Have you ever won anything?

[Darin's Girl]

I'm talking a real prize, gift, etc. (Not like $5 on a lottery scratch ticket or one of those wedding scams, that we all win...) What was it? How did you win?


About 10 years ago, I won Hootie and the Blowfish concert tickets. I was caller 10 or something and won the last pair of tickets off the radio. And I won a free car rental at a seminar I went to, but I was too young to rent a car. :rolleyes: But that's it for my luck!

[MrsSmith]

I win on the radio all the time. I usually get concert tickets or CDs. I've won at the casino also.

[Ameez]

I won a trip for two to New Orleans to meet and see the Red Hot Chili Peppers in concert from a radio station. They also put us up in a pretty swank hotel. It was really cool!

When I was younger I used to win all kinds of drawings for things like gift certificates, but that luck ran out a long time ago. Oh, and when I was in 3rd grade I won a writing contest. I think the prize was $25. Woo hoo!

[nylons73]

DH and I won a giant lithograph from our favorite artist on our honeymoon cruise. It was an unexpected (and awesome) wedding present! lol. :D

[Tracie]

Once DH and I were at a Celtics game and we won a free upgrade to floor seats. We were even on TV during one of the time outs!

[B&BAddict]

I have won twice with Lucky Magazines Lucky Breaks contests in the past year, once was a Philosophy Pure grace Soap and water Kit, and the other was a Freeman shower products gift set.

[Toonces]

I think I've been pretty lucky... in HS I won $100 and a freshwater pearl necklace during a BINGO game on a cruise ship. In college I won concert tickets to see REM and also to see the Black Crowes & ZZ Top. We got to go backstage to meet the Black Crowes. I won a free pizza by knowing the address to the Munsters house (1313 Mockingbird Lane). :) Oh, and I also won a version of The Dating Game that I played in my college dorm.

[LeslieandPaul]

Last year I won four tickets to the premiere of 50 First Dates (which happened to be the day before my birthday!). They gave away a trip to Hawaii at the premiere and the winning ticket was the one before mine!

[solongtogo]

Won 400 dollars at a bingo game.

Won 250 dollars at McDonalds monopoly

[Little Angel '77]

won passes to meet luke perry an d ian zeiring.... from kiss108 in boston. I know it was years ago but meeting him (because I thought Luke was hot) made my day!!!

I had 4 thousand screaming fans around me, and when they left people offered to buy my leather jacket, and they wanted to touch it, and hug me.... it was a bit weird. :)

[PookiePrincess]

I've never won anything. :(

[imagirliegirl]

Off the radio I've won tickets to 3 different concerts and a trip to California. Also, I once entered a drawing for a 1000$ shopping spree to the mall and won that. I'm pretty lucky.

[TX Sweetheart]

At my senior prom, I won a microwave & about $200... that's about it for me LOL

[gf&js]

Another radio winner here - I won a trip to the Grammy's a few years ago. It was a very live show and when you get a little drunk before hand - it makes it an even longer show!

[Zelda Von Yitz]

I indeed have:

I won ten bucks in a drawing contest our local paper had. I was 15.

They called it "The Mung Contest" -- you had to create a person, place or thing out of a triangle.

I won for my depiction of a "Mungalow".:)

I also won two tix to a Broadway play that a local radio station (now defunct) sponsored. "Valentines To Broadway" was the name of the contest -- you submitted a greeting card for Valentine's Day -- mine was a card in the shape of a cube.

Twice I've won a prize for selecting five numbers out of six in the NJ Pick 6 Lotto. The first time, I won $1300; the second time the amount was a bit over $1400.

[DiscoDiva]

I won a trip for 2 to La Costa Resort and Spa near San Diego for 5 days, 4 nights. The trip included round trip airfare for 2, a rental car, accomodations at the spa, and extras such as massages. DH (then FH) and I went and loved it!

[JuliaK]

I won a Tide to go pen and 2 free bags of Keebler cookies by playing online instant win games.

[laurenc]

i won a 6-foot hoagie sandwich in a raffle once.

it was tasty.

