Most money you've ever seen wasted in a flash!

discus

A mate in work was talking about a trip him and a colleagues made to Vegas last year, after they all got massive bonuses. One lad, who should have known better, got his bonus changed into 2 single chips worth a few thousand each. Bet one on red, and lost. Then bet the other on red, and lost again! A couple of grand wasted in 90 seconds or so!

Peregrine

Watched my parents buy a house back in 2007

I win.

The Backwards Man

I seen Brian Lenihan sign a bit of paper in November 2010. I win too.

the groutch

I saw Biffo waste about €300bn with the bank guarantee on 29/9/'08

jill_valentine

I used to work in a videogame store when the PS3 was just out. A lady bought two packages amounting to 700 euro each, because "the kids won't share."

Ciaran_B

"I'm not sharing with Kaitlyn."

Copper_pipe

One direction tickets

VONSHIRACH

a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne! He rang home and his parents sent him €50 over by western union, which he had to use to buy food.

cml387

VONSHIRACH wrote: »

a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne! He rang home and his parents sent him €50 over by western union, which he had to use to buy food.

How is Mr. Legend doing now?

johnty56

VONSHIRACH wrote: »

a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne! He rang home and his parents sent him €50 over by western union, which he had to use to buy food.

I shouldn't laugh.. I had to think for a minute if it was me

discus

VONSHIRACH wrote: »

a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne! He rang home and his parents sent him €50 over by western union, which he had to use to buy food.

That's bad! I'd consider hermitage for a few months if I did that

biko

I saw a guy buying a brand new car, as soon as it left the dealer premises it had lost 2K value.

Hunter Mahan

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Watched my parents buy a house back in 2007

I win.

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I seen Brian Lenihan sign a bit of paper in November 2010. I win too.

the groutch wrote: »

I saw Biffo waste about €300bn with the bank guarantee on 29/9/'08

Don't ye ever get tired of thinking and talking about this sh1t?

VONSHIRACH

cml387 wrote: »

How is Mr. Legend doing now?

He is married now. He did return to Germany for his stag though!!!!!

cml387

VONSHIRACH wrote: »

He is married now. He did return to Germany for his stag though!!!!!

Mrs Legend must never learn of this.

VONSHIRACH

cml387 wrote: »

Mrs Legend must never learn of this.

what happens on tour stays on tour.

thats not even the maddest by his standards.

OCorcrainn

The piss rusted spire in the middle of Dublin.

jill_valentine

jill_valentine wrote: »

I used to work in a videogame store when the PS3 was just out. A lady bought two packages amounting to 700 euro each, because "the kids won't share."

Just to add - both kids were under 12.

Lady Chatterton

Mary Harney's $410 hair do

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/harney-the-fas-trip-and-the-410-hairdo-26495230.html

Ol' Donie

jill_valentine wrote: »

Just to add - both kids were under 12.

Jesus.

That sh*t makes me a lot angrier than it should.

Fu**in eejit.

Lady Chatterton

The €55 million spent on the E-voting machines :mad::mad::mad:


http://www.irishtimes.com/news/e-voting-machines-to-be-scrapped-1.722896

hedgehog2

Watched a guy I knew lose $150k in under 15 minutes on the bacarat table.
He still bought us a round of drinks after and was able to munch down a plate of sandwiches with just a shrug of his shoulders.

yore

discus wrote: »

A mate in work was talking about a trip him and a colleagues made to Vegas last year, after they all got massive bonuses. One lad, who should have known better, got his bonus changed into 2 single chips worth a few thousand each. Bet one on red, and lost. Then bet the other on red, and lost again! A couple of grand wasted in 90 seconds or so!

Most money wasted in a flash?

I gave your sister 10 Yoyos to flash her boobies at me.


They say you get what you pay for.....in this case I was well shortchanged!

discus

:eek:

rox5

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

Ham Wallet

OCorcrainn wrote: »

The piss rusted spire in the middle of Dublin.

Blandest shittest stereotypical comment ever.

323

VONSHIRACH wrote: »

a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne!

OK, but I thought this was about wasted money.

jill_valentine

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Jesus.

That sh*t makes me a lot angrier than it should.

Fu**in eejit.

