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‘Anxious’ gambler, 72, says Atlantic City Bally’s won’t pay out $2.5M slot machine win: ‘What’s the use in playing then?’
nypost.com ^ | May 18, 2024 | Lauren Elkies Schram

Posted on 05/19/2024 4:51:46 PM PDT by lowbridge

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To: lowbridge

Several casino’s have refused to pay out on large machine winnings due to a “technical” glitch.


21 posted on 05/19/2024 5:21:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~A Bizjet Is Nothing But An Executive Mailing Tube ~)
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To: lowbridge
“What’s the use in playing then?”

Lady, ever since the casinos have networked these things and had them centrally monitored and controlled, whatever you get is totally up to the casino. Nothing to do with chance anymore.

22 posted on 05/19/2024 5:25:04 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: PeterPrinciple

They pay out 94.7% of the dollars played, not spins.

So, for every $100, they pay out $94.70. But that is usually across just a couple of jackpots. Most everyone who spins the wheel loses. And you will lose over time.

The best thing to do with slots is limit your play; maximize your per spin bets; and leave right after you hit for more than you brought in. It’s when you keep putting more money in that you lose big.


23 posted on 05/19/2024 5:26:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: George from New England

I assume she kept the gold coins that the machine dispensed. Plus, there were witnesses. Hope she got their names.

A “technical glitch” seems like it ought to be on the casino.


24 posted on 05/19/2024 5:26:43 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: lowbridge

There’s no real “chance” with slots any more. All the machines are controlled by computer programs. That’s why they know it’s a glitch when it hit - the computer was supposed to keep that from happening.

You used to see this sort of thing happening more often in the Indian casinos. A little bit surprised to see the complaint at a Bally’s.


25 posted on 05/19/2024 5:28:37 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: lowbridge

Is it ever a technical glitch when the player loses? Have they ever gone though the logs and found they owe someone money and actually payed?


26 posted on 05/19/2024 5:32:10 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: ModelBreaker

The gold coins don’t come out of the machine. It’s a video screen.

Nothing comes out of the machines. Not for a long, long time.


27 posted on 05/19/2024 5:32:18 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: lowbridge

Pay up. Tired of reading how casinos play games when they lose big.


28 posted on 05/19/2024 5:35:47 PM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

You used to be able to make some money on the nickle machines. Then they expected you to enjoy your small wins enough to move over to the quarter machines so they could get it all back over the rest of the evening.

I quit playing slots when they did away with spitting out coins and just giving you an electronic receipt to take back to the cashier.


29 posted on 05/19/2024 5:36:52 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: lowbridge

I’ve never had a problem bringing my phone to any AC casino, Vegas either. But i haven’t ever tried to take a picture. Unless Tropicana got rid of the Wheel of Fortune game, they’ve had it there for years, so Bally’s may be lying about being the only casino that has it.


30 posted on 05/19/2024 5:39:26 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: PAR35

That’s when I quit playing slots, too. Just wasn’t the same without the actual coins.


31 posted on 05/19/2024 5:43:50 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: lowbridge

Malfunction voids all plays and pays.


32 posted on 05/19/2024 5:49:57 PM PDT by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: PAR35

I was playing the nickel slots on a cruise ship when I was twelve. Won so many nickels my pockets on my polyester pants wouldn’t stay up!
Yes 12 was legal on a cruise ship!!


33 posted on 05/19/2024 5:51:52 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: lowbridge

I think she has a valid point. There were plenty of witnesses that can validate her claim. Sue them for 10 million, and watch how quickly they settle for less.


34 posted on 05/19/2024 5:56:27 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: lowbridge

If I was on the jury I would give her 10 MILLION! for trying to rip her off!


35 posted on 05/19/2024 5:58:28 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: George from New England

Cameras are really tiny these days. I mean REALLY tiny.
(Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more!)

CC


36 posted on 05/19/2024 5:59:58 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Numbers lie......that’s probably not even close to the 17% they’re required to give back.


37 posted on 05/19/2024 6:00:20 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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I believe a person who was in the exact same situation sued....and won the tilted jackpot.


38 posted on 05/19/2024 6:02:05 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: lowbridge

Those games are rigged. They never pay out when people win anymore. Its a computer, theres nothing mechanical going on inside to tilt it.


39 posted on 05/19/2024 6:08:22 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lowbridge

She’s dropping a grand per visit, and she’s worried about her “homeless son”?


40 posted on 05/19/2024 6:10:16 PM PDT by Fido969
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