Ever won a lottery or a door prize? Me I was at a highland dancing competition and I won a

[applegrove]

fruitcake...which was a big disappointment because I was about 9 and hated fruitcake. The most cash I've ever won is $10 playing scratch bingo. That is it.

[pintobean]

1. I got a rock.

:headbang:

[jmowreader]

2. Yeah...

The county Democratic Party's main fundraiser is the Huckleberry Social. I went to the 2010 version and won the first door prize--Politicians in a Sack!

[XemaSab]

3. I won an $1100 pair of binoculars

:D

[femmocrat]

4. I am in a lottery pool at work. We won a couple of thousand dollars ONCE.

By the time we divvied it up, I got about $120. It was still fun, though.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I won a teddy bear and a cake the same day in two separate raffles. I keep

hoping I will win a sweepstakes or lottery. I "won" life insurance, but that is a real sucky way to get money.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. I won an iPod Classic as the door prize at a convention I attended 2 years ago

I have something like 200 CDs on it, and it's still not full.

[old mark]

7. I spent $2 on scratch-off lottery tickets and I won....$2...

(Oh, and I love fruitcake-please send it to me if you still have it...)

;)

mark

[Tripper11]

8. I won $1800 one time....

I was working 2 jobs after a spate of unemployment, so I was behind on bills. It was a Sunday morning, and I was just finishing my shift at a radio station(overnights) and knew I was going to be hitting up a friend for $50 for food and gas money for the week until payday.
I had a lottery ticket and checked it in the paper before I left work.
From what I could tell, I matched 4 numbers, which for that game, was good for about $80.
I was thrilled. I was going to make it the week without having to borrow from one of my friends.
Running on fumes, I stopped at the closet convenience store to cash the ticket in.
The dude scans it, looks at me, looks at the terminal again and then tells me he can't cash it.
I asked why not?
He said they can't pay out that amount of cash.
I said, "What are you talking about, it's under $100, you don't have $100 in the till?"
He said, "No. Don't you know how much you won? You won $1800!!!!"
My eyes bugged out and I called bullshit.
He invited me behind the counter to look at the terminal
Sure enough...$1857.
Sonofabitch!!!!
Needless to say I took a sick day on Monday, went straight to the lottery officer and hooked up!
Had a great summer that year. Bills were paid, and extra cash in the bank made for more concerts,beer and other summer fun

[suninvited]

9. I won a door prize

at an indian casino one time. I think it was $200.

When I was young, my family used to make me do the cake walks at the school carnivals, because I would win two times out of three.

I got a call last week that Devon drilled on my great grandfathers land and I am an heir. I should be getting a check between four and five hundred dollars shortly. Not a lottery, but felt like it.

[MorningGlow]

10. I won a chocolate Easter basket when I was 9

The basket was made out of chocolate and also had sweets in it. But because I was fat, my mom took it away from me and only let me have one or two pieces. And when I was in college I won a dance contest and got a $10 gift certificate to the local old-fashioned Main Street department store. I bought a tank top.
:rofl:

Cash/lottery? Pfffft. Never.

[Iggo]

11. I won a 100 dollar gift certificate at the Los Cerritos Mall back in 1980.

Hundred dollars was something back then for a recent HS grad.

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. I won a $50 gift certificate to the Orbach's dept. store that used to be at the Cerritos Mall.

Damn that was a long time ago.

Hey I notice you live in Whittier. I have a movie in my library called The Atomic Cafe and in it there is a guy who is advertising the Whittier Quad as the largest shopping center in the San Gabriel Valley. It's in black and white and I'm assuming it's from the early 60's. The Quad has what, like twelve stores? LOL.

[Iggo]

15. Yeah, The Quad.

I don't even think they're as big as Whitwood Ctr, a few blocks east.

The Quad has actually come up in the last ten years, but only because of restaurants and Starbucks.

You wanna see huge, try Victoria Gardens over in the 909. It's almost it's own neighborhood.

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. It IS huge. I go to the Bass Pro Shop from time to time and never cease to be amazed by VG.

Have a Great Day.

[snooper2]

12. I won one of the first prices for Swanson Farms via Tom Thumb

Bought some bacon one day, swiped my Tom Thumb card...


Months later I was called by the clearinghouse letting me know I was one of the first prize winners-
2009 Coleman 16' pop-up camper with 3 slides value $15,300- sold it on craigs list for 11K :)

[Luciferous]

14. I won a teeth bleaching kit at my dentist's office a few years ago.

They actually called to let me know when I was in labor with my son. My husband told them I was a little too busy to come pick it up :)

[bikebloke]

17. Some drawing instruments

From an art store drawing (pun intended).

And a T-shirt back in September after attending my first orienteering meet in 25 years.

[wickerwoman]

18. Won three pies in a row at musical chairs when I was six.

F8ck all since :-(

Did win a keychain last year though and it was a pretty nice one.

[meegbear]

19. I won some training supplements on a Facebook sweepstakes ...

one of my suppliers is there and you register for their weekly drawing and I won (pre and post workout stack).

Haven't used them yet, but will this spring.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. Some shiny things in draws at company parties.

[emilyg]

21. Won $500 in the Ga. Lottery.