Man Gambles Away Life Savings, But Wins Giant Stuffed Banana

Spending a day at the carnival turned out not to be the “win-win” that Henry Gribbohm had possibly hoped it would. The 30-year-old Epsom, New Hampshire resident ended up largely on the losing end of a “Tubs of Fun” carnival game, to the tune of two-thousand, six hundred dollars; his entire life savings. Mr. Gribbohm did not however, come away completely empty handed. Upon returning the following day to protest his losses, he was given $600 of his money back, and a large yellow stuffed banana with dreadlocks.

According to news sources, Gribbohm initially spent $300 on the carnival attraction, in an effort to win an XBox Kinect for his children. Once that initial amount was depleted, he went home, retrieved an additional $2,300 and returned with a dogged determination to win the prize, even going so far as to wager “double or nothing” in the endeavor. (Kudos for tenacity!) Now, Mr. Gribbohm has filed a report with local police, believing the game to have been purposefully fraudulent. Local Manchester, NH police are investigating.

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Several news outlets have mused on the story, including the International Business Times, which quoted Gribbohm as stating, “It’s not possible that it [the game] wasn’t rigged.”

John Flynn, the vice president of Fiesta Shows, which contracts with various vendors and attraction operators, has stated to Boston CBS affiliate WBZ-TV that this particular attraction is run by a contractor that Fiesta has not found issues with in the past. Representatives for Fiesta Shows have also refuted Gribbohm’s claims of having spent $2,600 on the game.

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