[jimmysgirl424]

My family and friends think I have a horseshoe up my butt or something. :D I have been winning stuff as long as I can remember:

Tons of concert tickets (off of the radio)

Movie Premier passes (off of the radio) (X-Men 2, Sin City, a bunch of others)

Six night, seven day stay in Laughlin, Nevada at Harrah's Casino and tickets to the rodeo being held there. (I was the Grand Prize winner drawn during a radio contest, I had to win an earlier contest to qualify)

Two round trip tickets anywhere AirTran Airways flys (just won these a few months ago, about a month before our wedding!)

Tickets to the circus

Tickets to the Nutcracker

$500 in a progressive Bingo game (my biggest 'jackpot while living in Vegas. The kicker is if I had hit the bingo in two numbers less, it would have been worth $88,000!! :eek: :eek: After I won in the bingo hall, I went outside and put $5 in nickel slot machine and won another $80)


Four five-day passes to Disneyland in California. (off of the radio)

$250 on a Mega Millions ticket

[jaeger]

I've won: $500.00 at Foxwoods Casino bingo

From radio stations, I've won:

Countless concert tickets and CD's

A 4-night Bahamas trip

Dinner in Hartford with Hootie and the Blowfish at a bar and grill in
Hartford, prior to their concert.
We had all rec'd concert tickets as well, that was fun!

[KrissyCat7]

Ive won quite a few sets of concerts tickets over the years.

I won a giant stuffed rabbit when I was little for Easter. I LOVED that thing.

My mom won a shopping spree at our local grocery store. She had 5 mins to grab whatever she wanted. It came to over $2500.

[shopaholic]

the only thing that comes to mind is a Playstation with Grand Turismo (when PS first came out)

[mel7dog]

-When i was in 8th grade I won a $50 gift certificate to the mall for selling lots of mags in a fundraiser.

Wow how sad, that's all I can think of right now, obviously nothing too exciting!

[taraw]

I won an all expense paid trip for two to Maui for 5 days. It was awesome.

[greenbunny]

I won tickets and backstage passes to see Styx and a hotel room for after the concert. Our pictures with them is still on the radio station website and DH is listed as my "guest". :rolleyes:

I've also won tickets to see Rush, and about five cases of beer.

[Katie&Micah]

The only thing I can ever remember winning was a cd player my senior year of high school. Lucky me.. it was stolen about 6 months later when my apartment was broken into. lol.. Obviously I was never meant to have won it in the first place.

[ALeonard]

When I was little, I won a fishing pole from the Bait and Tackle Shop. :rolleyes:

[Lizard]

I won a BMX bike for placing 1st in a Halloween costume contest, when I was a little kid (I was the Ghostbusters ghost, so you know it was a long time ago).

In January this year, I won a 3-stone diamond necklace on the cruise I was on... I went to a stupid shopping seminar and answered a question before everyone else. :)

[mkredhead]

I won a facial and makeover from Origins last year. That was absolutely fantastic. It was for four, so that made for a fun girls night out! Hmmmm....must schedule another one soon....this time on my own dime. Blast!

Happiness,
mkredhead

[Alanna]

When i was a senior in highschool i won two roundtrip tickets to london on virgin airlines and got to tour the offices of Majesty Magazine (Royal watching magazine that had the contest...) my sister had a boyfriend living in london at the time... so needless to say... she got to go as my companion :rolleyes:

[Rancid13]

About 10 years ago I won Bush concert tickets (at the Mayan Theatre) off the radio station KROQ by being caller #20. Also scored a cd, tshirt, some stickers, and other random souveniers. That was pretty cool, I was totally stoked about it. The only downside was I had to get a friend to drive me to Burbank to the studio to pick everything up (I was 17 and didn't have my license yet).

I also won $500 in video Keno at Stateline on the way home from Vegas a few years ago, playing with about $5 in quarters. That was nice and completely unexpected. I'm not a gambler, I've been known to stick to the nickel slots for hours because I don't want to lose money, and I *know* I'll lose. :)

At a roller hockey game several years back, I was sitting in the winning seat that was called out and got to pick out a new set of wheels for my rollerblades plus some of the home team's gear (tshirt, stickers, roller hockey puck) which I gave to some local boys b/c I was there to see the away team play.

