our son done now?!"

But he said I was wanted at the local community hall. I thought it was something to do with the sound system (I was working part time as a tech and announcer at the local radio station, 2NI, as well as working full time in charge of the local OTC submarine cable comms station).

So I rocked up, toolbox in hand, in Stubbies, T-shirt, and thongs to be confronted by a crowd. It was the draw for the Lions Club raffle and we'd won $9,000. :)

Had I been there for the draw, we would have collected another $1,500. :(

Naturally, my dress sense was caught on camera for the local paper. [biggrin]

[4bee]

Tough titties eh? Sounds like you were dressed to NI dress standards.[bigsmile1] Was the tool box painted?

[p38arover]

Of course, it was a bit scratched, it had been my toolbox in Ceduna in 1969-70 and Carnarvon 1970-71 :)

[Pickles2]

Same sort of thing:
A friend of mine went into a shop to buy 1L of Mobil 1, couldn't buy 1L, and was rather annoyed that He had to buy 5L,...anyway the attendant asks does He want to enter "the competition",...my friend doesn't take much notice and says "OK no worries" or something like that, & then forgets about it. A few months later He gets a phone call, & the voice says, "You've won third prize",...He then has to be reminded what competition this is, expecting to win some car cleaning stuff, a fuel voucher etc etc, so He says "Well what's third prize"?....and the voice on the other end of the phone says "An HSV Maloo Ute"..LSA supercharged engine etc etc, worth around $100K!
Pickles.

[Johndoe]

Sharing is caring....

[Homestar]

In-laws were at the Boat Show in Melbourne many moons ago - were asked if they wanted to buy a raffle ticket for the boat - they begrudgingly bought 1 ticket for $1. They got a phone call the following week - they’d won first prize - the boat - a Whittly Cruisemaster and years morning - $120K worth. They kept it for a few years but ended up selling it and bought a smaller boat, new car and renovated the kitchen.

[Saitch]

My dear wife was on a Mediterranean cruise last year and partook in a game or two of bingo.
She ended up winning a 7 day Caribbean cruise.

[4bee]

Same sort of thing:
A friend of mine went into a shop to buy 1L of Mobil 1, couldn't buy 1L, and was rather annoyed that He had to buy 5L,...anyway the attendant asks does He want to enter "the competition",...my friend doesn't take much notice and says "OK no worries" or something like that, & then forgets about it. A few months later He gets a phone call, & the voice says, "You've won third prize",...He then has to be reminded what competition this is, expecting to win some car cleaning stuff, a fuel voucher etc etc, so He says "Well what's third prize"?....and the voice on the other end of the phone says "An HSV Maloo Ute"..LSA supercharged engine etc etc, worth around $100K!
Pickles.


I wonder what the 1st Prize was? Fort Knox?[smilebigeye]

Nice to know others have had such genuine luck. One wonders who gets these prizes,
or whether they are a bit of a scam & you never hear?

An expensive car goes on display here from time to time at a Shopping Mall as a prize for a draw & me being me wonders whether the Manager's Bro, Sis, Mum, Dad,son, daughter, next doors etc is the "lucky" winner as one never sees a list up.

I guess the Lotteries Commission would know as these things usually need a licence, but if I didn't win then I can't be arsed.[bigsad]

[V8Ian]

JerryD's a tinny beggar, never enter the same competition as him.

[Pickles2]

I wonder what the 1st Prize was? Fort Knox?[smilebigeye]

Nice to know others have had such genuine luck. One wonders who gets these prizes,
or whether they are a bit of a scam & you never hear?

An expensive car goes on display here from time to time at a Shopping Mall as a prize for a draw & me being me wonders whether the Manager's Bro, Sis, Mum, Dad,son, daughter, next doors etc is the "lucky" winner as one never sees a list up.

I guess the Lotteries Commission would know as these things usually need a licence, but if I didn't win then I can't be arsed.[bigsad]
They say "Google is your friend" so I googled it.
Ist prize was an HSV GTS, 2nd prize was an HSV Clubsport, it was a Mobil/HSV promotion.
Pickles.

[Bigbjorn]

JerryD's a tinny beggar, never enter the same competition as him.

I once worked with a guy like that. If I knew Col had a ticket even in a meat tray or chook raffle I wouldn't buy one.

