no surprise, the casino refuses to pay, claims machine malfunction:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XFj_1F6R52s
youtube video of Vegas woman who hit a million dollar progressive
I'd tend to agree with the casino.
It was a penny 100-coin machine. The royal resets at $800, and the running
display showed around $845.
IMO, it's an unreasonable expectation to be looking for a million dollars in
this situation regardless of what the jackpot screen showed. Hard to think of
a more clearcut case of "machine malfunction".
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no surprise, the casino refuses to pay, claims machine malfunction:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XFj_1F6R52s
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The large jackpot display is meaningless and often not the actual
payoff amount, this has been well established. If the casino is
allowed to ignore the amount on the large display, it can't now claim
that in this case it is the valid amount for payoff. What counts is
the payoff displayed on the actual machine. I'm sure Gaming and IGT
will certify that the machine in question is fully functional and not
malfunctioning, the reason the jackpot was unusually large is most
likely due to a casino key operator error. Was it just a beginner's
mistake on the part of the casino key operator or was it intentional?
Doesn't the casino have procedures in place to double-check against
this type of error or potential internal fraud? After all, if you
follow the money, as it stands now the casino gets to keep all the
money won from the other gamblers who thought they were playing for a
large jackpot and doesn't have to payoff the jackpot hand. If that
precedent is allowed to stand, look for this to happen more often.
Maybe that next jackpot the casino claims is too large will be one of
yours. One million is a good test case, after all most people would
see that as rather high for penny video poker. What if it was $20,000?
I'd tend to agree with the casino.
It was a penny 100-coin machine. The royal resets at $800, and the
running
display showed around $845.
IMO, it's an unreasonable expectation to be looking for a million
dollars in
this situation regardless of what the jackpot screen showed. Hard
to think of
a more clearcut case of "machine malfunction".
nightoftheiguana2000 <nightoftheiguana2000@...> wrote:
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Hahahahahahahahahaha. First player in the drama: the woman who, it is
obvious from listening to her talk, is not the brightest bulb in the
chandelier (not to mention, she plays bingo and lousy penny VP).
Second player: a sleazebucket lawyer who obviously realizes that her
claim is bogus, but is hanging around in the hopes of extorting some
smaller settlement from the Fiesta, and grabbing 1/3 (or maybe 1/2) of
it, with the extremely distant possibility of grabbing a chunk of the
whole million. Third player: the Gaming Control Board, which hasn't
ruled in favor of the player ONCE in situations like this.
Anybody who puts $1 (100 pennies) in a VP machine, expecting to get
paid a million bucks if they hit a royal, must either be very stupid,
or must be from another planet. This woman says she just wants
her "rights'. RIGHT.
Immortalized on YouBoob, where more bandwidth is devoted to
stupidities than ever before in the history of the human race! Ain't
technology grand??