At a Ducks game I was in yet another winning seat and got a bag full of Mighty Ducks loot which I promptly handed over to my Duck-loving mom to sort thru. (P.S. I *hate* the Ducks!!)

I also scored (but not quite won) tickets to a movie b/c a friend and I were attending a preview of Pirates of the Caribbean and the theatre got filled before we made it to the front of the line (there were 5 people ahead of us) so we got to pick whatever movie we wanted to see and whatever concessions we wanted for free. I always enjoy a free movie!!

[annie_girl]

I've won a lot!

When I was 11 I won A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF LIFESAVERS!! On the back of an Archie comic book was a contest where you had to write in and tell them why lifesavers was your favorite candy. It wasn't mine, and I have no clue what I wrote, but I actually won. A "Year's supply of lifesavers and lollipops" anded up being 20 boxes (one box of each flavor) with 20 rolls in each, and 12 boxes of the lollipops, with 12 lollipops in each. I even was in the newspaper because of it, a photo of me sitting on my living room floor, holding the lollipops in my hands, with the rolls all spread around me. :) :D

Then the very next year when I was 12, I won a trip to Shawnee-on-the-Delaware. A 3-4 day 2-3 night (can't remember now) trip for 3 (I guess the person who won and their parents, but since mine were divorced I took my mom and sister) We had stopped at burger king and I filled out the form there. We got to stay at the condo there, and we got $150 spending money. I remember the condo was a 2 br place, the upstairs had it's own bedroom, and since I was the winner I got that room!! My mom and sister shared the downstairs room. That was awesome. We went horseback riding, went to the theme park, and other stuff that I can't remmeber now. It was really cool.

When I was 19 I was playing the radio station game, where you had to listen to clues, and find the "96krock money maniac" somewhere in town. When you thought you had the right place, you had to ask that person exactly this "Are you the 96krock money maniac?" and if it was the right person, you win up to $1500!!!!! Well this one day, I was driving home (in the next town over) when I figured it HAD to be at Toys'R'us, 30+ minutes away. I called my boyfriend, told him to meet me there right away. He wouldn't (jerk, I should have broken up with him just for that) and he was only 5 mins from there. So anyway I went, and was asking everybody in the freaking store if they were the 96krock money maniac. When it seemed the store was being flooded by more and more people, we began asking each other multiple times if we were the 96krock money maniac. I KNEW I Was in the right place, so I decided to comb the parking lot. So I went out the front doors, and there was the woman walking in, with a man excitedly walking RIGHT behind her. I called out to her first, "Are you the 96krock money maniac?" And she looked surprised, but said yes!! You should have seen the look on the guy's face right behind her, who followed her all the way across the parking lot!! So she took me inside to the pay phone, with people asking us if we were the 96krock money maniac, and I had to tell them I already found her, the whole group followed us to the pay phone. (yes, this was before cell phones) We called the station, and I got to tell her to "GIVE ME THE MONEY!" And she started counting it out to me $20-40-60-80-100!!!! And the DJ said "Tell her to give you some more money!" So I did, and she kept counting $110-120-130-140 MORE MONEY!! $150. That was it. I could have won between $100 and $1,500, and I only won $150. Hey, whatever! I'll take it!!! It was so fun and so exciting!!!! :)

And what did I do with that money? Took my stupid boyfriend out for his birthday IN A LIMO to a fancy restaurant. But hey, that was fun too. :)

When I was 22 I won tickets to an Ozzy concert in Miami, but I gave them to my friend, and I stayed home and stole her boyfriend that night. :rolleyes: Hey, obviously he liked me better; we were together for 2 years after that.

Then about a year and a half ago I won a 50 CD "brick" from the local Christian radio station. That was another fun story but I'll spare you all the details and just tell you that was fun as well. :)

[cocoa_femme]

In junior high, I won a bike (sweet a$$ 10 speed). They put in all names of students with perfect attendance and raffled it off. Yeah...I was a dork :rolleyes:.

