Same thing happened to me and a friend as we were walking out of the Reno Nugget. We figured what the hell, play the dollar slot. My friend put in a buck, pulled the handle and it hit jackpot. Hell, we were dancing around for close to a minute until we realized the bells and whistles weren't going off. Looked at the payout and you only won the million if you put 3 bucks in. Bummer! I forget what we got, something like $20. Still paid for breakfast!
Yes, we were pissed...but it passed. Lesson learned
Had a wealthy friend who used to play the horses- Had me go to the counter for a trifecta with a list of the horses in order- Handed the clerk the paper with the names on it- put $2500 down on the bet- didn’t check the tickets. Got back to the table where friend was sitting, gave him the tickets- race started, and we hit- big time- went to the counter to collect, and the clerk had put the wrong horse in for one of the positions (can’t remember now which one)- A horse that wasn’t even on the list- Of course the clerk blamed us for ‘not checking the tickets’ (Which really we should have)
Bah- Very bad day!