If you don’t count investing.

$2, on a lottery ticket; most I have won is $78. Overall have at least broken even, i think, I don’t buy them often, just once had a winning streak of $2, $5, $20, then the $78, all on the same numbers that came from a fortune in fortune cookie I got twice in a row in two different cities that said

“Battle the enemy as long as there is life.”

If you count investing, 17k, my 401k was halved in a crash at the same time I was laid off from my first real job.

I put $200 into a 50/50 raffle every quarter for a local donor run radio station. Haven’t won yet :p

One hundred whole dollars. Played texas hold’em at a casino in Canada when I was 18. $100 buy-in.

Sat down at the table, got dealt in, first hand was suited king queen, ended up with a flush, another guy at the table took me all in and it took me a loooong time to call. Soon as I hit that pot I started bullying the other players with my chip count. Then a guy came over and told me I had to move over to the higher-rollers table.

First hand I’m dealt there? suited ace king. What comes up on the flop? an ace and a king. I slow play the hand, whats the river? another king. I’ve got a full fucking boat, kings over aces. I go all-in. The only other guy playin calls. I flip mine over, proud. He flips his over, pocket aces. Dude had a full boat aces over kings. Sonofabitch. Left the table, sat outside, called my Dad.

c’est la vie. Haven’t gambled since.

I lost 10000 Euros playing online casinos

$20. On my birthday and when I get a raise, I buy a handful of lottery tickets.

I never bet more than $20, so $20.

I spent 2 years doing casino revenue audits. The amount of money the high rollers would loose in one night was disgusting, we are talking 7 figures.

What blows my mind the most is how the math works out in the long run. A $1 slot machine could have a $100,000 prize but you would have to play it 200,000 time to hit the jack pot. You don’t play against the house, you just give them your money.

I set a $ limit. When it’s gone, it’s gone.

$100.

Real life money? 0

Video game money? Highest was ~1e57 (Balatro)

$3. Lived in Reno for decades. Would take a buck and go play the penny slots to get free drinks and get plastered with buddies.

$20

That was my absolute limit to waste on gambling, the very few times I went to a casino. In 2000 I went to a “riverboat” casino in Lawerenceburg, IN to play slots and ended up winning $250. Which put me at a net positive for all the gambling I’ve ever done.

That was the last time I ever walked into a casino.

Does my 401k count?

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I’ve been to casinos twice, and hosted countless $10 buy-in hold 'em games at my place years ago.

On the poker games I definitely lost out more often than winning anything. But had good times.

Went to Vegas once for a 311 concert a little over 10 years ago, and obviously went to a casino where I stayed, because I’m east coast, so I go on my farthest trip from home ever to the gambling capital of the world, of course you go to the casino.

Would have loved to try some Hold 'Em there, but never saw any table games at all running. The only thing I saw happening at all was slot machines.

Do I brought $50 cash with me one day and left my wallet in the room. Lasted for hours, but lost it all eventually. Which is what I assumed would happen, and why I didn’t bring my wallet with me.

A couple years later the group that went on that trip was going to a casino somewhere within about 5 hours from here. Can’t remember where exactly. Not Atlantic City, but somewhere on this side of the country.

Anyway, actually won about $125-150 or so. Bought fast food dinner for the group with it, kept about $40 or so.

So given that I had a good time, I’d say I came out ahead.

Say a hundred bucks? I sincerely hate losing money, so if I gamble, it’s always with a very limited amount of money, and once it’s gone, it’s gone.