[Chris'slady]

I have never won anything, I'am so jealous.

[kris97]

When I was in elementary and high school, I won a bunch of essay contests and read-a-thons, resulting in $1500 in savings bonds and a cool for 1985 Casio keyboard. Being a nerd was remarkably prolific for me.

In 1990, I announced the number one song on z-100's "Hot Five At Nine" (it was the Ninja Turtle Rap), and they sent me a box of five cassette tapes. Woo-hee!

[LittleFredPunkinHead]

I won a ski trip for 2 to Whistler in British Columbia. Airfare, hotel, ski passes, the whole she-bang. My husband and I went, and neither one of us skis. So we pretty much just went clubbing and shopping. One day we did go snowmobiling though. :D

[caramello]

When I was nine, I went to a taping of some TV game show as a fundraiser for my sister's school. I won a vacuum cleaner. My mom bribed me and bought me a Cabbage Patch Kid so that she could keep the vacuum cleaner!

[Kristy]

I won a Little Mermaid video in a coloring contest at a local video store. I was 9 at the time and the cutoff age for the contest was 8, so I wrote in that age on the form. They never asked, I got the movie, it worked.

[T&M'sMommy]

My family and friends think I have a horseshoe up my butt or something. I have been winning stuff as long as I can remember:
This is exactly what my family has said about me!! This is some of the list, however there is probably more stuff that I haven't even remembered.

-Trip to Florida for a week
-Football
-Money($250 and countless gc's)
-Trip to Toronto for a weekend($100 in food gc to go with it)
-Trip to Las Vegas to see the BSB(dh won, but I put his name on the ballot)
-Concert tickets(probably about 5 pairs, including Sesame Street Live)
-Amusement park tickets(many, many times)
-CD's
-Tent
-Musical violin toy from Fisher Price
-Food gc's(including brunch at a fancy golf course)

I enter anything and everything! Someone has to win it. Why not me???

[Clubqueen]

Hmm, I won a basket full of toys when I was at camp, I was about 11 years old.

I also won tickets to see Backstreet Boys when I was in high school :D haha!

[tinkerbelljenny]

Entering sweepstakes is a hobby of mine so I have won quite a few small prizes in the last year. My biggest prize so far was won last December, $5,000 trip to Nashville to see the Titans play. They flew my Dh, me, my DS, and two of our friends. Put us up in 2 Suites and gave us $300 to spend, took us to see the Titans play etc... it was awesome!
In the last 2 years I have also won:
year supply of Brawny paper towels
year supply of Clorox cleaning supplies
a really nice fishing set
2 DVD movies
3 CDs
a huge basket of Caress soap products
books
magazine subscriptions
lots of cosmetic products
a huge Aveeno products basket
$100 gift certificate to REI
gas cards
Amazon certificates
Nivea products
wallet
Music card
Cookbooks
I love winning anything. It is a ton of fun!

[alliannie]

I won an Easter basket from the local Hallmark store when I was about 8. That is the one and only thing I have ever won.

I guess Im not one of those lucky people!

[nic]

I've never won anything.
If you're not winning a radio contest, can I ask what your secret is?

[T&M'sMommy]

I enter everything I can. If I'm entering a contest in the grocery store, I follow a tip I saw on a tv show once. I fold my paper in an unusual way with at least one bendy corner. Its easier for them to grab. I've never tried it, but I was told to attach a very bright blank post it note to draw slips. It attracts the eye subconticously(sp) so they choose your entry. Radio contests I speed dial and never stop calling until they answer or I here someone that has won. If I can think of more tips, I'll let you know.

[B&BAddict]

I just went to the mailbox and there was a package from Benefit cosmetics, I don't remember entering but i won a Free BADgal Lash Mascara from Benefit and In style magazine. Totally made me happy!

[jimmysgirl424]

Well, with internet contests (which I have won a few times), I don't think there is anything you can do to improve your odds. It is just luck. Unless (and this applies to any kind of contest) you are allowed to enter an unlimited amount of times!! In that case, enter as many times as you can before the deadline! Every entry improves your odds of being selected, right? Here's an example: Redbook Magazine has giveaways in every issue, multiple prizes. In their case, you may enter by mail and internet. So, what you would do would be to bombard them with entries over and over until the contest deadline!! (www.redbookmag.com)

I keep my favorite radio station phone number saved in my cell phone. When it's contest time, I just keep hitting 'send' and 'end' over and over.

