Man loses life savings on carnival game
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Man loses life savings on carnival game
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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.'â€
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.
>>>So many levels of pathetic in this it's truly remarkable...<<<
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/car…
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.'â€
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.
>>>So many levels of pathetic in this it's truly remarkable...<<<
11 comments
The man hours alone for the police investigation will cost the tax payers way more than 2.6k.
An example of a worse way to lose your life savings than with a stripper
I was 7 years old. At that time my life savings amounted to about $1.30 (bounty income from killing gophers @ $0.01/gopher tail).