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posted by martyb on Wednesday November 02 2016, @04:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-just-won-the-Jack-Not...-oh-wait dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Desler on Wednesday November 02 2016, @05:55PM

    by Desler (880) on Wednesday November 02 2016, @05:55PM (#421765)

    People win big jackpots all the time, but they are only jackpots that correspond to what is clearly displayed as valid. Secondly, determination of malfunction comes from the gaming comissions which are not on the casino's payroll.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @06:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @06:05PM (#421768)

    Many of them are elected. The casino's pour in money for their campaign. They are bought and paid for by the casino's.
    Look up the term regulatory capture.

    • (Score: 2) by Desler on Wednesday November 02 2016, @06:48PM

      by Desler (880) on Wednesday November 02 2016, @06:48PM (#421784)

      Written by someone who has clearly never worked in the gaming indistry or had to work with either testing labs or state gaming regulators. But ignorant claims are pretty cute.

      • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday November 03 2016, @03:44AM

        by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Thursday November 03 2016, @03:44AM (#421924) Homepage
        Ah, now you show your colours. You're knee-jerk defensive of the gaming machine industry as you've got skin in the game. Was it your shitty code that caused this glitch?
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    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 03 2016, @06:07AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 03 2016, @06:07AM (#421948) Journal
      Crooked casinos are bad for the business. They need to have the appearance of fairness. That's more valuable than the occasional payout from a jackpot. This is one of those cases where the regulation aligns with the interests of the regulated.