Monday, August 2, 2010

In 2010 I ... won!

$56.50! Serious money, people. While I don't have a picture of my winning ticket because I had to turn it over to the automatic money dispenser (plus, I think casinos frown on photo taking ...) I would like to pay homage to Mystic Lake Casino as a thank you for my triumph last night:

Uh, this place is ridiculously huge.

Last night marked just the second time I've ever been the successful winner of anything at a casino. (The first was a $70 or so win on my 18th birthday.) Not that I'm a frequent casino go-er, but the Finleys have been known to make semi-regular appearances at Mystic's late-night bingo, and each of us owns several bingo daubers like these:

Traditional dauber

and these:

Fancy, sparkly dauber

Note: For those who have never had the great fortune of purchasing a bingo dauber, they are dispensed via a bingo hall vending machine. It's quite fantastic.

But I digress, as this has nothing to do with winning money at bingo and everything to do with winning money at nickel slots. This was the easiest winning ever, as I had to push a few buttons perhaps three or four times, landed on some set of bonus spins, and let the machine rack up nearly 1,000 credits all on its own. That's my kind of gambling.

So thanks, Dad, for having a birthday and for choosing to celebrate it at Mystic. And now I will forever onward expect to be paid to attend your annual celebration, ok?

2 comments:

  1. Congrats! I played bingo in high school and won $100 once! Totally bought Abercrombie jeans and thought I was the shit.

    A group is getting together for VFW bingo tonight. Care to join and bring your lucky dauber?

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  2. Love it! And had I won $100 in middle school, I would have totally bought a pair of Girbaud's.

    VFW bingo sounds amazing. Too bad all the daubers are safely stored under lock-and-key in Bloomington. (My parents still don't trust me with high density ink.) But I just might have to get in on it anyway ... feeling a bit of a lucky streak right now. What time?

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