A few years ago, Harrah's Joliet (IL) had a mailer mix up that sent out $500
cash back to all their regular players except the high rollers (Obviously it
was supposed to be the reverse.). The Illinois gaming board made them honor
those offers which totaled about $5MM.
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From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpF…@…com] On Behalf Of
Jim
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:52 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Fat Finger syndrome strikes Harrah's for 1 million+
Harrah's did the same thing with a casino cash offer at the end of 2008.
Someone sent out the letters to high Diamond and Seven Stars members stating
$3000 casino cash rather than $300. I called the second I opened the mailer
and was told it was already sold out. Found out later that it was a typo.
Not surprising.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vpFREE%40yahoogroups.com> , "ThomasS"
<tomskilv@...> wrote:
On May 6, the DJIA plunged nearly 1,000 points only to recover most of it
in 15 minutes. Speculation was a trader with a "fat finger" entered an
incorrect sell order for 1 billion in stock futures instead of 1 million.
Jury is still out as to exactly what happened.
I heard Harrahs Las Vegas had a promo for invited players that paid 0.5%
cash back. However, a fat finger employee entered the rate at 5.0% instead.
Holy Batman! Heard a group of players won right around one million before
the promo was ended in three days.
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