Posted on 03/30/2010 8:02:27 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
When the lights and bells went off at a slot machine at the Fortune Valley Casino, in Central City, Colo., Louise Chavez thought she had the win of a lifetime -- $42 million.
Louise Chavez was told that her slot machine mistakenly spewed the money. But after the casino claimed the machine malfunctioned, all Chavez got was a few dollars, some free meals and a room for the night.
Colorado gaming officials are investigating the incident, but said it could be nothing more than an unfortunate computer glitch. Chavez may not see a dime.
"I put my money in there," Chavez told "Good Morning America." "Whatever I won, I should get... There are dreams and there are things I'd like to do -- helping my family, helping my kids. That's why I'm disappointed. I just don't know."
The Denver woman can remember all too clearly when she thought her life had changed.
"All of a sudden I saw the light come on on top of the machine," Chavez told "Good Morning America." "I'm like, 'Oh, my God! Oh, my God!' I'd never had this feeling before in my life, never."
The payout she was expecting? $42,949,673. She said she usually makes about $12,000 per year as an in-home personal care provider.
But champagne and caviar dreams quickly evaporated. Casino employees told Chavez the slot machine had malfunctioned.
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This is adding up to quite a few of these “Indian giver”cases now, isn’t it?
Finally, a reasoned response. Everything is on the odds and my guess is that there was a straight-forward malfunction of the system. The casino should do a bit more but I cannot imagine her winning a lawsuit.
See post 43.
This story is WOEFULLY incomplete. All the woman says is that a “light came on” on top of the slot machine. No word on what symbols she might have lined up, etc. A light coming on on top of a slot could simply mean she hit the change button or won a hand-paid jackpot far less than $42 million. She’s gonna have to do better than that.
If anyone knows this woman, tell her to call me. I’ll take her case.
Calling this a malfunction is an admission that the game is rigged. If they know it wasn’t supposed to pay off, then they would also know, and be in control over, when it would. The natural odds are in the house’s favor already. Isn’t it illegal to manipulate that?
Just because there’s an inspection sticker on the pump doesn’t mean a whole lot, because of budget cutbacks they may not get checked very often. Better than the res, but just sayin’. I filled up a marked 5 gallon gas can a month ago, and thought it odd that it didn’t reach the mark when I pumped exactly 5 gallons. Hm.
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