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What else have you won in your lifetime????

Me I won a toaster in the Christmas Draw at the local British legion in 1993, I was well pleased as you can imagine. And well…..that’s about it, have we got any lucky buggers here?

Tenner on the lottery, A holiday to Florida, Salesman of the Year 3 years running, Cimema Tickets, 15 CD's, stuffed toys at carnivals  and a PS2 when they first came out

Nothing!

Fancy dress competition went as the FA cup with Claret & Blue ribbons

I won from a radio station in Australia tickets to a Billy Ray Cyrus concert (Don't tell my heart...my achy breaky heart....), a bottle of tequila and Mick Jagger CD's.

From XFM radio station in London I won tickets to two concerts, Muse and The Divine Comedy, and a CD player.

I won an easter hamper when I left the army, one of the boxes of chocolate almonds had weavels in the nuts, and I didn't realise until I nearly finished the box...makes me sick just thinking of it still...

I once turned up at my local radio station and told them that I had won a competition on there a few weeks ago, which I hadn't, and I still hadn't received the prize. They took down my details and posted an album to me a few days later. Does that count?

I won a hucklebuck dancing competition at my school disco when I was 7.

Just remembered, also won a doormat in a prize bingo....

My partner won a week in San francisco, 1997 on the big breakfast(more tea vicor)
and he won 2 tickets to see Bon jovi concert at the last concert at wembley.
I also won on the 425 channel Poker set 2 weeks ago 8)

A customized Blonde T-shirt and Cap ;D
About 5 cd's, free entrance to a theme park and plenty of bottles of wine

a nice beef joint in the meat raffle years ago. do they still exist?

Apart from TV show winnings, I am actually very jammy and have won a corporate football box, trip to New York, Ascot Ladies day tickets, film premier, hotel stay and betting money, a years supply of creme eggs (made the wife happy), a stereo, cash, several theatre trips, MP3 player, Digital camera and printer, cash in half time draw tickets at a match, Poker million party tickets & hotel stay, plus loads of other small prizes.

However, my best win ever was a trip to Jamaica staying at Ian Flemings Goldeneye where he wrote the Bond books. Fantastic and ambition is to go back one day but the cost of staying a night is the same as paying for a holiday so can't see it happening. I was James Bond for a week with private beach and jet skis and the garage has been converted in to a private cinema and all the Bond films on dvd to watch. Just thinking about it again brings a smile to my face.
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you are a lucky beggar indestructable!!
ive won a few things and its been fun remembering. let me think

a £10 token when i was 12 for selling the most charity catalogue items and bringing in the most cash.
a circus dancing competition with my pal carol and lots of other children from our community centre
 £10 for winning football card in a pub
a book token for good marks at school
a bet - i told my pal to climb on top of a fence and howl like a wolf. shes a buddist nun now...lol
£900 between 3 in a tv quiz game in late 80's - keynotes with alistair deval......lmao
3rd in a talent contest with my pals - at school
£10 on the lottery the week it started
£90 on clyde radio afternoon comp in early 90's


i cant think of any more but im going to try. this is fun

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i forgot a cracker from when i was about 11yrs. there was a farm up where i lived and i used to go up there with my pal carol. we took lessons and helped muck out the school horses.
on haloween, everyone was invited to a fancy dress party with or without horse. guess what? Yes thats right. i won the non horse category. my mum made me an outfit like i was a mexican coyboy on a horse. she built a horse shell made of cardboard and it had braces to hold it on when i climbed in. it even had the cowboys legs dangling over the sides. a cool costume. i stumbed over the field and over 2 fences with and it on and still made it in one piece. my mum was made up when i got home and i shared my goodies with everyone. brilliant!!

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My biggest win would be on the horses when I placed a 50p Heinz 57 costing me 33 quid-ish with tax and winning all 6 races Paying me just over 3k

The following week I was in a tiny little betting shop and placed a 20 quid win treble, the first two horses had Michael Roberts on board and both coasted home at a very good price something like 2/1 and 7/2.

However I had go a bit carried away with the third horse and picked it purely for the name HARRYS COMING, my little boys name, Priced at 33/1

The race was not on tv so we had to hear it over the tannoy, half way through the voice says “and now over to hackney for the dogs”, well when the race came back on the guys says “And with one furlong to go Harrys coming 3 lengths clear”. Well at this my heart started racing and the gezzer behind the counter, the owner I presume came round and stood next to me, he said something like

“wow I bet your sweating on this one”

“not as much as you mate was the reply” anyway he came 3rd and that was that. but it would have been nice. close but no cigar

hey lodger thought you won a week in wales and then a weekend in london

you sly fox nice one  :)up

My ex's parents won 64k on the lottery. Me personally, nothing  >:(

I was a big chess player in primary school. Travelling to tournaments all over Scotland and winning a few of them.

I was never quite good enough to be among the best. I could hold my own though,  if underestimated then I could pull of the odd upset beating the best players of my age in the country.

When I went to the British champinship one year I was completely overwhelmed. The players from England were a different class altogether. Some of them had parents that quit work to coach their kid chess and travel them around the World to play a board game. It all seemed a bit wierd.

I gave up playing the game competitely by the time I reached Secondary School, opting instead for a relatively normal existence.

well done tank. some parents want to live life through their kids and the kids dont get to be kids. Have you ever seen those shows on tv (american) where they dress up little 1 and 2 rear olds as adults and get them to pose and walk up and down the catwalk? paegents!! i personally think its a recipe for disaster, teaching young children that looks are all important.
Did you ever return to chess as an adult? if so how did you get on? still got it??

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I've never played any competitions as an adult, however, if theres a chess board in a pub, that's usually me sorted for the evening. Taking on allcomers for a pint a frame, my lady friend getting bored and going home  :D

I've no illusions that I still have it though, anyone who's serious about their chess can usually wipe the floor with me. I do think a chess background has been very helpful when it came to learning poker. A lot of international masters are also formiddable opponents at the poker table. The concentration required and the strategic thinking are big parts of both games. The reason I love poker is because you don't have to be the best to win. If you're a good player, you can still have a shot and be rewarded heartily for your efforts.

Whenever I see someone complain whilst playing poker that the "bad players always beat them" and that "if we all had equal luck, they'd win every time" I think to myself, go take up chess you whingy nonce. What excuse will you have for losing then?

Four iPods.
Two Cannondale mountain bikes.
A Playstation 2.
A day at a spa (???).
A few hundred quid in various karaoke competitions.