I know. And it was at launch too, there were only a few titles available for children that age - I could be wrong, but I'm nearly sure she wound up buying more than one copy of some of the games along with it.

SV

rox5 wrote: »

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

Not a chance did he spend 800 on drink.
Even drinking Cristal champagne all night that'd have you in a hospital, unless he was paying for all of his friends.

Anyway I'd say that isn't really a waste as it's keeping bar men and women in jobs.

humberklog

rox5 wrote: »

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

Not exactly rock solid testimony.

DEFTLEFTHAND

American divorce law is scary if you're the bread winner, take Tiger Woods for instance, $750 million from cash and assets. The Swedish woman he was married to was an unqualified illlegal Au Pair working for Jesper Parnevik another golf pro before hand, that's how they met.

Always sign a prenup in the States. :pac:

lucky frank lives

12k on a car that i knew was banjaxed but couldnt bring it back out of pride

ArseBurger

rox5 wrote: »

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

Who are you to judge how other people spend their own money?

Creasy_bear

My mate playing 10,000 to enter the World Series in Vegas. Then last less than one hour.

mikemac1

Nintendo Wii

I got a few hours out of it but it's mainly been sitting under the TV doing nothing for the last few years.

Not been turned on in at least 6 months

montyrebel

mikemac1 wrote: »

Nintendo Wii

I got a few hours out of it but it's mainly been sitting under the TV doing nothing for the last few years.

Not been turned on in at least 6 months

ooohhh Matron :P

bnt

Depends on what you mean by "wasted". Money spent in Lost Wages is not flushed down the toilet, it goes in to the pockets of the casino(s) and then in to the economy of Nevada ... where some of it is wasted.

Is it a waste to have the Luxor hotel shining a massive spotlight - equivalent to over 42 billion candles at full power - straight up in to the night sky? Possibly. According to a Wikipedia source, it costs $51 per hour to run, half of that on electricity. The xenon bulbs cost far more, but that money also goes towards someone's wages. How about a Blackjack croupier who gets to put her kids through college, thanks to her casino job?

Las Vegas isn't a hole in the ground, it's an economy in and of itself. :cool:

kiffer

discus wrote: »

A mate in work was talking about a trip him and a colleagues made to Vegas last year, after they all got massive bonuses. One lad, who should have known better, got his bonus changed into 2 single chips worth a few thousand each. Bet one on red, and lost. Then bet the other on red, and lost again! A couple of grand wasted in 90 seconds or so!

Ahhhh Las Vegas... you could have just stopped there.
Steps to survive a trip to Las Vegas.
1. Ration cash... I am willing to lose this much money today, this much money for food boose and "miscellaneous" expenses
2. Credit card stays in the room at night.
3. When you end up off the strip you cannot hail a cab by flagging one down... that African American gent in the beat up car is not an "independent taxi driver"... do not get in his car.
4. Bet the minimum on black, if you lose double your bet, repeat until you win, then go back to the minimum, you will over time make a small profit and also get free drinks... unless you have to keep doubling so many times that you hit the table limit or run out of cash...
5. If you find yourself paying for something by credit card and they take a tumb print then you have probably ignored rule 2, and also are too drunk to sign your name... by morning your card will be completely maxxed out.
6. Craps makes no sense, you will lose hundreds of dollars before you figure it out...

AndyMc

mikemac1 wrote: »

Nintendo Wii

I got a few hours out of it but it's mainly been sitting under the TV doing nothing for the last few years.

Not been turned on in at least 6 months

Turn it into an emulation machine. that little box can do more than play ****ty party games with a little effort.

zaph.

jill_valentine wrote: »

I used to work in a videogame store when the PS3 was just out. A lady bought two packages amounting to 700 euro each, because "the kids won't share."

I would have told the kids they could either share the PS3 or have a Xbox each

they'd be happy to share then

crazy cabbage

kiffer wrote: »

4. Bet the minimum on black, if you lose double your bet, repeat until you win, then go back to the minimum, you will over time make a small profit and also get free drinks... unless you have to keep doubling so many times that you hit the table limit or run out of cash...

