Posted on 06/16/2017 5:20:55 PM PDT by SMGFan
The Queens woman who was offered a steak dinner after staff said her $43 million win at a slot machine was the result of a glitch is suing the casino for the entire jackpot.
Katrina Bookman in August posed for a selfie at New York’s Resorts World Casino in front of the “Sphinx Slot Machine,” its screen promising her a grand prize of $42,949,672.76. When she attempted to collect her cash, however, casino employees told her she hadn’t actually won and offered her a complimentary steak dinner and $2.25 — the prize they claim her slot machine actually should have delivered.
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She will at the very least get the $6500 that is supposed to be the maximum payout from that machine. Especially if it’s posted somewhere in the fine print of the casino.
Geez. .......
The lawsuit will be interesting. I wonder what the law is on gambling prizes which appears to have been won. Seems awfully convenient to say, the machine malfunction happened as you were playing, but here’s a steak for your troubles.
How do we know the machine didn’t malfunction when it was taking money on losing spin after losing spin????
Who cares if the machine broke? Gambling is about luck. Mostly, the players are unlucky. The machine broke? The casino was unlucky today? Well ... pay up.
The selfie should be sufficient .... pay up, big boy
Why is it that there’s a number that can display on the screen that’s higher than the maximum possible payout?
Usually what is posted on just about every machine is “Malfunction voids all pays and plays”
That better be one damn fine steak!
Because taking money is what they're designed to do. If it's taking your money, you KNOW it's working properly.
You are correct. If the casino has any brains, they will pay her the top prize for that machine. If they fight it I hope they lose.
In all cases I’ve read where people won big it was a machine malfunction ... yeah, right. Just don’t do it to a guy called Vinnie.
Yeah, but when it indicates a jackpot, don’t they have to give some reasonable indication or proof of the malfunction? Otherwise, there’d never be any jackpots paid.
Monty Python had a skit about a man with an insurance policy who suffers a property loss and goes to his insurance agent, only to learn that he has, in fact, purchased a "No Payment" policy which means, no matter what happens, the insurance company doesn't have to pay him. "Sorry! It's in the fine print!"
She has next to no chance of winning her law suit. The laws are universally written to favor the casino.
The State has a big interest in protecting the casinos because the state has a big interest in the house winning most of the time.
Glitch my fanny.
Time for casinos to honor the big payouts from these machines. Every story i read about people winning the big prize is a glitch.
It is impossible they are all glitches.
I find it interesting the high rate of malfunctions at Indian casino’s. when compared to rates of failures at Vegas casinos.
True story: slot player sitting near a casino door accidentally got hit by an employee rolling a food tray.
Player immediately started yelling “my back, my back.”
Manager came over said....”sign this (disclaimer) ....you get 5000 dollars cash.”
She did....but instead of going home w/ the 5 thou....she put it all back into the slots.
Dont you just know they can simply print out a fake machine glitch report for situations like this?
An interesting legal question.
I have no idea who will win but I bet the casino has some kind of disclaimer posted somewhere.
Still if I were on a jury I would be inclined to vote for her especially since it was the casino who made the error, not her.
Was it an Indian casino? The rule of thumb there is if it gives more than a nominal payoff, it is proof of malfunction.
There’s no ‘chance’ at all with modern slot machines. They are all linked by computer that is programmed as to payoff (or lack thereof). The Casino will never lose money on a slot machine.
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