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Lucky Winner

Lucky Winner

The player has hit the jackpot at a slot machine

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How to unlock the Lucky Winner achievement in BioShock - Definitive Guide

Best way to do this is get $500 and go to Fort Frolic. Save when you are in front of the slots machine right by the entrance. Keep spending on it unitl you get it, and re-load your save so you don't lose any money.
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23 Jul 2008 06:25

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This achievement sucks.
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By on 01 Jun 2010 08:58
i am so glad i got lucky and it only took me 5 minutes to get! I don't know if its coincidence, but i got a lot of winners (apples) on the left side... like 5 in a row... and started doing 5 pulls (trying to work a pattern since it gave me 5 wins in a row) on each side and eventually got it on the slot on the left. Good luck if you still have to get it.
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By D72shadow on 28 Jun 2010 18:39
by the way, that is the 2 right when you walk in the entrance of fort frolic. there are more slot machines throughout.
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By D72shadow on 28 Jun 2010 18:56
Got it on like the 50th pull.

I saved a game mid-spin and watched what it ended on- then I loaded that save game several times- each time the spin came up different.
This appears to be pretty random..
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By on 26 Aug 2010 15:18
I started bouncing back and forth between both machines and got it around my 20th pull.
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By boxandthefuzz on 19 Feb 2011 16:16
Tryed twice on the left machine and one on the one in the right, got it after 45 pulls (my math tell me that the right ratio for earning $$$ is 1.2% not 2%)
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By ParkusFnix666 on 23 Mar 2013 03:58
i got mine on 12 pulls.
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By bkz41 on 17 Apr 2013 23:23
pulled 100 times.. no jackpot.... bout to pull my hair out :(
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By RomanLizzy on 18 Sep 2011 03:22
Also got lucky and got it after ten minutes.
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By Solario32 on 20 Sep 2011 17:16
I kept getting 2 dollar signs and as facelaugh
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By karlempson on 08 Mar 2015 12:14
finally got it after about 50 pulls though, if you point at the ball on the end of the handle and pull, it works better ?
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By karlempson on 08 Mar 2015 12:17
I kid you not, as soon as I pointed at the ball and pulled, I got a jackpot. I think it was just a very weird coincidence, but who knows...
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By Tranierx on 26 Jun 2016 00:26
^same deal. Looked at the ball and got it on 3rd try (probably my 115th overall try) and second shot got me 2 of the dollar signs. Def just a weird coincidence tho
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By Inferno118 on 11 Oct 2016 00:30
started off with a bit under 200 and got it in seven minutes total on my second game load. thanks and did it on 360.
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By TyTheKnight on 18 Jun 2020 07:00
$920 dollars down and it finally happened! Took over 30 mins
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By Mr Gimpson on 28 Jan 2021 22:44
Thanks for your solution, I got the achievement after 8 pulls :).
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By Alicia Miffy on 25 Dec 2013 22:11
Got mine on the second pull on the first machine I ever played my first time through. Bit of the Irish Luck. My wife has tried to get this many times and after 100's of pulls, she is still without.
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By Fizzle Exmortus on 06 Feb 2014 22:09
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This achievement is pretty self explanatory, all you have to do it win the jackpot (three dollar signs) on a slot machine.

The slot machines are located in Fort Frolic, all the machines have the same winning percentages as any other.

There are three outcomes, based on the outcomes i got when trying this achievement and from what i have heard from others. Here is a list of what they are and there likeliness of getting.

Three apples ($25) - 30%
Two dollars ($50) - 10%
Three dollars ($250) - 2%

On average you should have to spend $500 for the jackpot (50 tries). Save before you start gambling as you may have to reload. its not to important to have lots of money to start off with, it just means you have to reload less often.

Don't forget that in this area is Cohen, you may want to also look at there "Found Cohen's Room" achievement and the "Irony" achievement if this is your first time in the area.
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26 Jun 2011 12:20

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You can only unlock 'Found Cohen's Room' and 'Irony' on your second visit to Fort Frolic, provided you don't kill him first time around.
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By Punzley on 31 Jul 2016 16:19

Once you have maxed your money at 500, find a slot machine. Save your game and play until you either get the jackpot (triple $$$) or run out of money. If you run out, reload your save and try again.

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Once you have maxed your money at 500, find a slot machine. Save your game and play until you either get the jackpot (triple $$$) or run out of money. If you run out, reload your save and try again.
 
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This achievement is entirely lucked-based and can be earned in seconds, or it could take you an hour. There are slot machines located sporadically throughout Rapture, but the earliest place to get this achievement is in Fort Frolic. There are slot machines in the foyer after you get off of the bathysphere but before you enter the main area and are contacted by Sander Cohen.

You will most likely waste a lot of cash while going for this achievement so it is best to create a manual save right before you start pulling the lever. Continue to pull the lever until you hit a jackpot which will shoot confetti out of the machine and award you $250. If you’ve lost any cash at that point, simply reload your save and continue on with the game.

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