A little bit of luck

If it was skill,

  I would have quit long ago.

I seem to have a touch.

Win when it is unexpected.

Not what others think,

 you should understand.

Eight cents into seven hundred dollars,

  and it only took a few hours.

Add that to a few nights stay,

  and a couple of tickets to the current version of Yes.

One nice dinner,

  and a chance to set up a gathering of friends.

Eight cents have turned into an event

 and I still get to play for free.