[mindy]

About 7 years ago I won a limo ride and 4 front row penguins tickets to a playoff game and dinner at a local sports bar. They had a booth set up in front of the sports bar and they called my name. This was the only thing I have ever won and I probably will never win anything again. I try and try for radio station stuff but I never win anything.

[chloechloe]

I am just curious...there are a few local fundraiser I always buy tickets for (like for 10 years) and have never won and have known anyone who won. These are the draws for cars, houses or money.....has anyone ever won these draws???

[KrissyCat7]

Never won anything that big....a few little prizes over the year.

My mom won the Oscar Myer Sweepstakes when I was younger, she got to run a 5 minute shopping spree at our grocery store. She got about $3000 worth of stuff.:)

[QueenofCA]

Never won anything in a raffle-type drawing, but I did get some lovely consolation prizes on The Price Is Right. I was left in Contestant's Row :(

[kris97]

I won a Golden Globes prediction contest on a gossip website, and won $300 worth of makeup and a phone call in which the author of the website told me the answer to three of her blind items. Unfortunately, I had to promise not to tell the answers, so I can't share ... ;)

[mmeblue]

I've won several things from radio contests (the kind where you have to be caller #___). 3 months of free Internet access, $50 gift card to Staples...those are the biggest ones, I think. My mom once won a drawing for a large framed print. Seems like she also won one of those huge stuffed animals for my little sister at one point, but gave it away because she (Mom) didn't want something that huge - she'd registered in hopes of winning a different prize. :)

[salysaturn]

I won a Calphalon Pot from Bloomingdales :)

Thats the extent of my winnigs.

[KarenS]

I won a "wardrobe of socks" from a Seventeen magazine contest when I was in high school.

DH's best friend won a Mazda Miata in a radio contest in Boulder, CO, back in the early 90's. He still has the Miata. :)

Karen

[Walton]

I won a bicycle when I was a kid. I also won a free portrait sitting at photography studio. A couple of years ago I won a $100 gift certificate to the Signature Room, which is a pretty nice restaurant in Chicago. And last week I won 8 free tickets to a comedy club. All of those were in drawings.

[Chelsea524]

I won a trip to Cancun at the Ritz Carlton hotel, but dh got really sick the night before and we couldn't reschedule it so never did go:(

[shimmerstar]

I won a shower cd player/radio from a magazine drawing. I think it was redbook. It was a good prize.

I also won 50 dollars once, but that was for a writing contest, not a random thing.

Ooh, Eta that I won a coloring contest when I was eight. I won a trip for my family to Wildlife Safari and it was so cool.

[KristyK]

When I was a little girl I won a "Barbie" contest. You had to draw an outfit on a Barbie and I was one of the winners. Sad though, I didn't do it, my very artistic sister did. Yeah, I know it was cheating, and it was her idea, since I knew darn well I couldn't draw! But, I still got the prizes which included a huge Barbie house, my name and picture and the picture that was drawn in the magazine and a years subscription. Oh, and they did actually make the dress from the pictures.
Thats about it for my winnings. $50 at bingo isn't much to brag about, but I'll never forget it! :D

[tinkerbelljenny]

I am a huge sweepstakes addict so I have won a ton of small prizes but the biggest thing I won was a year ago I won an all expense trip to see the Titans play in Nashville. They flew out me, Dh, my son, and two of our friends, they paid for everything plus football tickets and put us up in 2 suites. And they also gave me an extra $500. It was worth over $6000.
bad part is we had to pay taxes on the win.

[johnny'sgirl]

I won a 10-day trip to Singapore and Malaysia when I was 16, through an essay contest sponsored by the LA Times and Singapore Air.

