What would you have done?

[Karen_Beno]

Curtis Rich found my story fishy and vpkingfish
wondered:

If they hadn't reset the jackpot, then whatever

credits the real winner had when he hit the jackpot
were still there.

After they reset the jackpot, did they cash out the
remaining credits?

Do you know what happened to them?Just curious.<<

The confusion is probably mine in causing.

This did not take place in the US. All winnings are
tax free for everyone where I play, so most machines
never lock up, no matter what you win. Therefore the
big win was just added to whatever credit the guy had,
he pushed the cash out button and the whole amount was
paid by the attendant (this casino doesn't have TITO).

Also, this particular machine did not make any noise
at all, which is probably why the attendant forgot to
reset it in the first place (usually they can't kill
the noise fast enough). The screen just flashed
"jackpot", which it still did when the "fake winner"
tried to collect the same jackpot for the exact same
amount.

Hope this clears things up.

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[Curtis_Rich]

Hi Karen.

Thanks for clarifying. I apologize for thinking that your story
sounded fishy.

Originally, you posted, "....a guy sitting behind us won a large
jackpot on another VP machine. He was paid and happily left."

It sounded like the guy was paid *for the jackpot* and then
happily left. But, now you have clarified that the guy was
awarded credits on the machine for his jackpot and he
was paid for all of his credits, not just the jackpot.

I assume (from your email address) that your home casino
(where this incident took place) is in the UK. I never knew that
all winnings in the UK are tax free. That's great!

I still would have kept my mouth shut. Primarily because I
wouldn't know what the guy might do in retaliation and I just
don't want to play "security officer" for the casino.

Also in your original post, you said, "Before long they asked
the guy to accompany them to a backroom and that was the
end of it." What do you suppose happened to the guy in the
backroom? If he really did just happen to sit a the machine,
without even knowing about the pay-out not being cleared, and
with no intention of asking for the money until they approached
him, I hope nothing too serious happened to him.

Curtis

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On 8/14/06, Karen Beno <karen_beno@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Curtis Rich found my story fishy and vpkingfish
wondered:

>>If they hadn't reset the jackpot, then whatever
credits the real winner had when he hit the jackpot
were still there.

After they reset the jackpot, did they cash out the
remaining credits?

Do you know what happened to them?Just curious.<<

The confusion is probably mine in causing.

This did not take place in the US. All winnings are
tax free for everyone where I play, so most machines
never lock up, no matter what you win. Therefore the
big win was just added to whatever credit the guy had,
he pushed the cash out button and the whole amount was
paid by the attendant (this casino doesn't have TITO).

Also, this particular machine did not make any noise
at all, which is probably why the attendant forgot to
reset it in the first place (usually they can't kill
the noise fast enough). The screen just flashed
"jackpot", which it still did when the "fake winner"
tried to collect the same jackpot for the exact same
amount.

Hope this clears things up.

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