I won!

[Loki]

Somewhere around the time between x-mas and newyear there was a site that held a week long question round about games and the like.
Ofcourse I'm never lazy when I see the words "win" and "free", so I filled in every question there was and that way scored 189 points that can be used in an auction.

Today is the week of the auction... about 500 prices of all kinds of stuff from games, wii mouse mats, sony keycords, t-shirts with game prints and all other kinds of weird stuff.

Anyway, this is what I won so far.

Xbox game: Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic for 13 points!
Xbox game: Mercenaries for 32

*jumps around* 

In 45 minutes the auction ends for a cordless logitech controller for the xbox... I've won this one before in some other giveaway from the same site , but another one is always nice 

[Loki]

YES! I won the gamepad for 80 points!

and a cardgame from Crave Entertainment (deck of cards i guess)

[Loki]

Auction closed for today... tomorrow I'll try to get DTM Race Driver 3 for the xbox
32 points left... I hope I can get it

[Loki]

Now that's what I call luck 

[AtomSmasher]

My parents won a full bedroom set and a grandfather clock from the Price is Right back in the '70s.   

[koolmoecraig]

I have a good story for you...

My mother used to buy me scratch off lottery tickets every so often when I was young.  I would wait in the car while she ran into the White Hen Pantry and she would bring me out one.  One day she bought me one where you had to get a three-of-a-kind to win.  I scratched it off, didn't win and ended up dropping the ticket between the seat and the center console.

About two months later, my older brother was vacuuming out the car and found the ticket.  He looked it over and saw that it had two Ace's.  It also had a Joker.  The Joker's were considered "Wild" which was a concept that my young brain didn't understand yet.  Anyway, it was a winning card with 3 Ace's.   The top prize.  $100,000.

My brother took it to my parents who called the Lottery commission.  There was one problem though.  The "Void If Removed" section had been scratched off from rubbing against the carpet and whatnot.

My parents went round and round trying to get them to except it but they refused.  I literally threw away $100,000.

This happened in 1985 I believe.  I couldn't find it online, but every year the Illinois lottery puts out a list of "unclaimed" prizes.  It was the only unclaimed prize for that year in Illinois.

True story.

[DrewKaree]

I have a good story for you...

My mother used to buy me scratch off lottery tickets every so often when I was young.  I would wait in the car while she ran into the White Hen Pantry and she would bring me out one.  One day she bought me one where you had to get a three-of-a-kind to win.  I scratched it off, didn't win and ended up dropping the ticket between the seat and the center console.

About two months later, my older brother was vacuuming out the car and found the ticket.  He looked it over and saw that it had two Ace's.  It also had a Joker.  The Joker's were considered "Wild" which was a concept that my young brain didn't understand yet.  Anyway, it was a winning card with 3 Ace's.   The top prize.  $100,000.

My brother took it to my parents who called the Lottery commission.  There was one problem though.  The "Void If Removed" section had been scratched off from rubbing against the carpet and whatnot.

My parents went round and round trying to get them to except it but they refused.  I literally threw away $100,000.

This happened in 1985 I believe.  I couldn't find it online, but every year the Illinois lottery puts out a list of "unclaimed" prizes.  It was the only unclaimed prize for that year in Illinois.

True story.

Have the daily beatings stopped yet?

[str1der]

I think I would have found out how to put that scratchy stuff back on there.

[clanggedin]

My dad won the "Pepsi Challenge" back in the early 80s. He correctly spelled "Challenge" from the old pull top cans and we won $1000. He bought a 19" TV and an Atari 2600for us with the winnings. I think that took the whole amount back then.

[Jouster]

Personally, after scrathing off a losing ticket is when you give it to the rugrat...or anyone else for that matter.

"No you can't hold my $100,000 ticket!  Get your own!"

Jouster