Great idea for a thread Darrell! It was fun to look back and think about the good ones! It's also neat to see the great hits others have had at every level of betting

My first hand pays were in 2003 onboard the Radiance of the Seas doing an Alaska cruise. No one I was with gambled, so I had to keep sneaking off to the casino. I hit for $2400 the first night and later in the week hit for $1200 or so twice the same night. After that, DH encouraged me to go play - HHH! I paid off our shipboard account which included all of our excursions (which for a family of 4 in Alaska was a chunk of change), our gratuities and every other penny we spent on board, and still had $$ to bring home. These were all dollar slots and I can't remember if I was playing 5 or 3. It was either before video slots, or before I had the balls to play them Also, before pictures were allowed in casino. Back then the only chance I had to gamble was when we cruised, but it took a very long time for lightening to strike again!

Next handpay was at Foxwoods (I will estimate around 2009 but not sure) on Quick Hits and I was not betting max. It paid $1202. Haha! Just squeaked that one out. Again, no photo.

Next one was on the NCL Jewel on a Caribbean cruise in 2011. I was betting 60 cents and hit all 5 Platinums on a 2 cent Platinum Quick Hits. $3000. I don't regret not playing max as being a captive audience for a week, I have learned that max betting will most often wipe you out by day 3!
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My biggest and best was in Oct, 2012 at the Paris. Bet $1.25 on a quarter Black & Gold Quick Hits and all 9 Quick Hits came up during a bonus. Progressive was $5000 but it doubled because of the bonus and the final result was $10,025.
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It took me until this year to get another, and I was getting very discouraged as my bets had gone up to no avail. Then I hit a Royal on 50 cents Bonus Poker for $2000.
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As I was going through my photos I had to laugh. Prior to 2011 I have pictures of all kinds of wonderful interesting places and activities, but since then, it's overloaded with slot wins! And most of them suck - HHH! I might need to reevaluate my life :decision: