Hum Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 A New Hampshire man who thought he had a decent ball toss says he lost his life savings?or about $2,600?playing a carnival game he claims was rigged. Henry Gribbohm told WBZ-TV that he was attempting to win an Xbox Kinect at the Manchester carnival when things went awry. The 30-year-old from Epsom, N.H., was playing a game called Tubs of Fun in which contestants toss balls into a tub, but the balls kept popping out. ?It?s not possible that it wasn?t rigged,? Gribbohm said. ?You just get caught up in the whole ?I?ve got to win my money back.?? Gribbohm lost $300, WBZ-TV reports, "went home to get $2,300 more and soon lost all of that as well." Manchester police are investigating the incident, and New Hampshire-based Fiesta Shows, which produces the traveling carnival, is pulling Tubs of Fun for the time being. Gribbohm, who managed to win a stuffed banana with dreadlocks before dropping $2,600, says he's considering a lawsuit. ?For once in my life I happened to become that sucker,? Gribbohm said. source & video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Well if your life savings is only $2600, I can see how you might make a bad decision like that. HoochieMamma 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted April 30, 2013 MVC Share Posted April 30, 2013 He just now started to realized carnie games might be rigged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted April 30, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted April 30, 2013 Most games that involve somebody needing to throw something onto/into something else are rigged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted April 30, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2013 This guy should never get into Korean MMO's. Xerax 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Well if your life savings is only $2600, I can see how you might make a bad decision like that. My life savings is less than the initial 300 and I'm not that airheaded! Gambling/prize games are not bloody likely to make you money whether the game is fixed or not. MandateOfHeaven 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 ?For once in my life I happened to become that sucker,? Gribbohm said. Yeah, once. Sure. Although, if he successfully sues, he might end up with more than $2600. Maybe this is a cunning plan of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 this guys should had seen this http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m8mf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 He lost $300 when he could have simply just bought a kinect for that price? Matthew_Thepc, matt4444 and psmoked 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 He lost $300 when he could have simply just bought a kinect for that price? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 At least he has a Banana with Dreadlocks. matt4444 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightEco Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I don't understand how he could have thought getting the extra $2,300 would benefit him at all. Even if he won the Kinect, that would barely pay back the original $300. Its not like Vegas where you have the chance to win back everything plus more. There's a set limit to the prize. The most he should have even spent was the value of the Kinect, as winning it would at least have broke even. Shiranui 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted April 30, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2013 I don't understand how he could have thought getting the extra $2,300 would benefit him at all. Even if he won the Kinect, that would barely pay back the original $300. Its not like Vegas where you have the chance to win back everything plus more. There's a set limit to the prize. The most he should have even spent was the value of the Kinect, as winning it would at least have broke even. I thought that was odd too, as will the Judge most likely. It seems he was going into this with full intent to lose all his savings and then cried when it happened. It's pretty common knowledge that these games are rigged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Seems to me like it was his intent to lose the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psionicinversion Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 thats the stupid thing, he lost $300 trying to win an xbox kinect even if he won the xbox after spending $2000 hes still out of pocket by a ton of money. Doesnt make any sense sweetpoison07 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perochan Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 i guess his woman wasn't satisfy his own banana lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 It's pretty common knowledge that these games are rigged. That's irrelevant - it's illegal to rig such games and people shouldn't have to worry that they are being ripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropheed Veteran Posted April 30, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2013 That's irrelevant - it's illegal to rig such games and people shouldn't have to worry that they are being ripped off. People should always worry that they are being ripped off, usual consequence in neglect of that is -- shock and awe -- being ripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupportGeek Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Guy could have bought 26 Kinects with that money and saved the headache. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted May 1, 2013 Member Share Posted May 1, 2013 Gribbohm lost $300, WBZ-TV reports, "went home to get $2,300 more and soon lost all of that as well." I can't feel too sorry for them since he left and got more money and came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Don't let this guy go to Vegas. He will come back with half his organs missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moloko Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 I went to the world fair a few years ago.. In Hong Kong. Played the gun pellet game. First game found that the gun was shooting to the left. Re-zeroed my mark and after that I kept winning. After 5 games the guy would not let me play any more. won 5 large bears. gave 4 of them to passer bys with kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRM316 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 After losing the $300, why wouldn't he just spend the $100 and buy a Kinect instead of wasting his money. Idiot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4pack Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 If you look at his pic this story isn't surprising. As an added bonus it looks like he's added to his gene pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiCKX Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 That's irrelevant - it's illegal to rig such games and people shouldn't have to worry that they are being ripped off. Oh look what the ignorant righteous train brought. We should all hug and share the love. Astra.Xtreme 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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