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First Speaker

(4,858 posts) Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:20 PM Oct 2018

Thinking about Mega Millions...has anyone ever had luck of that magnitude happen to them...?

I did. Once. Alas, it didn't profit me a penny... you know the game Yahtzee? You roll a Yahtzee--five of a kind in three chances--and get fifty points. An extra one is one hundred points. I was playing by myself, but got the Yahtzee, and the extra one, and was feeling nice--a good score. Right? Then I threw another one. On the first roll. Then a second. Again--on the first roll of the dice. Five of a kind. This happened *five* times in a row--a Yahtzee on the first try. And then I got two more later in the game, though not on the first roll. I don't remember what my final score was, but it was well over one thousand. I've never heard of anyone having a score half that. And that was my brush with wild berserker luck. The odds against this happening had to be at least what winning a huge lottery jackpot would be. And as I said--didn't get a red cent out of it... ...but I did have my transcendant moment...

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Thinking about Mega Millions...has anyone ever had luck of that magnitude happen to them...? (Original Post) First Speaker Oct 2018 OP

Actually I have... Cary Oct 2018 #1

That's a nice way of thinking about it... First Speaker Oct 2018 #2

I stopped into a convenience store this afternoon Va Lefty Oct 2018 #3

I've played poker off and on for 25 years now lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #4

I had one royal flush SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #5

yeah, mine didn't net me that much either lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #6

I out-ran **4** cop cars when I was in high school jpak Oct 2018 #7

I met my future wife; became her friend; then her lover; then her husband. Pretty improbable... NNadir Oct 2018 #8

Cary

(11,746 posts)

1. Actually I have...

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:24 PM

Oct 2018

My whole life so far.

Hey I could have been born a slave or a Russian peasant 250 years ago. Right?

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

2. That's a nice way of thinking about it...

Reply to Cary (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:25 PM

Oct 2018

...great answer!...

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

3. I stopped into a convenience store this afternoon

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:37 PM

Oct 2018

12 - 15 people in line to buy mega millions tickets. I'm laughing to myself until I realize I'm buying beer.

lapfog_1

(29,227 posts)

4. I've played poker off and on for 25 years now

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:53 PM

Oct 2018

In that time I've had 5 royal flushes in Texas Holdem using both cards in my hand.

However, and this is really hard for people to believe,

I had two royal flushes in one night, within about 3 hours of each other.

It's rare to have one royal flush (10 to Ace in one suit from 7 total cards).

The odds of a royal flush are 1 out of 30,940... I have no idea how to calculate the odds of having 2 within like 90 hands.

In addition, I've had one straight flush beat by another straight flush... almost impossible. I had the 7,8 of diamonds, and right on the flop came 9,10,J of diamonds... and my opponent had the Q,K of diamonds.

Good think I was down to my last few stacks of chips (in CA you can only bet the chips in front of you)...

Sadly, I was playing in a casino that did not have a bad beat jackpot ( usually $50K or more for a hand that loses like this )

SCantiGOP

(13,874 posts)

5. I had one royal flush

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 07:21 PM

Oct 2018

Playing with 3 friends in a 25cent, 3 raise game.
That's when I realized I did not have a poker face. I netted 75 cents on the ante, another 75 on the first bet, and then after I drew one card and bet a quarter, the other three guys all folded.
So, my mega-million hand made me a total of $1.50.

lapfog_1

(29,227 posts)

6. yeah, mine didn't net me that much either

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 07:50 PM

Oct 2018

playing mostly 6/12...

Although one came late in a tournament against somebody that made a full house... and I went on to win the tournament ( $7500 )

jpak

(41,760 posts)

7. I out-ran **4** cop cars when I was in high school

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:12 PM

Oct 2018

Never did find me.

NNadir

(33,563 posts)

8. I met my future wife; became her friend; then her lover; then her husband. Pretty improbable...

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:13 PM

Oct 2018

...but it actually happened.

There's no way a billion dollars could be better than that.

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