commander

providing they dont crash, they are fun.

Nothing better than the offshore survival training in the 'dunker' to get the sphinkter twitching

Millhouse

Was brilliant - very noisey

We flew from Biggin Hill, down to Brighton, Bournmouth and along the south coast, then back up to London near the barrier, then along the Thames to Heathrow, hovered by the runway while a plane landed, flew over the plane that just landed then back down to Biggin Hill. About 2 hours in total for the 6 of us.

shiva

caught the end spiel of a question for a prize on dubai 92 last year, texted the answer and got a call two mins later to say i'd won....brilliant........

until the lass explained i'd won and iron a hairdryer and some hair straighteners

at least the missus was happy

Patsy Stoned

see.. there you go...showing out again..you were suppose to keep a low profile this time!!!!

littlejimmy

I won a quiz contest on the morning show on Dubai 92 when I was there. I answered 4 out of 5 right to get to the final on the last day of the week and had a play-off with some other guy. I guessed the number of times a certain word was said in a song and won a hotel gym membership, a night's stay in a hotel and a meal for 2. Only ended up using the gym thing.

Oh, and I won a stunt kite in a competition in the Beano in 1978, but never got it cos we moved house before it came. I did get to see my name in the Beano, though.

klaus3974

A Trip to Rio de Janeiro for two people and a giant Eastern chocolate egg.

Nothing in Dubai so far...

norsk

I have won an XBOX on two different occasions, both for completing online surveys.

I won $1,000 playing Black Jack in Vegas only to lose it again over the next hour...

The Dean

GBP 20,000 on the 1991 British Open Golf Championship.

Ian Baker-Finch, 500 quid at 40/1.

Bahtatboy

Time (its time-intensive), and because now I have the time but not the access. I used to count cards at blackjack--again, I don't because of time--I can't spend time in those places where its possible, and you can't do it online. Its viable, though--its just that I can earn more doing something different. But as a side line, its great if it fits in with what other things you're doing.

As to professional blackjack--now that's a whole different story...

Groovychick

I won a copy of Jamanji on vcd once...

Toast Patterson

...Nobodies watching or regulating those offshore books- Most of them are just servers in somebody's closet in the Caribbean- I don't trust Las Vegas with it's 1000's of regulators, inspectors, and where every table has 5 cameras on it... How could anyone possibly trust those Casino games online? If you know anything about human beings you know it's fixed. And there's not a roulette system on earth that can get you down to a coin toss.

Toast Patterson

Patsy, my friend...... I've recently discovered that there are things that you just can't keep to yourself no matter how hard you try. One of them is true love- I just don't think it can be bottled up without causing some sort of internal brain damage..I fell in love with Zenyatta the first time I saw her and just looking at a picture of her causes all my synapses to fire uncontrollably.

Brains1983

A copy of bad boys 1 when bad boys 2 was released. First week of the euro-millions me and the wife put on 2 lines, one 6.50 on each one, and had all of the numbers (but spread over 2 lines).

Bahtatboy

I have 3 Golden Rules (God, more trade secrets): Know the rules, know the odds, and know where you're playing. The last one means that I only ever play somewhere I trust and I know that I can get my money out--basically that means the big names, either UK-based (which is preferable) or UK-linked.

Counting cards at blackjack can get you more-or-less even with the house (ie the same as down to a coin toss), and at times the advantage can be in your favour (by virtue of counting)--can't do it online, though. You're right about roulette systems not getting down to a 50:50 chance, but statistics allow you to take advantage of the online system. I can win consistently when I'm at a terminal, but it needs time, strong nerves and a big bank in order to make it worthwhile full time.

kittycat1

Bahtatboy, I'm not sure if this is giving you a James Bond edge or a Rainman edge.... If I come with you and behave as a distraction technique do I get half the takings?