Posted on 05/19/2024 4:51:46 PM PDT by lowbridge
A New Jersey woman said she won more than $2 million on an Atlantic City slot machine — but the casino isn’t coughing up the dough, leaving the septuagenarian “very anxious” about being unable to help her homeless son.
Roney Beal, 72, claims she hit it big on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at Bally’s Casino in February, but when she went to collect her winnings, the casino claimed the jackpot was due to a technical glitch and therefore didn’t count, she told The Post Saturday.
“I just feel it’s not right that they don’t pay out,” Beal said.
“What’s the use in playing then?”
After losing $1,000 on various machines that day, Beal revisited the Wheel of Fortune slot machine.
When she gave it another six or seven spins, she said she hit the jackpot.
She said she eventually got the words “wild,” “wild x2” and spin on a diagonal on the slot area of the machine. This entitled her to a free spin on the Wheel of Fortune wheel on the top of the machine.
After spinning, the wheel ended up on the word “Jackpot” with a dollar sign — and she said she heard the words “You’ve won.”
Then, 3-D gold coins came out and a blue light went off, she said.
“And then the people behind me got up and they’re like, ‘oh my god, oh my god.’ This guy says, ‘lady you’re a millionaire. A millionaire,'” she said.
But when she used a call button to summon help, a tilt message popped up, indicating the machine was unplayable due to an error or malfunction.
A Bally’s employee told her she didn’t win before telling her to leave the casino.
Beal’s attorney, Mike Di Croce, said he is preparing a legal complaint against Bally’s and
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Several casino’s have refused to pay out on large machine winnings due to a “technical” glitch.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Pay up. Tired of reading how casinos play games when they lose big.
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.
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.
That’s when I quit playing slots, too. Just wasn’t the same without the actual coins.
Malfunction voids all plays and pays.
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!!
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.
If I was on the jury I would give her 10 MILLION! for trying to rip her off!
Cameras are really tiny these days. I mean REALLY tiny.
(Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more!)
CC
Numbers lie......that’s probably not even close to the 17% they’re required to give back.
I believe a person who was in the exact same situation sued....and won the tilted jackpot.
Those games are rigged. They never pay out when people win anymore. Its a computer, theres nothing mechanical going on inside to tilt it.
She’s dropping a grand per visit, and she’s worried about her “homeless son”?
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