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Old 07-31-2011, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Home!
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My husband and I have walked by those machines too many times to count. I think we will play them next time for grins.
I think there is only one of "those" machines. There are many other Majestic Lion machines, this one is different. Stands a bit taller than the rest. Unless you are talking years ago when there were more of them. The attendant said that is the only machine there that doesn't pay out tickets.

Who cares about the odds? Go put a bill in and take a spin! Have some fun, hopefully you hit something! Too much thinking about it steals the fun!
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Old 07-31-2011, 10:19 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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I'll give it a spin. Just so I can say I did it.
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Old 08-01-2011, 12:04 AM
 
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LV2ndHome, thanks for the detailed response. You're a pretty smart poster. I actually learned something. :-)
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Old 08-01-2011, 06:04 AM
 
Location: Vegas, baby, Vegas!
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I gotta say, that reading all these posts, Is like watching two people make love, and the members of CD making observations;

one user: "Go baby, go"

Another user: "His style is sloppy, and at this rate, he will finish, way before she is satisfied, odds are she will leave him in 2.5 months"

Another user: "I will give it a try, just for fun"

Another user: "I disagree, at the percentage of stroke vs thrust, given the body temperature and outside air temperature, he can satisfy her in 2,111 more strokes, based on 1,000 strokes per hour"

How about just the FUN of MAYBE hitting a machine that may (or may not) be ripe.
wouldn't it be cool if its one of us?

Jonathan
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Old 08-01-2011, 06:52 AM
 
Location: Sunrise
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Well if someone does win $2.2 Million they may go from Dem. to Repub. and be against taxing the rich.
By GOP standards, $2.2 million isn't "rich." $2.2 million is just another campaign contribution.
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Old 08-01-2011, 08:00 AM
 
Location: Vegas, baby, Vegas!
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As Sarah Palin has said on her last Visit to Las Vegas

"I can see my hotel room from the strip"

Jonathan
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Old 08-01-2011, 09:50 AM
 
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How about just the FUN of MAYBE hitting a machine that may (or may not) be ripe.
wouldn't it be cool if its one of us?

Jonathan
It's funny in that while I know some people that can't wait for their vacation time to spend in a casino and would love playing that machine, I also network with a lot of folks that can't wait to take vacation time to get as far away from casinos as possible, and playing that machine would be the polar opposite of "fun" to them.

To each his (or her) own.
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Old 08-01-2011, 09:54 AM
 
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How about just the FUN of MAYBE hitting a machine that may (or may not) be ripe.
wouldn't it be cool if its one of us?

Jonathan
Sure would. Especially if by "one of us" you mean ME. Saving up $3 for the big win!
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Old 08-01-2011, 09:57 AM
 
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Highly improbable. While it is not difficult to believe they did not win the grand prize it would require unbelievable bad luck not to have preserved a significant part of their stake. Billions to one against no winner in such a set of bets.

It was big enough to make the front page of the newspaper. They got winning tickets out of it Olecapt. Lots of $1, $5 and $50 winners. Nothing over $100 which according to the odds, they should have been guaranteed the big one. We had another couple in town do the same thing for $50,000 and have the same thing happen.
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Old 08-01-2011, 11:55 AM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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It was big enough to make the front page of the newspaper. They got winning tickets out of it Olecapt. Lots of $1, $5 and $50 winners. Nothing over $100 which according to the odds, they should have been guaranteed the big one. We had another couple in town do the same thing for $50,000 and have the same thing happen.
You are never guaranteed anything unless you can saturate the numbers. ie buy all numbers.

You stated they won nothing. I simply stated that was virtually impossible. You now agree.

Here is the story of the group that tried to buy all numbers...It was VA not FL though.

Group Invests $5 Million To Hedge Bets in Lottery - NYTimes.com
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