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Usually when I go on the Suncruz Casino boat, there is a quadriplegic woman w/limited hand arm use who plays high limit slots, $10 per pull and EASILY puts in $8,000 cash per 4 hr cruise, I and most others just know her as "wheelchair Penny." Each day she'll get a few nice wins of $1500 or $1800, but never seems as much as she puts in.
I come to find out in talking to a few people that her name is Penny Shipley
She is the largest single recipient of a cash settlement from GM for almost $20 Million dollars
"On September 30, 2003, a Nebraska jury awarded approximately $19.5 million to Penny Shipler, a 36-year-old mother left paralyzed from the neck down in a 1997 accident. She was a passenger in a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer when the vehicle was involved in an accident and rolled over. The roof crushed on Ms. Shipler causing her to suffer a complete spinal cord injury."
Basically, the roof crushed and could not support the vehicle in a roll over, jury agreed and even though GM did a short try at appeal,losing at the State Supreme Court, they finally caved and paid her.
She was a waitress with a 10 yr old son at the time (1997).
She was only a passenger and no one was drinking
I come to find out in talking to a few people that her name is Penny Shipley
She is the largest single recipient of a cash settlement from GM for almost $20 Million dollars
"On September 30, 2003, a Nebraska jury awarded approximately $19.5 million to Penny Shipler, a 36-year-old mother left paralyzed from the neck down in a 1997 accident. She was a passenger in a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer when the vehicle was involved in an accident and rolled over. The roof crushed on Ms. Shipler causing her to suffer a complete spinal cord injury."
Basically, the roof crushed and could not support the vehicle in a roll over, jury agreed and even though GM did a short try at appeal,losing at the State Supreme Court, they finally caved and paid her.
She was a waitress with a 10 yr old son at the time (1997).
She was only a passenger and no one was drinking
I was told by someone while we were discussing it that she successfully sued someone else (I don't know who) for an additional $10MM, but I can't find any articles on that
But, the gambling is her entertainment and she has lots of friends on the boat. Half the time she's not paying attention to her play, but watching everyone else play while playing
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Money can't fix a money problem.
Jack Whittaker won a $485 Million dollar lottery, I think it took him all of 5 or 7 years to lose it all. He had family and friends die from drug overdose. It seems the money just magnified his personal problems.
Here's an article about 8 lotto winners that didn't luck out so much after the lottery.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/8lotteryWi…
My only point is that her behavior of dumping piles of cash in a slot machine exhibit that of a person likely to become another one of those statistics of a windfall cash winner going broke.
Want to call her a meth head drunk too, Carnac?
Wild Assumptions coming from your observations. Give her my apologies if I have offended her with my erroneous conclusions.
No need to hate and get your panties all wadded up.
The statistics vary wildly as to whether or not she is 33% likely to go broke or 90% likely to go broke.
I know, I'm a pompous arrogant prick that thinks he knows everything when it comes to money and finance. It just doesn't make sense to me to put more money in the machine than what comes out.
Could be because I'm an accountant....or it could be because I'm not a slot machine enthusiast, because the same goes for a dirtbike, you put way more money in the machine than what comes out.
Pit Row
"You're arguing a technicality and ignoring the overall point."
But I didn't even note the difference.
she will have gambled everything away before she dies!
people that gamble should be happy paying 90% in taxes!
Dave, are those SunCruz's worth the price?
I'm not a big gambler, but we have one locally, and I keep meaning to check it out. Any info that may be helpful ahead of time?
I think they offer a locals/player card type of thing..whats that all about?
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Monster Energy's Ryan Capes is arguably the #1 motorcycle distance jumper. In 2005 he was the first to break the 300 foot barrier and is now on a quest to break the 400-foot ramp-to-dirt barrier, and with conditions permitting he will soon reach his goal. The following video of Ryan jumping an incredible 353 feet, gives you an idea at the scale of what he'll be attempting in the front of Grand Sierra Resort. You won't want to miss it.
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