It TOTALLY rocked! Most incredible trip I've ever been on! :D

[jennylou]

I am just curious...there are a few local fundraiser I always buy tickets for (like for 10 years) and have never won and have known anyone who won. These are the draws for cars, houses or money.....has anyone ever won these draws???

I win ebay auctions. Oh, wait, those probably don't count since I pay for them. ;)

Seriously, I've won in Vegas (and then lost some - but hey, I went home with the same amount even after meals, so it was a win!) and I've won at tip tickets before.

[Phen]

I've won a digital camera, tv, virtual reality helmet, and a variety of other Sony products from a contest off Letterman's website. And I won a tv from the Baltimore Orioles. And I won another contest with the Orioles where I was a ballgirl for an inning.

~ phen

[ManteoChik]

I used to win stuff from radio call ins all the time when I was younger. My favorite.....4 Big Macs from MacDonalds for calling in and singing the "Big Mac" song when I was 9 (even though I didn't eat Big Macs). :o

ETA: My cousin won a car by being the however many customer to walk in the door that day. It happened like last year. I want to say it was a Mazda or Kia something but I can't remember. She had to pay the taxes on it but it sure beats having to pay for the whole car.

[Lanapoo]

I won a barbie doll when I was a kid at a raffle thing :p

Other than that, DH and I won a Halloween costum contest a few years back when we dressed up as Lt. Dangle and Deputy Johnson from Reno911. Our 15 minutes of fame got us a Caribbean Cruise, airfare included :D

[jnettie]

I won a book in a raffle once.

Also, when I was a little girl, I did this Easter Egg Scramble thing where there were a bunch of eggs in a pen and kids ran around grabbing eggs. Inside some were slips for prizes. Well, all the other kids ran straight for the center of the pen, but I stayed on the edges and picked up like triple the eggs. In the end, I won about 10 stuffed animals of various sizes. I still remember the dirty look another little girl gave me who only won a toy car! :p

[greenbunny]

I've won a lot of concert tickets, and twice won the grand prize of backstage passes to meet the band. Those were for Styx and Motley Crue.

[gumball]

I won a car from a local dealership when I was in high school. I think it was a Pontiac Grand Prix. I had the option of taking a certain amount of money or the car. I decided on the money since the car was a standard and I didn't know how to drive one yet. That was 10+ years ago and I haven't won anything since!

[laurenc]

when i was 14 i won a 6-foot hoagie sandwich at a HS booster club raffle. but of course, i can't eat a 6-foot hoagie sandwich by myself, so i invited my friends over and we ate it for dinner. i guess one could say i technically won a dinner party. :)

and i also won a $5 coupon for ice cream in college by answering a trivia question in a contest run by the class officers during graduation week.

[Neen]

I've won concert tickets, CD's, and stuff like that. A few month ago I won $1000 for being the 9th caller when the cow mooed from the local radio station. It was way cool!

[miaclear]

A coworker/friend of mine in HS won a car under the cap of a Coke bottle top. The game had expired the week before. How's that for luck.

Myself....I just won movie tickets, but that's about as exciting as it gets for me.

[PinkMartini]

The only thing I've ever won was $1600 on the slot machines in Lake Tahoe this past weekend when I got married..... Never anything else

[ginadc]

I won about $250 playing Caribbean stud poker at the Venetian in Las Vegas a couple of years ago. Total dumb luck.

[Sha259]

I just recently won $300 worth of laser hair removal! Though LHR is really expensive, so I wonder how much it will cover.:rolleyes:

[tlew12778]

I won a big bag of gift certificates in a raffle once. That was awesome. I did all my Christmas shopping that year. Then I found out some stores would even give me cash back!

A couple years ago, we won concert tickets to some Coca Cola festival. It was invitation only though so everyone there was a winner basically. It was one of those deals where you call the number on the coke can and give them the code on the bottom. So now I ALWAYS do those contests.

[KGif]

I've won a dollar or two here and there on scratch off lotto cards.


My inlaws won $10,000 once in the lottery!!!

[Adaya]

I win stuff on the radio quite a bit like concert and sports tickets. I also won $500 in an internet contest. It was some kind of daily drawing and I was one of the daily winners.

eta: Oh forgot about my winnings in the lottery, scratch-offs and a little gambling here and there.

