[Fractal Trader]

Malfunction my *ss. If it says $42 million, then it IS $42 million, period.

[Inyo-Mono]

So is it a malfunction when a slot machine shows that you have won nothing?

[softwarecreator]

So, it it malfunctions when I lose, do I get my money back?

[ClearCase_guy]

People pay their money and they take their chances.
The odds are against you and most of the time the casino keeps your money.
That's what the casino expects.
But we all pay our money and take our chances.
And although the odds are against it, sometimes your machinery malfunctions and you have to pay the customer $42M.
That's why they call it gambling, Mr. Indian Chief.

[GSP.FAN]

“an unfortunate computer glitch”.
How fortunate...

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Rule one of casinos, the house always wins.

Rule two, see rule one sucker.

[Mr. K]

How do they know the machine ‘malfunctioned’ - isnt a slot machine supposed to be random?

I say this casino needs much fewer customers if this is what they are going to do when you win

[eyeamok]

I thought there was another case just like this a few years ago, he sued and won, they paid. Malfunction my biden, pay the lady.

[iowamark]

Time to find a clever lawyer with experience suing casinos. If she can get to a jury, she will win big.

[Richard Kimball]

Gaming Commission will automatically side with the Casino. Best possibility is a civil suit.

[Tzimisce]

She should sue.

[oldteen]

Seems to me this happens too frequently at casinos. And, they get away with it.

[MediaMole]

I’ve got to side with the casino in this case.

The largest slot progressive ever hit was just over $39 million, but that was the posted jackpot. Unless the machine had a posted jackpot of $42 million, it was an error.

[Secret Agent Man]

The casino WISHES the thing malfunctioned. That’s just BS. They’ll bribe the gaming people and then she’ll have more people to sue.

After whatever lawyer takes her case and 30% of the winnings, that’s still pretty good. Big Chief I-Don’t-Wanna-Pay is going to have to cough up some big wampum.

[earlJam]

If this gambling is a true game of luck, she deserves the money.

If it is a sophisticated and calculating way to strip people of their money, the Caveat Emptor!

[earlJam]

That being said, I have only two words of advice for her:

JURY TRIAL!

[doc1019]

Seems like every time someone wins a significant amount on slot machines in a casino it is contested by the casinos as a mechanical malfunction and the winner loses. I say, if the machine malfunctions it the casinos loss, after all it is their machine.

[rawhide]

What about the times the computer malfunctions and does not notify you that you won and you never know? Goes both ways. The woman should win big in her lawsuit!

[Brandonmark]

Sounds familiar....kinda like the Casino is run by the dimocrats’ health care plan. Take your money & withhold a payoff claiming it was a malfunction!

[oldvike]

That’s horsehocky. While I don’t gamble and think it’s a horrible horrible habit, I feel for this woman. If it said she won the money then she won the money. The casino should pay up and sue the machine manufacturer if they think it was a glitch.

[sten]

sue... jury trial ... go for triple damages and emotional duress

guaranteed winner (I’d love to be an attorney.. I’d take that case in a blink)

:)