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CruisinLow

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$2.00 each :p

 

Our Slot Pull went great thanx to all the helpful info here and especially to Ann for the spreadsheet :) I preloaded my spreadsheet at home with the 27 people that expressed an interest and arranged by cabin # (best Idea ever) so easy to find each player when they were ready to play. We had a total of 32 players and all but 1 of the original 25 played.

 

I put it out there before we sailed on our Roll Call that I would collect the $15.00 at our "Meet and Greet" at sail away for all those wanting to prepay. I would say about half prepaid the day before. Once a player paid they were given a card with their "Pull #" with instructions to keep the card as this was their receipt to collect winnings.

 

We also as a group decided to ask the Casino Host for goodies. Each player received a $5.00 match play coupon on and keychain plus we had a 1st and 2nd place prize cup with assorted goodies from the casino.

 

I fed all the money into the machine prior to play and called each person when it was their turn to spin. What a great group we had. Everybody cheered the other players and we had a blast. The $2.00 win was just icing on the cake.

 

I took our winning chit out of the machine and the Casino cash cage attended graciously made my 32 piles of $17.00 for us.:eek:

 

I would most definitely would do it again. I would also recommend putting all money in at one time as we did.

 

Good Luck to all!

 

Pam,

Thank you so much for coming back here and letting us all know how your Slot Pull went. And it sounds like it went over very well. I agree that it is so fun but even winning $2.00 over what you put in was a bonus.

I do like your idea of feeding all the money in at once and giving people tickets for their turn at the machine. I am sure it will go faster that way and is just as much fun.

With feedback like yours, we will all have this Slot Pull thing down to a science soon. Hope you do it again on your next cruise.

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CruisinLow

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Ann

 

How about another request for your spreadsheet.

 

We sail on April 19th,

 

Thanks

 

Helen

 

Helen at cruisewithus.biz

 

Helen,

Tthis does not appear to be a full email address. Please resend the correct one and I, in turn, will follow up with the spreadsheet.

Thanks

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Momma Mojito

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Hi Ann,

I too volunteered to take charge of the slot pull for our upcoming April 28 Coral Princess Cruise. This site is a wealth of helpful information. Thanks to you and everyone else for their suggestions. I'm going to be another requestion a copy of your spreadsheet and Thanks again Momma Mojito my email address ejaper5@comcast.net

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Hi Ann,

 

Will you be so kind to send me your world famous spreadsheets. We will attempt to try to organize a slot pull on our up coming April 4, cruise to Hawaii.

Please e-mail to: Graciespage at aol dot com

 

Thanks so much,

Grace

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CruisinLow

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I have sent this to Momma Mojito, Can'tSwim63 and RonniesLady just now.

I hope all of you have fun with it and win some money. We are all going to spread this around cruise Critic until every single cruise holds a Slot Pull.

Enjoy your cruises.

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CruisinLow

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Hi Ann,

I too volunteered to take charge of the slot pull for our upcoming April 28 Coral Princess Cruise. This site is a wealth of helpful information. Thanks to you and everyone else for their suggestions. I'm going to be another requestion a copy of your spreadsheet and Thanks again Momma Mojito my email address ejaper5@comcast.net

 

Sorry Momma Mojito. This is the message that I got back after sending to your email address above:

 

Recipient address: ejaper5@comcast.net

Reason: Remote SMTP server has rejected address

 

Got another email address i can try?

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Momma Mojito

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Sorry Momma Mojito. This is the message that I got back after sending to your email address above:

 

Recipient address: ejaper5@comcast.net

Reason: Remote SMTP server has rejected address

 

Got another email address i can try?

 

My email is ejaper45@comcast.net I really should do more proofreading!!! Rely on spell check too much but that doesn't find these kind of mistakes

Thanks again

JoAnn

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Momma Mojito

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Resent it hopefuly it will work now.

 

Ann' date='

I feel like a real pest, but just checked my email and nothing. Here's another email address [email']jocruiser45@gmail.com[/email] that you mingt want to send it to.

