Promotional Contest(s)

Slots On Ice - hahahahaha!!
@webeishere (36313)
United States
March 1, 2008 10:00am CST
Well I had another free day at Mystic Lake casino this past Thursday. I got a free room, $15 cash free as well as the final set of the free china as comps. Now all Casinos have various promotional events to attract customers to return etc. This is a shot of one of their yearly promos here. It is a slot machine setting on their little pon/lake out front of the casino. Customers guess the date and time it will break through the ice. I guessed March 15, 9"45 a.m. My wifes guess is March 20, 12 noon. The payout is $1,000 to the closest guess of the day. If more than one person has the correct date they go by the times then. They also had a $100,000 Trucks and Bucks Giveaway Thursday only. They gave away 2 brand new $35,000 trucks and lots of cash. I did not hear my name called at all for the cash or truck prizes. So when you go to casinos or stores that have promo events do you sign up hoping to win a new vehicle or cash etc? Do you eneter sweepstakes at all? Are you a contestaholic at all? I am at times. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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17 responses
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
6 Mar 08
Hunk of Cheese to go with the whine....... - Hunk of cheese to go with the whine........
Here is your cheese to go with the whine........hehe You know we love you around here, please oh please forgive us for missing a discussion.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
7 Mar 08
Hey I hate swiss cheese. HAHAHAHAHA!! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
6 Mar 08
I like playing the slots online and at the beginning of the year they had a five day sweepstake and I won £500, I was over the moon, the second day I won another £20 just for playing my favourite slots on the online casino. You get points for playing certain games and certain promotions, the points get changed into cash too! I banked the £500 and put it in my holiday fund. I have also won other cash prizes and even a colour television in the past. Good luck Grandpa Bob!
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
7 Mar 08
Cool deal. I play free slots only online. I do not gamble online. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
6 Mar 08
I love contests and enter many of them. Its great when its free see my vitamin post 2 bottles free or any of my refunding and saving money posts. I have always believed if a company wants to give me something, then I'll be first in line. Sorry to see it took a link to get your friend list to post. I think one unresolved isn't bad and wish it was the case for me. I might just try posting a link to get the pair of them off that have been with me awhile.
@whittby (3072)
• United States
6 Mar 08
The casinos here have all sorts of promotions, but from what I see, you have to gamble for points or merchandise or you have to gamble to get more gambling money. Your contests sound like fun though. I love a contest and enter sweeps online all the time - I understand the odds are ridiculous but someone has to win right? whit
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
7 Mar 08
Well I get rooms and buffets comped from the use of my members card as well. But they have in house games as promos and all the various contests etc. Like all this month they have a free slot tournament each Monday as well. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
6 Mar 08
I can't say that I have signed up for any contest or sweepstake recently. I have in the past, but I've never won anything by doing so!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
7 Mar 08
Nothing at all? I've won jeans, phones, power tools, cash, radios etc. Lots of caps as well as other small clothing itmes. HAHAHA! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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• Singapore
6 Mar 08
I am a contestholic!! I'm proud to say that i have won many things on the internet which are not scams. It's cool winning!!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
7 Mar 08
Let's see, I have won, blue jeans, radios, radio alarm clock, cordless telephone, many checks in the amount of $5 up to $25 and other things off the internet as well. Now I want Ed McMahon and the Readers Digest crew knocking at my door for the 10 million prize. HAHAHA! Thanks. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
7 Mar 08
Reader's Digest or Publisher's Clearing House? I will take either one.
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
7 Mar 08
Well, I love entering contests from time to time, but never seem to Win anything. Good Luck with winning there, and let us know if you do Win.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
8 Mar 08
I have only been to a casino once in my life. Gambling really isn't interesting for me, I prefer playing scrabble myself.
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@someonesmom (5761)
• Canada
6 Mar 08
Hi Grandpa Bob, Those are some really great sweepstakes, and I do hope you win something. I've only ever won one thing, in my life, but am always trying. I usually just enter online contests for cash and prizes, as that's the easiest for me. I've been entering a monthly draw, for $5000.00, from Reader's Digest for months now, but still nothing. I get one entry per day, but it's getting to be useless, I think. I'd love to win something for a change.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
6 Mar 08
I'm not into entering sweepstakes, though I did fill out a form at the mall sometime last year as it was for a chance to win a car, or cash. Seeing I only had one vehicle for a family of four I figured I would give it a shot. Big mistake, because after that I was getting phone call after call saying that I won something else, that I didn't even sign up for, and that I'd have to go down to their office to watch some 2 hour promotional thing to possibly get my prize. As I wasn't interested in a big bunch of bull I hung up. :P LOL The sweepstakes I entered for finally stopped calling after months of trying, thank goodness. Another time a few months ago I received a notice in the mail for some sort of prize. In order to be entered I had to call their 800 number. I didn't want to do it, but my husband said to try anyway (I guess he was feeling optimistic that day LOL) so I went ahead and called. I had to listen to some woman who sounded like she was reading the words off from a booklet, almost robotic sounding. After several minutes of listening she finally got to the wonderful magazine subscription offers. Joy. She named off a bunch and told me how much less they cost then the newsstands. When she asked me which of the three I was interested in ordering, I said "Do you have any magazines on autism?" I have to say it threw her for a loop LOL and she named off all the magazines again. I told her since there weren't any on autism I wasn't interested. LOL She still tried to get me to order by claiming they were so much less this way, but I held my ground. She let me know I was entered and we said good bye and hung up. And guess what? I didn't win anything, big surprise. :P
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@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
6 Mar 08
Wow, your casino sure has a lot of promo's and comps! I told my mom about yoru casino and she said that is really nice and that the casino she works at doesn't do nearly that much for their customers. I hope you win that $1000!!!!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
7 Mar 08
Yes they do a lot to make their customers "happy" it seems. This is the largest casino in Minnesota as well. They also donate millions each year to charities etc. Thanks for the response and time. Appreciated. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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• United States
19 Mar 08
I love entering contests but I never win. I do continue to enter. I figure that the more I enter the larger chance I will have of winning something. The last time I won a contest I was pregnant with my daughter and she will be turning 30 at the end of the month.
@Chey1970 (1186)
• United States
6 Mar 08
I love going to the Casino and playing the slots. The nickel slots that is. *smiling* I am not one to enter contests or sweepstakes. For I am the most unluckiest person I know. I never win anything, so I have given up trying. Although this hasn't detoured me from going to the Casino to play my nickel slots. *LOL*
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
7 Mar 08
I play a variety of slots. Mostly the penny and 2 penny slots are the ones I prefer. The money lasts a lot longer that way. HAHAHAHA! I've actually won a $1,000 jackpot once on a penny machine betting 50 cents per spin only. So you can win on the small demonination machimnes as well. Just not as often etc. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Apr 08
I love to go to stores that have promo events ans always sign up but have never won anything.If I did I would probably die of shock. and I keep entering publishers clearing house but guess that they lost my ten million dollar check as theyjust never did show up at my front door.lol hope this triggers some more responses for you love, grandpa bob.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
28 May 08
hi Grandpa Bob you are really cashing there.more power to you. that sounds like a lot of fun. Wouldn't that be a hoot if you won the thousand dollars.oh I see this is three months back wow.
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