NH man loses lifes savngs on carnival game.

[powderman]

New Hampshire man no longer top banana after losing life savings on carnival game  Published April 30, 2013
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What a banana.
A New Hampshire man says he squandered his life savings playing a rigged carnival game in hopes of winning an Xbox game system.
Henry Gribbohm, 30, of New Hampshire, told WBZ-TV that he ended up losing $2,600 playing Tubs of Fun at a Fiesta Shows' carnival. The next day, he said he complained to a person running the game and was given $600 and a large stuffed banana with dreadlocks.
To some, a large stuffed banana may suffice, but Gribbohm later filed a report with the Manchester Police Department claiming that the game was rigged. The department told the station that it is investigating the matter.
 
Tubs of Fun is notoriously challenging. Gribbohm told the station that he practiced and thought he had a knack for it. But once the game began the balls started popping out of the water. His only explanation: "It's not possible that it wasn't rigged."
Like a down-on-his-luck Blackjack player, Gribbohm began making riskier bets to win back some money and told WBZ-TV that at one point he dropped $300 in a few minutes. He went home and got another $2,300, he told the station.
The game is operated by an outside party and Fiesta told the station that it will also investigate Gribbohm’s allegations.
"For once in my life, I happened to become that sucker," he said.
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[Shu]

If you can't afford to lose it, don't gamble with it.
 
After losing the first 300 ( why did it take so long to figure out) it would have been much cheaper just to buy the xbox in the first place.
 
When my kids were young, I didn't go to the casinos. Now they are older and don't need me, I still don't go to the casinos. I like my money just how it is. In my pocket.
 
Want to double your money easily without risk? Fold it in half.

[mechanic]

If you can't afford to lose it, don't gamble with it.
 
After losing the first 300 ( why did it take so long to figure out) it would have been much cheaper just to buy the xbox in the first place.
 
When my kids were young, I didn't go to the casinos. Now they are older and don't need me, I still don't go to the casinos. I like my money just how it is. In my pocket.
 
Want to double your money easily without risk? Fold it in half.

Yep
 

[Conan The Librarian]

He's better off with all the fine memories of a day well spent earning a weird looking giant toy. Anybody that would lose 300 on a game like that is also going to be the type to lose much more.