Honestly I would burn the place down. If MGM management has a whiff of sense they will make this right immediately. You win at the casino... and they don’t pay?That is extremely bad for business.
If you win a big jackpot, it’s a computer error and you won’t get the money. I thought it was just the Indian casinos that pulled this stunt, but it looks like MGM has gotten on board.
In the old days, the mob at least ran an honest game.
shouldn’t a name , birthday confirmation be required? All from driver’s license , state id .
If it saves just one child...
Seriously, this goof is on the casino.
Why couldn’t they just make a correction to the SS no.?
MGM offered FOX 5 the following statement:
“We are aware of this unfortunate error and have taken the necessary steps to assist Ms. Obie in rectifying this issue. Due to MLGCA rules and Maryland State Law, we cannot provide an additional payout for this jackpot, however, if she presents the proper identification credentials to the Maryland Gaming Commission, they will provide her with the appropriate payout. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused Ms. Obie.”
The Casino screws up , - the woman has to pay for their error?
Yeah, - I’ll be right over. Forget Vegas!
The National Harbor is an overpriced POS.
Lawyers will be all over this one;)
Its the casinos mistake.
They admitted it.
She will sue in court and win.
It would have been less costly to not be dicks to her, and have made sure she had her legitimate winnings.
The would not accept a gambler who put in the wrong credit card number and said, oops, out of my hands, sorry.
This reminds me of what happened to my family on Friday night... our son is moving away he decided to invite us all out (group of about 10 family and friends) to one of those all you can eat sushi places where you order food on a pad and it gets delivered a few minutes later. My son God bless him snuck out about 3/4 of the way through dinner and decided that just so there was no confusion about who was paying, he had gone to the cashier and paid the entire bill. The rest of us were still sitting at the table when all of a sudden, our pad shut down. After flagging down one of the servers, he looked at the pad and his own digital device and said “you apparently are all done.... clear out because we need the table.” We were all looking at each other dumbfounded trying to figure this out when our son slipped back into his seat. Let’s just say that it required getting the manager over to our table and some choice words were spoken before food started to arrive again.....
Good lord, calm down every everybody. Mistakenly taken; she’s going to get it back. Shouldn’t have happened but it’s going to get fixed. If you were a parent with a deadbeat other parent, you’d probably have a different view of the child support law’s automatic seizure of stuff like casino winnings. An honest mistake
Casino’s rep made a mistake, costing her thousands of dollars. Sounds like a clear cut case for a personal injury shyster. How would the casino defend this before a jury?
The government should not be trusted with computers.
Before we jump to collusions we need to know if she’s a lowlife gutterwhore Democrat...or is she a decent person?
She must've had the high ground.
That’s terrible.
What do they do for people with no social security number?
Grr. However the casino is right; with the wrong SSN the money’s gone immediately.
Nonetheless the state has 2 days to process it and if notified can put a hold on the $ and make things right. If they didn’t (pause) she has a good case vs the casino.