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Oh noooooooo… $43m slot machine win a 'mistake'

If you think you won $43 million on a penny slot machine that has posted on it that the maximum jackpot is $250k, it is easy for everyone to see that there is a mistake.

Likely, we wouldn't see this flakey machine in a casino in Nevada or lasting long with the same errors.
 
software glitches are expensive to every company, why do casinos think they are exempt? Get your code right or pay the price!
 
I don't gamble, but if someone places their money in a Slot Machine, and if it lands on the Jackpot, computer glitch or not, it is supposed to be a payout.
Now, she should get $43 mil worth of the Casino, it's stockholders money, etc. The Casino is selling a product, now they need to deliver. On this, I hope the court rules in her favor, or shuts down the Casino and sells it to pay her off.
 
Cut the woman a check for 1 million and be done with it. Even Publix gives you free groceries when they ring up wrong. I'm sure a million dollars would go quite a ways in this woman's life and i'll bet there is some silly tax right off for it anyways.
 
dukebound85 said:
How is that relevant?

I could say the same thing about anyone buying anything not "necessary"
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I'll agree with both sides. Nobody want the "financial police" to judge our every purchase. There is however a question about the wisdom of such an expenditure, especially when the odds are so against your favor.

Does it change anything about the situation? No. I think the woman is due $43 million, or a at least a generous settlement.

But really... dropping a twenty that's almost certainly gone in mere seconds?

Man, I can think of a lot of things I'd rather do with that money... like buy groceries. Anybody seen how much it costs these days to keep the cupboard full? :eek:
 
More importantly, why is the casino not smart enough to bribe her with the machine's maximum prize. The video on the link said that the top prize possible on the machine was $215,000. You would think that the casino would be smart enough to pay her off to keep the whole thing quiet.
 
nick1516 said:
Unless every machine started "glitching" she should get the money.
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The machine did glitch, it said she won a prize 200 times larger than the maximum payout posted on the machine.

If she was playing with a card or not, I'm sure the cameras and the slot machine network can be used to figure out how much she put into the machine.

Sort of amazed they admit to glitchy machines, yet refuse to give people the money they put into than "bad machine" back when they can easily compute it.

aka, here's 10k and all the money you put in the machine back ... we are destroying the machine (after analysis in the lab), and working further with the maker of the machine to correct any future problems.
 
I hope to read up on this woman getting a lot of money in the following weeks.
 
i wonder how many 'glitches' went the opposite way, with the machine erroneously declining a win. I am sure the casino would be as quick in recognizing it and fix it.

the fairest outcome should be the give her the max jackpot the machine is supposed to pay. and it's idiotic on the side of the casino not to offer that. the negative publicity and distrust of players would be worth much more than that.

also, there should be a hefty fine to the casino from the gaming authority, in the order of millions.
 
I am wondering if she has not ruined her chances by accepting the room and the 20 slides back again?


Some continued embarrassment aimed at the casino might also do a lot of good.
 
I didn't realize the machine's max payout was lower than that. So okay, it is a glitch but maybe they should offer some sort of payout (perhaps the machine's max) instead of trying to wiggle out of paying anything.
 
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