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I was just killing time before heading to dinner with my wife, figured I'd play some slots for maybe twenty minutes. Hit the progressive on the Sphinx machine around 9 PM—I actually had to read the screen twice because I didn't beleive what I was seeing. My hands were shaking so bad I could barely press the button to call the attendant. We're putting half toward our daughter's college fund and taking a trip to Hawaii with the rest. Best night we've had in years, hoenstly.

I'm a regular at the blackjack tables, been coming to Luxor for about five years now, mostly weekend trips from Phoenix. That night I was down about two grand and thought I'd play one more shoe before calling it. Got a great run—hit three blackjacks in a row, doubled down successfully on a couple hands. The dealer kept busting and I just kept winning. I walked away and didn't look back. That money's going straight into paying off my truck and finally taking my kids to Disney World.

I'd been playing in local tournaments back home for three years, so when my buddy said let's drive to Vegas and enter the Luxor tournament, I figured why not. Made it to the final table and honestly, I played the best poker of my life that night—stayed calm, read the table right, folded when I needed to. When I won that last hand, it didn't feel real for a solid minute. I quit my job two weeks ago and I'm moving to Vegas to play poker full-time now. This win proved I could compete at that level.

I was celebrating my 40th birthday with my sister, neither of us are big gamblers, just wanted to have fun. We're at the roulette table and she dares me to put money on my lucky numbers—I pick 17 and 23. The ball lands on 17 and I won enough to cover the whole Vegas trip and then some. I actually cried a little, which was embarassing in front of all those people. We used it to pay off medical bills from my dad's treatment last year, and it's a relief we didn't have that hanging over us.

I'm a teacher, so I come to Vegas once a year during winter break to relax and unwind. I was sitting at Buffalo Gold for maybe forty minutes, just spinning and enjoying a drink, not expecting anything special. Hit the bonus round and it just kept going and going—got more free spins than I've ever seen before. The machine was singing and lights were flashing and I'm trying not to cry at a slot machine. I used half to renovate my kitchen and the other half went to my retirement fund because honestly I need to start thinking about that stuff.

I was on a bachelor party weekend and the guys wanted to do table games instead of slots. Three Card Poker seemed simple enough, so I jumped in at the $50 table. I hit a straight flush on my second hand and everyone at the table went crazy—my friends were buying me drinks and high-fiving me for like ten minutes. That was hilarious, probably more fun than the money itself, even though thirty-eight grand is nothing to sneeze at. I'm using it to pay off my credit cards and finally have some breathing room in my budget.