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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @10:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 02 2016, @10:47PM (#421868)

    Sounds like you're not a lawyer douchebag.

    Do you mean to say that? Which implies that lawyers are douchebags.

    Or did you mean to say "Sounds like you're not a lawyer, douchebag."

    Which is calling GP a douchebag.

    So which is it? Inquiring minds want to know.

    And thank you Lynne Truss [wikipedia.org]. I wish you weren't too old to carry my children!