Man looses Life Savings on Crooked Carny Game

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[h=1]Man loses life savings on carnival game[/h]<cite class="byline vcard">

By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Sideshow – <abbr title="2013-04-30T13:54:11Z">2 hrs 54 mins ago</abbr></cite>







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.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/carnival-life-savings-135411650.html

lol I don't even feel bad for him.
Apr 30, 2013 12:48pm
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Apr 30, 2013 12:58 PM
I...d-....wh-...


I hate people.
Apr 30, 2013 12:58pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:00 PM
Commander of Awesome;1436203 wrote:Gribbohm, who managed to win a stuffed banana with dreadlocks before dropping $2,600,
LOFL
Commander of Awesome;1436203 wrote:&#8220;For once in my life I happened to become that sucker,&#8221; Gribbohm said.
I have a feeling it won't be the last time he's a sucker. What kind of idiot loses $2600 at a carnival game and then complains about it? It's not rigged. It's supposed to be hard you moron.
Apr 30, 2013 1:00pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:00 PM
He might as well complain that the lottery is rigged and sue the state...
Apr 30, 2013 1:00pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:01 PM
The $300 he sank into the game could've purchased an Xbox. What a dipshit moron.

I hope he files the lawsuit so he gets counter-sued and loses even more money.
Apr 30, 2013 1:01pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:02 PM
FatHobbit;1436229 wrote:LOFL



I have a feeling it won't be the last time he's a sucker. What kind of idiot loses $2600 at a carnival game and then complains about it? It's not rigged. It's supposed to be hard you moron.
If you click the link, and watch the video you'll see a guy who's dropped a ton of money on tats. Pushing his kid around in a stroller wearing a beater. Kid has no chance.
Apr 30, 2013 1:02pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:03 PM
The fact that he went home to get more money shows how unbelievably retarded this man is. He'll just end up getting government funding and most likely win the law suit.
Apr 30, 2013 1:03pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:06 PM
I hope he loses and his punishment is being buttfucked by a herd of angry wildebeest.
Apr 30, 2013 1:06pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:09 PM
Raw Dawgin' it;1436238 wrote:He'll just end up getting government funding and most likely win the law suit.
Safe bet he's already on the dole.
Apr 30, 2013 1:09pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:12 PM
FatHobbit;1436229 wrote: It's not rigged. It's supposed to be hard you moron.
The games frequently are rigged, or used to be. 60 Minutes or someone did a special a few years ago, and ball toss was one of them. Basically the distance, angle and depth of the tub (and air in the bouncy ball) make it impossible for the ball to stay in there.
Apr 30, 2013 1:12pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:15 PM
OP misspelled "loses".
Apr 30, 2013 1:15pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:15 PM
gut;1436248 wrote:The games frequently are rigged, or used to be. 60 Minutes or someone did a special a few years ago, and ball toss was one of them. Basically the distance, angle and depth of the tub (and air in the bouncy ball) make it impossible for the ball to stay in there.
I think the lottery is a fair comparison. Everyone knows that it's hard to win. People still waste their money on it.
Apr 30, 2013 1:15pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:16 PM
It IS a pretty kick ass banana though...

Apr 30, 2013 1:16pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:17 PM
Only in the SEC.
Apr 30, 2013 1:17pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:19 PM
dlazz;1436252 wrote:OP misspelled "loses".
I'm keeping it, seems fitting. Thanks for the call out though.
Apr 30, 2013 1:19pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:22 PM
SnotBubbles;1436256 wrote:It IS a pretty kick ass banana though...

Sure is. I'm shocked by two things in this picture though.

One, that his sunglasses are on top of his head, and not on the back of his neck, or backwards on his head.

Two that he hasn't already drew red lines on the bananas eyes yet. Its going to happen.
Apr 30, 2013 1:22pm
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Apr 30, 2013 1:39 PM
FatHobbit;1436253 wrote:I think the lottery is a fair comparison. Everyone knows that it's hard to win. People still waste their money on it.
No, rigged is very different. Enough air in that bouncy ball and the laws of physics say it's impossible to land in the tub. It was one of the games featured as the most commonly rigged.
Apr 30, 2013 1:39pm
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Apr 30, 2013 2:33 PM
These games are a losing proposition to begin with.

Better off just saving up and buying the stuffed animal.
Apr 30, 2013 2:33pm
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Apr 30, 2013 2:41 PM
chicago510;1436338 wrote:These games are a losing proposition to begin with.

Better off just saving up and buying the stuffed animal.
Probably could have slipped the carnie $20 to just buy the thing.
Apr 30, 2013 2:41pm
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Apr 30, 2013 7:23 PM
30 yrs old. 2600 life savings. Trying to win something he would use to not work. These are facts.
Apr 30, 2013 7:23pm
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Apr 30, 2013 9:11 PM
He got grifted but good
Apr 30, 2013 9:11pm
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Apr 30, 2013 9:46 PM
took me 75 to win a giant sponge bob in the bottle game but i got a bj from my date while i ate a sugar waffle
Apr 30, 2013 9:46pm