[superquag]

Anyone remember that current affairs TV story, about the guy who won a ma$$ive 'scratchy' prize at his local newsagent ?
- TV mob had him do a repeat for the cameras...and you guessed it, the one he bought won a huge $$$ as well. Poor bloke went white and nearly carked it ! [bigsmile][bigsmile]

[V8Ian]

Anyone remember that current affairs TV story, about the guy who won a ma$$ive 'scratchy' prize at his local newsagent ?
- TV mob had him do a repeat for the cameras...and you guessed it, the one he bought won a huge $$$ as well. Poor bloke went white and nearly carked it ! [bigsmile][bigsmile]
I was discussing this only a couple of days ago. Wasn't it on Queensland's Sunshine Coast?

[superquag]

Can't recall... blaming that on my 'pumphead' from cardiac surgery.... Well, it's a better excuse than alzheimer's ![biggrin]

[4bee]

Sounds like he would have enough to buy a few more pairs of White Shoes.[biggrin]

[Bearman]

You do meet people like that. I have a couple of friends who are tinny. One seems to wins every meat tray or raffle he buys a ticket in and the other can't help making big money on anything he buys and then resells. Me, I couldn't win a prize in a giveaway. For 20 odd years the wife and I bought books of tickets in every Mater prize home raffle. Never won a thing, not even a minor prize, then one day we met a couple who told us they were on holidays on the Gold Coast and begrudingly bought 1 ticket in the Mater draw from a streetseller after he hassled them to buy it and guess what - first prize. So that was it for me - no more Mater tickets. We used to buy lotto tickets religiously and one day I got a phone call at work from the wife - we won division 2 in the lotto. I was just about to give the boss notice and then she told me it was only $800. What a letdown - it seems nearly everyone got div 2 in that draw. That's my luck.

[Saitch]

You do meet people like that. I have a couple of friends who are tinny. One seems to wins every meat tray or raffle he buys a ticket in and the other can't help making big money on anything he buys and then resells. Me, I couldn't win a prize in a giveaway. For 20 odd years the wife and I bought books of tickets in every Mater prize home raffle. Never won a thing, not even a minor prize, then one day we met a couple who told us they were on holidays on the Gold Coast and begrudingly bought 1 ticket in the Mater draw from a streetseller after he hassled them to buy it and guess what - first prize. So that was it for me - no more Mater tickets. We used to buy lotto tickets religiously and one day I got a phone call at work from the wife - we won division 2 in the lotto. I was just about to give the boss notice and then she told me it was only $800. What a letdown - it seems nearly everyone got div 2 in that draw. That's my luck.

Brian, I reckon Helen and I were in that particular Div. 2 draw. It would have been late 90's, from memory. Our then local newsagent became a bit excited when we got him to check our entry and he realised we'd won Div. 2 but when he checked the amount for us we all deflated somewhat. [bigsad]

[Bearman]

Brian, I reckon Helen and I were in that particular Div. 2 draw. It would have been late 90's, from memory. Our then local newsagent became a bit excited when we got him to check our entry and he realised we'd won Div. 2 but when he checked the amount for us we all deflated somewhat. [bigsad]

It was sometime in the 90's Steve.

[V8Ian]

$800! I'd be over the moon. For years I "invested" $35 a week on the same numbers in lotto, best I ever jagged was fifty bucks. [bigsad]

[4bee]

But get this! Just been told by her Sis that only 2 weeks prior she had also won another grand.

Did I marry the wrong Sister? Might have done.[biggrin]

[4bee]

No No No, 8 grand not $800 Ian.[bigsad]



Entered the RSL Gold Coast (?) house thing for many years but after spending what seemed like $ 10 million & not winning a block of Apartments there & a Block in Sinney I decided it was a Mugs game & packed it in.

Maybe I should have asked S i L to take out the tickets & you never know I might have been your next doors. OMFG![biggrin]

[p38arover]

I've never bought a Lotto ticket. I have no idea how to fill one out.

The only tickets I buy are from the Vietnam Vets when they sell raffle tickets at our local shopping centre. I look it as a donation.

[p38arover]

Did I marry the wrong Sister? Might have done.[biggrin]

Depends - which one is hotter? [bigwhistle]

[4bee]

I've never bought a Lotto ticket. I have no idea how to fill one out.

The only tickets I buy are from the Vietnam Vets when they sell raffle tickets at our local shopping centre. I look it as a donation.


