re: Casino to patron: Sorry ma‘am, you didn’t win $43M—there was a slot machine “malfunction”

Posted by cas4t

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:19 am to tiggerthetooth

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She's not winning shite. The machine was a $6500 machine, she can't sit there and say she truly thought it was possible to win $43 million from a machine that has $6500 emblazoned all over it.

yea, no. She's gonna win this, just not for the full amount. Casino's have insurance for this exact incident, and her attorney knows that.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:21 am to cas4t

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Casino's have insurance for this exact incident

this isn't about insurance. this is about violating the state's gaming laws

Posted by PhilipMarlowe

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:25 am to Street Hawk

easy solution would be casino to pay out whatever the max money you're able to win from that machine.

Posted by mofungoo

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:25 am to cas4t

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Casino's have insurance for this exact incident, and her attorney knows that.

The casinos do not need insurance for that because the gaming regulations say malfunctions void payouts. Any lawyer who does not know that is a poor attorney.

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:32 am to PhilipMarlowe

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easy solution would be casino to pay out whatever the max money you're able to win from that machine.

would violate state law and may lead to government sanctions from the regulatory body

Posted by Festus

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:34 am to SlowFlowPro

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would violate state law and may lead to government sanctions from the regulatory body

Why is everyone ignoring this? Do they think you're lying?

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:35 am to Festus

i think they're under the false belief that slots are truly random in the long run

Posted by Festus

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:38 am to SlowFlowPro

But you've explained that they aren't, several times. I guess people just read the OP and respond directly without reading anything in between.

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Posted by iheartlsu

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:44 am to Festus

No slot machine will say "printing cash ticket" for any amount over $1200 for jackpots. It'll say "handpay" instead.

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Posted by rondo

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:53 am to Street Hawk

The selfie doesn't look like someone that just won 43 million dollars. She must be related to Reuben Randle

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 11:04 am to Festus

quote:
"I'm just trapped in reality. Once you break away it really opens up your options"

- Doug Polk

Posted by Funky Tide 8

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 11:29 am to Bmath

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What is the point of a post like this on the third page of a thread?

Math is hard, huh?

Not really sure that getting the page number mixed up has anything to do with math, but the question is still valid.

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Posted by keakar

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 11:31 am to Street Hawk

am I the only one who noticed that in each and every one of these "due to a malfunction, we aren't paying off" cases, if the machine cant pay off for a win due to malfunction, then you should get every penny to ever put in that machine because by their own statement, its broken and cant be relied upon to be accurate.

so if they can get away with not paying you for a win, then there should be a full refund to everyone and anyone playing that machine must be given. because if you cant win from a "broken" machine, neither should they be able to profit from it.

Posted by Darth_Vader

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 11:33 am to Street Hawk

Is it her fault the machine "malfunctioned"? Nope.

Then pay her every fricking penny the machine says she won.

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Posted by LCA131

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 11:38 am to Darth_Vader

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it her fault the machine "malfunctioned"? Nope.

Then pay her every fricking penny the machine says she won.

I agree with this because if, unbeknownst to the public, a machine was malfunctioning and not 'paying off', they would keep the money.

Posted by GeeOH

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 11:49 am to PrivatePublic

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Nobody plays the slots looking for big money. The most I have ever seen one pay out is a few thousand.

Huh? Not sure if serious. Absolutely they play for big money. My niece is a slot host (responsible for paying) and has been for 5÷ years at both in LC.

Most machines pay well over 10k for their own jackpot. If they are tied into a "progressive, if course, the large amount is possible.
Of course this lady will get screwed if she doesn't sue, which she has.

Posted by Bmath

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Posted on 6/16/17 at 11:53 am to Funky Tide 8

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question is still valid.

How so? Plenty of people quickly respond to the OP. I've seen 15+ page threads where some of the last comments are directed to posts from the first page and already beaten to death.

It's not even like I posted something obscure. This case was posted a while back, and I was just responding to it after reading the OP and based on what I remembered. I then went back and skimmed the article.