That would work if there wasn't a green space or if there wasn't a table maxium. If you keep doubling you bet you will reach table maxium very quickly. Only need 5 (that is a guess) suscisive losses which is highly probable is your playing for a while.
That is why they have a table maxium. Everything you have earned using this system would be wiped out instantaly.

edit. I should really read posts fully before replying :L

Birneybau

rox5 wrote: »

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

Are you Neil and is your mate Jay?

kiffer

crazy cabbage wrote: »

That would work if there wasn't a green space or if there wasn't a table maxium. If you keep doubling you bet you will reach table maxium very quickly. Only need 5 (that is a guess) suscisive losses which is highly probable is your playing for a while.
That is why they have a table maxium. Everything you have earned using this system would be wiped out instantaly.

edit. I should really read posts fully before replying :L

Yeah, zero and double zero throw it a bit...
But it's the closest you can come to a working system... apparently the point of gambling is fun.
The safe play isn't really exciting so what you do is you use it to build back up from losses or to build up a bit of cash that you don't mind losing because it wasn't money you brought in... say you bring in 50 quid, build it up to 150 over the course of an hour... then you start making riskier bets that could make you a lot more money untill you end up losing everything...

michellie

rox5 wrote: »

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

This is not the reason why this country is ****ed!

The Gride

€1200 on a turbo for my car and later turned out their was nothing wrong with the old one.

john_cappa

kiffer wrote: »

Yeah, zero and double zero throw it a bit...
But it's the closest you can come to a working system... apparently the point of gambling is fun.
The safe play isn't really exciting so what you do is you use it to build back up from losses or to build up a bit of cash that you don't mind losing because it wasn't money you brought in... say you bring in 50 quid, build it up to 150 over the course of an hour... then you start making riskier bets that could make you a lot more money untill you end up losing everything...

The system does not work and cannot work. All casinos are set with min/maxes to prevent this. I mean all casinos.

Even if it did work the return is tiny and the risk huge.

It is not fun and boring as hell.

Going to Vegas in 9 days for third time! A massive waste of 10g for me and the wife but not a single **** will be given!

crazy cabbage

kiffer wrote: »

Yeah, zero and double zero throw it a bit...
But it's the closest you can come to a working system... apparently the point of gambling is fun.
The safe play isn't really exciting so what you do is you use it to build back up from losses or to build up a bit of cash that you don't mind losing because it wasn't money you brought in... say you bring in 50 quid, build it up to 150 over the course of an hour... then you start making riskier bets that could make you a lot more money untill you end up losing everything...

The closest you can come to a working system is counting cards in your head, which despite the fact you might get the **** bet out of you if you are caught, isn't actully illegal.

Also it is actully really easy to learn how to do. Ment to be completly different in a casino type enviroment but the basics are easy. Just need to be able to add and subtract quickly

April O Neill

Ciaran_B wrote: »

"I'm not sharing with Kaitlyn."

My thoughts exactly.

john_cappa

crazy cabbage wrote: »

The closest you can come to a working system is counting cards in your head, which despite the fact you might get the **** bet out of you if you are caught, isn't actully illegal.

But again largely impossible due to te number of decks casinos use per game and even if it is single deck or even two decks they usually pay 6:5 which wipes out 1% advantage the player gains over te casino.

crazy cabbage

john_cappa wrote: »

But again largely impossible due to te number of decks casinos use per game

Does that not just mean that when the odds go in your favour they go more in your favour so to speek but when the deck is against you it is 'more' against you

john_cappa wrote: »

and even if it is single deck or even two decks they usually pay 6:5 which wipes out 1% advantage the player gains over te casino.

Am not sure what 6:5 means? Care to enlighten me?
Does the 1% advantage not come from the fact that if you are delt a bj that you get a return of double your stake but if the delear gets a bj they just get there money back.

All presuming that you can play perfect strategy to begin with of course

somefeen

crazy cabbage wrote: »

Does that not just mean that when the odds go in your favour they go more in your favour so to speek but when the deck is against you it is 'more' against you



Am not sure what 6:5 means? Care to enlighten me?
Does the 1% advantage not come from the fact that if you are delt a bj that you get a return of double your stake but if the delear gets a bj they just get there money back.

All presuming that you can play perfect strategy to begin with of course

I read bj as blowjob. I was even more confused