What is the biggest thing you ever won on a ship?

[packed&ready!]

$1250 on the Infinity

[Cruisin' Chick]

On my first cruise (on Carnival), my bf and I won a solid gold plated ship on a stick for winning tv tune trivia. It's on the shelf to my left in our living room. The funny thing is that there was a bonus song, which was the theme from the Love Boat. A lot of people didn't know it.:rolleyes:

On my last cruise, I was on the winning team for Scene It TV, but we didn't get anything. The same day, I was on a team that tied for first place in tv music, but we didn't win the tiebreaker.

I stay away from bingo and the casino as I don't think I'm all that lucky. In fact, whenever I enter a contest, I usually win a prize that I don't want, not the one I do.

[MaryPoppinz]

I won a luggage strap when the CD had some kind of morning TV contest. ANd my husband wins all the golf contests he enters. But, I can't honestly remember what the prizes have been, if any?

[Casshew]

On the Star, Egyptian Cruise I won 1150.00 Jackpot on the last night (can't remember the machine)

On the CB, Canada New/England I won $1500.00 Jackpot on the last night (triple flaming 's)

on NCL, won 2200.00 on the last day at Bingo :)

[sailinsal]

On the Star transatlantic, won a nice piece of artwork..........during art auction.................then on the Island Panama Canal.............won $500 in the slot tournament. Two win out of 20 cruises...................odds low but the cruises themselves are winners in my book.................sailinsal

[Putterdude]

[SIZE=4]$5.00 playing blackjack last month.:o[/SIZE]

[desertminky]

My 7 y/o daughter won the drawing for a diamond/saphire ring at a jewelry store while on the Crown Princess. She was thrilled!

[gooch47]

$4000 on one hand of "Let It Ride" on the Golden in August of 2001. Straight Flush. My husband was playing it for the first time. He got four-of-a-kind three times and was insisting it was an "easy" game. I never saw that dealer for the rest of the cruise.

On our latest cruise I won $1300 on quarter slots on the Sea Princess.

[captpeachy]

[quote name='Kineticoh20']I win the bill every time:confused:[/quote]

Me to, but I don't think it's just us.

[Ldyandrea]

My first cruise, I won the Princess Pop Star contest (karaoke) and won a reversible tote bag, bottle of champagne, box of Godiva chocolates, and Princess travel alarm clock. Pretty nice price!

My latest one out last year, I won some $300 in slots, and $250 in bingo! It basically paid for my onboard expenses, and I even came home with money! :D

[shofer]

On our trip to Hawaii on Celebrity's Summit in 2006 I won about $1400 at 3 card poker during the whole trip. I might have won more but when I doubled the $100 I started with I walked away.

I also shared in the big Bingo prize on the last night for $1735 for my share. With what my DH won in the casino, we came home w/more pocket money than we left with. My cousins who were also on that cruise said that I should just re-book and keep going since I was so lucky.

One of my cousins won $2700 on RCCL playing Caribbean Stud Poker when she had a straight flush and played the bonus dollar. It was 10% of the running total for all ships for that bonus pot.

Haven't repeated my luck since. Just luggage tags and a travel alarm clock on Princess.

[ACANADIANMAN]

I won a Princess keychain in a bellyflop contest on the Caribbean Princess :)

[james j feller]

Saw a gentleman win a new BMW on a 2 cent machine,max $ 1.80 bet on the CORAL PRINCESS.

JIM

[Pepco1]

I wanted the dealer to open so I could get the maiximum payout on my hand.

She turned over 4 Jacks looked at me and apologized. She didn't have to, I had 4 Queens!

I had made a decent bet and had paid the bonus dollar bet, so the payout was in the high 4 figures.

I then did the smartest thing I have ever done. I went back to the room, woke up my wife, took her to the jewelry store and bought that diamond/tanzanite ring she had been gawking at.

I then bought myself a drink and stayed away from the casino for the rest of the cruise!

She decided to keep me after that cruise and all the great ones we have taken since!

[ssbeagle]

With only 198 days at sea we won the second-most-cruised passenger on our Canada/New England cruise. The one and only time so far. Then on a TA I won Swarovski crystal ornaments that they gave away in a drawing at the end of the cruise. Those were the best. The rest are just the usual cheap ship prizes playing trivia.

[Ship Dude]

On the Crown we were in a fashion show and won a sweater and came in 2nd place in the Newlywed game = bottle of champainge and tote bag and DW in the talent contest won a trophy. Trivia winnings include PRINCESS travel coffee mugs, key chains, travel alarm clocks, bathroom travel bags and HAL coffee mug. Never won in the casino or bingo - maybe we should try harder next cruise.

[BermudaMom]

On the Regal years ago I wone $1,250 on a 25 cent slot playing the maximum 3 credits (this with a nightly spending budget of $50).

A few years ago on the Sea Princess over 10 days won over $500 on each of 4 different nights - again on a 25 cent slot with my nightly budget of $50.

Last September on HAL's Eurodam won $3,000 on a dollar slot. Had increased my nightly budget to $100!

Only get to gamble usually on one trip a year and usually break even if not a bit ahead. Pretty lucky.

[gertz]

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[cruiserus]

I won a a beautiful deep-colored 3.2 carat tanzanite stone on the Grand last year. It was in a drawing at the jewelry shop onboard. They said it was valued at $3,000-4,000.

[kinderteach]

On my very first cruise with RCL my dh and I had booked an interior room. We decided to play Bingo and I won the Jackpot ..."The Owners Suite". After only one night aboard in a tiny, crowded interior room; we moved into a very roomy, luxurious suite and were very spoiled for the remainder of the cruise. We had a living room, dining area, double balcony, large bath with a shower and jacuzzi tub... WOW! The works! What an awesome way to celebrate my 40th birthday. :)

[cusyl]

I won a diamond tennis bracelet and a 7 day free cruise for two on HAL on the $20. raffle. I also won an 11 day cruise on the Regent Navigator from a travel agency on the west coast.

[canusa]

The only thing I have won was last November. I played pool golf.The person with the most shots that stuck to the floating green won. I'm not a golfer but I like mini golf and I beat out at least 20 people most of them golfers. I won a baseball hat the says " I'm a winner" and a "drink of the day". The drink was the reason I played in the first place.

[JoeKerry1]

I won $4000 (16,000 quarters) on a .25 Slot machine on Carnival Facination playing Treasure Tunnel, and I got a wG9 from Carnival indicating I had to claim it on my taxes which I thought was unfair since we were in International waters.

[dfields1814]

I took a cruise to Mexico last October on the Star. They had a lecture on what jewerly to buy in Mexico. After the lecture they had a drawing. I won a diamond worth a couple hundred dollars. The bad news was that my wife was there so I could not use it for a Christmas present.

[G'ma]

Back in the day when bingo was a real game on a cruise ship, it was progressive with great cash prizes (1/2 the revenue taken in on that game - the other half went towards the grand prize during jackpot bingo at the end of the cruise).... "Cards" were paper and numbers punched out. Cost was 2.00 each or 3 for 5.00.

The biggie was at the end of the week...the last night. They'd play regular bingo until the last game....then it was a cover-all.... This grand prize was paid in cash..if there was more than one winner, the cash was shared equally.

I won over 4000.00 in cold hard cash....alone......

That was the biggest.. But I also won several smaller pots like 500.00, 250.00 and once split a 2000.00 jackpot.

I don't play anymore.....it's too expensive and the prizes bite. Give me cash, please.....