Best gambling story?

[festeringZit]

OK, my best story (or stories)...

Lived in Vegas for two years back from 1998-2000. I played A LOT of blackjack and often at a decent rate per hand. On this one particular night, I was out with a friend playing VERY small. Really, we wanted to just hang out and get free drinks for a while, so I sat down in the Monte Carlo with $150, which was all I pretty much had for that week. After almost 10 hours of playing, I had worked the amount up to an even $1000 profit. It was a great day of cards and we started to head out. Just before we hit the door, there was a roulette wheel staring at us. Now I hate roulette. Never play it. Old people and drunk woman play roulette. Anyway, my friend challenges me to put the entire grand on black. It took a few minutes to talk me into it, but what the hell, it was all profit and we drank all night for free. 26 black. Winner. Before I can even grab my chip, he is already talking me into letting it ride. Now not the whole amount, just the $1000 I had just won. Why not? Let's play until red comes up at $1000 a pop.

26 black spins later, I am walking to the cage with a handful of yellow chips. Up $26K. I have never seen that many of one color in a row - EVER (or since). The entire sign was lit up black. There was a huge crowd around me, but I didn't much notice. It's like 4AM by now. On our way out, a guy runs up and asks if we have a place to stay for the night.

"Well, no," I said. "We just flew in and haven't decided yet." Uhh, we lived just down the street.

Of course the guy offers up a great room, full RFB. I have to call my wife back at home and have her pack a bag. "Honey, we are staying at the Monte Carlo for a few days."

Room was great. Had a giant jacuzzi tub in the middle of the room and a button that made one whole wall of drapes rise up to reveal glass floor to ceiling and an awesome view of the strip from the tub. We ordered Filet Mignon every 45 minutes for the first few hours then headed across the street to NYNY. We promptly lost the ENTIRE 26 grand in about 3 hours. I was sick. No, I couldn't even pull out $5K??? Nope, chased that ship right into the ground. We ended up staying in the room at the Monte Carlo for another day and a half before they finally ordered us out because I had not been back down to the floor to play. We used the "sick" excuse and "have a meeting" lie to drag it out as long as we could.

Fast forward one week to the day. This time we are out playing again at Mandalay Bay, starting with the same $150. Same long hours slowly building my roll to $1000. Get up to leave. Same challenge, same play on roulette. 29 black. Winner. What the hell? Let it ride again. 17 blacks in a row before red finally comes up and I now have $16K. No way in hell was I letting this one turn out the same way.

I left and drove immediately to the Ducati shop down off Sunset and bought a motorcycle THAT DAY. 1998 yellow Ducati SuperSport. Loved that bike.

Haven't had a run like that since. I've been up that much money, but started with much more too. Never that kind of luck. Uhh, and I still hate roulette.

I call bullshit on the 26 (actually 27 since you said you hit 26 after the initial black hit). I also call bullshit on the subsequent 17 blacks in a row a few days later. You might as well tell us you won the megabucks given the odds involved.


2^27 = 1 in 134,217,728

2^17 = 1 in 131,072

 

[doubledeuce22]

Although seemingly broke, ended up in vegas for a weekend while in college.

Playing craps, I kept rolling a lot of craps for some reason, even rolled snake eyes 3 times in a row. Dealer says if you parlayed it just once it pays close to 1000.

About an hour later, on the come out roll I throw boxcars (12). So I parlay it, and all I can see is one 6, but my buddy is going nuts as he could see both dice. Paid for almost my whole trip.


Another one would have been this football season. Was running cold, but deposited another 150 since I loved Seattle and under. Was the game with the replacement ref. couldn't believe ref raised his hands touchdown (had everything tied with sea). Ran that small deposit up over 5k.

Then pissed it back. All of it.

 

[Murphy8276]

One I can't forget..

1993...the wife & I and another couple go to the Kentucky Derby

Sun-Times horse-racing writer Dave Feldman..was so ALL OVER.... SEA HERO

I had to play it....

put 500.00 across......bingo

funny thing was....I couldn't cash the ticket....lines were to long (infield)...

anyway right after the race..it started pouring rain...

which lead to many woman doing topless slip-n-slide w/ the tarps in the infield....

that was fun to watch...

pics and/or video or it never happened brah puff_>>

-murph

 

[C.P.]

pics and/or video or it never happened brah puff_>>

-murph

lol..Murph..it was 20yrs ago...

I wish I did have pics...

I can tell you this.. the wife tried her best to block my view from the titty fest...lol ... and so true

 

[RoofTop]

Took a stretch up to the Derby with 5 other couples. Couldn't cash a ticket to save my life. Had $300 left in my wallet and put $100 across on Charismatic. The rest is history.

11 Charismatic 64.60 27.80 14.40
13 Menifee 8.40 5.80
8 Cat Thief 5.80

 

[studmlb55]

11 Charismatic 64.60 27.80 14.40
13 Menifee 8.40 5.80
8 Cat Thief 5.80

I know literally nothing about horse racing. What did that pay?

 

[studmlb55]

I had some crazy stories that would go down as epic and many of them most of you would not believe, but I would rather not relive them at this moment. Due to my beautiful child being born yesterday morning and some other extenuating circumstances, it looks as if my gambling days are long behind me...

 

[GoSooners]

I had some crazy stories that would go down as epic and many of them most of you would not believe, but I would rather not relive them at this moment. Due to my beautiful child being born yesterday morning and some other extenuating circumstances, it looks as if my gambling days are long behind me...

Congrats on your new kid. I wish you nothing but the best.

 

[RoofTop]

I know literally nothing about horse racing. What did that pay?

$300 bet paid $5,340.00

 

[bigbet1234]

Speaking of horses. I hit a $1 superfecta for 4k. The winner of the race was like a 80-1 odd. Lol

Had no idea what i won. Lol

 

[studmlb55]

Congrats on your new kid. I wish you nothing but the best.

Thanks Sooners! That means a lot bud.

 

[NFLTrends]

Only thing I have done remotely story worthy was win first place 4 times in the Weekly Station Casinos "Great Giveaway" football contest the past 3 years.

Finished in the money (free slot play) for hundreds each year with only 3 entries.

Nothing spectacular, butt that's my only story. All were "Most Winners" except for 1 where I had the "Most Losers" once

 

[Murphy8276]

I had some crazy stories that would go down as epic and many of them most of you would not believe, but I would rather not relive them at this moment. Due to my beautiful child being born yesterday morning and some other extenuating circumstances, it looks as if my gambling days are long behind me...

congrats on the new born bud . :toast:

-murph

 

[CowboyT]

In Vegas the first time, there for three days in college.turned $200 into about $2k then subsequently blew it. $2000 isn't a ton of money but the experience of winning that much is hard to beat. My buddies and I were poor but lived off the casino dime well for a few days.

 

[ALSportsJunkie]

I had some crazy stories that would go down as epic and many of them most of you would not believe, but I would rather not relive them at this moment. Due to my beautiful child being born yesterday morning and some other extenuating circumstances, it looks as if my gambling days are long behind me...

First one? Just scale it back - way back.

 

[shdw01]

Congrats stud

 

[studmlb55]

First one? Just scale it back - way back.

2nd.

 

[studmlb55]

Congrats stud

Thanks shdw! Everything is going great thus far!

 

[ParlaysStoleMyMoney]

Congrats on the kiddo, Stud!

 

[zeeman]

One I can't forget..

1993...the wife & I and another couple go to the Kentucky Derby

Sun-Times horse-racing writer Dave Feldman..was so ALL OVER.... SEA HERO

I had to play it....

put 500.00 across......bingo

funny thing was....I couldn't cash the ticket....lines were to long (infield)...

anyway right after the race..it started pouring rain...

which lead to many woman doing topless slip-n-slide w/ the tarps in the infield....

that was fun to watch...

Dave Feldman, he was self appointed president of the BDH club. He would often write in his column first 25 or 50 fans to see him at the track would be treated to an ice cream cone. He loved his ice cream.