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New Hampshire man no longer top banana after losing life savings on carnival game Published April 30, 2013 What a banana. A New Hampshire man says he squandered his life savings playing a rigged carnival game in hopes of winning an Xbox game system. Henry Gribbohm, 30, of New Hampshire, told WBZ-TV that he ended up losing $2,600 playing Tubs of Fun at a Fiesta Shows' carnival. The next day, he said he complained to a person running the game and was given $600 and a large stuffed banana with dreadlocks. To some, a large stuffed banana may suffice, but Gribbohm later filed a report with the Manchester Police Department claiming that the game was rigged. The department told the station that it is investigating the matter. Tubs of Fun is notoriously challenging. Gribbohm told the station that he practiced and thought he had a knack for it. But once the game began the balls started popping out of the water. His only explanation: "It's not possible that it wasn't rigged." Like a down-on-his-luck Blackjack player, Gribbohm began making riskier bets to win back some money and told WBZ-TV that at one point he dropped $300 in a few minutes. He went home and got another $2,300, he told the station. The game is operated by an outside party and Fiesta told the station that it will also investigate Gribbohm’s allegations. "For once in my life, I happened to become that sucker," he said. ___________________________________________ web page You have to go to the link to see the guy pushing a stroller with the dreadlocked banana on it.  Several scary things about this.. 1. Guy dropped $2,600 trying to win a $250 prize. 2. Guy has a stroller, which means he has already procreated. 3. Guy actually practiced to try to beat the carnival game. 4. Guy is 30 years old and still wants a gaming system that badly. 5. ..........
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You see, THIS is why I tend to be in favor of human euthanasia. My only holdback on it is that I don't trust the freaking morons that would administer the program 
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well, he dropped 2600 trying to get his money back.
he's still an idiot. maybe it makes him an even bigger one.
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he specifically said after he lost $300 that he went home to get another $2300. so, he was already having it in his head he might need all that $$$. 
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he dropped 2600 trying to get his money back.
The guy is an idiot but this part may save him. I'm not a lawyer and I don't know New Hampshire law but paying to play a carnival game to win a prize is one thing but double or nothing for $$ might not be legal. As far as I know a carnival can't set up a roulette table and let people gamble money, what the game operator did would be closer to roulette than playing a game to win a prize.
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Xbox or Xbox 360?
Anyone that would attend a carnival might not know the difference.
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If you asked me to describe what a man who lost his life savings on a carnival game would look like, I would have described that guy.
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I would just be worried about stirring up the carny community with this lawsuit. Those people are freaky.
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I think the knowledge that carnival games are rigged are about up there with the knowledge that pro wrestling is fake. But...
...if there's a way to prove that the game/XBox prize can't be won due to rigging, isn't there actually some validity to the suit?
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I think the knowledge that carnival games are rigged are about up there with the knowledge that pro wrestling is fake. But...
...if there's a way to prove that the game/XBox prize can't be won due to rigging, isn't there actually some validity to the suit?
No. Unless they said "1 out of 100" win, or "1 out of 1 million win".
The guys a dumbass. An xbox costs, what, $150 bucks? $200?
Why not just go buy one.
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He certainly isn't bright.
The odds listings makes sense.
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xBox 360 w/kinect at Best Buy : $299.99
Life Savings: $2600.00
3rd Grade math : $2600 - $299.99 = $2300.01
Double or nothing is normal at those games. Because the size of the prize is dependent on how many times you win. First you win a trnket, then you win again and trade in your trinket for a tiny stuffed animal, and so on.
So double or nothing just means you are buying to bypass the low-end prizes. The chances of winning the "top" prize anywhere near what you could just go buy it for are next to improbable.
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I would just be worried about stirring up the carny community with this lawsuit. Those people are freaky.
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
his entire life savings is now $600 + Banana w/ Dreadlocks
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it's an investment piece. 
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
I would not have, had I been trying to supply all my worldly possessions through carnival gaming.
but I guess that's why you included the "All you responsible folks". 
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
At 30 with no kid, yes.
At 40 with a kid in $1,000/month pre-school, no.
(assuming you mean "cash in a savings account" not a 401k, college fund, IRA, and other assorted non-liquid assets).
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...if there's a way to prove that the game/XBox prize can't be won due to rigging, isn't there actually some validity to the suit?
Of course there is validity to his suit if they can prove that the game can't be won....
That still doesn't diminish this guys stupidity for dumping thousands of dollars trying. Watch, he will go to court, win, and get a settlement of 10 times his life savings... as carnivals line up to find space in New Hampshire... 
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
The only reason he didn't lose $10,000 is because he didn't have $10,000.
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
At 30 with no kid, yes.
At 40 with a kid in $1,000/month pre-school, no.
(assuming you mean "cash in a savings account" not a 401k, college fund, IRA, and other assorted non-liquid assets).
They called it his "entire life savings".. so yeah, I'm including all that.. Did you have more at 30?
I sure as hell did.
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They called it his "entire life savings"..
the article mentions "life savings" not "entire life savings" so I could see it being read either way. it is obviously the money he on-hand he could get quickly.
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Xbox or Xbox 360?
Anyone that would attend a carnival might not know the difference.
I disagree. The type of person who attends a carnival knows very well the difference between the two. Probably very well versed in cellular phone and phone plans too.
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
No kidding man. If I didn't, I wouldn't be at the carnival. I'd be seeking overtime or working a 2nd job.
At least it was New Hampshire. If it was Tennessee most would be making fun of Southerners.
I suppose he could be of southern heritage, but most southerners don't head off for New Hampshire.
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This topic should be pinned at the top for the lulz
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"They are going to do a feature on me on the news, better make sure my wife beater is clean. Gotta show off my tats."
Oh Tats ... I thought that was an "i" in there.
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Several scary things about this..
1. Guy dropped $2,600 trying to win a $250 prize.
2. Guy has a stroller, which means he has already procreated.
3. Guy actually practiced to try to beat the carnival game.
4. Guy is 30 years old and still wants a gaming system that badly.
5. ..........
5. Guy instead should have invested in a man bra.
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Several scary things about this..
1. Guy dropped $2,600 trying to win a $250 prize.
2. Guy has a stroller, which means he has already procreated.
3. Guy actually practiced to try to beat the carnival game.
4. Guy is 30 years old and still wants a gaming system that badly.
5. ..........
5. Guy instead should have invested in a man bra.
You mean, a Bro™. A.k.a. a ManZier
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They have trademarked names, that's even more disturbing. 
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" For once in my life , I happened to be that sucker " Now why do I have a hard time believing that ?
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Several scary things about this..
1. Guy dropped $2,600 trying to win a $250 prize.
2. Guy has a stroller, which means he has already procreated.
3. Guy actually practiced to try to beat the carnival game.
4. Guy is 30 years old and still wants a gaming system that badly.
5. ..........
5. Guy instead should have invested in a man bra.
He could have kept his money tucked away in there anyway.
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
his entire life savings is now $600 + Banana w/ Dreadlocks
But it is one BIG banana...
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his entire life savings is now $600 + Banana w/ Dreadlocks
But it is one BIG banana...
Whoa! That makes it totally worthwhile!
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Did you have more at 30?
I had money till I got married and started having kids.
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it's an investment piece.
There's always money in the banana stand.
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There's always money in the banana stand.
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You guys are missing the point,, we're talking about a 30 year old, with a child and his entire life savings is 2600.00.. Now tell me something. All you responsible folks out there.. didn't you have more at 30?
Hell, I am almost 40, with two kids. I wish I had $26 hundred laying around. Different people have different situations in life.
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