 

Thanks again for all your trouble,

JoAnn

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CruisinLow

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Ann,

I feel like a real pest, but just checked my email and nothing. Here's another email address jocruiser45@gmail.com that you mingt want to send it to.

 

Thanks again for all your trouble,

JoAnn

 

JoAnn,

Just resent to both emails. It has to get there at least once now. Just let me know if there is any issues.

 

Thanks

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I have sent this to Momma Mojito' date=' Can'tSwim63 and RonniesLady just now. [/size']

I hope all of you have fun with it and win some money. We are all going to spread this around cruise Critic until every single cruise holds a Slot Pull.

Enjoy your cruises.

I joined in a Slot Pull last year and it was a crazy time. Now I've been volunteered into organising for our upcoming Norway cruise so I really could do with a spread sheet or similar if you still have it please? janwithemmas.ears@gmail.com

 

Thanks very much!

Jan

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CruisinLow

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I joined in a Slot Pull last year and it was a crazy time. Now I've been volunteered into organising for our upcoming Norway cruise so I really could do with a spread sheet or similar if you still have it please? janwithemmas.ears@gmail.com

 

Thanks very much!

Jan

 

Jan,

Will send it immediately to your email address. Enjoy

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I absolutely agree that I would not give the Casino advance warning of your arrival. I have run 2 slot pulls on 2 different ships. I never notified the Casino Manager in advance other than when we all walked into the casino. IMHO this gives them less time to "possibly" set the machine to pay off less. Maybe you would miss out on a free drink but I would rather win lots of money. The Casino manger and her staff were excellant when they saw so many people who were going to participate.

Here is what I posted on Cruise Critic on the thread for our cruise:

THE SLOT PULL

HOW DOES IT WORK? - Everyone who wants to participate will bring their $15.00 to the meeting spot. You will each get five (5) pulls on a dollar slot machine that utilizes $3.00/pull. The winning money will accumulate in the machine and that will be divided among the participants at the end of all pulls. The payoffs will be in even dollars.

The extra money above the even dollars will be awarded to the player who gets the group the highest amount on their slot pulls. Each person’s winnings will be recorded at the time of their pulls so we know who will get the side pot of the money after the even dollar pay-out.

 

WHEN WILL WE DO THIS? - We will meet XXXXXXXXX @ XXX on the starboard side of the casino Fiesta Deck 6 just outside the Casino. We will all go into the Casio together and start our play.

Payoffs will be handled immediately afterwards and handed out to all who joined in the Slot Pull.

· If you wish to participate' date=' please give me your name and cabin # in case there is any [u']change[/u] at all in the schedule and I can notify you. We need more people to make this lots of fun, so please join in. This is what I need for those who want to participate:

o Your names – first names only for each person who is going to participate.

o Your cabin # in case there is any change in plans and I can call and leave a message in your cabin

If you do not want to post that information here, you can email me at XXXXXXXX

By having this information in advance, I can make up a chart at home to track names the amount each person wins on their pulls.

 

 

I also have an Excel spread sheet that you can print in advance to track how much each person won for the group. If you will give me your email address, I will forward that spread sheet.

These are always great fun.

 

Hey Ann,

 

Were you with us on a cruise and did the Slot pull?

 

Hugh :D

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Hey Ann,

Were you with us on a cruise and did the Slot pull?

 

Hugh :D

 

Hi Hugh. I think so as I recognize your name and "handle" but not sure what ship it was and when.

possibly the Alaska cruise last year?

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Hi Hugh. I think so as I recognize your name and "handle" but not sure what ship it was and when.

possibly the Alaska cruise last year?

 

 

 

I do not recall that it was on the Alaskan Cruise last year. I though it was one of the Caribbean Cruise. Anyway the slot pull was great and well organized, I could have sworn you did it. :D

 

Hugh :cool:

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I do not recall that it was on the Alaskan Cruise last year. I thought it was one of the Caribbean Cruise. Anyway the slot pull was great and well organized, I could have sworn you did it. :D

 

Hugh :cool:

 

Yup Hugh.... that was me on the Diamond Princess last September from Anchorage to Vancouver.

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