A Queens gambler thought she hit it big until managers at the Resorts World Casino said her $43 million slot machine win was a technical glitch — and tried to pay her off with a steak dinner. Katrina Bookman was already thinking about what she would do with all that money back in August as she took a selfie beside the slot machine that said: Printing Cash Ticket. $42,949,672.76.
[...] "Upon being notified of the situation, casino personnel were able to determine that the figure displayed on the penny slot was the result of an obvious malfunction - a fact later confirmed by the New York State Gaming Commission," a Resorts statement said. "Machine malfunctions are rare, and we would like to extend our apologies to Ms. Bookman for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Money from the casino, like state lottery proceeds, help grow the state's educaton[sic] fund. Officials said payout maximums are put in place to protect that money.
Although the machine's screen displayed the multimillion-dollar jackpot, the printed ticket showed $2.25.
Is it a coincidence that 2^32=4294967296? Full story at NY Daily News.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @05:45PM
Asshole alert!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @05:58PM
Nope just not an idiot unlike you and the woman in this story.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @06:14PM
Ah yes, good old denial and tearing others down to make yourself feel better. There is still hope for you yet! As long as you don't say "yeah I'm an asshole but at least I'm honest about it" there is hope for you to recover some of your humanity. Yes other people are stupid, yes other people make mistakes such as (what I assume was your mistake) "she thought she it was possible".
Try looking up the generally agreed upon human virtues, then the various sins, and see where you line up on the spectrum. Currently you are displaying pride and wrath, sadly insecurity isn't on the usual list.