6 Crazy Stages of Gambling on a Cruise

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The rad people at Carnival Cruise Lines paid my way and sent me on a voyage to the Caribbean last week, so I could showcase all the fun and frolic available at sea on their cruise line, but something unimaginably crazy happened…

The cruise was very rad, food, fun, drinks, sun, blah blah blah, but let’s just skip to the crazy! Okay, here’s just one obligatory sunset shot (15 minutes in 5 seconds).


 

Crazy: Stage 1

 
That’s out of the way, now for the craziness! It happened on the last night of my cruise, when I decided to give the casino a whirl. I know. Uh-oh, right? We’ll see! I tweeted a Vine through our @HowToBeADad Twitter account…


 

Crazy: Stage 2

 
Lickety-split, Charlie replied with the suggestion that I play with HowToBeADad.com’s company funds! Splitting the (theoretical) winnings. But we’re just starting this crazy parade, keeping on marching…


 

At the Blackjack table
Crazy: Stage 3

 
So I did. I bet on crazy. Or at least I bet crazily.

Starting out with blackjack, I placed bets recklessly. I knew if I lost my modest bankroll Charlie wouldn’t care and it would at least be funny that I’d busted so fast. But I started on a streak and was up $200+ pretty quickly. The craziness is only just warming up though, people…
 

Crazy: Stage 4

 
I felt like I was pressing my luck with blackjack, also the other players were wearing twitchy jealous smiles. So, being a toddler of a gambler, I decided to go try the shiny spiny wheely thingy, roulette!

Charlie then decided to open up a whole crate of CRAZY™, suggesting we CROWD-SOURCE MY ROULETTE PLAY, asking the internet what numbers I should bet on! And so began the hashtag #andyroulette…


 

Crazy: Stage 5

 
I pretty much expected to lose it all right away, and the first bet suggestion (23) didn’t hit. I know now, after the fact, that my bets were ridiculous stupid long-shots (playing with $20 chips), that no sane person places HUGE bets on just one number, unless you want to go down in an instantaneous blaze of glory. BUT!!! The very next suggested bet… wait for it…

Crazy: Stage WINNING!!!

 
I WON! I MEAN WEEEE WON! 27 HIT!!! OVER 12,000 ON ONE BET!!!


 

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I’m as good at math as I am at being a sea turtle, so I have no idea how astronomically unlikely this was, but judging from the payout of $12,600, I wouldn’t say it was pretty unlikely, I’d say it was gorgeously unlikely!

After I got a polite talking-to from the casino staff about using cameras in the casino, and winning soooooo much, Charlie and I were a little worried Carnival wouldn’t be exactly fond of what we’d done (ALL OVER THE INTERNET), but when I “told on myself” to them, they immediately saw the fun spirit of it all and gave us the thumbs up to publish this. DEFINITELY our kind of people!

Crazy: Beyond Next Level

 
We’re not exactly sure what do with the money. It feels wrong and super boring to just pay for groceries or taxes, and since we crowd-sourced the winning bet, we figured we’d “put it to the audience” again.

Tell us what YOU think we should do with the $12K burning a hole in our pockets (before our wives do). We’re apparently crazy (or dumb) enough that we just might do it. Leave your ideas in the comments below or on our Facebook post, and make ’em interesting!

 

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Thanks again, Carnival Cruise Lines, for the amazing cruise AND the mind-blowingly massive wad of crazy casino winnings!

This post was created for Away We Go with Carnival, the destination for getting in the getaway state of mind. Head on over.


 

11 Comments

  • Andrea says:
    at 5:22 am

    Send some to your loyal readers and twitter followers?! 😉

    I think you should take your wives and kids on a vacation together somewhere fun. Like Paradise Island in the Bahamas, or something like that.

    Reply
    • Andy says:
      at 11:37 am

      Not a bad idea at all. The part about the wives and kids and Bahamas. Actually, I really like the idea of paying it out to our readers, too. Double points for you!

      Reply
  • Carter says:
    at 10:54 am

    Coffee.

    Reply
  • Darren says:
    at 12:12 pm

    Put 50% towards debt. 30% in emergency fund. Spend the remaining 20% on fun.

    Reply
  • Nate says:
    at 2:44 pm

    Have more babies!

    Reply
  • Jason says:
    at 7:44 am

    Figure out how much needs to go to taxes before you spend it all! Split the rest between the two of you. Don’t give it to readers. Put it savings for a rainy day, kids college fund, or retirement fund! I know that’s boring but you’ll be happy you did later.

    Reply
  • KC says:
    at 2:55 pm

    A life-size Darth Vader statue for your office.

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  • Steve K. says:
    at 3:49 am

    Much like most of the events in my life, I might be a little too late but why not donate some of the money?
    How about buying a bunch of gift cards ($10-$25) to food places and give the cards to homeless people.
    Some may think it wrong but when I see those unfortunate people I can’t help but think: “there but for the grace of God go I”.

    Reply

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