[shimmerstar]

For afterprom, they had a drawing and people were winning things like $500, a mini fridge, a diamond ring, etc. I won a ticket for a free oil change that was expired. Go me.

[JuliaK]

I think my biggest win was a Budweiser rolling cooler that I won from the restaurant I worked at. When DS was waking up in the middle of the night when he was a baby, I got myself addicted to online instant win games. Through those, I've won tickets to a movie I never went to see, a Tide to Go pen, A 5 pack of Stoner Car Wash products, a golf shoe bag, a Bacardi t-shirt and napkins, a garnier fructis highlight kit, a $10 Shell gas gift card, 2 free packs of keebler cookies, and some other random things.

One of the guys at Dh's job won a million dollars from Iwon.com.

[sophiapb]

I was on a winning streak in elementary school. In various raffles and contests, I won a yo-yo, a massive gingerbread house and a bike reflector. I remember those because when you're a kid, it's so cool to win anything! As a teenager and young adult I won various little things here and there (a Carly Simon record on a radio call in contest, Billy Idol concert tickets, passes to an amusement park) but then hit a dry spell for a long time. Then last year, I won a $250 gift card to an electronics store (Circuit City maybe?) in a charity auction. It is cool to win the things but I sort of feel like I used up all my good luck on some piddly prizes. Maybe fate should have kept the yo-yo and the bike reflector and given me a comfy Lotto jackpot instead. :D

[Sin Nombre]

Seven or eight years ago, I hit the jackpot on the Triple Diamonds slot machine in Vegas for $850.00. Paid for my hotel/airfare.

Now every time I play the slots, I expect to hit the jackpot. Unfortunately, history hasn't repeated itself.

Oh, and I hit TWO (almost three) trifectas a few weeks ago at the track. The third ended in a photo finish, and the outcome didn't go my way. I only won around $180.00 combined, though I would've won a LOT more if the third trifecta had gone my way.

[solongtogo]

-I won a jar of M&Ms in the 4th grade for guessing how many m&ms were in it :D
-200 dollars at mcdonalds monopoly
-80 bucks playing the slots at harrods in new orleans

[Missy2U]

We've won a good deal of money at the track (Arlington), we've hit the scratch off lottery tickets for $25 here and there, um - I can't think of anything else, really.

[Nikker]

When I was like 6 or 7 I won a Spiral-graph (remember those! :D ) from the Burger King Kids Club.

I just recently won concert tickets off of our local rap station but I didn't go b/c my BF had to work...:rolleyes:

Nothing too big.

But my Economics teacher when I was a senior in HS won over $10,000 worth of cash and prizes when he lived in NCarolina. He owned his own video rental store and listened to radio stations in the store and just always won when they had contests. :eek:

[annie_girl]

You guys have won some really cool and fun things!!

When I was 11 I won a year's supply of Lifesavers (320 rolls of lifesavers and 144 lifesaver lollipops) by writing "Why lifesavers are your favorite candy" found on the back of an Archie Comic book!! no one helped me with any of it, I just decided to do it, and then won!

When I was 12 or 13 I filled out a ticket at a Burger King or something for a free vacation, and I won that as well. It was for 3 people, I took my mom and sister, we got 3 nights at their condos (at Shawnee on the Delaware), free entrance to Shawnee Place, and $150 in spending money. That was awesome!

When I was 19 I found "The 96 K-Rock Money Maniac" and won $150 cash, that was exciting! Could have been up to $1000, but hey $150 was great for me!

In my 20's I won tickets to see Ozzy in concert, but I gave them to my roommate and her boyfriend, they were much more gung ho about Ozzy than I was.

4 years ago I won a drawing at the local Christian radio station and won a "brick of CD's" which had 50 CD's in it! That was awesome!

6 months ago I won a drawing and got a portable radio/CD player/tape player. I've never had my own CD Player before! Wait that's not true, I had one for a little while but it was old and the switch had a short in it and it would just turn off all the time.

