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DC woman wins thousands at MGM, and loses it all over casino typo
fox5ny.com ^ | January 9, 2019 | Lauren DeMarco

Posted on 01/13/2019 5:27:13 PM PST by lowbridge

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To: Dave W

You make my point. There is nothing random about slot machines. They are designed to take your money a little at a time, not give you money. Indian casinos are especially bad because they are a sovereign nation.


81 posted on 01/14/2019 5:24:22 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the media are all cats.)
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To: wardaddy
"Freepers only read first three words of the title."

The article?

Maybe one in twenty

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BS

Who is doing your "expert' analysis?

Just how did you come up with that questionable proclamation that "Freepers only read (the) first three words of the title"?

* From decades ago, at one point The Literary Digest the week before election day, reported that Alf Landon was far more popular than FDR.

At the same time, George Gallup conducted a far smaller (but more scientifically based) survey. Gallup correctly predicted Roosevelt's landslide victory. The Literary Digest soon went out of business.

Maybe these days someone at Gallup could kindly tell you that "Freepers" actually read MORE than the first three words of a title".

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Also you then add with all your ever-present certainty that maybe one in twenty FReeoers read the article".

We'll call you 'Carnac the Magnificent' from now on.

82 posted on 01/14/2019 6:21:21 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Casinos are heavily regulated. They just can’t give people money, even for a mistake. They will get the money, just not from the casino directly.


83 posted on 01/14/2019 6:27:38 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: AppyPappy
Casinos are heavily regulated. They just can’t give people money, even for a mistake. They will get the money, just not from the casino directly.

Yes, but headline writers cannot gin up more readership and clicks (and eeeevil profits) without making it seem like an injustice has been done, rather than a simple typo that will get corrected.

84 posted on 01/14/2019 6:29:12 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Teacher317

And it worked too. Kinda like calling it “Trump’s Shutdown” when the Democrats actually shut it down.


85 posted on 01/14/2019 6:30:35 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
No, the Casino should pay her and they get the money back from the state.

While I agree that this is what they should do, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they would be breaking the law by doing so. That's at least how the story read to me.

86 posted on 01/14/2019 6:49:57 AM PST by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: Dave W
They use three decks of cards at a casino.

Depends upon where you are. I've seen up to 5 decks, and they shuffle when you're about a deck away from completing the stack. Counting cards is useless in such a circumstance unless there was a really unusual proportion of face cards frontloaded on the deck.

87 posted on 01/14/2019 6:54:33 AM PST by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: a little elbow grease; wardaddy
"Freepers only read first three words of the title." The article?

Maybe one in twenty

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BS Who is doing your "expert' analysis?

Just how did you come up with that questionable proclamation that "Freepers only read (the) first three words of the title"?

Also you then add with all your ever-present certainty that maybe one in twenty FReeoers read the article".

We'll call you 'Carnac the Magnificent' from now on.


I feel the need to remind that many FReepers do not want to give the liberal media hits on their web addresses. I'm like that. I see a TV station at the link and sometimes do a search to find the same story on more trusted sources. The accusation of not reading the story is a often intentional.
88 posted on 01/14/2019 7:30:01 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister
"I feel the need to remind that many FReepers do not want to give the liberal media hits on their web addresses. I'm like that. I see a TV station at the link and sometimes do a search to find the same story on more trusted sources. The accusation of not reading the story is a often intentional.'

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Thanks for your input. It is understandable.

However, I do not believe that your valid concerns about "liberal media hits" were those of the other poster. He was just casting his aspersions on many FReepers, which he does often.

Anyhow have a good day, and let's build a wall.

:-)

89 posted on 01/14/2019 10:14:57 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: higgmeister

Unless the title interests me I don’t read the article

But when I don’t read I resist definitive comment and stick to just opinion


90 posted on 01/14/2019 11:05:42 AM PST by wardaddy (I don’t care that you’re not a racist......when the shooting starts it won’t matter what yo)
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To: wardaddy

Exactly right as it should be too.


91 posted on 01/14/2019 11:26:14 AM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: SunkenCiv
Let me guess -- she's from D.C., and it will turn out she's a furloughed federal employee.

Hopefully she's not a TSA employee who has called in sick.

92 posted on 01/15/2019 5:23:43 PM PST by Freee-dame (Best election ever! 2016)
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