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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: 2) by Entropy on Thursday November 03 2016, @06:07PM
You're making fun of Trump's business acumen? Ok--How many billions have you made in your life? How many do you have now? That's like making fun of him dating ugly women.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 04 2016, @04:24PM
You're making fun of Trump's business acumen?
I don't know about the GP, but I'll make fun of it! How many times has he gone bankrupt? "I used the law four times and made a tremendous thing. I'm in business. I did a very good job." A fantastic business man.
How did he get started?
“It has not been easy for me. And you know I started off in Brooklyn, my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars.”
I wish my dad had given me a small, *cough* that I never had to pay back, loan like that. Check out, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/03/trumps-false-claim-he-built-his-empire-with-a-small-loan-from-his-father/. [washingtonpost.com] Basically his dad not only gave him a cool million he also co-signed with the Hyatt Hotal (he had a buddy there) for the 70 million to actually build the project. Yeah, fantastic business man, except that it was all daddy.
Of course he actually inherited much more (*cough* lying above). The estimates vary a "Huge" amount, but anywhere from 40-300 million. 'If he had invested that $40 million in an S&P 500 index (in 1974), fund, he'd be worth about 3 billion today."
How much money does he actually have?
He won't give any proof, *tax returns*. So is he hiding his tax returns because his holdings are sooo "Tremendous" or because they're as tiny as his hands? I know my guess. But in any case,"Forbes currently estimates his net worth at $4 billion. And according to The Wall Street Journal, the report shows Trump has assets worth at least $1.5 billion." Which means he basically is breaking even on the lowest estimate on how much he received from his Father.
Yeah, he's a great business man. Every bit as great as anyone would have been investing in a S&P 500 index. That is, he is no better than me (and I suck at business), except for his rich-ass Dad.
Conclusion: "Huge", "Tremendous", Lier!