[Katy]

I'm a sweepstakes freak (although I do take off time for good behavior!) I've won a few smallish prizes - a bath/shower pack from Calgon and some American Beauty products. It was probably through Lucky or Redbook or something similar.

I'm holding out for one of those week-long, spa packages!!! :D

[jeepgirl]

I won an ipod shuffle, which I took to the Apple store to "cash in on" and pay the difference to upgrade to a nano!!! I LOVE it!

[Myra]

My father is always winning things at conventions, including an ipod shuffle, several TVs, a discman, and other electronics. My mother won a $250 gift cert to a really good seafood restaurant. I won a stuffed bear and an essay contest ("My Mom for President" in second grade).

[MtySheera]

In my teens, I was the radio contest queen. I won money, tickets to movies, and even won my mom a spa package with an essay I wrote about her for Mother's Day. But the funniest thing I ever won was in the McDonald's Monopoly game. When I peeled off the sticker, I had to read the prize a couple of times to really believe it. I won free french fries for a year! I was laughing so much and had to call everyone I knew to tell them. They sent me 365 little cards that looked like Monopoly cards, each one for a free med. fry. I gave them out to all my friends and family. It was just my luck that me, someone who shouldn't be eating french fries, won them for a year!

[shopaholic]

When I was in 5th grade I won the writing contest for what "fire protection week means to me". I got to be chief for a day and went to all the local fire stations and got to ride around with the firemen all day (didn't go to any fires).

Lately I have been getting in on giveaway sweepstakes but its for about 500-1000 people so its not like I am just winning. Those are mainly for beauty products.

[salysaturn]

oh...if we are talking casino...

$300 in nickles in AC :)

[Rosebud]

I won $500 worth of camping gear on "The Price is Right" (and then lost a car).

I've won t-shirts and concert tickets from radio station contests. My husband wins tickets and CDs all the time-- he's really good at winning radio station stuff. Oh, and I once won $80 in the lottery.

[charliezangel]

I won a $1 on my scratch off last night!!!

[DisneyGirl]

I won 800 bucks once, 150 bucks from a door prize, Concert tix about 15 years ago.

I wish i could win the damn lotto for 345.8 million though..WOW that would be some great win.

[jenjunum]

When I was about 8 I won a BMX bike at a concert. I was too scared to go up on the stage though so my sister went and my mom let her have the bike! I guess I was painfully shy at that age.

I also won a Father's day contest at JC Penny where I wrote an essay about my dad and he got a gidt certificate for a couple hundred bucks or maybe it was only $50.

DH won a tv at his grad night. It only lasted a couple years though.

[lyddy]

I won tickets through a radio station contest as a teen (had to BREAK something over the air, so I smashed a plastic pencil case with a hammer!) and the tickets were to see Young MC and Milli Vanilli in concert! :rolleyes:

Also recently, DH and I won a 3 night stay at the Stardust Hotel in Vegas in a raffle during his companys Christmas party.

[tupelogirl]

About 3 years ago, I won a Mercedes from a radio station. All I did was call in for the right song one day which won me tickets to this party where everyone's names were put back into a drawing and I ended up winning the Grand Prize!!! It was the luckiest thing that's ever happenned to me and I can't imagine ever winning anything that big again so I don't even bother with contests anymore. I think I've hit my lucky quota already.

[Kanga]

Dh and I won a tv a couple years ago from his company xmas party, but I came in 2nd place TWICE in bingo. First time was about $300 for winner, and I think the second was around $100.

[bellabonga]

I always wonder whether anyone really wins these prizes too. The only things I ever won were a book and two CDs.

[Kristy]

I won a copy of The Little Mermaid in a coloring contest when I was 9 or 10. The contest was held by a local video store. The cutoff age was 8, but I lied because I was such a kick ass colorer that I knew I'd win :D

[tenofcups]

I won two free round-trip tickets on Swissair at a party (for press and travel trade) they held to celebrate their 50th (?) anniversary of their first transatlantic crossing. Each person was given a ticket to enter the party and then they did a random drawing.

I also won a good watch at a company party drawing a few years back, but unfortunately it was a men's watch. DH likes it though. :)

[Hello Kitty]

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