Anyone every hit it big on the on board slot machines?

[erdoran]

My first (and only) slot pull was on the Epic in I think 2010 or 2011. The group had I think $2100 and total winnings were somewhere around $100. Not profit. We put $2100 in, took $100 out. That cured me of wanting to gamble on a cruise.

 

I’m not a big slot person; if I do gamble (rarely) it’s blackjack. DH and I own two timeshares in Atlantic City on the Boarwalk and we never go to the casinos.

[jfarri4230]

Just got back from a week on the Eurodam. The first night a fellow won $10K betting $1 on video keno. They gave it to him in cash, which he promptly put in a safety deposit box at Guest Services until the end of the cruise.

[fastpitchdad]

 

Gambling on a cruise ship is a bad bet, no pun intended. Much worse than a regulated casino in the states and other places.

 

I worry about that with their slot machines. Most everything else should be the same. Even Video poker is dealt from a random clock although the pay tables might suck but at least you would know that before you put in any money.

[goldenrod]

Back in the 1970’s we were on the Boheme they only had a small slot room with maybe 20 mechanical slots single coin only first time I had ever played a slot I won $75 dollar jackpot on single coin 10 cent machine. Back then they also paid out all the money they took in on Bingo! Unlike now. And a week cruise was $299 each!

 

 

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[RickinNYC]

I don't recall the total amount I won on a cruise aboard the Breakaway, but it seemed every evening, I'd put a few bucks in a slot machine and would end up winning a few hundred dollars. It became almost kind of a joke among my friends/husband. They'd point at a machine and tell me to put a back in to see what happened. Of course, it didn't work every single time, but I'll never forget when one friend had put in about $50 into one machine, demanded I put in some money, stuck in a dollar and I won about $800 on one pull.

 

Collectively, on that cruise, I did win enough to pay for that trip, as well as all onboard expenses, buy a few future cruise credits and our spending money on excursions.

 

Prior to that, and since then? Big fat nothing.

[Pauser]

I have twice hit jackpots on cruise ships - both on NCL ships (Dawn & Jewel). One was more than $2,000 and the other was more than $1,000.

[Flatbush Flyer]

The stories about all the 'winning' are a bit disingenuous because the teller rarely admits how much they lost in the machine before they 'won'. If you drop $1000 into a machine over an hour or two then hit a big jackpot of $800 you still lost $200. Most people conveniently leave that part out because it ruins the story.

 

 

 

Gambling on a cruise ship is a bad bet, no pun intended. Much worse than a regulated casino in the states and other places.

 

 

 

Gotta love that "intermittent reinforcement." - just like "leading lambs to slaughter."

 

 

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[stanmoto98]

I play video poker almost exclusively and have hit a handful of Royal Flushes on both dollar and quarter machines. My wife hit on a quarter Quick Hits machine last cruise for $1400+.

[vent1020]

I hit $358 on the quarter machine on the Jewel in March of 2009. Immediately cashed it out and the next morning booked my next cruise, which I'm going on in November! :D

 

Photographic memory or do you never play? I wouldn't remember the exact amount I won even a year ago let alone 9 years ago. ;p

[Twinzma]

Not me. But my Cousin sitting on the machine next to me on first night hit almost $3,000. She then of course hits again sitting next to me a few days later $2,200. I did not win.....I lost BIG time. I don't think I will ever play slots again.

[floridian1]

My very first cruise was on RCCL 15 years ago and I was playing on the slot machines..had $10 and won $75, so a $65 profit... not a big hit but I'll take it!

[KarimaJ]

On the Getaway a guy hit $5000 just after we left the machine [emoji35]

 

 

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[jwatford]

I hit $7800 on a penny slot about a year ago.

 

 

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[megansdad1]

Photographic memory or do you never play? I wouldn't remember the exact amount I won even a year ago let alone 9 years ago. ;p

 

Check out the date of the post. Someone revived this thread. it took me a minute to realize it when I was scrolling through the comments. :'):')

[llollipoppi]

My hubby won $800 on the last night of our cruise on the Epic. not massive but good enough for us.

[macandlucy]

Gotta love that "intermittent reinforcement." - just like "leading lambs to slaughter."

 

 

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Hey now, it's intermittent reinforcement on a variable reward schedule!

[jaxw17]

You sure will pay - NCL will produce the 1099. I found that out in 2003 when I won $5000 at bingo.

Does that apply if you dont live in the USA

[ggTexasGal]

Check out the date of the post. Someone revived this thread. it took me a minute to realize it when I was scrolling through the comments. :'):')

 

:D:DIt cracks me up that since November 10, 2010, this had been a dead thread!

[Jagggg]

Just off the Dawn yesterday. Put a $20.00 in max lines and got $268

[vent1020]

:D:DIt cracks me up that since November 10, 2010, this had been a dead thread!

 

 

Guess it's an oldie but a goodie. ;p

[Georgie562]

Not a jackpot but last year I won $900 on Ruby Princess on Dancin Drums. Thats the most i've ever won playing slots in my life.

[Peachypooh]

I sat next to a gentleman in the Java Café that looked very happy. He said that he came out $5,000 ahead playing slots on that cruise.

[rockfsh]

I was once was sitting next to a man who hit a jackpot on a Celebrity cruise. He was not happy. He said he did not max bet.

[Baseball fan]

Not much of a gambler but won $250 on a penny slot machine. And that wasn’t with max bet[emoji1]

 

 

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[jakz2fun]

My last cruise, I won enough that I left the cruise with more than I had when I went on it. I considered that a win, seeing how I was in the casino pretty much every day.