One is supposed to fill them out? Ah ****, that is where I've been going wrong. :wallbash::wallbash::wallbash:

[4bee]

Depends - which one is hotter? [bigwhistle]


She has three, so can I get back to you on that I must check my file?[biggrin]

[DiscoMick]

There used to be a law that only a maximum of 85% of money could be returned as prizes, but I'm not sure if that is still the case.

[Corgie Carrier]

I've been putting in lotto tickets for years and never won more than $50,

My mum snagged $2300 one week then her side fence blew down in the strong winds so that was gone.

Was in Safeway (before they all went to Woolies) to buy a bottle of Jack and the teller said do you want to enter the comp for the Jack Daniels Guitar. I filled it out and forgot about it. Two months later I got a phone call telling me I had won it. They couldn't work out how to untie it from the promo box so they gave me the whole deal. [biggrin]

157631

[Pickles2]

I've never bought a Lotto ticket. I have no idea how to fill one out.

The only tickets I buy are from the Vietnam Vets when they sell raffle tickets at our local shopping centre. I look it as a donation.
My bother in law is a nuclear physicist, and He said that if people realized the odds of winning Tattslotto, they would never buy a ticket.
Pickles.

[Saitch]

My bother in law is a nuclear physicist, and He said that if people realized the odds of winning Tattslotto, they would never buy a ticket.
Pickles.

But, people win it!

On a side note, I had a nuclear physicist working with me as a field assistant in the Whitsundays in the early '80s. No chance of being the same bloke, is there?

[4bee]

I've been putting in lotto tickets for years and never won more than $50,

My mum snagged $2300 one week then her side fence blew down in the strong winds so that was gone.

Was in Safeway (before they all went to Woolies) to buy a bottle of Jack and the teller said do you want to enter the comp for the Jack Daniels Guitar. I filled it out and forgot about it. Two months later I got a phone call telling me I had won it. They couldn't work out how to untie it from the promo box so they gave me the whole deal. [biggrin]

157631

Just as well you knew how to play a Geetar or it would have been wasted on you. Eerr, you do know how to play don't you?[biggrin]

[4bee]

But, people win it!

On a side note, I had a nuclear physicist working with me as a field assistant in the Whitsundays in the early '80s. No chance of being the same bloke, is there?


No way. Nuclear physicists are 10 a penny these days. Apparently.

[Corgie Carrier]

Just as well you knew how to play a Geetar or it would have been wasted on you. Eerr, you do know how to play don't you?[biggrin]

Learnt to play "Smoke on the water" when I was 15 and forgot soon after. [biggrin]

It's sitting on a shelf gathering dust. [bigsad]

[Pickles2]

But, people win it!

On a side note, I had a nuclear physicist working with me as a field assistant in the Whitsundays in the early '80s. No chance of being the same bloke, is there?
No, I don't think so, He's worked in the U.K. & the U.S., but He would've been in Melbourne then.
We've been buying a system 8 & a super 66 every week for nearly 40 yrs, had a few VERY small wins, We'd be down about $35K I reckon over the years, but as the saying goes "Ya've got to be in it to win it"!
It's the only form of "gambling" that we do, apart from maybe going to a country race meeting every year or so.
Pickles.

[4bee]

Learnt to play "Smoke on the water" when I was 15 and forgot soon after. [biggrin]

It's sitting on a shelf gathering dust. [bigsad]



It's sitting on a shelf gathering dust.


Hhmmmm, I don't believe I am familiar with that toon, Hum me a few bars & I'll see if I can pick it up.[biggrin]

[DiscoMick]

Why would anyone play a game in which the odds of winning are as little as 1 in 45 million?

[4bee]

Excitement?

When we would visit the GC back in the days when SA didn't have pokies (didn't everybody) & the machines were the old "pull handle" type, one got a great buzz when said handle was pulled & one felt one had control of its action, but of course as we all know these days it is a bloke/woman/computer somewhere else in the country or OS even, that fiddles the results.
Anyway, I won't her tell you asked Mick 'cos I'm about to hit her (not physically) for a loan of say 4 grand?.[biggrin] That should tide me over for a week or so. Her niece borrowed a couple of grand about 5 years ago & very slowly paid it back except for $500 but try as she might the little bastard won't pay her back. Yet she goes on to Face thingy & pops up all over OZ & Grand Finals so she must have had it to repay.

If she knows her Aunt has won this amount Aunt will never see the $500 again & may even hit her for another loan. She's like that yer know.
:rolleyes: