I won a Lamborghini? No, thanks.
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Singaporean Rina Sim, 51, visited the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino with her elderly parents earlier this month.
While they played at the second floor VIP tables, she tried her luck at the slot machines making S$5 bets. She was down to her last S$50 when the buttons on the machine stopped working.
She could not play or retrieve her ticket when suddenly, a message flashed on the machine, “Congratulations, you have won the Lamborghini!”
According to The New Paper, Ms Sim was one of two punters who won a Lamborghini each at the RWS casino last week. The two were playing the Mystery Jackpot and were among those who have won over S$70 million over the first three months of the casino’s opening (I wonder how many lost.)
Each luxury car is worth S$850,000 and does not include COE, but the two lucky winners opted for S$650,000 cash instead.
“I really didn’t expect to be so lucky,” said Ms Sim, who opted for the cash because she said a sports car is too difficult to maintain.
Single, and living alone in a condo, she added that she will use the money to pay off housing loans, give some to her parents as well as make donations to old folks’ homes.
The self-professed “aunty” is an RWS regular and visits the casino twice a week, also frequenting cruise ships and overseas casinos. But she insists that she will not increase her bets or stop working because of the windfall.
“The money is not life-changing. If you spend a bit here and a bit there, it will be gone quickly. You still have to work and be thrifty,” she advises.
After all, when it comes to gambling, everyone knows the old adage — for every winner, there’s a thousand losers.
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its a smart move, its hard to get buyers for the lamborghini if they wanna sell it off
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gimme the car oso wasted lah
unless come with driver
but then, i think the car bery pai kua
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Publicity stunt to try to get more greedy folks into RWS.
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Its not in the color I want, I'll take the car, tow it away, and sell to dealer.
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Dowan the car away is smart. Cash is better.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
Publicity stunt to try to get more greedy folks into RWS.
hehe. but it works. -
lol.. all the ghost in RWS only wants $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
of cos i do want the $$$$$$$$$ but i tink RWS too many ghost liao.. i scared RWS gimme $$$$$ den i walk out kena robbed...
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why wasn't I so lucky?
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Hanor, after reading this piece of news, I am even more determined to play the slot machines at the IR. Even if the jackpot prize is just an evo 7 or jaguar xf, I'll take it!
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I would take the cash than the car too, what good is a sports car in SG?
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Originally posted by RoyFang:
I would take the cash than the car too, what good is a sports car in SG?
cash is the better out of the 2 choices. -
Originally posted by βÎτά:
Publicity stunt to try to get more greedy folks into RWS.
It would really be Hitler-evil if they paid someone to publicise this incident for the sake of drawing more people into RWS.
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no one will take the car??
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Lamborghini cars are so expensive.
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Take liao sell I thought more money?
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Originally posted by Paisley:
Take liao sell I thought more money?
Based on the 850k figure on the car, and 650k figure for cash, yes, technically selling the car will get more money.
I would tow the car to the dealer, and I'll get the cash. The car is not second hand, because 1) there is no COE on it yet, 2) it is not registered. So if its 850k, i get 850k.
But people prefer cash on hand, so 650k on the spot sounds like a better deal.
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I want the lambo.
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i wont
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Originally posted by Paisley:
Take liao sell I thought more money?
No, you still have to minus away the tax and comission, so its around the same anyway. Cash is smart option. Since such a fast car in singapore is useless anyway, sprint 2m one traffic light ahead
. Anyway i posted this, just to compare between car and money. -
I am so inclined to invest $1100 and a weekend at RWS after reading this report. $100 for entry, $500 confirm sure loss. So only left $500 chance to win at the slots.
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Then they have succeeded in their publicity campaign.
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Its a lambo leh! Even if its just an old evo 7, I'll still play. Even if its a jaguar xf, heck I'll still play. But I wish it was a nissan GTR.
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Try it. The chances are higher than striking a stroke.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Based on the 850k figure on the car, and 650k figure for cash, yes, technically selling the car will get more money.
I would tow the car to the dealer, and I'll get the cash. The car is not second hand, because 1) there is no COE on it yet, 2) it is not registered. So if its 850k, i get 850k.
But people prefer cash on hand, so 650k on the spot sounds like a better deal.
yah. True.