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I won my football office pool twice - both times was about $500

Earlier this year I won $500 on the last game of the season between The Spurs and Warriors.

My favorite story is my wife's friends younger sister won 50K on a single scratch off ticket - 30 something thousand after taxes. She blew every last dime in under a year.
 
This is no ****. My uncle, who was a founder of compuserv (did not need the money), bought one lottery ticket in his life .. One. Got snowed in at an airport in the NE, bored, bought a $1 ticket. Won $330,000. He thought that was cool.. Never bought one since.
 
Lost about 30K over the years. One night in college, I won $3,200. Went through Dan Pastorini's service in Vegas (I was a dumb college kid) and he gave me three NBA picks, all of which won. He was on fire, actually starting 7-0 for me. Then the NBA playoffs rolled around, his choices limited each night, and he sucked. Big time. Too many $500-$1,000 wagers to remember. I did win on USC when they upset Oklahoma in the title game. UO was being talked about as the greatest team ever, everyone was doing them and I won big going the other way.
 
candrew said:
I won my football office pool twice - both times was about $500

Earlier this year I won $500 on the last game of the season between The Spurs and Warriors.

My favorite story is my wife's friends younger sister won 50K on a single scratch off ticket - 30 something thousand after taxes. She blew every last dime in under a year.
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Blew it on gambling or buying fun stuff?
 
Whenever I go to gamble I set aside a limit (lets say 60 bucks). If my losses reach that limit I get up and walk away. If I win a large amount (say 500.00) I put 50%f of it in my bank account right off the top. then use the rest to fund the rest of my trip.

I have never won more that 300 and never lost more than 60.
 
My wife once took a suitcase from this hot girl with the help of a bald dude, then sold that suitcase to a banker for like a quarter of a million dollars!!
 
Zulu said:
My wife once took a suitcase from this hot girl with the help of a bald dude, then sold that suitcase to a banker for like a quarter of a million dollars!!
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A real coup would have been to get the hot girls number as well. You have let me down!
 
Zulu said:
My wife once took a suitcase from this hot girl with the help of a bald dude, then sold that suitcase to a banker for like a quarter of a million dollars!!
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WINNER

Although, it doesn't technically count as gambling since you didn't have anything at risk ya know?

More importantly...How the F has nobody tracked down this Zulu! or No Zulu! episode yet?

I'm on the case, what! year! was! it! Zulu! ??
 
UGLI baby said:
WINNER

Although, it doesn't technically count as gambling since you didn't have anything at risk ya know?

More importantly...How the F has nobody tracked down this Zulu! or No Zulu! episode yet?

I'm on the case, what! year! was! it! Zulu! ??
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Season 2 of the show!!! That's all ya get!!
 
Also good luck finding it, every semester when my students find out I was on it they try locate it on the interwebs! None has succeeded!!!!
 
Zulu said:
Also good luck finding it, every semester when my students find out I was on it they try locate it on the interwebs! None has succeeded!!!!
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Dang, I've got it narrowed down to the right episode but I can't find a website that has the episode.

I'll PM Howie.
 
nightmare3983 said:
Blew it on gambling or buying fun stuff?
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I should have mentioned she was about 20 years old at the time and lived with her parents and drove her parents hand-me-down car. I think she was in some community college but her parents paid all the bills.

She blew it all on partying/treating her friends - no trips, no big purchases that I know of.

She got a lot of **** for it but what the hell - you're only young once.
 
candrew said:
I should have mentioned she was about 20 years old at the time and lived with her parents and drove her parents hand-me-down car. I think she was in some community college but her parents paid all the bills.

She blew it all on partying/treating her friends - no trips, no big purchases that I know of.

She got a lot of **** for it but what the hell - you're only young once.
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Had a friend do something similar with an 80k insurance settlement when he was about 18. Nothing cool to show for it. Just a bunch of dumb ****.
 
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